2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

HOFMANN, Hans J., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Redpath Museum, McGill University, 3450 University St, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, hofmann@eps.mcgill.ca, hofmann@eps.mcgill.ca

PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, N. College St, Hanover, NH 03755, kevin.j.peterson@dartmouth.edu, kevin.j.peterson@dartmouth.edu

XIAO, Shuhai¹, DONG, Lin¹, HUNTLEY, John Warren², SHEN, Bing¹ and KOWALEWSKI, Michal¹, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, xiao@vt.edu, xiao@vt.edu

MCFADDEN, K.A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and ZHOU, Chuanming, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, pitkat@vt.edu, pitkat@vt.edu

DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, KENNEDY, Martin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, RICE, Dennis, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia and DZAUGIS, Mary, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, droser@ucrac1.ucr.edu, droser@ucrac1.ucr.edu

SPERLING, Erik, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Kline Geological Laboratory, New Haven, CT 06511, VINTHER, Jakob, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, PISANI, Davide, School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth Sciences, The University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, United Kingdom and PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, erik.sperling@yale.edu, erik.sperling@yale.edu

LAFLAMME, Marc¹, XIAO, Shuhai² and KOWALEWSKI, Michal¹, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca, laflamme@geoladm.geol.queensu.ca

DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, sdornbos@uwm.edu, sdornbos@uwm.edu

MARENCO, Katherine N., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, kmarenco@brynmawr.edu, kmarenco@brynmawr.edu

KLOSS, Tristan J., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and CHEN, Jun-Yuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, tjkloss@uwm.edu, tjkloss@uwm.edu

WEBSTER, Mark, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and ZELDITCH, Miriam L., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu, mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu

CARON, Jean-Bernard, Department of Natural History (Paleobiology Section), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S2C6, Canada, jcaron@rom.on.ca, jcaron@rom.on.ca