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

Session No. 318
Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T41. Recoveries from Mass Extinction: Patterns, Processes, and Comparisons II

Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Peter J. Harries and Richard J. Twitchett, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Major Climatic Change at the Smithian/Spathian Boundary – Evidence from Low Palaeolatitudinal Records
HERMANN, Elke1, HOCHULI, Peter A.2, BUCHER, Hugo2, BRÜHWILER, Thomas1, GOUDEMAND, Nicolas1 and ROOHI, Ghazala3, (1)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, (2)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, (3)Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan, ehermann@pim.uzh.ch, ehermann@pim.uzh.ch
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1:45 PM
Smithian Ammonoids: The First Diversity Peak In Ammonoid Recovery Following the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction
BRÜHWILER, Thomas1, BUCHER, Hugo2, BRAYARD, Arnaud3, GOUDEMAND, Nicolas1, GALFETTI, Thomas1, HERMANN, Elke1 and HOCHULI, Peter, A.2, (1)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, (2)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, (3)LMTG, UMR 5563 CNRS, Université Toulouse IRD, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400, France, bruehwiler@pim.uzh.ch, bruehwiler@pim.uzh.ch
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2:00 PM
Smithian-Spathian Boundary: The Biggest Crisis in Triassic Conodont History
GOUDEMAND, Nicolas1, ORCHARD, Mike2, BUCHER, Hugo3, BRAYARD, Arnaud4, BRÜHWILER, Thomas5, GALFETTI, Thomas5, HOCHULI, Peter A.3, HERMANN, Elke5 and WARE, David5, (1)Paleobiology Group, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Geological Survey of Canada, Vancouver, BC V6B5J3, Canada, (3)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, (4)LMTG, UMR 5563 CNRS, Université Toulouse IRD, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400, France, (5)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, ngoudema@stanford.edu, ngoudema@stanford.edu
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2:15 PM
Repeated Photic Zone Euxinia after the Triassic-Jurassic Mass-Extinction Event
RICHOZ, Sylvain1, VAN DE SCHOOTBRUGGE, Bas1, PÜTTMANN, Wilhelm2, HEUNISCH, Carmen3, QUAN, Tracy M.4, FIEBIG, Jens1 and PROSS, Joerg1, (1)Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhoeferallee 1, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany, (2)Institute for Atmosphere and Environment, Goethe University Frankfurt, Altenhoeferallee 1, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany, (3)State Authority for Mining, Energie and Geology, Geocenter Hannover, Stilleweg 2, Hannover, 30655, (4)Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078, van.de.Schootbrugge@em.uni-frankfurt.de, van.de.Schootbrugge@em.uni-frankfurt.de
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2:30 PM
How Small Did Things Get? The ‘Lilliput Effect' in Ammonites across the Cenomanian-Turonian (Late Cretaceous) Mass Extinction
HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620 and WANI, Ryoji, Interdisciplinary Research Center, Yokohama National University, 79-2, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, 240-8501, Japan, harries@cas.usf.edu, harries@cas.usf.edu
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2:45 PM
Effects of the K-P Firestorms
ROBERTSON, Douglas S., Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado, CIRES, Campus Box 216, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, doug@cires.colorado.edu, doug@cires.colorado.edu
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3:00 PM
Smoke without Fire - Geochemical Evidence for Combustion of Hydrocarbons at Chicxulub
BELCHER, Claire M.1, FINCH, Paul2, COLLINSON, Margaret E.3 and SCOTT, Andrew C.3, (1)School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, (2)School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, claire.belcher@ucd.ie, claire.belcher@ucd.ie
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
Taxonomic Diversification Rates and Ecological Niches of Neoplagiaulacid and Ptilodontid Multituberculate Mammals in North America's Terrestrial Paleocene Recovery
WEIL, Anne, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 1111 W. 17th St, Tulsa, OK 74107, anne.weil@okstate.edu, anne.weil@okstate.edu
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3:45 PM
Palynomorphs and Paleoenvironmental Significance of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Transition In Southeastern Missouri
OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E.1, EIFERT, Tambra L.1 and CAMPBELL, Carl E.2, (1)Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, (2)Physical Science-Geology, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63122, ikuenobe@mst.edu, ikuenobe@mst.edu
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4:00 PM
Palynology of Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary Sediments in West Africa
RAYMER, Janet D., Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 125 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409-0140, OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409 and JARAMILLO, Carlos, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, jdryr4@mst.edu, jdryr4@mst.edu
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4:15 PM
A Multivariate Analysis of the Recovery of Calcareous Nannoplankton and Foraminifera from the Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction
SCHUETH, Jonathan D., JIANG, Shijun, BRALOWER, Timothy J. and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, jschueth@geosc.psu.edu, jschueth@geosc.psu.edu
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4:30 PM
Pyrrhic Extinction of Planktonic Foraminifera during the K/T Event
POWELL, Matthew G., Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St, Huntingdon, PA 16652, powell@juniata.edu, powell@juniata.edu
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4:45 PM
Marine Vertebrates from the K-P Boundary in Eastern Texas
JANUS, Tracey A. and STIDHAM, Thomas, Biology, Texas A&M University, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, tjanus1@gmail.com, tjanus1@gmail.com
 
5:00 PM
Discussion
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