📣📣The 15th Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology Cluj-Napoca, September 10-14, 2025📣📣

📣📣INVITATION - The 15th Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology Cluj-Napoca, September 10-14, 2025📣📣

We are honoured to invite you to Cluj-Napoca, one of the centres of Romanian Geology and Palaeontology, to attend the Fifteenth Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology, which will be held from the 10th to the 14th of September, 2025.
The main purpose of the meetings of the Romanian Society of Palaeontologists (RSP) is to reunite various scientists working in the field of Palaeontology and other related research areas
(Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Palaeobiogeography, Palaeoecology, Basin Analysis, Geoheritage, and Geoconservation). These meetings represent an excellent opportunity for geoscientists to share their results, research experiences, and to exchange valuable ideas and
concepts. In recent years, the biennial meetings of the RSP have attracted worldwide participation, thus giving an international character to these scientific reunions.

See you in Cluj-Napoca!
The organizing committee

FIRST CIRCULAR
The Fifteenth Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology, organized by the Romanian Society of Palaeontologists (RSP) and the Department of Geology of the Babeș-Bolyai University of ClujNapoca, will be held in Cluj-Napoca, September 10th to 14th, 2025.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Cristian Victor Mircescu (Executive-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Carmen Mariana Chira (Executive-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
George Pleș (Executive-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Ioan I. Bucur (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Vlad Aurel Codrea (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Filipescu Sorin (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Tanțău Ioan (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Emanoil Săsăran (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Lorand Silye (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Raluca Haitonic (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Szabolcs Attila Kövecsi (Vice-president, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Iuliana Lazăr (Vice-president, University of Bucharest)
Marius Stoica (Vice-president, University of Bucharest)
Daniel Țabără (Vice-president, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași)
Andrei Briceag (Vice-president, GeoEcomar, Bucharest)
Mihaela Melinte Dobrinescu (GeoEcomar, Bucharest)
Liana Săsăran (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Ramona Bălc (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Mirela Popa (Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca)
Secretariate
Alina Floroiu Secretary (University of Bucharest)
Sergiu Loghin Secretary (University of Bucharest)
Eliza Anton Secretary (GeoEcomar, Bucharest)
Student volunteers

VENUE
The 15th Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology will be held at the Department of Geology ofthe Babeș-Bolyai University, Mihail Kogălniceanu street, no. 1, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

The Babeș-Bolyai University was founded in 1581 as Academia Claudiopolitana and during its history it underwent various changes and reorganizations, acquiring its current name by combining the Bolyai University (founded in 1945) and the Victor Babeș University (founded in 1919). It currently represents the largest Romanian university and it offers a great variety of study programmes, actively contributing to the development of the Romanian society by combining education, science and culture. Geology in general, and Paleontology, in particular have represented two branches of the Natural Sciences that continuously developed as an important direction of research and education at this university.

ACCOMMODATION
Cluj-Napoca offers a wide range of accommodation facilities. Details, including a list of available/recommended hotels will be given in the second circular.

LANGUAGE OF THE SYMPOSIUM
English will be the official language of the Symposium

SYMPOSIUM THEMES
Invertebrate Palaeontology
Vertebrate Palaeontology
Micropalaeontology
Sedimentology and Microfacies
Palaeobotany and Palynology
Paleobiology, Palaeoecology and Palaeogeography
Taphonomy and Ichnology
Biostratigraphy
Geoheritage and Geoconservation

SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Icebreaker party - The icebreaker party will be held on Thursday, 11
th September 2025.
Symposium dinner - The Symposium Dinner will be held on Friday, 12th September 2025.
Details will be given in the Second Circular.

KEY DATES
• 15th March 2025 – distribution of the Second Circular.
• 1st of June 2025– deadline for abstract submission (talks and posters). Details will be given in the Second Circular.
• 15th June 2025 – early bird registration and field trips registration deadline.
• 1st of August 2025 – acceptance of abstracts. The submissions (talks and posters) will be included in the symposium program and the accepted abstracts will be considered for
publication after the payment of the registration fee.
• 15th August 2025 – regular registration deadline.

PRE-SYMPOSIUM FIELDTRIP
MESOZOIC DEPOSITS FROM THE SOUTHERN APUSENI MOUNTAINS
Date: 10.09.2025.
Details will be given in the Second Circular.

POST-SYMPOSIUM FIELDTRIP
CENOZOIC DEPOSITS FROM THE TRANSYLVANIAN BASIN - MARAMUREȘ
REGION
Date: September 13.09.2025 - 14.09.2025.
Details will be given in the Second Circular.

CONTACT
Cristian Victor Mircescu George Pleș
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Carmen Chira
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Further information about the 15th Romanian Symposium of Palaeontology (including circulars, accommodation, abstract template, registration form, costs and details of the fieldtrips) will be available on the RSP web page (www.geo-paleontologica.org), as well as in the forthcoming circulars.

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