2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

EVANS, Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, cavertevans@gmail.com, cavertevans@gmail.com

BRADY, Mara E., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, marabrady@uchicago.edu, marabrady@uchicago.edu

BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, ZAMBITO IV, James J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, HUNDA, Brenda R., Collections and Research, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, KOLBE, Sarah E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geo/Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and SCHINDLER, Eberhard, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt am Main, D-60325, Germany, carlton.brett@uc.edu, carlton.brett@uc.edu

COHEN, Phoebe, MIT NASA Astrobiology Team, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, E25-631, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, 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, BUTTERFIELD, Nicholas J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, KUDRYAVTSEV, Anatoliy B., Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, Univ of California, Los Angeles, CSEOL - Geology Building, 595 Charles Young Circle Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 and MACDONALD, Francis A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, pcohen@complex-life.org, pcohen@complex-life.org

TARHAN, Lidya G.¹, DROSER, Mary L.¹ and GEHLING, James G.², (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Science Centre, South Australian Museum, Morgan Thomas Lane, South Australia, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, lidya.tarhan@email.ucr.edu, lidya.tarhan@email.ucr.edu

DOMKE, Kirk L., BOTTJER, David and CORSETTI, Frank A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, domke@usc.edu, domke@usc.edu

GAINES, Robert R.¹, HAMMARLUND, Emma², CANFIELD, Donald E.², HOU, Xianguang³ and GABBOTT, Sarah⁴, (1)Geology, Pomona College, 185 East 6th Street Claremont, Claremont, CA 91711, (2)Nordic Center for Earth Evolution, Univeristy of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense, 5230, Denmark, (3)Key Laboratory For Paleobiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 671000, China, (4)Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, robert.gaines@pomona.edu, robert.gaines@pomona.edu

HEGNA, Thomas, Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, thomas.hegna@yale.edu, thomas.hegna@yale.edu

SMITH, Dena M., Geology and CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265 and THOENE, Jenell, CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, dena@colorado.edu, dena@colorado.edu

RAYMOND, Anne¹, WEHNER, Matthew¹ and SLONE, Elizabeth J.², (1)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, raymond@geo.tamu.edu, raymond@geo.tamu.edu

VINTHER, Jakob, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, BRIGGS, Derek, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, CLARKE, Julia, UT Austin, Austin, TX 78712, MAYR, Gerald, Ornithology, Senckenberg, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany and PRUM, Richard, O., Dept Of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, jakob.vinther@yale.edu, jakob.vinther@yale.edu

MOORE, Jason R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, Jason.R.Moore@dartmouth.edu, Jason.R.Moore@dartmouth.edu

MANDER, Luke, School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, KUERSCHNER, Wolfram M., Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584, Netherlands and MCELWAIN, Jennifer C., School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, Luke.Mander@Gmail.com, Luke.Mander@Gmail.com

KOSNIK, Matthew A., Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia, mkosnik@alumni.uchicago.edu, mkosnik@alumni.uchicago.edu

WEBB, Amelinda E., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, amelinda.webb@gmail.com, amelinda.webb@gmail.com