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

Session No. 40
Sunday, 2 November 2003: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany VIII: Early Life

 

James W. Hagadorn and Stephen Q. Dornbos, Chairs
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Start Time
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1:00 PM
GENOME EVOLUTION IN NEOPROTEROZOIC BILATERIANS
VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, jwvsossi@socrates.berkeley.edu, jwvsossi@socrates.berkeley.edu
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1:15 PM
SPRIGGINA IS A TRILOBITOID ECDYSOZOAN
MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S., Department of Earth and Environment, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu
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1:30 PM
AN EDIACARAN-LIKE ARTHROPOD FROM THE KAILI BIOTA (MIDDLE CAMBRIAN, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA) - A MISSING LINK FOR ASSESSING THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF ARTHROPODS
LIN, Jih-Pai, Geological Sciences, Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, lin.542@osu.edu, lin.542@osu.edu
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1:45 PM
DECONSTRUCTING HELICOPLACOIDS: CUTTING OUT TWO-DIMENSIONAL PLATING DIAGRAMS FOR THE MOST PUZZLING CAMBRIAN ECHINODERMS
SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 and WILBUR, Bryan C., Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, echino@mail.utexas.edu, echino@mail.utexas.edu
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2:00 PM
SHORT-STEMMED EOCRINOIDS OF THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN KAILI BIOTA,GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA
ZHAO, Yuanlong, Institute of Resources and Environmental Science, Guizhou Univ of Technology, Guiyang, 550003, China and PARSLEY, Ronald L., Dept. of Earth And Environmental Sciences, Tulane Univ, New Orleans, LA 70118, parsley@tulane.edu, parsley@tulane.edu
 
2:15 PM
Break
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2:30 PM
UPPER CAMBRIAN MEDUSAE FROM WISCONSIN
HAGADORN, James W., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, DOTT Jr, Robert H., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706 and DAMROW, Daniel, 1014 West Highway C, Mosinee, WI 54455, jwhagadorn@amherst.edu, jwhagadorn@amherst.edu
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2:45 PM
UNDERSTANDING BURGESS SHALE-TYPE PRESERVATION: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE WHEELER SHALE, UTAH
GAINES, Robert R., Univ California - Riverside, Dept Earth Sciences -036, Riverside, CA 92507, KENNEDY, Martin J., Department of Earth Science, Univeristy of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423 and DROSER, Mary L., Earth Sciences, UCR, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, rgaines@citrus.ucr.edu, rgaines@citrus.ucr.edu
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3:00 PM
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EDIACARAN SEA: WHAT’S MISSING FROM THE PICTURE?
DROSER, Mary L., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Bldg, Riverside, CA 92521, GEHLING, Jim G., Palaeontology, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia and JENSEN, Sören, Area de Paleontologia, Universidad de Extremadura, Arda. de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, E-06071, Spain, mary.droser@ucr.edu, mary.droser@ucr.edu
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3:15 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON TAPHONOMY OF NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO PHOSPHATIZED ANIMAL EMBRYOS
DORNBOS, Stephen Q. and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, sdornbos@usc.edu, sdornbos@usc.edu
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3:30 PM
MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES – A NEW WINDOW IN UNDERSTANDING EARLY LIFE: EXAMPLES FROM ARCHEAN SANDSTONES, SOUTH AFRICA
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion Univ, 4600, Elkhorn Ave, Norfolk, VA 23529, ERIKSSON, Ken A., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, HAZEN, Robert, Carnegie Institution of Washington DC, 5251 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC, 20015-1305, NHLEKO, Noah, Geologial Department, Rand Afrikaas Univ Johannesburg, Auckland Park 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa and SIMPSON, Ed L., nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu