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Preface
Swiss Journal of Palaeontology ( IF 3 ) Pub Date : 2010-12-09 , DOI: 10.1007/s13358-010-0002-3
Christian A. Meyer

Dear Reader,

This is not entirely a new journal; it is a relaunch of an existing journal with a long tradition: the former so-called Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen (Mémoires Paléontologiques Suisse). Since 1874 the Commission has edited 129 volumes until 2010 that contained monographs covering the whole array of palaeontological research topics from benthic foraminifera to mammals. From now on, we will publish two issues a year, the focus has been enlarged and a chef editor set in action. This standard is required for obtaining an impact factor in the near future and will further guarantee the highest standards for a peer-reviewed journal. We are happy to have an editorial board with internationally renowned experts in their respective fields.

The first volume of the Swiss Palaeontological Journal is completely dedicated to a group of invertebrates that have long been in the focus of many neontologists and paleontologists and comes under the title: echinoderm—past, present and the future. The reason is a tribute to one of the most outstanding echinoderm palaeontologists, Hans Hess. For more details please refer to my introductory remarks. I have tried to call upon some of my colleagues in the field of echinoderm palaeontology to make a good head start for the first volume. To my pleasure almost all of them showed a quick and positive reaction to the idea for a special volume. We can offer you now an outstanding collection of papers that convincingly demonstrate the state of the art in this fascinating field of research.

Matthew Borths and Bill Ausich present a study on Palaeozoic crinoids that show the so-called Lilliput effect. Their data indicate a significant reduction in body size after the Ordovician biotic crisis. This leads them to the important conclusion that even from a perspective of deep time, the preservation of our present biodiversity is of outmost importance. Tom Baumiller and Alex Janevski report on the swimming function of crinoid cirri. Using an extant comatulid crinoid as a proxy for a biomechanical model of swimming capabilities of the cirri, they applied it to the famous Jurassic isocrinid Pentacrinites dichotomus from the black shales of Holzmaden. A very interesting paper, I myself have long been waiting for such an explanation, but read for yourself. Dan Blake and Roger Portell report on a new starfish from the Miocene of Florida that constitutes the first fossil of the extant family Asterodiscididae. Morphological data and biogeographic distribution point to an origin in the Atlantic Ocean before the closing of the Isthmus of Panama. Steve Donovan teamed up with Dave Lewis to look at endobenthic sea urchins from the Late Cretaceous chalks of Northeastern Europe that serve as hard substrate today. Some of them are reworked after 70 Million years and others are hosts for a different series of endolithic organisms, indeed a tale of strange taphonomy. Janina Dynowski and Jimmy Nebelsick analysed different populations of one of the best-known Triassic crinoid—Encrinus lilformis from the German Muschelkalk. These populations are made up of different ecophenotypes that occur along a shallow-water carbonate ramp. Predatory pressure and differences in current regime might be the driving forces behind. Andi Gale has washed over 1 ton of Late Jurassic clay, following in the footsteps of Hans Hess’ earlier efforts to pick and describe the asteroid fauna of the French locality Savigna. The unusually diverse fauna is typical of present day bathyal and abyssal environments having lived in Oxfordian shelf seas of about 50 m depth. Excellent photographs underline their fantastic preservation. Hans Hagdorn takes a closer look at the diversification of post-Palaeozoic crinoids. Observed morphologic changes are possibly connected with the adaptation to various benthic habitats and to different modes of life. He sketches an interesting picture of the life strategies of the most important Triassic crinoids from frame builders within bioherms and secondary soft-bottom dwellers to planctonic habitats. Thus demonstrating that already in the Early Mesozoic crinoids had adapted to most of the marine niches. Sabine Stöhr, John Jagt and Adiël Klompmaker report on the first articulated ophiuroids from Neogene deposits in the southern North Sea Basin. The new species is compared to already known specimens from the Cretaceous up to the Neogene. A critical approach towards already published species helps to clarify the fossil record of brittle stars.

On the basis of an excellently preserved arm fragment Christian Neumann and John Jagt describe a new Early Cretaceous astropectinid sea star. One of the groups with which Hans Hess started his palaeontological career. They discuss its taxonomic affinities, as well as palaeobiological interactions that led to its preservation.

