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| 277-1 | 8:00 AM | Did Ediacaran Fossils Live on Land?: RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, gregr@uoregon.edu |
| 277-2 | 8:15 AM | Evolutionary, Ecological, and Paleoenvironmental Implications of Acritarchs as Metazoan Resting Stages: COHEN, Phoebe, Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University, Botanical Museum, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, pacohen@fas.harvard.edu, KNOLL, Andrew, Botanical Museum, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, and KODNER, Robin, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St, Botanical Museum, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| 277-3 | 8:30 AM | Ecological Aspects of a Late Ordovician (Cincinnatian) Epibiofacies Gradient: Understanding the Roles of Colonial Organisms: SMRECAK, Trisha A., Paleontological Research Institute, Ithaca, NY 14850, trish.smrecak@gmail.com and BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 |
| 277-4 | 8:45 AM | Bigger and Deeper: Discordant Size Trends in Epifaunal and Infaunal Jurassic Bivalves: KRAUSE, Richard A. Jr1, ABERHAN, Martin2, FUERSICH, Franz T.3, and KIESSLING, Wolfgang2, (1) Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, Germany, richard.krause@museum.hu-berlin.de, (2) Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (3) Institut fuer Palaeontologie, Pleicherwall 1, Wuerzburg, 97070, Germany |
| 277-5 | 9:00 AM | Spatial Prediction of Paleoenvironments Using GIS: BARBOUR WOOD, Susan L.1, DAVIS, Ronald W.1, KERFONTA, Matthew1, and DALEY, Gwen M.2, (1) Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, 331 Stillwell Building, Cullowhee, NC 28723, susanwood@email.wcu.edu, (2) Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29732 |
| 277-6 | 9:15 AM | Latitudinal Variation in Shell Thickness and Drilling Predation on Recent Hemimactra of the Eastern US: VISAGGI, Christy C., Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, ccv9261@uncw.edu, KELLEY, Patricia H., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944, and HANSEN, Thor A., Geology, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225 |
| 277-7 | 9:30 AM | The Perseverance of Pocket Gophers during Dune Reactivation in the Nebraska Sand Hills: A Study of Late Holocene Gopher Burrows: SCHMEISSER, Rebecca L. and LOOPE, David B., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, rschmei@bigred.unl.edu |
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| 277-8 | 10:00 AM | Palynological Correlation of Mississippian (Carboniferous) Stage Boundaries In the Midwest USA and Europe: HEAL, Sarah1, CLAYTON, Geoff1, and EBLE, Cortland2, (1) Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, healse@tcd.ie, (2) Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 |
| 277-9 | 10:15 AM | High-Precision 40Ar/39Ar Age Constraints on the Basal Lanqi Formation and Its Implications for Floral Evolution and Paleoenvironment: CHANG, Su-chin1, ZHANG, Haichun2, RENNE, Paul R.3, and FANG, Yan2, (1) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, suchin@ldeo.columbia.edu, (2) State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3) Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California at Berkeley, and Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709 |
| 277-10 | 10:30 AM | A Western Interior Origin for the Chaparral Shrub Genus Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) in California?: SIMPSON, Andrew G., Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Chico, Holt Hall, Room 205, Chico, CA 95929-515, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com and ERWIN, Diane M., University of California Museum of Paleontology, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720 |
| 277-11 | 10:45 AM | Plant Successions and Paleoecological Reconstruction: Case Studies from the Neogene of the Northern Intermountain Region: TAGGART, Ralph E. and CROSS, Aureal T., Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI 48824, taggart@msu.edu |
| 277-12 | 11:00 AM | Paleoecology as a Tool for Modeling and Ecosystem Management: An Example from the Everglades: WINGARD, G.L., USGS, National Center 926A, Reston, VA 20192, lwingard@usgs.gov, MARSHALL, F.E., Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc, 809 State Road 44, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168, and PITTS, P.A., US Fish & Wildlife, 1339 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960 |
| 277-13 | 11:15 AM | Spatial Heterogeneity of Nitrogen Processes in a Modern Savanna Ecosystem: The Relative Influences of Termites, Megaherbivores, and Acacia Trees: FOX-DOBBS, Kena and DOAK, Daniel F., Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, kenafd@gmail.com |
| 277-14 | 11:30 AM | Reconstructing Diet and Trophic Position: Baseline Issues in Stable Isotope Studies: CASEY, Michelle M., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, michelle.casey@yale.edu and POST, David M., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, PO Box 208106, New Haven, CT 06520 |
| 277-15 | 11:45 AM | Teaching Paleontology: From the Idiographic to the Nomothetic: PROTHERO, Donald R., Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, prothero@oxy.edu |
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