2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 219
Wednesday, 19 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T83. The Dawn of Animal Life: Evolutionary and Paleoecological Patterns in the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Animal Fossil Record

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Stephen Q. Dornbos, Advocates
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8:00 AM
THE MISTAKEN POINT BIOTA: ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE EARLIEST EDIACARANS
NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, narbonne@geol.queensu.ca, narbonne@geol.queensu.ca
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8:15 AM
EDIACARAN TRACE FOSSILS: “TUBEY” OR NOT TO BE
DROSER, Mary L., Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, GEHLING, James G., Division of Natural Sciences, South Australian Museum, 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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8:30 AM
NEOPROTEROZOIC MICROBIAL-METAZOAN REEFS, NAMA BASIN, NAMIBIA
WOOD, Rachel A., Geophysics, Schlumberger Cambridge Research, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB 3 OEL, United Kingdom, GRTOZINGER, John, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 and DICKSON, J.A.D., Dept Earth Sciences, Univ of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, rwood@cambridge.oilfield.slb.com, rwood@cambridge.oilfield.slb.com
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8:45 AM
ORIGIN OF THE EUMETAZOA - TESTING ECOLOGICAL PREDICTIONS OF MOLECULAR CLOCKS AGAINST THE PROTEROZOIC FOSSIL RECORD
PETERSON, Kevin J., Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, North College St, Hanover, NH 03755 and BUTTERFIELD, Nicholas J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, kevin.peterson@dartmouth.edu, kevin.peterson@dartmouth.edu
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9:00 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PROTEROZOIC MACROSCOPIC CARBONACEOUS COMPRESSIONS: POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGY OF PROTEROZOIC MACROALGAE
XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and DONG, Lin, Department of Geoological Sciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, xiao@vt.edu, xiao@vt.edu
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9:15 AM
TAPHONOMY OF AN EDIACARAN FROND: CHARNIA FROM THE MISTAKEN POINT BIOTA OF NEWFOUNDLAND
LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, GREENTREE, Carolyn, 1-249 Macdonnell Street, Kingston, ON K7L 4C4, Canada and GEHLING, James G., Division of Natural Sciences, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca
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9:30 AM
HIEMALORA AND OTHER EDIACARAN FOSSILS OF NORTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND, AND CORRELATIONS WITHIN AVALONIA
HOFMANN, Hans J., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Redpath Museum, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, O'BRIEN, Sean J., Geological Survey of Newfoundland,  Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources, St. John's, NF A1B 4J6, Canada and KING, Arthur F., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada, hofmann@eps.mcgill.ca, hofmann@eps.mcgill.ca
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9:45 AM
MINUTE BURROW-LIKE FOSSILS FROM THE EDIACARAN DOUSHANTUO FORMATION, YANGTZE GORGES, CHINA
SIMPSON, Andrew G., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and AWRAMIK, S. M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, alnathesilver@yahoo.com, alnathesilver@yahoo.com
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10:00 AM
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10:15 AM
SKELETAL MICROSTRUCTURE INDICATES A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANCELLORIIDS AND OTHER COELOSCLERITOPHORANS
PORTER, Susannah M., Geological Sciences, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, porter@geol.ucsb.edu, porter@geol.ucsb.edu
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10:30 AM
DID TRILOBITES SHOW DECLINING INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY?
WEBSTER, Mark, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu, mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu
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10:45 AM
ABUNDANCE-BASED PALEOECOLOGY OF THE EARLY CAMBRIAN MAOTIANSHAN SHALE BIOTA: ECOLOGIC DOMINANCE OF PRIAPULID WORMS
DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 and CHEN, Jun Yuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, 21008, China, sdornbos@uwm.edu, sdornbos@uwm.edu
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11:00 AM
SOFT-BODIED ANEMONE AND GELATINOUS FOSSILS (CNIDARIA/CTENOPHORA) FROM THE LOWER CAMBRIAN, CHENGJIANG BIOTA, YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
STANLEY Jr, George D.1, SANDERSON, Angela C.1, HOU, X.-G.2 and CHEN, Ailin3, (1)Dept. Geology, Univ. Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, (2)Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China, (3)Chengiang Fauna Museum, Chengjiang, 652500, China, crystaline_flame@yahoo.com, crystaline_flame@yahoo.com
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11:15 AM
LOWER CAMBRIAN TRACE FOSSILS OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA: ENGINEERING AN ECOLOGICAL REVOLUTION
NICHOLSON, Katherine A. and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, kanichol@usc.edu, kanichol@usc.edu
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11:30 AM
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN EDRIOASTEROID ECHINODERM TOTIGLOBUS: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNUSUAL CAMBRIAN BODY PLANS
DOMKE, Kirk Lewis, Department of Geosciences, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P. O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, kldomke@uwm.edu, kldomke@uwm.edu
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11:45 AM
SMALL CLIMACTICHNITES TRACKWAYS: THEIR ABUNDANCE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TRACKMAKER PHYSIOLOGY
GETTY, Patrick Ryan, Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003 and HAGADORN, James W., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, prgetty@nsm.umass.edu, prgetty@nsm.umass.edu
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