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13th International Symposium on

Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera

“Looking back to see ahead”

Modena, 3-6 September 2019

We are pleased to invite you to the 13th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, that will be held in Modena (Italy) on

3-6 September 2019, at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences (DSCG) of the University of Modena and Reggio

Emilia.

For the first time organized in Italy, the Symposium aims to bring together participants from all over the world to discuss and share

the most recent advances of studies on fossil corals and sponges, coral reefs and associated biota. The theme for the upcoming

Symposium “Looking back to see ahead” highlights the importance of the fossil archives to understand response of the biosphere to

long term environmental perturbations. We promote interdisciplinary approaches from a body of interested paleontologists,

biologists but also scholars in other disciplines, and aim to push new boundaries for coral science.

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Modena! Visit the new website of IASFCP!!!!!!

The Organizing Committee www.cnidaria.nat.uni-erlangen.de/IASFCP

under the patronage of

Second Circular

VenueModena is a beautiful city of 183,000 inhabitants located in the

south side of the Po valley, very close to the Apennines, in the

Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy. Modena is home to a

wealth of artistic treasures, excellent gastronomy and famous

motors. The main square of Modena, declared a UNESCO World

Heritage Site in 1997, hosts one of the most beautiful medieval

cathedrals in Italy. Today Modena is a good-living and friendly

city. Among small roads and large squares, different flavours

tempt the people to sit in cafes or restaurants to enjoy the

pleasure of its various and rich cuisine, worldwide famous for

Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale (traditional balsamic vinegar),

tortellini (meat-filled pasta), Prosciutto di Modena (raw ham),

Lambrusco (red wine), even if these are just some examples of

the local gastronomy. The richness of Modena also lies in famous

motors factories (Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini) and in

important tiles exporting excellent-quality products all over the

world.

The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE),

founded in 1175, is one of the oldest universities in Italy.

Nowadays, the University is composed of 14 departments,

offering a wide range of degree programs, with about 20,000

students.

The host of the Congress is the Department of Chemical and

Geological Sciences (DSCG), the main teaching and research

institute in the fields of chemistry, geology and natural sciences

at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. It is housed in a

newly inaugurated building (photo) located about 2.5 km from

the historical center.

Organizing CommitteeFrancesca Bosellini (Chair), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Alessandro Vescogni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Markus Aretz, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Beatrice Fornaciari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Simona Marchetti Dori, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Cesare Andrea Papazzoni, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Jarosław Stolarski, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland

Scientific CommitteeFrancesca Bosellini (Chair), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Markus Aretz, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Stefano Goffredo, University of Bologna, Italy

Kenneth Johnson, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

Wolfgang Kiessling, Geozentrum Nordbayern, University

Erlangen−Nürnberg, Germany

Jarosław Stolarski, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland

Agostina Vertino, Gent University, Belgium

13th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera www.13thfossilcnidaria.unimore.it

HOW TO REACH The Congress will be held at the Department of Chemical

and Geological Sciences (DSCG), via Campi 103, Modena.

– For those arriving from the Modena railway station or

the city center: take the bus 7 (“Gottardi” direction) up to

the “Braghiroli” bus stop (about 25 minutes, look at the

bus itinerary in the map).

– For those arriving directly from the Bologna Marconi

Airport: there is a shuttle bus every 2 hours; it takes about

40 minutes to arrive to Modena. Get off at the bus stop

“Casa dello Studente”, in via Vignolese. From here you have

a 10 minutes walk to the Congress venue.

ACCOMMODATION Participants are responsible for making their own

accommodation arrangements. Modena offers a wide

selection from cheap up to first class hotels. A list of hotels

with special arrangements is available on the Congress

website. As in early September Modena still attracts many

tourists, we warmly suggest that you book/reserve your

accommodation well in advance of the congress dates.

Tourist info

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TOPICS/SESSIONSThe Congress will cover a wide range of topics that can

be addressed independently from the type of

organisms and time interval. Scientific sessions will be

defined by the Scientific Committee and scheduled

according to number and types of contributions.

The following general session topics are planned:

Studies of fossil skeletons: achievements and

applications

- Skeletons as paleoenvironmental proxies;

- Biomineralization and diagenesis.

Taxonomy and Phylogeny

- The fossil calibration of molecular trees;

- Advances in the taxonomy of fossil Cnidaria and

Porifera.

