ISPH 2011, July 18-20, Barcelona

Oral communications will be 10 minutes long, plus 5 minutes for discussions.

Posters should be of maximum 1,50 m x 1,16 m.

Monday 18 July

09:00-10:00 Registration

Opening Session

10:00-10:15 Welcome to ISPH2011 by M. Köhler and J. Cubo (convenors)

10:15-11:00 Conference Opening: Unraveling Biological Signals in Fossil Bones and Teeth
(Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, University of Cape Town)

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

Session I: Phylogeny and Taxonomy
Chairman: Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, University of Cape Town

11:30-11:45 Histology and the phylogenetic and systematic position of Conodonts.
(Schultze, H.P., Blieck, A., Burrow, C.J., Turner, S.)

11:45-12:00 Scales, enamel, cosmine, ganoine, and early osteichthyans.
(Schultze, H.P.)

12:00-12:15 Mosaic evolution of the enameloid microstructure in chondrichthyan scales and teeth.
(Pla, C., Manzanares, E., Martínez-Pérez, C., Rasskin-Gutman, D., Botella, H.)

12:15-12:30 Long Bone Histology of Sauropterygia from the Lower Muschelkalk of the Germanic Basin Provides Unexpected Implications for Phylogeny.
(Klein, N.)

12:30-12:45 CSI Aust Cliff (England, Upper Triassic): mystery bone case remains unsolved.
(Redelstorff, R., Sander, P.M., Galton P.M.)

12:45-13:00 The Osteohistology of Non-mammaliaform Cynodonts.
(Botha-Brink, J., Chinsamy, A., Abdala, F.)

13:00-15:00 Lunch time

15:00-15:15 Phylogenetic signal of bone histological features in ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae).
(Cubo, J., Legendre, L., de Ricqlès, A., Bourdon, E.)

15:15-15:30 The enamel microstructure of horse (Equus caballus Linneaus 1758) and ass (Equus asinus Linneaus 1758): Taxonomic Discrimination method and its Archaeological relevance in India.
(Sathe, V.)

15:30-15:45 A difference in the bone structure of oxen metapodia – castration, traction or…...?
(Cuijpers, S.)

15:45-16:00 A histological identification method for unburned and burned bone fragments: Telling humans apart from horses, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.
 (Cuijpers, S.)

Session II: Methodological approaches
Chairman: Tim Bromage, New York University College of Dentistry

16:00-16:15 Comparative aspects of incremental markings in ruminant enamel: A study in sheep and deer teeth.
(Witzel, C., Breuer, F., Kierdorf, U., Kierdorf, H.)

16:15-16:30 Micro-CT scans of fossil micromammal teeth and the definition of volume-based indices of hypsodonty and enamel amount.
(van Dam, J., Fortuny, J., van Ruijven, L.)

16:30-16:45 Revealing dental microstructure and development in fossil hominids non-destructively using synchrotron virtual histology.
(Tafforeau, P., Houssaye, A., Zermeno, J.P., Pouech, J., Smith, TM.)

16:45-17:15 Coffee break

17:15-17:30 Synchrotron virtual palaeohistology: a new tool for studying the evolution of bone microstructures in 3D.
(Sanchez, S., Dupret, V., Ryll, B., Trinajstic, K., Wretman, L., Zylberberg, L., Ahlberg, P.E., Tafforeau, P.)

17:30-17:45 Histological reconstruction of dental development in six individuals from San Pablo medieval site (Burgos, Spain).
(García, R., Carretero, J.M., Rodríguez, L., Arsuaga, J.L)

17:45-18:00 Hard Tissue Rhythms Reflect Metabolic Variation Fueling Organismal Life History
(Bromage, T., Hogg, R., Lacruz, R.S.)

18:00-18:15 Perikymata counting for age estimation of enamel hypoplasias in a Neandertal dental sample from the El Sidrón site (Asturias, Spain).
(García-Vargas, S., Rosas, A., Estalrrich, A.)

