2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 154 Tuesday, 24 October 2006
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 107 AB

Paleontology/Paleobotany VI: Ancient Terrestrial Ecosystems

Kirk Johnson and William A. DiMichele, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
154-11:30 PM MULTIPLE LINES OF EVIDENCE SUPPORT THE PRESENCE OF CAMBRIAN LAND PLANTS: STROTHER, Paul K., Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493, strother@bc.edu
154-21:45 PM SPATIAL PATTERNS IN THE FINAL FOREST OF A DROWNED PEAT MIRE, SPRINGFIELD COAL (MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN), ILLINOIS BASIN: DIMICHELE, William A., Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, dimichel@si.edu, NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geol Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, and ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E. Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
154-32:00 PM PALEOBOTANY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY POND DEPOSIT FROM THE MIDDLE HELL CREEK FORMATION (UPPER MAASTRICHTIAN; UPPER CRETACEOUS) OF HARDING COUNTY, NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA: JOHNSON, Kirk R., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, KJohnson@dmns.org
154-42:15 PM PALYNOLOGICAL CHANGES ACROSS THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE NEOTROPICS: JARAMILLO, Carlos and DE LA PARRA, Felipe, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, jaramilloc@si.edu
154-52:30 PM AN EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED PALEOCENE FLORA FROM THE MIDDLE PARK FORMATION, COLORADO: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LARAMIDE PALEOTOPOGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION: MILLER, Ian, JOHNSON, Kirk, and ELLIS, Beth, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, imiller@dmns.org
154-62:45 PM THE PALEOCENE ENIGMA: HIGH DIVERSITY FLORAS ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT RANGE: ELLIS, Beth1, JOHNSON, Kirk1, MILLER, Ian1, and BARCLAY, Richard2, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, bellis@dmns.org, (2) Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
154-73:00 PM NORTH AMERICAN PARATROPICAL FLORAL EXTINCTION IN THE LATE PALEOCENE-EARLY EOCENE: HARRINGTON, Guy J., School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Aston Webb Building, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, g.j.harrington@bham.ac.uk and JARAMILLO, Carlos A., CTPA, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843 - 03092, Balboa, 0843 - 03092, Panama
 3:15 PM Break
154-83:30 PM EXCEPTIONAL DIVERSITY IN LATE EOCENE FRESHWATER DIATOMS FROM THE FLORISSANT FORMATION, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: BENSON, Mary Ellen, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 399 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, MaryEllen.Benson@colorado.edu, SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, and SPAULDING, Sarah, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, 450 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0450
154-93:45 PM CENOZOIC VEGETATION CHANGE IN AFRICA: A LARGE-SCALE VIEW OF A SMALL-SCALE PROCESS: JACOBS, Bonnie F., Environmental Science Program, Southern Methodist Univ, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, bjacobs@mail.smu.edu, PAN, Aaron D., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, and SCOTESE, Christopher, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates St, Arlington, TX 76019
154-104:00 PM FOSSIL LEAF ECONOMICS FROM SCALING PRINCIPLES: ROYER, Dana L.1, SACK, Lawren2, WILF, Peter3, LUSK, Christopher H.4, JORDAN, Gregory J.5, NIINEMETS, Ülo6, WRIGHT, Ian J.4, and WESTOBY, Mark4, (1) Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT 06459, droyer@wesleyan.edu, (2) Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, (3) Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, (4) Dept. of Biological Sciences, Macquarie Univ, Sydney, Australia, (5) School of Plant Science, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, (6) Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian Univ. of Life Sciences, Tartu, 51014, Estonia
154-114:15 PM PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS IN THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OF NEVADA: LECKEY, Erin, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 399 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, Erin.Leckey@colorado.edu and SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum, Univ of Colorado, 265 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265
154-124:30 PM NEW RESULTS ABOUT THE ARTHROPOD FAUNA FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS CRATO FORMATION OF BRAZIL: BECHLY, Günter, Dept. of Paleontology, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, Stuttgart D-70191 Germany, bechly.smns@naturkundemuseum-bw.de
154-134:45 PM ISOTOPIC INTERPRETATION OF ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CARNIVORES AND HERBIVORES FROM THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE HOMINID BEARING DEPOSITS OF VALDEGOBA CAVE, NORTHERN SPAIN: FERANEC, Robert Scott, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, New York State Museum, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, feranec@gmail.com, GARCIA, Nuria, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, and Centro de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ciudad Universitaria s/n, Madrid, 28040, Spain, ARSUAGA, Juan Luis, Centro de Evolución y Comportamiento Humanos, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, C/ Sinesio Delgado 4, Pabellon 14, Madrid, 28029, Spain, ORTEGA, Ana Isabel, Departamento Ciencias Históricas y Geografía, Universidad de Burgos, Laboratorio de Evolución Humana, Edificio I+D+I, Plaza de Misael Bañuelos s/n, Burgos, 09001, Spain, and DIEZ, Juan Carlos, Departamento Ciencias Históricas y Geografía, Universidad de Burgos, Facultad de Humanidades y Educación, Edificio I+D+I, Plaza de Misael Bañuelos s/n, Burgos, 09001, Spain

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