Paleobiology and Evolution

- Biodiversity and evolutionary patterns through time:

crises, radiations and the role of biogeography;

- Traits in space and time.

Bio-Geosphere interactions: reef and mounds

- Ecology and paleoecology of reefs;

- Cold-water coral build-ups: past, present, future;

- Tropical reefs in space and time: a complex interplay

between evolutionary and paleoenvironmental

dynamics (session dedicated to Michaela Bernecker).

CONGRESS PROCEEDINGSConference Proceedings are planned for publication in the 2nd issue of

the regular series (2020) of the international peer reviewed journal

Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana (IF 2017: 0.912)

which is housed at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences,

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

http://paleoitalia.org/contribute/

Deadline for manuscript submission is: 15 December 2019

Further details and instructions will be available on the Congress

website.

PRESENTATIONSOral presentations are scheduled for 20 minutes including 5 minutes for

discussion. Presentations should be created in MS Power Point

(.ppt, .pptx).

Participants are also encouraged to display posters. Poster format will

be portrait layout DIN A0 format (width 841 mm, height 1189 mm)

Language of the CongressEnglish will be the official language of the Congress. No translation

facilities will be provided.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONAbstracts will have to be submitted by email (“abstract submission” in

the heading of the e-mail) to [email protected],

Deadline for abstract submission is: 30 April 2019

The guidelines and template for abstract preparation and submission

are given on the Congress website.




mailto:[email protected]

HOW TO PAYParticipants must pay their fees by bank transfer to

Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche,

Universitaà di Modena e Reggio Emilia, after receiving

from the Organizing Committee a letter with

instructions for payment and the total amount of due

fees.

InsuranceThe Organizing Committee cannot accept liability for

personal accidents or loss of, or damage to private

property of participants, either during or indirectly

arising from the congress. Participants are advised to take

out their own personal health and travel insurance for

their journey and for their participation at field trips.

Cancellation and refundsThe registration fee for the Congress will not be refunded

except for cancellation and if the notice of cancellation is

received before 30 June 2019. The fee will be refunded

in part (50%) and will be sent after the congress. After 30

June 2019, no refund will be possible even if the

participant does not attend the congress.

REGISTRATION FEES Early Registration

before 30 April 2019

Late Registration

After 15 May 2019

Professional 330€ 450€

Student 220€ 320€

Accompanying person 160€ 260€

FIELD TRIPS PLACE FEES

E1 Carnic Alps 750€

E2 Marsica *460/480€

E3 Lessini 50€

E4 Salento Peninsula *500/550€

Social DinnerThe social dinner will take place in a prestigious ancient

Villa in the Modena countryside. The cost is 60 euro per

person (including transfer).

*double/single room

REGISTRATION Please fill the form available on the Congress website, or return the

pdf form that you can download from the website to:

[email protected]

Field trips: As field trips will be organized according to a min. and

max. n° of participants, places will be granted in strict order of

registration. In case of cancelled field trips, participants will be

informed before the payment deadline.

Registration fees include: welcome party, admission to scientific

sessions, morning and afternoon coffee breaks, congress kit, abstract

book, Proceedings volume. Total fees also include costs of field trips

and social dinner (if selected).



CONTACTSCongress email:

[email protected]

Please save the date, spread the information among colleagues, and link the website.

The website will be supplemented step-by-step with relevant information on the congress.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES• Deadline to apply for student grants: 15 March 2019• Early Registration: 30 April 2019• Abstract submission: 30 April 2019• Payment of early registration fees: 15 May 2019• Late registration and payment of fees: after 15 May 2019• Third Circular: 30 June 2019• Deadline for manuscript submission to the Proceedings

Volume: 15 December 2019

Visa applicationParticipants who require a support letter for visa application

please directly contact:

[email protected]

GRANTS to attend the congress Thanks to the financial support of the Palaeontological

Association, grants covering costs of registration fees (in

form of refund) will be offered to PhD, graduate and

undergraduate students who lack funds to attend the

congress. Please follow the instructions available in the

congress website and send your application to:

[email protected] before 15 March 2019.

CONGRESS PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

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Pre-Congress FIELD TRIPS

E1. Devonian reefs of the Carnic Alps and related environmentsLeaders: Carlo Corradini (Univ. Cagliari), Erika Kido (Univ.Graz/Vienna),

Thomas Suttner (NHM Vienna), Luca Simonetto (Udine Museum), Monica

Pondrelli (Univ. Chieti-Pescara).