18:15-18:45 Leica Microsystems

19:00 Reception and visit Museum ICP-M.Crusafont

Tuesday 19 July

Session III: Biomechanics and Functional Morphology
Chairman: Gabriele Macho, Institut Català de Paleontologia

09:30-09:45  Microstructure, strength and rate of osteogenesis in fossil bone tissue.
(Rensberger, J.M.)

09:45-10:00 Fractal structure of bone and its biomechanical behaviour.
(Pérez-Ramos, A., De Renzi, M., Belichón, M.).

10:00-10:15 Texture and Nanostructure of Sauropod Bones: Implications for Biomechanics.
(Dumont, M., Borbely, A., Kostka, A., Sander, P.M., Kaysser-Pyzalla, A.).

10:15-10:30 Bone histology in Sauropodomorpha (Dinosauria: Saurischia): structural constraints, osteocyte lacuna density and convergence of fibrolamellar bone.
(Stein, K., Sander, P.M.)

10:30-10:45 Seasonal-burrowing mode of life of Metoposaurus diagnosticus krasiejowensis (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) on the basis of osteohistological data.
(Konietzko-Meier, D.)

10:45-11:00 The internal long bone microanatomy of terrestrial and aquatic turtles.
(Nakajima, Y.)

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30-11:45 Long bone histology of Middle Triassic Nothosaurus (Eosauropterygia) suggests a paraxial mode of swimming.
(Krahl, A., Sander, P.M.)

11:45-12:00 New insights into the paleoecology of fossil snakes based on vertebral microanatomical analysis.
(Houssaye, A., Rage, J.C., Herrel, A., Tafforeau, P.)

12:00-12:15 Preliminary paleodietary inferences in two pliopithecid primates from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) based on relative enamel thickness as compared to microwear analyses.
(Alba, D.M., Fortuny, J., DeMiguel, D.)

12:15-12:30 The diet of early hominins: abrasive, hard, neither or both?
(Macho, G., Shimizu, D.)

Session IV: Ecology and Life History
Chairman: Martin Sander, University of Bonn

12:30-12:45 The growth pattern and life history of Dysalotosaurus (Basal Iguanodontia) with implications for ornithopod dinosaurs.
(Hübner, T.)

12:45-13:00 Comparing the long bone microstructure of the marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) with that of extinct marine reptiles (Pachypleurosauridae) from the Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland/Italy.
(Hugi, J.)

13:00-13:15 Palaeobiology of Pareiasaurs (Parareptilia, Pareiasauridae) inferred from long bone histology and microanatomy.
(Canoville, A., Chinsamy, A.)

13:15-15:00 Lunch time

15:00-15:15 Bone histology of the dorsal ribs of the Jurassic sauropod Camarasaurus: Implications for growth, sexual maturity and longevity.
(Waskow, K., Sander, P.M.)

15:15-15:30 Evaluating Maturity in Dinosaurs.
(Horner, J.R., Woodward, H.N., Bailleul, A.)

15:30-15:45 On the significance of fibro-lamellar zonal bone in bovids
(Köhler, M., Marín-Moratalla, N., Jordana, X.)

15:45-16:00 Evidence of exceptional longevity in a fossil insular mammal from dental histology.
(Jordana, X., Köhler, M., Marín-Moratalla, N.)

16:00-16:30 Coffee break 

16:30 Visit to ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility

Wednesday 20 July

09:30-11:00 Poster Session: Posters and Breakfast

Session V: Growth and Development
Chairman: John R. Horner, Montana State University

11:00-11:15 A robust single-element microanalysis of a hadrosaurid dinosaur (Ornithopoda: Maiasaura peeblesorum) population reveals ontogenetic trends in growth and development.
(Woodward, H.N., Horner, J.R.)

11:15-11:30 Perinatal histomorphogenesis of craniofacial elements of Hypacrosaurus stebingeri (Ornitischia, Lambeosauridae): A preliminary study.
(Bailleul, A.M., Horner, J.R.)