A special volume on echinoderms without a contribution by Dolf Seilacher would not be complete. This is the reason why we included the present paper that should be regarded as an essay in honour of Hans Hess. His paper on the developmental transformation in Jurassic driftwood crinoids is looking for alternative models to explain skeletal transformations in Early Jurassic seirocrinids and pentacrinids. Even though it is in contrast to the paper of Baumiller & Janeswki, it is worth reading. And hopefully stirs a bit in the pot of pseudoplanktic ideas. Mike Simms has been looking into stereom microstructure of crinoid columnalia and tries to assess their usefulness for phylogenetic analysis. He used both fossil and recent material from various stratigraphic levels ranging from the Carnian to the Toarcian including various taxa of the Order Isocrinina, the Order Millericrinida and three extant isocrinid and bourgueticrinid genera. A very novel approach indeed, with some surprising results. Andrew Smith digs deep into the roots of the Jurassic arbacioid sea urchins. Up to now only one individual of the Middle Jurassic taxon Gymnodiadema was known. New well-preserved specimens from the Bajocian of Morocco together with the oldest known occurrence of Magnosia are the basis of a new phylogenetic analysis. He elusively sheds light on the early evolution of the crown group of arbacioids and their exploration of deep-water settings in the Late Cretaceous. The last contribution by Ben Thuy, Andi Gale and Mike Reich presents a first overview of a new Early Jurassic Lagerstätte from the French Ardennes. The remains of all five extant classes of echinoderms show an outstanding preservation. The morphological assessment of the represented taxa can be given in such details that is rarely seen in fossil material. The Sedan Lagerstätte opens a unique window into the palaeoecology of an extinct shallow-water soft-bottom community. And I am eager to read the sequel.

Finally, I would like to thank all the reviewers, who did an excellent job.

Bill Ausich, Tom Baumiller, Dan Blake, Bruno David, Steve Donovan, Hans Hagdorn, Hans Hess, John Jagt, Andreas Kroh, John Lawrence, Jimmy Nebelsick, Umberto Nicosia, Dolf Seilacher, George Sevastopoulos, Andrew Smith, Mike Simms, Loïc Villier, Gary Webster.

Thanks to all of you, we could handle the timely printing of the first volume of the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology.

Most of my sincere gratitude goes to the members of the Commission for the Swiss Palaeontological Memoirs and the Swiss Academy of Science who trusted me to lead our “old” journal into a hopeful and more international future.

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Meyer, C.A. Preface. Swiss J Palaeontol 130, 5–6 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-010-0002-3

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Published: 09 December 2010
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前言

亲爱的读者，

这不完全是一本新杂志；这是对已有悠久历史的期刊的重新发布：以前的所谓SchweizerisischePaläontologischeAbhandlungen（MémoiresPaléontologiquesSuisse）。自1874年以来，委员会已编辑129卷，直至2010年，其中包含专着，涵盖从底栖有孔虫到哺乳动物的古生物学研究主题。从现在开始，我们将每年出版两期，重点已经扩大，并且一位厨师编辑开始工作。此标准是在不久的将来获得影响因子所必需的，它将进一步保证同行评审期刊的最高标准。我们很高兴能与各自领域的国际知名专家建立编辑委员会。

《瑞士古生物学杂志》的第一卷完全针对许多无脊椎动物，这些无脊椎动物长期以来一直是许多新生物学家和古生物学家关注的焦点，其标题为：棘皮动物-过去，现在和将来。原因是向最杰出的棘皮动物古生物学家之一汉斯·赫斯致敬。有关更多详细信息，请参阅我的简介。我试图呼吁棘手动物古生物学领域的一些同事为第一卷做好良好的开端。令我高兴的是，几乎所有人都对特别版的想法反应迅速而积极。现在，我们可以为您提供出色的论文集，这些论文令人信服地展示了这个引人入胜的研究领域的最新技术。

