Monday, 20th June
16:00-19:00. Registration at the entrance of the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia (entrance from st. Quart nº 80). During the rest of the congress, the registration point will be at the secondary entrance (st. Beato Gaspar Bono) of the Botanical Garden.
19:00-22:00. Ice Break Party in the “Umbracle” of the Botanical Garden of the University of Valencia. If you arrive soon there is no problem since you can visit the garden until the beginning of the event.
Tuesday, 21st June
9:00-9:20. Opening ceremony.
9:20-10:30. Honorary speaker Tiiu Märss. Endolymphatic structures in headshields of the osteostracan genus Tremataspis (Agnatha) from the Silurian of Estonia. Introduced by Henning Bloom (ONLINE).
10:30-11:10. Coffee Break and Poster sessions.
Thematic session: Agnathans (Chair: Per Ahlberg)
11:10-11:30. Olive, S. et al. Enigmatic early chordates and vertebrates from the Lower Devonian of Belgium.
11:30-11:50. Reeves, J. et al. Reviving Lasanius, an enigmatic Silurian jawless vertebrate at the split of cyclostomes and gnathostomes.
11:50-12:10. Keating, P. et al. Development of the pteraspid cranial dermal skeleton and the evolution of vertebrate skeletal remodelling.
12:10-12:30. Dearden, R. et al. Anatomy and function in the mouth of the Early Devonian heterostracan Rhinopteraspis.
12:30-12:50. Randle, E. et al. A Phylogeny for Heterostraci.
12:50-13:10. Vaškaninová, V. & Alhberg, P. Unexpected hypophyseal morphology in basal stem gnathostomes challenges the consensus phylogeny of vertebrates.
13:10-14:30. Lunch.
Thematic session: Placoderms (Chairs: Valeria Vaškaninová, Piotr Szrek, Donglei Chen & Joseph Keating)
14:30-15:10. Keynote Lauren Sallan (ONLINE). The conquest of the oceans by jawed vertebrates.
15:10-15:30. Brazeau, M. et al. Early Devonian placoderms from Mongolia and new anatomical details of Minjinia turgenensis.
15:30-15:50. Dupret, V. et al. Vertebrate bone remains from the Givetian (Middle Devonian) of Valentia Island (Ireland) – focus on Bothriolepis (Placodermi, Antiarcha) and palaeobiogeographic implications.
15:50-16:10. Jobbins, M. et al. Description and ecomorphological reconstruction of a new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline.
16:10-16:50. Coffee Break and Poster sessions.
16:50-17:10. Trinajstic, K. et al. New insights into assignment of the largest Gogo arthrodire to the genus Eastmanostues and implications for arthrodire phylogeny.
17:10-17:30. (ONLINE) Lukševičs, E. Rare faunal elements from the Baltic Late Devonian: antiarchan placoderm Walterilepis speciosa.
17:30-17:50. Grygorczyk, K. et al. A large Late Devonian (uppermost Frasnian) ptyctodont (Placodermi) from Poland.
18:00-20:00. Social drinks at the terrace of the “Estefua Freda”
Wednesday, 21st June
9:00-9:40. Keynote Tetsuto Miyashita. The Head, Heart, and Fins of Norselaspis – a glimpse into the origin of jawed vertebrates.
9:40-10:00. Brazeau, M. The origin of the pectoral girdle.
10:00-10:20. Long, J. et al. The evolution of the innear ear in basal gnathostomes.
10:20-11:00. Coffee Break and Poster sessions.
11:00-11:20. Sansom, R. & Randle, E. Fossil bite marks in heterostracans support predation by jawed vertebrates as a factor in the demise of ostracoderms.
11:20-11:40. Andreev, P. et al. Timing the origins and early diversification of jawed vertebrates, evidence from the lower Silurian of South China.
Thematic session: Chondrichtyans (Chairs: Richard Dearden & Mike Coates)
11:40-12:00. Itano, W. Psephodus and the transition from teeth to tooth plates in holocephalians.
12:00-12:20. Ginter, M. The interrelationships of Devonian omalodontiform sharks.
12:20-12:40. Luccisano, V. et al. Systematics, ontogeny and palaeobiogeography of the large xenacanth Orthacanthus from the lower Permian of France.
12:40-13:00. Leyhr, J. et al. A 3D histological survey of the vertebrate jaw cartilage with implications for chondrichthyan skeletal evolution.
13:00-14:30. Lunch.
14:30-15:10. Keynote Christian Klug. New early vertebrate-treasures from the Late Devonian of the Moroccan Anti-Atlas.
15:10-15:30. Greif, M. et al. A minute chondrichthyan Meckel’s cartilage from the Hangenberg Black Shale in Morocco and its position in chondrichthyan jaw morphospace.
15:30-15:50. Schentz, L. Diversity patterns of early chondrichthyans.
15:50-16:10. Flament, R. et al. Developmental pattern of fin spines and scales of the Early Devonian shark Wellerodus priscus from the Cairo Lagerstätte (New York, USA).
16:10-16:50. Coffee Break and Poster sessions.
16:50-17:10. Venkataraman, V. et al. Evolution and development of the anterior lateral line – new insights from Elasmobranchs.
Thematic session: Actinopterygians (Chairs: Donald Davesne, Martin Brazeau & Sébastien Olive)
17:10-17:30. Chen, D. et al. ‘Natural experiments’ reveal patterning logic of the dental development in the most primitive osteichthyan Lophosteus.
17:30-17:50. (ONLINE) Mickle, K. The dermosphenotic, intertemporal and supratemporal in lower actinopterygian fishes.
