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| 120-1 | 8:00 AM | THE VINDHYAN ENIGMA REVISITED: BENGTSON, Stefan1, BELIVANOVA, Veneta1, RASMUSSEN, Birger2, and WHITEHOUSE, Martin J.3, (1) Department of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, stefan.bengtson@nrm.se, (2) School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, Univ of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia, (3) LIG, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden |
| 120-2 | 8:15 AM | A PALEOPROTEROZOIC DIVERSIFICATION OF EARLY EUKARYOTES: FOSSIL EVIDENCE FROM THE CHANGZHOUGOU FORMATION, NORTH CHINA: LAMB, D.M.1, AWRAMIK, S.M.1, and ZHU, S.2, (1) Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, dml@umail.ucsb.edu, (2) Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, No. 4, 8th Road, Dazhigu, Tianjin, 300170, China |
| 120-3 | 8:30 AM | CRYOGENIAN (MIDDLE NEOPROTEROZOIC) REEFS FROM NORTHWESTERN CANADA: NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, narbonne@geol.queensu.ca and JAMES, Noel P., Department of Geological Science and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada |
| 120-4 | 8:45 AM | MICROBIAL FRAMEWORK BUILDERS OF A CRYOGENIAN REEF: THE PERSISTANCE OF EVOLUTION TOWARD THE CAMBRIAN: WOON, Estee M.S. and WALLACE, Malcolm W., School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Carlton, 3010, Australia, e.woon@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au |
| 120-5 | 9:00 AM | NEOPROTEROZOIC STROMATOLITES OF THE DEATH VALLEY REGION: LET THE REHABILITATION BEGIN: AWRAMIK, Stanley M., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, awramik@geol.ucsb.edu, GREY, Kathleen, Geological Survey of Western Australia, 100 Plain Street, East Perth, 6004, Australia, and KNAUTH, L. Paul, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 |
| 120-6 | 9:15 AM | SPHEROIDAL MICROFOSSILS FROM THE EDIACARAN DOUSHANTUO FORMATION: ANIMAL EMBRYOS OR GIANT SULFIDE OXIDIZING BACTERIA?: XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, xiao@vt.edu, ZHOU, Chuanming, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, and YUAN, Xunlai, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China |
| 120-7 | 9:30 AM | PALEOECOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF EARLY BIOMINERALIZERS – EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA, USA: DOMKE, Kirk L. and BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, domke@usc.edu |
| 120-8 | 9:45 AM | PECTINATES: AN EARLY EXPERIMENT IN MULTICELLULAR LIFE FROM THE EDIACARAN OF NEWFOUNDLAND: BAMFORTH, Emily L. and NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, 4elb2@qlink.queensu.ca |
| 120-9 | 10:00 AM | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FRONDS FROM THE EDIACARAN OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca, GEHLING, James G., Natural Science, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, South Australia, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, and DROSER, Mary, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521 |
| 120-10 | 10:15 AM | ANCHORS AWAY: ANATOMY OF AN EDIACARAN SEA FLOOR DOMINATED BY PARVANCORINA: DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, mary.droser@ucr.edu, GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, PATERSON, John, Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management, The University of New England, Armidale, 2351, Australia, and RICE, Dennis, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia |
| 120-11 | 10:30 AM | EXPLORING THE TAXONOMIC AFFINITIES OF NEOPROTEROZOIC AND PALEOZOIC ACRITARCHS: COHEN, Phoebe, Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University, Botanical Museum, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, pacohen@fas.harvard.edu and KODNER, Robin, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St, Botanical Museum, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| 120-12 | 10:45 AM | SILICIFICATION AS A COMMON MODE OF PRESERVATION IN NORTH AMERICAN CAMBRIAN LAGERSTÄTTEN: POWELL, Wayne, Geology, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu |
| 120-13 | 11:00 AM | THE ROLE OF SKELETONS IN THE EARLY PALEOZOIC CARBONATE FACTORY: EVIDENCE FROM WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND AND WESTERN UTAH: PRUSS, Sara B., Dept. of Geology, Smith College, Clark Science Center, Northampton, MA 01063, spruss@email.smith.edu, KNOLL, Andrew H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, FINNEGAN, Seth, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, and MUSHEGIAN, Alexandra, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| 120-14 | 11:15 AM | PALEOECOLOGY AND SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS OF EPIFAUNAL SUSPENSION FEEDERS IN THE EARLY CAMBRIAN MAOTIANSHAN SHALE BIOTA, SOUTHWEST CHINA: DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, sdornbos@uwm.edu and CHEN, Junyuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China |
| 120-15 | 11:30 AM | TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE EARLY CAMBRIAN MAOTIANSHAN SHALE BIOTA CHANCELLORIID ALLONNIA: KLOSS, Tristan J., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, tjkloss@uwm.edu, DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, and CHEN, Jun-Yuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China |
| 120-16 | 11:45 AM | PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN EOCRINOID ECHINODERM GOGIA SPIRALIS: POSSIBLE CHANGES IN SUBSTRATE ADAPTATIONS THROUGH ONTOGENY: SCHLOTTKE, Mark T., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, mts5@uwm.edu and DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 |
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