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. 337 Thursday, 9 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 330A

T28. Permian and Triassic Terrestrial Biotic Responses to Global Perturbations (GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; The Paleontological Society; Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM); Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Robert A. Gastaldo, Isabel P. Montanez, Neil Tabor and William A. DiMichele, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
337-18:00 AM Permian Record of Gondwanan Environmental Change: From Severe Icehouse to Hothouse and Biotic Crisis: FIELDING, Christopher, Dept. of Geosciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, cfielding2@unl.edu
337-28:20 AM Paleotropical Climate and Vegetation Linkages to Southern Gondwanan Glaciation: Extending the Early Permian Record into the Late Mississippian: MONTANEZ, Isabel1, TABOR, Neil J.2, DIMICHELE, William3, CECIL, Blaine4, EROS, James M.1, GULBRANSON, Erik L.1, and POULSEN, Chris5, (1) Department of Geology, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616, montanez@geology.ucdavis.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (3) Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (4) USGS National Center (emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, (5) Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
337-38:40 AM The Permian(?) of the Central Appalachian Basin: CECIL, C. Blaine, Smithsonian Institution and US Geol Survey (Emeritus), Reston, VA 20192, bcecil@usgs.gov, DIMICHELE, William, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, and SKEMA, Viktoras, Pennsylvania Geological Survey - retired, Harrisburg, PA 17111
337-48:55 AM Fluvial Instability In the Paleoequatorial Realm of Atlantic Canada during the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian. A Record of Global Climate Variation?: ALLEN, Jonathan P., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, jallen19@bigred.unl.edu, FIELDING, Christopher R., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, P.O. Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, RYGEL, Michael C., Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676, and GIBLING, Martin R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada
337-59:10 AM Permian-Pennsylvanian Climate from Paleosols in North-Central New Mexico, USA: MILLESON, Mary E., Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, mmilleso@smu.edu and TABOR, Neil J., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395
337-69:25 AM Early Permian Vegetational Patterns across Equatorial Pangea and Climatic Implications: DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, NMNH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, dimichel@si.edu, TABOR, Neil J., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, MONTANEZ, Isabel P., Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, and KERP, Hans, Forschungsstelle für Paläobotanik, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Hindenburgplatz 57, Münster, 48143, Germany
337-79:40 AM Permian and Triassic Plate Tectonic, Paleogeographic and Paleoclimatic Reconstructions and Animation: SCOTESE, Christopher1, BAMMEL, Brandon2, CROWLEY, Clinton2, and VERSOVA, Ludmilla2, (1) PALEOMAP Project, University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012, chris@scotese.com, (2) Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates St, Arlington, TX 76019
 9:55 AM Break
337-810:10 AM Assessing the Impact of the End-Permian Mass-Extinction on the Vertebrate Faunas of the Karoo: NEVELING, Johann, Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Pretoria 0001 South Africa, jneveling@geoscience.org.za
337-910:30 AM An Assessment of Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to the End Permian Crisis, Karoo Basin, South Africa: GASTALDO, Robert A.1, KAMO, Sandra L.2, NEVELING, Johann3, PREVEC, Rose4, PREVEC, Steve4, and REID, Samuel B.5, (1) Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, ragastal@colby.edu, (2) Jack Satterly Geochronology Laboratory, Univ of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B1, Canada, (3) Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, (4) Department of Geology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown, 6410, South Africa, (5) Department of Geology, Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901
337-1010:45 AM Patterns of Terrestrial Herbivory from the Permian to the TRIASSIC In Euramerica and Gondwana: LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, labandec@si.edu
337-1111:00 AM A Permo-Triassic Meteorite Impact and Its Effects on the Carbon Isotope Record: TOHVER, Eric1, CAWOOD, Peter1, ESTRADA, Beatriz1, SHERLOCK, Sarah2, LANA, Cristiano3, TRINDADE, Ricardo4, MARANGONI, Yara4, and SOUZA, Carlos Roberto5, (1) School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, 6009, Australia, etohver@cyllene.uwa.edu.au, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom, (3) Department of Geology, Stellenbosch Universiteit, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa, (4) Departamento de Geofisica, Instituto de Astronomia e Geofisica, Rua do Matão, 1226, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, 05508-090, (5) Instituto de Geociencias, UNICAMP, Rua Pandiá Calógeras, No. 51, Campinas, 13983-970
337-1211:15 AM Tentative Correlation Between Floral Succession In the Brazilian Paraná Basin and Global Climatic Changes during the Permian Times: IANNUZZI, Roberto, Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, RS 91.509-900 Brazil, roberto.iannuzzi@ufrgs.br

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