2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 121
Tuesday, 24 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany IV: Early Life and the Cambrian Explosion

 

Sara B. Pruss and Michael J. Vendrasco, Chairs
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8:00 AM
A FULL AND VARIED EDIACARA SEAFOOD PLATTER WITH A SLIPPERY DIP FOR CHIPS: COMPLEXITY OF EDIACARA ECOSYSTEMS
DROSER, Mary L.1, GEHLING, James2, KENNEDY, Martin1 and RICE, Dennis2, (1)Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, mary.droser@ucr.edu, mary.droser@ucr.edu
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8:15 AM
A CARBON FILM MACROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE LOWEST KINGSTON PEAK FORMATION (~750 MA), MOJAVE DESERT, USA
WAGGONER, Ben1, ERWIN, Marty2 and ERWIN-BALL, Mandy1, (1)Department of Biology, Univ of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR 72035-5003, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, benw@mail.uca.edu, benw@mail.uca.edu
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8:30 AM
NEW DATA ON THE EARLIEST ANIMALS AND EDIACARANS FROM SONORA, MEXICO
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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8:45 AM
COMPLEX MULTIFOLIATE EDIACARAN FRONDS FROM MISTAKEN POINT NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA
LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada and NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca
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9:00 AM
DOUSHANTUO-PERTATATAKA ACRITARCHS IN EDIACARAN SUCCESSIONS OF SOUTH CHINA: PRESERVATIONAL BIAS OR ECOLOGICAL CONTROL?
MCFADDEN, K.A.1, XIAO, Shuhai1, ZHOU, Chuanming2, XIE, Guwei2 and SCHIFFBAUER, James D.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, pitkat@vt.edu, pitkat@vt.edu
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9:15 AM
MICRORNAS AND METAZOAN EVOLUTION: INSIGHTS INTO EVOLUTIONARY COMPLEXITY AND CONSTRAINT
PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, Kevin.J.Peterson@dartmouth.edu, Kevin.J.Peterson@dartmouth.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
RECONSTRUCTING THE CAMBRIAN RADIATION
LIEBERMAN, Bruce, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LIPPS, Jere, Department of Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, jlipps@uclink4.berkeley.edu, jlipps@uclink4.berkeley.edu
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10:00 AM
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE CAMBRIAN RADIATION: PHYLOGENETIC PATTERNS IN CAMBRIAN ARACHNOMORPHS (ARTHROPODA)
HENDRICKS, Jonathan R. and LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, jrhendri@ku.edu, jrhendri@ku.edu
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10:15 AM
CARBONATE SKELETAL MINERALOGY REFLECTS CHEMISTRY OF OCEAN IN WHICH SKELETON FIRST EVOLVED
PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, porter@geol.ucsb.edu, porter@geol.ucsb.edu
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10:30 AM
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE EARLIEST CAMBRIAN BIOMINERALIZING ORGANISMS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
DOMKE, Kirk Lewis and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, ZHS 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089, domke@usc.edu, domke@usc.edu
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10:45 AM
CARBONATES IN SKELETON-POOR SEAS: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CAMBRIAN MARCH POINT AND PETIT JARDIN FORMATIONS, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND
PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 and KNOLL, Andrew H., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, spruss@fas.harvard.edu, spruss@fas.harvard.edu
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11:00 AM
MORE SHELL MICROSTRUCTURES IN CAMBRIAN MOLLUSCS
VENDRASCO, Michael J., Institute for Crustal Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, KOUCHINSKY, Artem, Department of Paleozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, LI, Guoxiang, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China and FERNANDEZ, Christine Z., Santa Barbara, CA 93105, mikev@crustal.ucsb.edu, mikev@crustal.ucsb.edu
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11:15 AM
THE ROLE OF EIFFELIA IN EARLY SPONGE EVOLUTION
BENGTSON, Stefan, Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden and VINTHER, Jakob, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, stefan.bengtson@nrm.se, stefan.bengtson@nrm.se
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11:30 AM
PORIFERAN PARAPHYLY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PRECAMBRIAN PALEOBIOLOGY
SPERLING, Erik A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and PETERSON, Kevin J., Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, North College Street, Hanover, NH 03755, erik.sperling@yale.edu, erik.sperling@yale.edu