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

Session No. 4
Sunday, 18 October 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Portland Ballroom 256 (Oregon Convention Center)

Paleontology: Taphonomy & Preservation

 

Anne Raymond and Phoebe Cohen, Chairs
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8:00 AM
EXPERIMENT DESIGN FOR ACTUALISTIC TAPHONOMIC RESEARCH: IMPROVING DESIGN, DATA ACQUISITION, AND COLLABORATION
EVANS, Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, cavertevans@gmail.com, cavertevans@gmail.com
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8:15 AM
EVALUATING THE CONTROLS ON MACROINVERTEBRATE SKELETAL CONCENTRATIONS OF THE MID-LATE DEVONIAN CEDAR VALLEY GROUP OF IOWA
BRADY, Mara E., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, marabrady@uchicago.edu, marabrady@uchicago.edu
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8:30 AM
TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DEVONIAN RHYTHMIC TRILOBITE BEDS: EVENT SEDIMENTATION AND CYCLIC CEMENTATION
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
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8:45 AM
MINERALIZED SCALES FROM EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS IN THE CA. 750 MA LOWER TINDIR GROUP, YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
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
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9:00 AM
PUCKERS AND PULL-THROUGHS: AN EDIACARAN ACTION SHOT
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
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9:15 AM
WHO IS THAT MYSTERIOUS BIOMINERALIZER? THE DIAGENETIC MASKING OF CLOUDINA'S PALEOECOLOGY IN THE WHITE-INYO REGION OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, USA
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
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9:30 AM
THE CHENGJIANG SCIENTIFIC DRILLING PROJECT: EVIDENCE FOR THE MECHANISM OF BURGESS SHALE-TYPE PRESERVATION
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
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
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10:15 AM
TAPHONOMY OF FOSSIL COLEOPTERA IN THE FLORISSANT FORMATION (LATE EOCENE), COLORADO
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
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10:30 AM
FROM THE MIRE TO THE FLOODPLAIN AND BACK: THE PALEOECOLOGICAL HISTORY OF FOUR PENNSYLVANIAN ALETHOPTERIS
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
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10:45 AM
STRUCTURAL COLORATION IN A FEATHER FROM THE EOCENE MESSEL OIL SHALE
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
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11:00 AM
INSIGHTS INTO THE PRESERVATIONAL PATTERNS OF VERTEBRATE FOSSILS IN A FLUVIAL SYSTEM USING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER MODEL
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
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11:15 AM
RECONSTRUCTING VEGETATION COVER IN DEEP TIME: PLANT MACROFOSSILS, POLLEN AND SPORES, OR BOTH?
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
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11:30 AM
BEYOND SIMILARITY: EXAMINING LIVE-DEAD AGREEMENT BY MODELING DEATH ASSEMBLAGE FORMATION USING LIVE-COLLECTED SPECIMENS
KOSNIK, Matthew A., Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia, mkosnik@alumni.uchicago.edu, mkosnik@alumni.uchicago.edu
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11:45 AM