第一届国际古生态会议于1983年7月18日至23日问在法国里昂召开,约28个国家的二百余名古生物工作者和沉积工作者参加会议。在我国七名古生物工作者中,有两名是中国石油学会选派的。会议按11个课题分项开展了学术论文的报告和讨论。这11个课题是:作为古环境标志的生物;作为生态体系标志的群落;生物活动的遗迹;古生态研究方法;埋藏学;沉积物的多学科综合(研究);古生态与古气候;古生态与板块构造;古生态与生命的演化;造岩生物的作用;古湖沼学。会议期间交流了170多篇论文,其中V.V.门奈尔关于应用古生态法详细划分对比地 The 1st International Paleoecological Conference was held in Lyon, France from July 18 to July 23, 1983. About 200 palaeontologists and depositional workers from 28 countries attended the conference. Of the seven paleontologists in our country, two are selected by the Chinese Petroleum Institute. The conference carried out the dissertation report and discussion according to 11 subjects. The eleven topics are as follows: the paleoenvironmental marker organism; the community as a symbol of the ecological system; the relic of the biological activity; the paleoecological research method; the burial science; the multidisciplinary synthesis of the sediment (research); paleoecology and paleoclimate; Ecology and plate tectonics; Paleoecology and the evolution of life; The role of rock-forming organisms; During the meeting, more than 170 papers were exchanged, among which V.V. Mennell’s detailed appraisal on the application of Paleoemology