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

Session No. 181
Tuesday, 6 November 2012: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall B (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 (Posters)

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society

Authors will be present from 367.

 

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EXPLORING EDIACARAN FOSSIL PRESERVATION BY DIFFERENTIAL TAPHONOMY: WHO LEFT THE EDIACARAN TAPHONOMIC WINDOW OPEN?
MACGABHANN, Breandán Anraoi1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.2, HAGADORN, James W.3, VAN ROY, Peter4, LYNCH, Edward P.5, MORRISON, Liam1 and MURRAY, John1, (1)Earth and Ocean Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Co. Galway, Ireland, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (4)Research Unit Palaeontology, Department of Geology and Soil Science, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 / S8, Ghent, B-9000, Belgium, (5)Earth and Ocean Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu
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A NEW NON-MINERALIZED EDIACARAN FAUNA FROM THE DEEP SPRING FORMATION OF NEVADA
ROWLAND, Stephen M. and RODRIGUEZ, Margarita, Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, steve.rowland@unlv.edu, steve.rowland@unlv.edu
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COMPARATIVE COMMUNITY PALEOECOLOGY OF THE EARLY CAMBRIAN (SERIES 2, STAGE 3) CHENGJIANG BIOTA FROM CHINA
ZHAO, Fangchen, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, CARON, Jean-Bernard, Department of Natural History (Paleobiology Section), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S2C6, Canada, ZHU, Maoyan, LPS, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and HU, Shixue, Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, No. 2, N-3 section, 1st Ring Road, Chengdu, 610081, China, fczhao@nigpas.ac.cn, fczhao@nigpas.ac.cn
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TAPHONOMIC BIASES INFLUENCING EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED NARAOIA FROM THE BURGESS SHALE
ATTA, Calder J.1, LAFLAMME, Marc2, SESSA, Jocelyn A.2, TWEEDT, Sarah2 and ERWIN, Douglas H.3, (1)Department of Biology, Boston University, Biology Research Building (BRB), 5 Cummington St, Boston, MA 02215, (2)Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (3)Dept. of Paleobiology MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, catta15@bu.edu, catta15@bu.edu
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GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN THE DIVERSIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES IN CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION BASED ON ICHNOFOSSIL RECORD
OJI, Tatsuo1, MOCHIZUKI, Takafumi2, ZHAO, Yuanlong3, PENG, Jin3, YANG, Xinglian3 and SERSMAA, Gonchigdorj4, (1)Nagoya University Museum, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan, (3)College of Resource and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China, (4)Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, 46/520, Mongolia, oji@num.nagoya-u.ac.jp, oji@num.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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A NEW, BILATERALLY SYMMETRICAL, TUBULAR EDIACARAN ORGANISM, RAWNSLEY QUARTZITE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
JOEL, Lucas V., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, ljoel001@student.ucr.edu, ljoel001@student.ucr.edu
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