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2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 236
Wednesday, 5 November 2003: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany VI: Paleobotany: Systematics, Ecophysiology, and Paleoclimate

 

Elizabeth J. Hermsen, Guy J. Harrington and Dana L. Royer, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
COMPARATIVE GEOCHEMISTRY SUGGESTS PROTOTAXITES WAS A GIGANTIC FUNGUS
BOYCE, Charles Kevin1, HOTTON, Carol2, FOGEL, Marilyn L.3, CODY, George D.3, HAZEN, Robert M.3 and KNOLL, Andrew H.4, (1)Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, (3)Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20015, (4)Botanical Museum, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, cboyce@oeb.harvard.edu, cboyce@oeb.harvard.edu
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2:00 PM
GEOGRAPHIC AND MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES OF MACROFLORAL GENUS OCCURRENCES IN PERMIAN ANGARALAND: A REGIONAL LOOK AT THE PALEOPHYTIC/MESOPHYTIC TURNOVER
SUNDERLIN, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, dfsunder@uchicago.edu, dfsunder@uchicago.edu
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2:15 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON ANGIOSPERM ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN THE FRUITLAND-KIRTLAND FORMATION, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
DAVIES-VOLLUM, K. Siân, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma, WA 98402 and BOUCHER, Lisa D., Biology, University of Nebraska - Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, sdavies@pomona.edu, sdavies@pomona.edu
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2:30 PM
A MOLECULAR APPROACH TO PALEO-PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY: DECIDUOUS CONIFERS FROM EARLY TERTIARY ACTIC DEPOSITS AS EXAMPLES
YANG, Hong, Department of Science and Technology, Bryant College, Geological Sciences, Brown University, Smithfield, RI 02917, hyang@bryant.edu, hyang@bryant.edu
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2:45 PM
LATE PALEOCENE PLANTS FROM NORTH DAKOTA: NEW LOCALITIES AND INSIGHTS FROM THE ALMONT FLORA
DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State Univ, 135 Herty Hall, Milledgeville, GA 31061, PIGG, Kathleen B., SOLS Admin & Faculty, Arizona State Univ, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 and MANCHESTER, Steven R., Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ of Florida, Dickinson Hall, PO 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, mdevore@mail.gcsu.edu, mdevore@mail.gcsu.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
STRUCTURE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN VEGETATION GRADIENT DURING THE LATE PALEOCENE-EARLY EOCENE WARM CLIMATE
HARRINGTON, Guy J., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-121, 10th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20560-0121, harringtong@nmnh.si.edu, harringtong@nmnh.si.edu
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3:30 PM
EOCENE MICROTHERMAL HIGHLAND PLANT COMMUNITIES FROM THE OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS (BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON)
MOSS, Patrick T., Department of Geography, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 N Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, GREENWOOD, David R., School of Life Sciences & Technology (S008), Victoria Univ of Technology, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne City MC, Melbourne, Vic, 8001, Australia and ARCHIBALD, S. Bruce, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, ptmoss@wisc.edu, ptmoss@wisc.edu
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3:45 PM
ITEA-LIKE LEAVES FROM THE MIDDLE EOCENE REPUBLIC FLORA, WASHINGTON, USA
HERMSEN, Elizabeth J., L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Univ, 228 Plant Science Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, ejh23@cornell.edu, ejh23@cornell.edu
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4:00 PM
THE PARACHUTE CREEK ATLAS PROJECT: DECIPHERING THE FLORAL DIVERSITY OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF COLORADO AND UTAH
BARCLAY, Richard S.1, BATEMAN, William D.2, JOHNSON, Kirk R.2, WAGNER, Stephen B.2 and GRAHAM, Michael L.2, (1)Earth Sciences Department, Denver Mus. of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (2)Earth Sciences Department, Denver Mus. of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, rbarclay@dmns.org, rbarclay@dmns.org
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4:15 PM
CLAMP ANALYSIS AND MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE EARLY TERTIARY CHUCKANUT FORMATION OF NORTHWEST WASHINGTON
DONOHOO, Linda L.1, HOUSEN, Bernard A.2 and MUSTOE, George E.1, (1)Geology, Western Washington Univ, 516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9080, (2)Geology Dept, Western Washington Univ, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225-9080, donohol@cc.wwu.edu, donohol@cc.wwu.edu
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4:30 PM
WHY DO LEAVES HAVE TEETH? EXPERIMENTAL INSIGHTS AND PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS
ROYER, Dana L.1, WILF, Peter1 and SKELLY, John2, (1)Dept. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Dept. Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, droyer@psu.edu, droyer@psu.edu
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4:45 PM
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF GINKGO BILOBA SEEDLINGS TO CRETACEOUS-LIKE ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITIONS
DECHERD, Sara M.1, GOLDFARB, Barry2, PIANTADOSI, Claude A.3, BARRICK, Reese E.1, RUSSELL, Dale A.1 and WHEELER, Elisabeth4, (1)Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Department of Forestry, North Carolina State Univ, Box 8002, Raleigh, NC 27695-8002, (3)Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology, Duke Univ, Box 3315 Duke South Hospital, Trent Drive, Durham, NC 27710, (4)Wood & Paper Science, N.C. State Univ, Box 8005, Raleigh, NC 27695-8005, smdecher@unity.ncsu.edu, smdecher@unity.ncsu.edu
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