11:30-11:45 High growth rate in Mamenchisaurus argues against low basal metabolic rate as the explanation for sauropod dinosaur gigantism.
(Sander, P.M., Wings, O., Griebeler, E.M., Henderson, D.M.)

11:45-12:00 Bone histology of Thyreophoran osteoderms: implications for functions of osteoderms in Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs.
(Hayashi, S., Mateus, O., Watabe, M.)

12:00-12:15 Palaeohistology and microanatomy of Triassic rauisuchian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and a preliminary comparison with selected outgroup taxa (i.e., aetosaurs and Revueltosaurus).
(Scheyer, T.M., Desojo, J.B., Cerda, I.A.)

12:15-12:30 Species Validation of Dimetrodon natalis by Evaluating Histology of Ontogenetic Growth Series of Femora and Humeri Excavated from the Briar Creek Bone Bed (Lower Permian, of Archer County, Texas).
(Don Shelton, C.)

12:30-12:45 Mandibular histology and growth in the nonmammliaform cynodont Tritylodon.
(Jasinoski, S.C., Chinsamy, A.)

12:45-14:30 Lunch time

Closure Session

14:30-16:00 Round Table
Establishment of an International Society of Paleohistology
Chairman: Jorge Cubo, University Pierre & Marie Curie

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-17:15 Conference Closure:
Towards a classificatory scheme and nomenclature of bone histology - II
(Armand J. de Ricqlès, University Pierre & Marie Curie)

17:15-17:30 Closure ISPH2011 by M. Köhler and J. Cubo

20:30 Closure Dinner (Barcelona)

Thursday 21 July

08:30-19:00 Fumanya/Pinyes site fieldtrip

Poster Session

1. The siliceous microflora of Messinian diatomite in Boudinar basin (north-Eastern Morocco). (El Ouahabi Fatima, F.Z., Ben Moussa, A., Saint Martin, S., Saint Martin, J.P.)
2. Histology of dinosaur bones from Kolone Bay (SW Istria, Croatia). (Pičuljan, L., Kozarić, Z., Bajraktarević, Z.)
3. Enamel microstructure in systematic determination of rodent incisors; Eomyops noeliae (Ruiz-Sánchez et al., 2009) from the Aragonian of Eastern Spain. (Mansino, S., Crespo, V.D., Botella, H., Ruiz, F.J., González, M., Rios, M., Colomina, E.)
4. A multi-technique approach by XRD, XRF, FT-IR to characterize the diagenesis of dinosaur bones from Spain. (Piga, G., Santos-Cubedo, A., Brunetti, A., Piccinini, M., Malgosa, A., Napolitano, E., Enzo,S.)
5. Looking at bone chemistry through XRF:  Are all bones created equally when it comes to handling injury? (Anne, J.)
6. Rehydration procedures in mummified samples. (Prats-Muñoz, G., Galtés, I., Malgosa, A.)
7. Histology of the Triassic conodont Pseudofurnishius murcianus: functional and developmental implications. (Martínez-Pérez, C., Plasencia, P., Botella, H.)
8. Osteons of domestic animals: structure, interspecies differences, biomechanical implications and utility in archaeozoological studies. (Zedda, M., Mura, A., Balzano, F., Mura, E., Lepore, G.)
9. Bone histology of Desmostylia (Mammalia, Afrotheria): impications for increasing aquatic adaptation within Desmostylia. (Hayashi, S., Nakajima, Y.)
10. Preliminary report of bone histology in an ontogenetic series of Addax nasomaculatus.  (Marín-Moratalla, N., Köhler, M., Jordana, X., Kaiser, T.)
11. Bone histology of the giant fossil rabbit Nuralagus: the trade-off between growth and reproduction on islands. (Riyahi, S., Köhler, M., Marín-Moratalla, N., Jordana, X., Quintana, J.)
12. First results from bone histology of the giant fossil dormouse Hypnomys. (Martínez-García, R., Marín-Moratalla, N., Jordana, X., Köhler, M.)
13. Enamel and dentine histology of a mosasaur pterygoid tooth: implications for development. (Pellegrini, R.A., Beatty, B.)