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| | 8:00 AM | Introductory Remarks |
| 16-1 | 8:05 AM | EARLY CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS FROM PATAGONIA: THE BAQUERO GROUP, A CASE STUDY: CUNEO, Nestor Ruben, Paleobotany, MEF, Av. Fontna 140, Trelew 9100 Argentina, rcuneo@mef.org.ar. |
| 16-2 | 8:25 AM | MAASTRICHTIAN TO EARLY MIOCENE PATTERNS OF PLANT DIVERSIFICATION IN THE NEOTROPICS: JARAMILLO, Carlos A., Biostratigraphy, Colombian Petroleum Institute, AA 4185, Bucaramanga, carlos@flmnh.ufl.edu. |
| 16-3 | 8:45 AM | CENOZOIC ANDEAN GEOCHRONOLOGY, PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND TECTONIC HISTORY: EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AMERICAN FOSSIL MAMMALS: FLYNN, John J., Geology, Field Museum Nat History, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, jflynn@fieldmuseum.org. |
| 16-4 | 9:05 AM | MODERNIZATION OF SOUTH AMERICAN FRESHWATER FISHES AND THEIR HABITATS: LUNDBERG, John G., Ichthyology, The Academy of Nat Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, lundberg@acnatsci.org. |
| | 9:25 AM | Break |
| 16-5 | 9:40 AM | THE MESOZOIC MAMMALIAN RECORD IN SOUTH AMERICA: A REAPPRAISAL: ROUGIER, Guillermo W.1, MARTINELLI, Agustín G.2, and FORASIEPI, Analía M.1, (1) Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, Univ of Louisville, 500 S Preston, Louisville, KY 40292, grougier@louisville.edu, (2) Vertebrate Paleontology, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Angel Gallardo 470, Buenos Aires, 1405 |
| 16-6 | 9:55 AM | FLORA OF THE LA COLONIA FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN, LATE CRETACEOUS), CHUBUT, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA: GANDOLFO, Maria A., Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Univ, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, 460 Mann Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, MAG4@CORNELL.EDU and CUNEO, N. Ruben, Museo Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, Chubut, 9100, Argentina |
| 16-7 | 10:10 AM | EXTREMELY DIVERSE FOSSIL FLORAS FROM THE PALEOGENE OF PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORIGINS OF HIGH PLANT AND INSECT DIVERSITY IN SOUTH AMERICA: WILF, Peter, Dept. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, pwilf@geosc.psu.edu, JOHNSON, Kirk R., Dept. Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, Denver, CO 80205, CUNEO, N. Ruben, Paleobotany, MEF, Av. Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, and GANDOLFO, Maria A., Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Univ, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, 460 Mann Library, Ithaca, NY 14853 |
| 16-8 | 10:25 AM | TERTIARY CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: HINOJOSA O, Luis Felipe, Laboratorio de Ecología y Sistemática Vegetal (Palinología), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, lhinojos@icaro.dic.uchile.cl and GREGORY-WODZICKI, Kathryn, 3101-1199 Marinaside Crescent, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2Y2, Canada |
| 16-9 | 10:40 AM | INVESTIGATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE EOCENE PIEDRA CHAMANA PETRIFIED FOREST, PERU: WOODCOCK, Deborah, Dept. of Geography, Clark Univ, Worcester, MA 01610, woodcock@hawaii.edu and MEYER, Herbert W., Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, Herb_Meyer@nps.gov |
| 16-10 | 10:55 AM | BLOWING IN THE WIND: ABIOTIC DISPERSAL, ECOLOGY, AND PHYLOGENY IN SOUTH AMERICAN TERTIARY FLORAS: BURNHAM, Robyn J., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, rburnham@umich.edu. |
| 16-11 | 11:10 AM | WHEN INVASION AND RADIATION DO NOT COINCIDE: FRESHWATER CORBULID BIVALVES FROM THE NEOGENE OF WESTERN AMAZONIA AND THE PALEOCENE OF NORTH DAKOTA: ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101, laurie@geol.lsu.edu and HARTMAN, Joseph H., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Univ of North Dakota, PO Box 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202 |
| 16-12 | 11:25 AM | PATTERNS OF MAMMALIAN COMMUNITY EVOLUTION IN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA DURING THE LATE NEOGENE IN RELATION TO CLIMATIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: BOBE, Rene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, bobe.rene@nmnh.si.edu, ORTIZ JAUREGUIZAR, Edgardo, Museo Paleontologico "Egidio Feruglio", Fontana 140, Trelew, U9100GYO, Argentina, and BEHRENSMEYER, Anna K., Smithsonian Inst, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121 |
| 16-13 | 11:40 AM | QUATERNARY KARST GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MAMMALIAN PALEOBIOLOGY IN SEMIARID NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: AULER, Augusto, CPMTC Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, aauler@zaz.com.br, CARTELLE, Castor, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, HARTWIG, Walter, Basic Sciences, Touro Univ College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo, CA 94558, whartwig@touro.edu, and SMART, Peter, School of Geographical Sciences, Univ of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom |
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