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. 231 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 351CF

T40. After the Last Ammonite and before the First Horse: Patterns of Ecological and Climatic Change during the Paleocene (Paleontological Society; Denver Museum of Nature & Science)

Kirk R. Johnson and Ian Miller, Presiding
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231-18:00 AM Dynamics of Ecological Recovery from the Cretaceous-Paleogene Event: NORRIS, Richard D., HULL, Pincelli M., and BLOXSOM, Peter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 308 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, RNorris@ucsd.edu
231-28:15 AM Anomalous, Temporary Terrestrial Sedimentary Environments Following Cretaceous-Tertiary Ecosystem Disruptions: North America, Asia, and Europe: FASTOVSKY, David E.1, SHEEHAN, Peter M.2, ISBELL, John L.3, and GRANDPRE, Rachel1, (1) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, defastov@uri.edu, (2) Geology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, (3) Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201
231-38:30 AM North American Paleocene Continental Mollusks: From Slow Recovery to High Diversity, but Not a Simple Story: HARTMAN, Joseph H., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, joseph_hartman@und.edu
231-48:45 AM A Paleocene Timescale for the Rocky Mountains: Status and Potential: BOWRING, Samuel A.1, JOHNSON, Kirk R.2, CLYDE, William3, RAMEZANI, Jahandar1, MILLER, Ian2, and PEPPE, Daniel4, (1) Dept. Earth, Atm. & Planet. Sci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, sbowring@MIT.EDU, (2) Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, (3) Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, (4) Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511
231-59:00 AM Paper Withdrawn
231-69:15 AM Paleocene Palynostratigraphy in the Hanna Basin: Friend or Foe?: DUNN, Regan, Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195, regandunn@hotmail.com
231-79:30 AM Timing and Correlation of Early Paleocene Asian Land Mammal Ages: New Results from the Nanxiong Basin, Gaungdong Province, China: CLYDE, William C.1, TING, Suyin2, SNELL, Kathryn E.3, KOCH, Paul L.3, BOWEN, Gabriel J.4, QIAN, Li5, WANG, Yuanqing5, and TONG, Yongsheng5, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 56 College Road, James Hall, Durham, NH 03824, will.clyde@unh.edu, (2) Museum of Natural Science, Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (3) Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (4) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (5) Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Post Office Box 643, Beijing 100044, China
231-89:45 AM The Paleocene Megaflora of the Western Interior of North America: Tapping the Potential of One of the Most Extensive Terrestrial Fossil Records: JOHNSON, Kirk R., Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, kirk.johnson@dmns.org, ELLIS, Beth, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, and MILLER, Ian, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
231-910:00 AM Paleobotanical Estimates of Laramide Relief in the Western Interior of North America: MILLER, Ian, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, imiller@dmns.org, BRANDON, Mark, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, JOHNSON, Kirk, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, PEPPE, Daniel, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, DUNN, Regan, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, 32651 Hwy. 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, and ELLIS, Beth, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
231-1010:15 AM Unexpected Patterns of Floral Diversity and Heterogeneity in the Earliest Paleocene of the Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains: PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu and HICKEY, Leo J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109
231-1110:30 AM Late Paleocene Lagerstätten: What Can They Tell Us about Systematics?: PIGG, Kathleen B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, kpigg@asu.edu and DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061
231-1210:45 AM Paleocene Mammals and Changing Climate In the Northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: GINGERICH, Philip D., Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, gingeric@umich.edu
231-1311:00 AM Early Paleocene Mammal Succession In the Nacimiento Formation, San Juan Basin, New Mexico: WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd., NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, thomas.williamson@state.nm.us
231-1411:15 AM Reconstruction of Latitudinal Mammalian Diversity Gradients In the Mid-Paleocene of Western North America: ROSE, Peter J. and FOX, David L., Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, rosex206@umn.edu
231-1511:30 AM Late Paleocene Warming and Floral Change in the Bighorn Basin: WING, Scott L., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, wings@si.edu and CURRANO, Ellen, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802
231-1611:45 AM Coupled Climate and Carbon Cycle Oscillations during the Late Paleocene: Inferences from High-Resolution Geochemical Records: ZACHOS, James C.1, MCCARREN, Heather1, PERIAT, Nadine1, RÖHL, Ursula2, and WESTERHOLD, Thomas3, (1) Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Marine Sciences Building, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, jzachos@pmc.ucsc.edu, (2) MARUM, Universität Bremen, Leobener Strasse, Bremen 28359, Germany, (3) MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Research, Bremen University, Leobener Strasse, Bremen, 28359, Germany

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