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Session No. 215
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)

T117. Lagerstätten through Time: An Examination of Exceptional Preservational Pathways from the Terminal Proterozoic through Today II

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

James D. Schiffbauer and Marc Laflamme, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
DIAGENETICALLY-ENHANCED OBRUTION DEPOSITS IN CONCRETIONARY LIMESTONES AND THE PARADOX OF "RHYTHMIC EVENT BEDS"
BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, HUNDA, Brenda R., Collections and Research, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705-5100 and WILSON, Donald D., Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY 14850, carlton.brett@uc.edu, carlton.brett@uc.edu
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2:00 PM
ORSTEN-TYPE PRESERVATION: THE CASE OF THE MIDDLE-UPPER CAMBRIAN OF SWEDEN
CASTELLANI, Christopher1, MAAS, Andreas1, HAUG, Joachim T.2 and WALOZSEK, Dieter1, (1)Biosystematic Documentation, University of Ulm, Helmholtzstrasse 20, Ulm, 89081, Germany, (2)Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstr. 23, Greifswald, 17487, Germany, christopher.castellani@uni-ulm.de, christopher.castellani@uni-ulm.de
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2:15 PM
GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR SHIFTING REDOX CONDITIONS WITHIN FOSSILIFEROUS STRATA OF THE WHEELER FORMATION, UTAH
HANDLE, Kimberly C., Brooklyn College, Geology, 3137 Ingersoll, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210 and POWELL, Wayne, Geology, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, kimberlyhandle@aol.com, kimberlyhandle@aol.com
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2:30 PM
GENESIS OF A CRINOID LAGERSTATTE IN THE UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN BARNSDALL FORMATION OF NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
THOMKA, James R., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, LEWIS, Ronald D., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, AL 36849, MOSHER, Daniel, Biology Department, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, 43050, HOLTERHOFF, Peter, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 and PABIAN, Roger K., School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0961, jrt0006@auburn.edu, jrt0006@auburn.edu
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2:45 PM
CELLULAR ULTRASTRUCTURE PRESERVATION IN PLANT ORGANIC FOSSILS IN HIGH-PRESSURE METAMORPHIC ROCKS
GALVEZ, Matthieu E., Laboratoire de Géologie, Département des Géosciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure-CNRS, Ulm, 24 rue Lhomond, Paris, 75005, France, BEYSSAC, Olivier, Institut de Mineralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condenses, CNRS and IPGP, 140 rue de Lourmel, Paris, 75015, France, BENZERARA, Karim, Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie, Sorbonne Universités - UPMC, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, BERNARD, Sylvain, Deutsches Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ Sektion 4.3, Organische Geochemie, Telegrafenberg, B 456, Potsdam, D-14473, Germany, MENGUY, Nicolas, Institut de Mineralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condenses, CNRS and IPGP, Campus Jussieu Case courrier 115, 4 place jussieu, Paris, 75015, France, COX, Simon, GNS Science, 1 Fairway Drive, Avalon Lower Hutt 5010 PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand and BROWN Jr, Gordon E., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, matt_aussies@hotmail.com, matt_aussies@hotmail.com
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3:00 PM
COMPACT LAGERSTATTEN: EXCEPTIONALLY FOSSILIFEROUS DEPOSITS FORMED BY MULTIPLE TAPHONOMIC FACTORS IN ISOLATED, TRANSIENT DEPOCENTERS
SAVRDA, Charles E., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849 and LEWIS, Ronald D., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, AL 36849, savrdce@auburn.edu, savrdce@auburn.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
THE INVISIBLE INARTICULATE HYPOTHESIS: UNVEILING WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCES OF LINGULID BRACHIOPODS IN THE CENOZOIC FOSSIL RECORD
ZABINI, Carolina, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 91501, Brazil, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and BARBOUR WOOD, Susan, Geosciences & Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, 331 Stillwell Bldg, Cullowhee, NC 28723, kowalewski@ufl.edu, kowalewski@ufl.edu
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3:45 PM
PALEOECOLOGICAL, PALEOENVIRONMENTAL, AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS OF SHELL CONCENTRATIONS
DEXTER, Troy A., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85716, WITTMER, Jacalyn M., Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 605 E. Springfield St, Champaign, IL 61820, SCARPONI, Daniele, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, Bologna, I-40126, Italy and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, tdexter@email.arizona.edu, tdexter@email.arizona.edu
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4:00 PM
OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS AS A TRIGGER FOR THE FORMATION OF AN EARLY MIOCENE (AQUITANIAN) KONSERVAT-LAGERSTAETTE IN THE CENTRAL PARATETHYS SEA
PILLER, Werner E.1, GRUNERT, Patrick1, HARZHAUSER, Mathias2, RÖGL, Fred2, SACHSENHOFER, Reinhard3, GRATZER, Reinhard3 and SOLIMAN, Ali1, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, (2)Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, (3)Department of Applied Geosciences and Geophysics, University of Leoben, Peter-Tunner Strasse 5, Leoben, 8700, Austria, werner.piller@uni-graz.at, werner.piller@uni-graz.at
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4:15 PM
UNDERSTANDING THE PRESERVATION OF STRUCTURAL COLOR IN FOSSIL INSECTS
MCNAMARA, Maria E., Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, ORR, Patrick J., UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, maria.mcnamara@bristol.ac.uk, maria.mcnamara@bristol.ac.uk
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4:30 PM
SALINE, ALKALINE, AND TOXIC— A RECIPE FOR PERFECT PRESERVATION
LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M., Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, BEARD, James S., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112 and FRASER, Nicholas C., National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, United Kingdom, liutkuscm@appstate.edu, liutkuscm@appstate.edu
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4:45 PM
EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF FOSSIL INSECTS IN LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS
SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, dena@colorado.edu, dena@colorado.edu
 
5:05 PM
Concluding Remarks
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