Session: Paleobotany (GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001)

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LATE CARBONIFEROUS PLANT ECOLOGY ACROSS AN ALLUVIAL PLAIN TO COASTAL PLAIN TRANSECT, JOGGINS, NOVA SCOTIA

FALCON-LANG, Howard J., Earth Sciences, Dalhousie Univ, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5, Canada, hfalconl@is.dal.ca, hfalconl@is.dal.ca

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1:45 PM

WARM INTERVAL BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE CARBONIFEROUS ICE AGE INDICATED BY PLANT FOSSILS FROM THE LATE EARLY CARBONIFEROUS OF GONDWANA

PFEFFERKORN, Hermann W., Univ Pennsylvania, 240 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316 and 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, hpfeffer@sas.upenn.edu, hpfeffer@sas.upenn.edu

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RECOGNITION OF A NEW ANGARAN-TYPE FLORA AND FACIES VARIATION IN THE LATE PALEOZOIC MT. DALL CONGLOMERATE, FAREWELL TERRANE, ALASKA

SUNDERLIN, David, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, dfsunder@uchicago.edu, dfsunder@uchicago.edu

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2:15 PM

PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE LEAVES OF FERNS AND SEED PLANTS

BOYCE, Charles Kevin, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, cboyce@oeb.harvard.edu, cboyce@oeb.harvard.edu

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2:30 PM

EVALUATING SHIFTS IN ANGIOSPERM DIVERSIFICATION RATES

SIMS, Hallie J., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560-0121, sims.hallie@nmnh.si.edu, sims.hallie@nmnh.si.edu

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2:45 PM

MESOFOSSILS FROM BLACK WOLF, KANSAS

WANG, Xin, Paleobotany Lab, Florida Museum of Nat History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 and DILCHER, David, Department of Natural Sciences, Univ of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainseville, FL 32611-7800, wangxin@flmnh.ufl.edu, wangxin@flmnh.ufl.edu

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3:00 PM

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3:15 PM

FLORAL TURNOVER AND CLIMATIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOGENE (K/T) BOUNDARY, NORTH DAKOTA, USA

WILF, Peter, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and JOHNSON, Kirk R., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Sci, Denver, CO 80205, pwilf@umich.edu, pwilf@umich.edu

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THE LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLY PALEOCENE MEGAFLORA OF THE DENVER BASIN: RECONSTRUCTING THE VEGETATION, TOPOGRAPHY, AND CLIMATE OF AN EVOLVING SYNOROGENIC LANDSCAPE

JOHNSON, Kirk R. and ELLIS, Beth L., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Sci, Denver, CO 80205, KJohnson@dmns.org, KJohnson@dmns.org

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3:45 PM

FLORAL CHANGE LAGS WARMING AT THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM

WING, Scott L.¹, BOWEN, Gabe², KOCH, Paul² and HARRINGTON, Guy J.³, (1)Smithsonian Inst, NHB-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, (2)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (3)Dept of Geology, Univ of Cork, Cork, Ireland, wings@nmnh.si.edu, wings@nmnh.si.edu

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4:00 PM

PALEOGENE PALYNOLOGICAL RECORD OF VEGETATION RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC WARMING IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING

FARLEY, Martin B., Geology & Geography, Univ of North Carolina at Pembroke, BA 206, Pembroke, NC 28372, mbfarley@sigmaxi.org, mbfarley@sigmaxi.org

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4:15 PM

FIRE-DRIVEN VEGETATION DYNAMICS IN CENOZOIC FOREST ECOSYSTEMS, WESTERN NORTH AMERICA

TAGGART, Ralph E. and CROSS, Aureal T., Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, East Lansing, MI 48824, taggart@msu.edu, taggart@msu.edu

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4:30 PM

ESTIMATES OF MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE USING LEAVES AND WOOD FROM MODERN SITES ALONG A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

KOWALSKI, Elizabeth A. and DILCHER, David L., Natural History, Florida Museum of Nat History, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, kowalski@flmnh.ufl.edu, kowalski@flmnh.ufl.edu

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PHYTOLITH CARBON ISOTOPE RECORDS OF NEOGENE GRASSES

SMITH, Francesca A., Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Current Address: Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, francesca.smith@colorado.edu, francesca.smith@colorado.edu

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5:00 PM

THE PRESERVATION OF WOODS IN VOLCANIC PYROCLASTIC FLOWS AND SURGES

SCOTT, Andrew C., Geology Department, Royal Holloway, Univ of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 OEX, United Kingdom, a.scott@gl.rhul.ac.uk, a.scott@gl.rhul.ac.uk

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FOSSILS OF THE CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY TRANSITION, BADLANDS REGION OF SOUTH DAKOTA

CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A., Dept. of Geology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210, TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Jr, Temple Univ, Dept Geology, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6081, STOFFER, Philip W., USGS Library, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and BECKER, Martin A., Dept. of Physics & Geology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628, johnc@brooklyn.cuny.edu, johnc@brooklyn.cuny.edu