2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 180 Monday, 6 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: General Assembly Theater Hall A

P1. Breakthroughs in Paleontology: The Paleontological Society Centennial Symposium (Paleontological Society; Cushman Foundation; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology; GSA Geoscience Education; GSA History of Geology; Paleontologic Research Institute)

Jere H. Lipps and J. William Schopf, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
180-18:00 AM The Earliest History of Life: Solution to Darwin's Dilemma: SCHOPF, J. William, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Molecular Biology Institute, and Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, Univ of California, CSEOL - Geology Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, Schopf@ess.ucla.edu
180-28:20 AM Lifting the Veil on the Rise of Animals during the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian Explosion of Life: BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, dbottjer@usc.edu
180-38:40 AM Breakthroughs in Paleobotany: The Rise of Plants on Land and Origin of Complex Reproductive Systems: STOCKEY, Ruth A., Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, B-428 Biological Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9 Canada, ruth.stockey@ualberta.ca
180-49:00 AM A History of Vertebrate Success: Fish, Dinosaurs, Horses, Whales, and Bats: GINGERICH, Philip D., Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, gingeric@umich.edu
180-59:20 AM Major Changes Over the History of Life: Origins, Radiations and Extinctions: STANLEY, Steven M., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Post Bldg. 701, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, stevenst@hawaii.edu
180-69:40 AM Human Origins and Evolution: From Ardi to Lucy to Us: WHITE, Tim D., Human Evolution Research Center, University of California at Berkeley, HERC/MVZ, 3101 VLSB, Berkeley, CA 94720, timwhite@berkeley.edu
180-710:00 AM Extraordinary Preservations: More Than Rare Stills In the Movie of Life: BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, derek.briggs@yale.edu
180-810:20 AM Extraordinary Preservation of Plants and Fungi: Symbiosis and Beyond: TAYLOR, Thomas N.1, TAYLOR, Edith L.1, and KRINGS, Michael2, (1) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, tntaylor@ku.edu, (2) Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, Munich, D-80333, Germany
180-910:40 AM Probing the Deep Sea Sediment Record: Open Ocean History and Biotic Evolution: KENNETT, James, Earth Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Webb Hall, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, kennett@geol.ucsb.edu
180-1011:00 AM Movers and Shakers in 20th Century American Paleontology: DUTRO, J. Thomas Jr, United States Geological Survey (retired), 5173 Fulton Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016-3448, dutrot@si.edu
180-1111:20 AM G.G. Simpson and the Neo-Darwinian Revolution: LAPORTE, Léo F., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, laporte@ucsc.edu
180-1211:40 AM Paleontology and the Public--The Last 100 Years: LIPPS, Jere H., Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, jlipps@berkeley.edu

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