The World Conference on Paleontology and Stratigraphy (WCPS 2011) was held during November 28 and December 2 at Sima Thani Hotel, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. The conference brought together more than 270 participants from 33 countries.Prof. Zhou Zhekun, deputy director of XTBG, headed a 3-person group to the meeting.

Prof. Zhou Zhekun made an oral presentation entitled “Stomata frequency of two oaks change over altitudinal gradient in Himalayas”. The other two XTBG participants Dr. Frederic M.B. Jacques and Dr. SU Tao talked about “Fossil plants as indicators of palaeomonsoons” and “The late Pliocene Longmen flora from Yunnan Province, Southwest China” respectively.

Prof. Zhou Zhekun

All aspects of paleontology, ranging from tiny extinct creatures to large marine and terrestrial animals were presented at the WCPS 2011. The themes involved vertebrates, invertebrates, microfossils, plant fossils and associated subjects, such as biostratigraphy, lithostratigraphy and chronostratigraphy.

WCPS 2011