Presentation. In the Carnic Alps, located at the Italian/Austrian border, the largest

Devonian reefs of Europe are exposed. They were mainly built by stromatoporoids, rugose

and tabulate corals, calcisphaeres and populated by a variety of brachiopods, trilobites,

crinoids, etc.

Beside the reefs, all the deposits from back reef to fore reef and basin are preserved in the

Devonian of the Carnic Alps. During the four days field trip participants will have the chance

to visit most of these sediments in a complete transect from shallow to deep water deposits.

Also, pre-and post-reef rocks will be shown. Most localities will be reached by hikes, not

more than two hours long, in mountain environments. Visits to the Carnic Alps Geopark

visiting centre in Dellach (Austria) and Timau (Italy) are scheduled.

Programme (4 days field trip)

- August 30 (Friday): departure from Modena in the early morning by minivans. In the early

afternoon visit to the Porifera collections at the Friulian Museum of Natural History in

Udine. Arrival at Cason di Lanza Pass in late afternoon. Night at Cason di Lanza hut (Italy);

- August 31 (Saturday): visit to back reef outcrops (“Amphipora limestone”) near Cason di

Lanza Pass and fore-reef sequence in Mt. Zermula area. Night in Mauthen (Austria);

- September 1 (Sunday): the true reef deposits at Val di Collina quarry and brachiopod

coquina at Porto Cozzi quarry. Other outcrops along the road and in Passo di Monte Croce

Carnico/Ploö ckenpass area will be shown. Night in Mauthen (Austria);

- September 2 (Monday): visit to post reef Upper Devonian pelagic limestones in Pramosio

area. Arrival in Modena in the afternoon.

Excursion fee includes: guidebook, travel from Modena and return, meals and hotel

accommodation. Cost is 750 euro.

N° of participants: min 10/max 21

Contact: [email protected]


E2. Upper Jurassic Reef Complex of the Marsica

region (Central Apennines)

Leaders: Cristiano Ricci (Univ. Chieti-Pescara), Giovanni

Rusciadelli (Univ. Chieti-Pescara), Bernard Lathuilieàre

(Universiteé de Lorraine).

Presentation. The object of this three-day field trip is to explore the

geology and palaeontology of the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–

Tithonian) reef complex of the Marsica region (Central Apennines) with

regards to the sedimentology of the platform margin palaeoenvironments

and coral and stromatoporoid taxonomy and palaeoecology.

The shallow-water carbonates of the Central Apennines belong to the

complex system of the isolated Intra-Tethys carbonate platforms that

during the Late Jurassic were rimmed by wide reef areas with highly

diverse biotic communities, dominated by coral and stromatoporoids, and

high debris production. In the Marsica region, excellent exposures allowed

the reconstruction of the original reef profile, providing a base for

positioning the biotic and abiotic features along the reef complex.

Participants will have the opportunity to cross over the different reef

complex zones, appreciating the changes of the facies, the main reef

builders and dwellers and their palaeoecological relationships with the

physical environment. An original collection of fossil corals from this area,

identified up to species level, will be illustrated by panels and integrated

with outcrop observations.

Programme (3 days fieldtrip)

- August 31 (Saturday): meeting point at Pescara airport; departure to

Scanno (Aq), close to the area of Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise National Park;

overview of the Central Apennines geological framework;

- September 1 (Sunday): field Trip at Mt Rotondo (Aq), Serra del Carapale;

exploration of the Upper Jurassic Reef Complex of the Marsica Region;

- September 2 (Monday): departure to Pescara station and travel by train

or bus to Modena; arrival in Modena in the afternoon.

Pre-Congress FIELD TRIPS

Excursion fee includes: guidebook, travel from Pescara and return, meals

and hotel accommodation. Cost is 460 euro (480 euro in single room).

In order to attend the welcome party in Modena (2th September) a

possible travel solution is the train from Pescara to Modena (d/a

14:14/17:38). The ticket purchase and the post-field trip costs are the

responsibility of the participants.

N° of participants: min 6/max 11



Post-Congress FIELD TRIPS

E3. Oligocene reefs and coral assemblages of the eastern

Lessini and Berici (Vicentin Southern Alps, N Italy)

Leaders: Francesca Bosellini (Univ. Modena), Alessandro Vescogni (Univ.

Modena), Cesare Papazzoni (Univ. Modena), Viviana Frisone (Museum “G.

