2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 121 Tuesday, 24 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 107 AB

Paleontology/Paleobotany IV: Early Life and the Cambrian Explosion

Sara B. Pruss and Michael J. Vendrasco, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
121-18:00 AM A FULL AND VARIED EDIACARA SEAFOOD PLATTER WITH A SLIPPERY DIP FOR CHIPS: COMPLEXITY OF EDIACARA ECOSYSTEMS: DROSER, Mary L.1, GEHLING, James2, KENNEDY, Martin1, and RICE, Dennis2, (1) Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, mary.droser@ucr.edu, (2) South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia
121-28:15 AM A CARBON FILM MACROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE LOWEST KINGSTON PEAK FORMATION (~750 MA), MOJAVE DESERT, USA: WAGGONER, Ben1, ERWIN, Marty2, and ERWIN-BALL, Mandy1, (1) Department of Biology, Univ of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR 72035-5003, benw@mail.uca.edu, (2) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004
121-38:30 AM NEW DATA ON THE EARLIEST ANIMALS AND EDIACARANS FROM SONORA, MEXICO: MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S., Department of Earth and Environment, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu
121-48:45 AM COMPLEX MULTIFOLIATE EDIACARAN FRONDS FROM MISTAKEN POINT NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA: LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca and NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
121-59:00 AM DOUSHANTUO-PERTATATAKA ACRITARCHS IN EDIACARAN SUCCESSIONS OF SOUTH CHINA: PRESERVATIONAL BIAS OR ECOLOGICAL CONTROL?: MCFADDEN, K.A.1, XIAO, Shuhai1, ZHOU, Chuanming2, XIE, Guwei2, and SCHIFFBAUER, James D.3, (1) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, pitkat@vt.edu, (2) Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3) Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
121-69:15 AM MICRORNAS AND METAZOAN EVOLUTION: INSIGHTS INTO EVOLUTIONARY COMPLEXITY AND CONSTRAINT: PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, Kevin.J.Peterson@dartmouth.edu
 9:30 AM Break
121-79:45 AM RECONSTRUCTING THE CAMBRIAN RADIATION: LIEBERMAN, Bruce, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, blieber@ku.edu and LIPPS, Jere, Department of Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, jlipps@uclink4.berkeley.edu
121-810:00 AM NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE CAMBRIAN RADIATION: PHYLOGENETIC PATTERNS IN CAMBRIAN ARACHNOMORPHS (ARTHROPODA): HENDRICKS, Jonathan R. and LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, jrhendri@ku.edu
121-910:15 AM CARBONATE SKELETAL MINERALOGY REFLECTS CHEMISTRY OF OCEAN IN WHICH SKELETON FIRST EVOLVED: PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, porter@geol.ucsb.edu
121-1010:30 AM PALEOECOLOGY OF THE EARLIEST CAMBRIAN BIOMINERALIZING ORGANISMS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: DOMKE, Kirk Lewis and BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, ZHS 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089, domke@usc.edu
121-1110:45 AM CARBONATES IN SKELETON-POOR SEAS: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CAMBRIAN MARCH POINT AND PETIT JARDIN FORMATIONS, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND: PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, spruss@fas.harvard.edu and KNOLL, Andrew H., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
121-1211:00 AM MORE SHELL MICROSTRUCTURES IN CAMBRIAN MOLLUSCS: VENDRASCO, Michael J., Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, mikev@crustal.ucsb.edu, PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, KOUCHINSKY, Artem, Department of Paleozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, LI, Guoxiang, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, and FERNANDEZ, Christine Z., Santa Barbara, CA 93105
121-1311:15 AM THE ROLE OF EIFFELIA IN EARLY SPONGE EVOLUTION: BENGTSON, Stefan, Department of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, stefan.bengtson@nrm.se and VINTHER, Jakob, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109
121-1411:30 AM PORIFERAN PARAPHYLY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PRECAMBRIAN PALEOBIOLOGY: SPERLING, Erik A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, erik.sperling@yale.edu and PETERSON, Kevin J., Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, North College Street, Hanover, NH 03755

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