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

Session No. 145
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T88. The Hunt for Precambrian Life: An Integrated Approach

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Precambrian [at large]

 

David Bottjer and J. William Schopf, Advocates
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8:00 AM
CARBON ISOTOPIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL CLUES ABOUT THE EARLY BIOSPHERE
DES MARAIS, David J., Exobiology Branch, Ames Rsch Ctr, Mail Stop 239-4, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, David.J.DesMarais@nasa.gov, David.J.DesMarais@nasa.gov
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8:20 AM
MOLECULAR FOSSILS FOR ARCHEAN BIOTA : FACT OR FICTION?
SUMMONS, Roger E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02142-1324 and BROCKS, Jochen J., Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138-2902, rsummons@mit.edu, rsummons@mit.edu
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8:40 AM
PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTIONS OF THE COMPOSITION OF ARCHEAN AND PALEOPROTEROZOIC MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
BLANK, Carrine E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1169, One Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130, blank@levee.wustl.edu, blank@levee.wustl.edu
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9:00 AM
MICROBIAL MANIFESTATIONS AND PRIMEVAL STROMATOLITES
HOFMANN, Hans J., Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, and Redpath Museum, McGill Univ, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, hofmann@eps.mcgill.ca, hofmann@eps.mcgill.ca
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9:20 AM
EVIDENCE FOR MICROBE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS: A NEOARCHEAN CASE STUDY SPANNING SCALES OF KILOMETERS TO MICRONS
SUMNER, Dawn, Geology Department, Univ of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616, sumner@geology.ucdavis.edu, sumner@geology.ucdavis.edu
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9:40 AM
MICROFOSSIL BIOGENICITY: PITFALLS AND PROGRESS
SCHOPF, J. William, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, Molecular Biology Institute, and Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, Univ of California, CSEOL - Geology Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, Schopf@ess.ucla.edu, Schopf@ess.ucla.edu
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10:00 AM
DISCOVERING ANIMAL FOSSILS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION OF SOUTHWEST CHINA
BOTTJER, David1, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.1, OLIVERI, Paola2, GAO, Feng2, DAVIDSON, Eric H.2, LI, Chia-Wei3 and CHEN, Jun-Yuan4, (1)Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Life Science, National Tsing Hua Univ, Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan, (4)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, dbottjer@usc.edu, dbottjer@usc.edu
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10:20 AM
PHOSPHATIZED FOSSILS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC DOUSHANTUO FORMATION, CHINA, AND THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF FLORIDEOPHYTE RED ALGAE
KNOLL, A.H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, Cambridge, MA 02138, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geoological Sciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, YUAN, Xunlai, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, 210008, China and PUESCHEL, Curt, Department of Biological Sciences, State Univ of New York, Binghamton, NY 13901, aknoll@oeb.harvard.edu, aknoll@oeb.harvard.edu
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10:40 AM
EVIDENCE AND ABSENCE OF EDIACARAN STYLE FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE PROTEROZOIC
GEHLING, Jim G., Palaeontology, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, gehling.jim@saugov.sa.gov.au, gehling.jim@saugov.sa.gov.au
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11:00 AM
PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF PROTISTS
LIPPS, Jere H., Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, jlipps@uclink4.berkeley.edu, jlipps@uclink4.berkeley.edu
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11:20 AM
REASSESSING THE RECORD OF PROTEROZOIC EUKARYOTES:IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
BUTTERFIELD, Nicholas J., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, JENSEN, Sören, Area de Paleontologia, Universidad de Extremadura, Arda. de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, E-06071, Spain and BUDD, Graham E., Earth Sciences, Uppsala Univ, Norbyvägen 22, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden, njb1005@esc.cam.ac.uk, njb1005@esc.cam.ac.uk
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11:40 AM
EXTREME LIFE, PRECAMBRIAN PALEONTOLOGY AND THE ASTROBIOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
FARMER, Jack D., Geological Sciences, Arizona State Univ, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, jfarmer@asu.edu, jfarmer@asu.edu
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