This is to announce the publication of "Fossil Algae and Stromatolites",
special issue for the 7th International Symposium on Fossil Algae, Nanjing,
October 13-17, 1999.

Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica Vol. 20 No. 1, Edited by Yuan Xunlai and
Mu Xinan, ISSN 1000-0674, 102 p., English text with Chinese abstracts.

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Payment can be made by a cheque payable to Yuan Xunlai, Nanjing Institute
of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 Beijing East
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CONTENTS



Introduction to Fossil Algae and Stromatolites
Mu Xinan and Yuan Xunlai

Brief History and Current Status of Stromatolites Study in China
Cao Ruiji and Yuan Xunlai

Proterozoic Stromatolites from Central Brazil: Palaeoecological and Tectonic
Setting in Parano¨¢ and Bambu¨ª Groups
E M Guimarães, L Soares, T Fairchild and M A Dardenne

The Earth-Sun-Moon Dynamics from Growth Rhythms of 1300 Ma Stromatolites
Zhu Shixing and Huang Xueguang

Peculiarities in the Development of Early Cambrian Calcareous Algae on the
Siberian Platform
V A Luchinina and A A Terleev

Review of the Microfossil Assemblage from the Late Mesoproterozoic Ruyang
Group in Shanxi, China
Yin Leiming and Yuan Xunlai

Application of Botanical Taxonomy to Fossil Coralline Alage (Corallinales,
Rhodophyta)
J C Braga

Selliporella neocomiensis Radoicic, 1975 (Non 1963), Nov. Comb. A Lower
Cretaceous Dasyclad Algae from the Tethyan Realm
I I Bucur, E Sãsãran

New Data on Petrascula iberica Dragastan et Trappe, 1986, Nov.Comb., A
Liassic Club-shaped Dasycladacean. Preliminary Note
B Granier, Apoisson, B Ferré, R Deloffre

Review of Fossil Dasycladalean associations in the Triassic of Croatia
T Grgasovic and B Sokac

Discussion on the Biological Sources of Petrologen
Wang Ruiyong, Liu Zhili and Zhou Wen

Fruit-Like Fossils of Ancient Seaweeds from the Late Ordovician, Central
area of the Trim Basin and the Characters of Bioprecursors of the Tazhong
Oil Field
Bian Lizeng, Zhang Shuichang, Liang Digang, Zhang Baomin, Wang Darui and Yin
Leiming

Dinosterane from the Neoproterozoic Datangpo Black Shales and Its Biological
Implication
Meng Fanwei, Yuan Xunlai, Zhou Chuanming and Chen Zhilin