马修·博思（Matthew Borths）和比尔·奥西希（Bill Ausich）提出了一项关于古生代海百合的研究，该研究显示了所谓的利利普特效应。他们的数据表明，在奥陶纪生物危机之后，体型显着减少。这导致他们得出一个重要的结论，即即使从深远的角度来看，保护我们目前的生物多样性也至关重要。汤姆·鲍米尔（Tom Baumiller）和亚历克斯·简涅夫斯基（Alex Janevski）报告了海百合的游泳功能。他们使用现存的小粉刺类海藻作为cirri游泳能力的生物力学模型的替代物，将其应用于著名的侏罗纪同种花粉质五分体二甲鱼来自Holzmaden的黑色页岩。一篇非常有趣的论文，我本人一直在等待这样的解释，但请自己阅读。丹·布莱克（Dan Blake）和罗杰·波特（Roger Portell）报告了来自佛罗里达中新世的一种新海星，该海星构成了现存星齿科的第一个化石。形态数据和生物地理分布指向巴拿马地峡关闭前的大西洋起源。史蒂夫·多诺万（Steve Donovan）与戴夫·刘易斯（Dave Lewis）合作，研究了东北欧白垩纪白垩岩层中的海底海胆，这些海胆如今已成为硬质底物。他们中的一些人在七千万年后进行了重新加工，而另一些人则是容纳不同系列内生生物的宿主，这确实是一个奇怪的拓扑学的故事。li形虫来自德国的Muschelkalk。这些种群由沿浅水碳酸盐岩坡道发生的不同生态表型组成。掠夺性压力和当前政权的差异可能是背后的驱动力。在汉斯·赫斯（Hans Hess）早期努力采摘和描述法国本土萨维尼亚（Savigna）小行星动物的努力之后，安迪·盖尔（Andi Gale）洗了1吨重晚侏罗纪粘土。异常多样的动物群是典型的当今深海和深海环境，它们生活在约50 m深度的牛津架子海中。出色的照片突出了其出色的保存性。汉斯·哈格多恩（Hans Hagdorn）仔细研究了后古生代海百合的多样性。观察到的形态变化可能与对各种底栖生境和不同生活方式的适应有关。他勾勒出了最重要的三叠纪海百合生活战略的有趣图景，从生物群落中的框架构建者，次要的软底居民到浮游生物的栖息地。因此表明，早中生代海百合已经适应了大多数海洋生态位。SabineStöhr，John Jagt和AdiëlKlompmaker报告了北海南部南部新近纪沉积物中的第一种关节类蛇怪。将新物种与白垩纪直至新近纪的已知标本进行比较。对已发表物种的一种关键方法有助于阐明脆性恒星的化石记录。因此表明，早中生代海百合已经适应了大多数海洋生态位。SabineStöhr，John Jagt和AdiëlKlompmaker报告了北海南部南部新近纪沉积物中的第一种关节类蛇怪。将新物种与白垩纪直至新近纪的已知标本进行比较。对已发表物种的一种关键方法有助于阐明脆性恒星的化石记录。因此表明，早中生代海百合已经适应了大多数海洋生态位。SabineStöhr，John Jagt和AdiëlKlompmaker报告了北海南部南部新近纪沉积物中的第一种关节类蛇怪。将新物种与白垩纪直至新近纪的已知标本进行比较。对已发表物种的一种关键方法有助于阐明脆性恒星的化石记录。

在保存完好的手臂碎片的基础上，克里斯蒂安·诺伊曼（Christian Neumann）和约翰·杰格特（John Jagt）描述了一颗新的早白垩世的星形胶质海星。汉斯·赫斯（Hans Hess）与其一起开始古生物学事业的团体之一。他们讨论了其分类学亲和力以及导致其保存的古生物学相互作用。

没有Dolf Seilacher贡献的有关棘皮动物的特殊书籍将不完整。这就是为什么我们包括本论文的原因，该论文应被视为纪念汉斯·赫斯的论文。他关于侏罗纪漂流木海百合类的发育转变的论文正在寻找替代模型，以解释侏罗纪早期的蛇纹石和五棱类的骨骼转变。即使与Baumiller和Janeswki的论文形成对比，也值得一读。并希望在伪造的想法中激起一些冲击。迈克·西姆斯（Mike Simms）一直在研究滨海百合的立体显微结构，并试图评估其在系统发育分析中的作用。他使用了从Carnian到Toarcian的不同地层的化石和最新材料，包括Isocrinina阶，Millericrinida阶和三个现存的isocrinid和bourgueticrinid属的各种分类。确实，这是一种非常新颖的方法，具有令人惊讶的结果。安德鲁·史密斯（Andrew Smith）深入研究了侏罗纪类杆菌海胆的根源。迄今为止，仅已知中侏罗纪分类群裸子纲的一个人。来自摩洛哥巴约西亚人的保存完好的新标本，以及已知最古老的木兰属，是进行新的系统发育分析的基础。他难以捉摸地阐明了冠状群类杆菌的早期演化及其对白垩纪晚期深水环境的探索。Ben Thuy的最后贡献，安迪·盖尔（Andi Gale）和迈克·赖希（Mike Reich）首次介绍了法国阿登地区的新侏罗纪Lagerstätte。所有五个现存棘皮动物类别的遗迹均显示出杰出的保存价值。可以在化石材料中很少见到的细节中给出代表类群的形态学评估。轿车Lagerstätte为一个已灭绝的浅水软底群落的古生态打开了一个独特的窗口。而且我很想读续集。轿车Lagerstätte为一个已灭绝的浅水软底群落的古生态打开了一个独特的窗口。而且我很想读续集。轿车Lagerstätte为一个已灭绝的浅水软底群落的古生态打开了一个独特的窗口。而且我很想读续集。

最后，我要感谢所有出色的审稿人。

Bill Ausich，Tom Baumiller，Dan Blake，Bruno David，Steve Donovan，Hans Hagdorn，Hans Hess，John Jagt，Andreas Kroh，John Lawrence，Jimmy Nebelsick，Umberto Nicosia，Dolf Seilacher，George Sevastopoulos，Andrew Smith，Mike Simms，LoïcVillier ，加里·韦伯斯特。

感谢大家，我们可以及时处理《瑞士古生物学杂志》第一卷的印刷。

我最真诚的感谢瑞士古生物学回忆录委员会和瑞士科学院的成员，他们相信我可以将我们的“旧”期刊带入一个充满希望和国际化的未来。