Program
| 13:00 - | Registration | |
| 13:30 - | Opening Remarks Shigeru Kuratani | |
| Part 1: Origin of Gnatostomes Chair: Zhe-Xi Luo | ||
| 13:40 - | Development of the hagfish and origin of the gnathostome head Shigeru Kuratani (RIKEN Evolutionary Morphology Laboratory, Japan) | |
| 14:10 - | Cranial geometry and development at the origin of gnathostomes: why are osteostracans so strange? Per Ahlberg (Uppsala University, Sweden) | |
| 14:40 - | Jaw shaping of early gnathostomes as evidenced from the fossil record Min Zhu (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) | |
| 15:10 - | Just before the rise of jaws : the stem gnathostome conundrum Philippe Janvier (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France) | |
| 15:40 - | Coffee Break | |
| Part 2: Tetrapod Diversity Chair: Shigeru Kuratani | ||
| 16:10 - | Mode in Evolution of Tetrapod Musculoskeletal Systems: A Case Study of an Evolutionary Breakthrough, the Diaphragm Tatsuya Hirasawa (RIKEN Evolutionary Morphology Laboratory, Japan) | |
| 16:40 - | A Review of Phylogeny and Diversification of Major Amniote Clades, with an Emphasis on Fossil Forms
Takanobu Tsuihiji (The University of Tokyo, Japan) | |
| 17:10 - | Diversification of Early Mammals In the Light of Developmental Morphogenesis Zhe-Xi Luo (The University of Chicago, USA) | |
| 17:40 - | Closing Remarks Philippe Janvier | |
| 17:50 - | Reception Fee: 5,000yen *Reception fee will be collected on the event day by cash. | |