CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 56
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 205CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T55. New Horizons in Precambrian Palynology and Paleobiology

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; AASP - The Palynological Society; Paleontological Society

 

Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, Lanny H. Fisk, Debra A. Willard and Paul K. Strother, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
PALYNOLOGY AND AGE OF POST-ERUPTIVE LAKE SEDIMENTS FROM THE WOMBAT KIMBERLITE LOCALITY, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
HU, Shusheng, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, SIVER, Peter A., Botany Department, Connecticut College, New London, CT 06320 and WOLFE, Alexander P., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, shusheng.hu@yale.edu, shusheng.hu@yale.edu
 
1:50 PM
Discussion
2
1:55 PM
THE ULTRASTRUCTURE AND BOTANICAL AFFINITY OF THE PROBLEMATIC MID-MESOZOIC PALYNOMORPH RICCIISPORITES TUBERCULATUS LUNDBLAD
MANDER, Luke1, COLLINSON, Margaret E.2, CHALONER, William G.2, BRAIN, Anthony P.R.3 and LONG, David G.4, (1)Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, (3)Centre for Ultrastructural Imaging, King's College London, New Hunts House, Guy's Campus, London Bridge, London, SE1 9UL, United Kingdom, (4)Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR, United Kingdom, luke.mander@gmail.com, luke.mander@gmail.com
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2:10 PM
PROBLEMS SOLVED AND MYSTERIES REMAINING: DINOCYSTS FROM COASTAL PLAIN CORES
EDWARDS, Lucy E., U.S. Geological Survey, MS926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, leedward@usgs.gov, leedward@usgs.gov
 
2:25 PM
Discussion
4
2:30 PM
THE EARLY BODY FOSSIL RECORD OF EUKARYOTES
PORTER, Susannah M., Department of Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, porter@geol.ucsb.edu, porter@geol.ucsb.edu
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2:50 PM
SURPRISINGLY HIGH BIOTIC DIVERSITY IN A NEOPROTEROZOIC SHALE
STROTHER, Paul Klee, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493 and WELLMAN, Charles H., Animal & Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, Alfred Denny Building, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom, strother@bc.edu, strother@bc.edu
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3:05 PM
EVIDENCE FOR EXTENSIVE LIFE ON LAND 1100 MA AGO
SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, nsheldon@umich.edu, nsheldon@umich.edu
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3:25 PM
EVIDENCE FOR MESOPROTEROZOIC LIFE ON LAND AND ITS MODERN COUNTERPART IN ARID SOILS
BERALDI, Hugo, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Life Sciences E-Wing, Room 422, Tempe, AZ 85287, FARMER, J.D., School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287 and GARCIA-PICHEL, Ferran, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, LSE 422, Tempe, AZ 85287, ferran@asu.edu, ferran@asu.edu
 
3:40 PM
Break
8
3:55 PM
THE ORIGIN OF INTRACELLULAR STRUCTURES IN EDIACARAN METAZOAN EMBRYOS
SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1, XIAO, Shuhai2, SEN SHARMA, Kriti3 and WANG, Ge3, (1)ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jdschiff@vt.edu, jdschiff@vt.edu
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4:15 PM
THE PALEOPROTEROZOIC RISE OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN CAUSED BY ALGAL BLOOMS STIMULATED BY HIGH PHOSPHATE IN THE LOWER ARAVALLI GROUP, INDIA
PAPINEAU, Dominic, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Devlin Hall 213, 140 Commonwealth av, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, PUROHIT, Ritesh, Department of Geology, Government College Sirohi, Rajasthan, Sirohi, India-307001, India and FOGEL, Marilyn, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, dominic.papineau@bc.edu, dominic.papineau@bc.edu
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4:30 PM
ARCHEAN PLUMOSE MICROBIALITES: THREE DISTINCT GROWTH MORPHOLOGIES & ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
STEVENS, Eric, Geology, University of St. Thomas, 2115 Summit Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105 and SUMNER, Dawn Y., Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, ewstevens@stthomas.edu, ewstevens@stthomas.edu
11
4:45 PM
A (CYANO-)BACTERIAL ECOSYSTEM IN THE ARCHEAN 3.49 GA DRESSER FORMATION, PILBARA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
NOFFKE, Nora1, CHRISTIAN, Daniel R.1 and HAZEN, Robert M.2, (1)Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529, (2)Geophysical Laboratory and NASA Astrobiology Institute, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch rd NW, Washington, DC 20015, nnoffke@odu.edu, nnoffke@odu.edu
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5:00 PM
BIOGENICITY OF WORLD'S OLDEST FOSSILS: HOW THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED
SCHOPF, J. William, Earth & Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CSEOL - Geology Building, 595 Charles Young Circle Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, Schopf@ess.ucla.edu, Schopf@ess.ucla.edu
 
5:15 PM
Discussion
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