Zannato” Montecchio Maggiore), Wolfgang Kiessling (Univ. Erlangen).

Presentation. The Vicentin area of Lessini and Berici is famous for the extensive

collections of 19th century describing its rich coral fauna and has long been a

landmark for Oligocene reef studies worldwide. The region belongs to the Lessini

Shelf, a major Cenozoic paleogeographic element of the Southern Alps, and the coral

outcrops are represented by the Castelgomberto Limestone (Rupelian). This unit,

characterized by a peculiar cyclicity, is traditionally well known to represent one of

the largest and best-exposed barrier-reef/lagoon Cenozoic reef complexes, with a

barrier rim located in the southeast face of the Colli Berici (Lumignano) and a wide

“lagoon” extending for about 30 km northwestward (Castelgomberto). In contrast to

this model, a ramp depositional setting has been proposed and a transect across the

coral facies from Castelgomberto to Lumignano will allow participants to explore these

alternative reconstructions. The fieldtrip will also provide the possibility to observe

the Actinacis-dominated coral assemblage, a peculiar feature of the lower Oligocene.

Programme (1 day field trip)

September 7 (Saturday): Departure from Modena in the early morning by minivans or

bus; Facies and cycles of the Castelgomberto Limestone (Castelgomberto);

Coral facies at Bastia Bassa (Montecchio Maggiore);

Lunch and visit to the paleontological collections of the Museum “G. Zannato” in

Montecchio Maggiore;

Lumignano (Berici): walk up to “Eremo di San Cassiano” , where an amazing and

suggestive monastery is nestled under the coral-rich Oligocene rocky wall of the

southeast face of the Colli Berici.

Excursion fee includes guidebook, travel and lunch. Cost is 50 euro.

Number of participants: min 10/max 50.



Post-Congress Field Trips

E4. The Oligocene-Miocene reef complexes of the Salento

Peninsula

Leaders: Alessandro Vescogni (Univ. Modena), Francesca Bosellini (Univ. Modena),

Beatrice Fornaciari (Univ. Modena).

Presentation. Along the south-eastern coast of the Apulia region (south-east Italy), a spectacular

superimposition of carbonate sequences is exposed, their age spanning from the late Cretaceous

to the Quaternary. Among them, of particular interest are two extensive coral reef complexes,

represented by the Castro Limestone Fm. (lower Chattian) and by the Novaglie Fm. (lower

Messinian). The Castro Limestone is one of the best preserved Oligocene coral reef in the

Mediterranean area. A sequence of five outcrops delineates a transect intercepting the main reef

palaeoenvironments, from the back reef to the distal slope. The Novaglie Fm. is a classical example

of Mediterranean low-diversity coral reef, that grew immediately prior to the Messinian salinity

crisis. A series of outcrops along the coastal road allows to observe the transition from the reef

core to the slope setting, with changes of Porites growth forms. In addition, other biotic

structures, such as Halimeda bioherms and vermetid bioconstructions can be appreciated.

Programme (4 days fieldtrip)

- September 8 (Sunday): meeting at the Brindisi airport (6.30 pm) and departure by minibus to

the hotel in the town of Castro Marina (about 1 h driving).

- September 9 (Monday): the Oligocene reef complex of the Castro Limestone Fm.

-September 10 (Tuesday): the lower Messinian reef of the Novaglie Fm. Before and after the

Messinian reef: the condensed hard ground of the Aturia Level (Serravallian to Tortonian) and

the “Terminal Carbonate Complex” (upper Messinian).

- September 11 (Wednesday): The Eocene reef of S. Cesarea. The upper Chattian Porto Badisco

Calcarenites. Visit at the town of Otranto. Departure at 2,30 pm and arrival at the Brindisi airport

at 4 pm.

Excursion fee includes guidebook, meals, hotel accommodation and travels in Salento. Cost is 500€ (550€ for single room).

Please note that plane tickets to and from the Brindisi airport and the lunch in Otranto (11 Sept.) are not included. Participants should organize their own

travel to and from the Brindisi airport. The excursion is organized according to the flights schedule of the Ryanair company, that ensures the best connection

between the Bologna and Brindisi airports. September 8 the best flight option leaves Bologna at 4.15 pm and arrives in Brindisi at 5.45 pm, we warmly

suggest to book the flight in advance in order to get the most favorable price.

Number of participants: min 10/max 20



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