Cordilleran Section - 108th Annual Meeting (29–31 March 2012)

Session No. 15
Thursday, 29 March 2012: 14:30-16:50
Siglo XVIII (Hotel Misión Juriquilla)

T9. What Fossil Ages and Distributions Tell Us about the History of the Ancient Gulf of California

 

Judith Smith, Ana Luisa Carreño and Javier Helenes, Advocates
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KEYNOTE: NEOGENE MICROPALEONTOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
HELENES, Javier, Geology-Earth Sciences Division, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, PO Box 430222, San Diego, CA 92143-0222, Mexico and CARREÑO, A. Luisa, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacan, Mexico DF, 04510, Mexico, jhelenes@cicese.mx, jhelenes@cicese.mx
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THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND THE ORIGIN OF THE MODERN EASTERN PACIFIC CORAL FAUNA
LÓPEZ-PÉREZ, Ramón Andrés, Instituto de Recursos, Universidad del Mar, Ciudad Universitaria, Puerto Ángel, 70902, Mexico, alopez@angel.umar.mx, alopez@angel.umar.mx
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HOW ORIGINATION OF MODERN FISH LINEAGES MAY REFLECT TIMING OF WHEN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA OPENED: A NEW BIOLOGICAL APPROACH
DOLBY, Greer A., Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA, 621 Charles E. Young Dr. So, Los Angeles, CA 90095, ELLINGSON, Ryan, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ California - Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Dr. So, Los Angeles, CA 90095-9000, DAY, Paul P., Geological Sciences, California State University, 595 Charles Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and JACOBS, David K., Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, Univ California - Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-9000, gadolby@ucla.edu, gadolby@ucla.edu
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VOLCANIC ROCKS AND MICROFOSSILS CONFIRM A LATE MIOCENE AGE FOR MARINE STRATA ON ISLA TIBURON, GULF OF CALIFORNIA
BENNETT, Scott E.K.1, OSKIN, Michael E.1, DORSEY, Rebecca J.2 and IRIONDO, Alex3, (1)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (3)Centro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla, Querétaro, C.P. 76230, Mexico, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu, sekbennett@ucdavis.edu
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TERTIARY-CARIBBEAN MOLLUSKS AND THE ANCIENT GULF OF CALIFORNIA
SMITH, Judith Terry, Department of Paleobiology, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, 2330 14th St. N, #401, Arlington, VA 22201-5867, redcloud1@earthlink.net, redcloud1@earthlink.net
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MARINE INVERTEBRATES PALEONTOLOGY OF THE SAN JUAN MEMBER (EL CIEN FORMATION), BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
VERA, Diego1, GONZÁLEZ, Gerardo2 and NAVA, Enrique1, (1)Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, La Paz, 23096, Mexico, (2)Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur, La Paz, 23080, Mexico, vera.dimas.diego@gmail.com, vera.dimas.diego@gmail.com
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PALEONTOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF MACROINVERTEBRATES IN THE BATEQUE AND TEPETATE FORMATIONS (PALEOCENE-EOCENE) IN WESTERN BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO
MORALES-ORTEGA, Priscila1, GONZÁLEZ-BARBA, Gerardo1 and NAVA-SÁNCHEZ, Enrique H.2, (1)Museo de Historia Natural, UABCS, Carretera al Sur Kilometro 5.5, AP #19B, La Paz, BCS, 23080, Mexico, (2)Laboratorio de Geologia Ambiental, Dept. de Oceanologia, CICIMAR-IPN, Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional s/n, AP 592, La Paz, BCS, 23096, Mexico, prisortega@gmail.com, prisortega@gmail.com
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