19:00-20:30. Guided Tour to Valencia’s old town. The meet point is at main entrance of the Botanical Garden (St. Quart, 80).
Thursday, 23rd June
9:00-9:40. Keynote Sam Giles. Revisiting the rise of the ray-finned fishes.
9:40-10:00. Henderson, S. et al. Diversity estimates and paleogeographical patterns for Palaeozoic ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii).
10:00-10:20. Vanhaesebroucke, O. & Cloutier, R. Early actinopterygian diversification or how to “get in shape” after a crisis.
10:20-11:00. Coffee Break and Poster sessions.
11:00-11:20. Burrow, C. et al. Dermal skeleton of the stem osteichthyan Ligulalepis from the Lower Devonian of New South Wales.
11:20-11:40. Caron, A. et al. Rethinking actinopterygian roots: new estimates using endoskeletal data from Trawdenia planti.
11:40-12:00. During, M. & Ahlberg, P.E. A Terminal Mesozoic Paddlefish from Tanis (ND, USA) – unique preservation of a K-Pg impact victim.
12:00-12:20. Johanson, Z. et al. Mechanisms of dermal bone repair after predatory attack in the giant stem-group teleost Leedsichthys problematicus Smith Woodward, 1889 (Pachycormiformes).
12:20-12:40. Davesne, D. The evolution of canalicles of Williamson in actinopterygian bone.
12:40-13:00. Houle, L. et al. Morphometric variation of cranial nerve foramina in a model fish, the zebrafish (Danio rerio): phylogenetic implications.
13:00-14:50. Lunch.
Thematic session: Sarcopterygians (Chairs: Zerina Johanson & John Long)
14:50-15:10. Long, J. et al. Observations on a new sarcopterygian fish from the Late Devonian (Frasnian) of the Gogo Formation, Western Australia.
15:10-15:30. Cloutier, R. et al. History of the coelacanth fishes: phylogeny, disparity and diversification.
15:30-15:50. Mondéjar Fernández, J. et al. The exceptionally preserved branchial skeleton of a new coelacanth from the Late Carboniferous of Texas (USA).
15:50-16:10. Cuidad Real, M. et al. 3D reconstruction and phylogenetic relationships of Grossius aragonensis (Osteichthyes, Sarcopterygii).
16:10-16:50. Coffee Break and Poster sessions.
16:50-17:10. Szrek, P. et al. A new fossil record of the Early Devonian dipnoans behaviour from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland.
17:10-17:30. Gess, R. & Ahlberg, P.E. A new Famennian species of Hyneria from the terra incognita of southern Gondwana – evidence from the Waterloo Farm Lagerstätte in South Africa.
17:30-18:00. Online Poster Session. At this session the online posters must be defenden by their authors, but the rest of in-person poster authors must be presente to answer the possible questions about their works by part of the people who attend online
Friday, 24th June
Thematic session: Tetrapods (Chair: Richard Cloutier)
9:00-9:40. Keynote Sophie Sanchez. Early limb-bone evolution.
9:40-10:00. Ahlberg, P. E. et al. Trackways of a terrestrially competent tetrapod from the Middle Devonian of Ireland.
10:00-10:20. Byrne, H. et al. A new tetrapod from the terminal Famennian of East Greenland.
10:20-11:00. 10:20-11:00. Coffee Break and Poster sessions.
11:00-11:20. Coates, M. et al. Testing phylogenetic signal consistency in the early tetrapod record.
11:20-11:40. Otoo, B. et al. The shape of things to come: reexamining early tetrapod evolution after the end-Devonian mass extinction.
11:40-12:50. Honorary speaker Philippe Janvier. Early vertebrates: on the importance of reputedly insignificant specimens. Introduced by Alan Pradel.
12:50-13:30. Closing Business. Next Symposium. Tribute to Alain Blieck.
13:30. Lunch.
Conference Dinner: The conference dinner is in the “Masía Santa Rita” restaurant at 20:30. This restaurant is located at the Albufera’s Natural Park, so a bus will pick you up at 19:00 at the main entrance of the Botanical Garden. Please, stay on time.
Posters
1-Itano, W. & Duffin, C. An enigmatic chondrichthyan rostral cartilage from the Carboniferous of North America that resembles that of Squaloraja.
2-Shen, C. & Arratia, G. Triassic times and the early radiation of ‘flying’ fishes (Neopterygii, †Thoracopteroidea) – ONLINE POSTER SESSION
3-Grohganz, M. et al. Testing hypotheses on heterostracan feeding using CFD and FEA.
4-Korneisel, D. E. & Maddin, H. C. Biomechanics of the Head–Neck Boundary in Early Tetrapods.
5-Johanson, Z. et al. Feeding in the Devonian antiarch placoderm fishes: a study based upon morpho-functional analysis of jaws.
6-Wilk, O. et al. Environmental differentiation reflected in vertebrate fauna diversity in the Lower Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland.
7-Wilk, O. General look on the sarcopterygians from the Placoderm Sandstone from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland with special reference to the porolepiforms.
8-Wilk, O. et al. Lower Devonian porolepiformes from the Canadian Arctic.
9-Szrek, P. et al. A new Late Devonian Dunkleosteus from Lompret, southern Belgium.
10-Beznosov, P. et al. New Late Devonian vertebrate locality in the Sosnogorsk Formation (South Timan, NE Europe).
11-Turner, S. To Shed or not to Shed, THAT is the question.
12-Zevallos, L. et al. First Chondrichthyan and Actynopterigian remains from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Perú