T138. Fossil Preservation, Biological Evolution, and Environmental Change at the Dawn of Animal Radiation: An Examination of Geobiological Events across the Ediacaran–Cambrian Transition II

Session No. 130
Monday, 5 November 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
217D (Charlotte Convention Center)

T138. Fossil Preservation, Biological Evolution, and Environmental Change at the Dawn of Animal Radiation: An Examination of Geobiological Events across the Ediacaran–Cambrian Transition II

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society

 

James D. Schiffbauer and Shuhai Xiao, Advocates
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1:30 PM
X-RAY MICRO-CT INVESTIGATION OF THE EDIACARA FOSSIL PTERIDINIUM SIMPLEX FROM NAMIBIA
MEYER, Michael1, ELLIOTT, David2, POLYS, Nick3, WOOD, Andrew3, VICKERS-RICH, Patricia2 and XIAO, Shuhai4, (1)Department of Geology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)School of Geosciences, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Australia, (3)Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech Information Technology, 3030A Torgersen Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, mike.meyer.geo@gmail.com, mike.meyer.geo@gmail.com
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1:45 PM
SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICRO-CT ANALYSES OF THE EARLY CAMBRIAN MICROFOSSILS
KOMIYA, Tsuyoshi1, HAN, Jian2, NAKAO, Taito3, UESUGI, Kentaro4 and HOSHINO, Masato4, (1)Department of Earth Science & Astronomy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (2)Early Life Institute and Key Laboratory of Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, (3)Department of Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Graduate school of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (4)Research and Utilization Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo, Sayo, 679-5198, Japan, komiya@ea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp, komiya@ea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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2:00 PM
OCEAN OXYGENATION AND ORIGIN OF FOSSIL-BEARING CHERT BANDS IN LOWER CAMBRIAN STRATA OF SOUTH CHINA
O'DONNELL, Kenneth H., Germantown, MD 20876 and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, kenodonn@vt.edu, kenodonn@vt.edu
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2:15 PM
THE FIRST EXPLOSIVE DIVERSIFICATION OF SSFS DURING THE DEPOSITION OF THE LOWERMOST CAMBRIAN PHOSPHORITE IN CHENGJIANG, SOUTH CHINA
SATO, Tomohiko1, ISOZAKI, Yukio2, HITACHI, Takahiko2 and SHU, Degan3, (1)Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (2)Univ Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (3)Early Life Inst, Northwest Univ, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an, 710069, China, sato.t.bq@m.titech.ac.jp, sato.t.bq@m.titech.ac.jp
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2:30 PM
SMALL SHELLY FOSSIL BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PRESERVATION IN THE DZABKHAN BASIN IN SOUTHWEST MONGOLIA
SMITH, Emily F.1, BOLD, Uyanga2, MACDONALD, Francis A.1, BRADLEY, Dan B.1 and PETACH, Tanya N.1, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, efsmith@fas.harvard.edu, efsmith@fas.harvard.edu
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2:45 PM
POSSIBLE MARKUELIA EMBRYOS FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN (TERRENEUVIAN) YANJIAHE FORMATION IN HEBEI PROVINCE OF SOUTH CHINA
BROCE Jr, Jesse S., Virginia Tech Geosciences, Blacksburg, VA 24060, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, jb569342@vt.edu, jb569342@vt.edu
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3:00 PM
DIVERSE STEM-GROUP BRACHIOPOD FOSSILS FROM THE LOWER CAMBRIAN OF SOUTH CHINA
LI, Guoxiang, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and ZHANG, Zhifei, Early Life Institute, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, gxli@nigpas.ac.cn, gxli@nigpas.ac.cn
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
HEMICHORDATES AND ALGAE FROM THE CAMBRIAN (SERIES 3) WHEELER AND MARJUM FORMATIONS (UTAH) AND BURGESS SHALE (BRITISH COLUMBIA)
LODUCA, Steve T., Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 203 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 and KRAMER, Anthony, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, sloduca@emich.edu, sloduca@emich.edu
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3:45 PM
IMPLICATIONS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF PAIRED ANTERIOR CHAETAE IN THE LATE EARLY CAMBRIAN MOLLUSC PELAGIELLA FROM THE KINZERS FORMATION OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR RELATIONSHIPS AMONG TAXA AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE MOLLUSCA
THOMAS, Roger D.K., Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin & Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 and VINTHER, Jakob, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, roger.thomas@fandm.edu, roger.thomas@fandm.edu
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4:00 PM
A SHORTER FUSE FOR THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION?
KAUFMAN, Alan J.1, PEEK, Sara2, MARTIN, Aaron J.1, CUI, Huan2, GRAZHDANKIN, Dmitriy3, ROGOV, Vladimir3, XIAO, Shuhai4, BUCHWALDT, Robert5 and BOWRING, Samuel6, (1)Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (3)Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk Branch, Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (5)Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, (6)EARTHTIME, 77 Moss Ave, MIT54-1120, Cambridge, MA 02139, kaufman@geol.umd.edu, kaufman@geol.umd.edu
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4:15 PM
THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION: ANIMALS OR FOSSILS? (Invited Presentation)
PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, Kevin.J.Peterson@dartmouth.edu, Kevin.J.Peterson@dartmouth.edu
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4:35 PM
THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION: THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY (Invited Presentation)
ERWIN, Douglas H., Dept. of Paleobiology MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, erwind@si.edu, erwind@si.edu
 
4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks
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