Session No. 187
Monday, 28 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)

T244. Paleoclimate and Biotic Change in Africa, Mesozoic to the Present

Paleontological Society; Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

 

Ellen D. Currano and Bonnie F. Jacobs, Advocates
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1:00 PM
MESOZOIC PALEOCLIMATE OF AFRICA
MYERS, Timothy S., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, smyers@smu.edu
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1:20 PM
NON-MARINE MESOZOIC ECOSYSTEMS OF NORTHEASTERN AFRICA: NEW INSIGHTS FROM THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU OF ETHIOPIA
GOODWIN, Mark B., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, IRMIS, Randall B., Natural History Museum of Utah and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1214, WILSON, Gregory P., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800 and ATNAFU, Balemwal, Department of Earth Sciences, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, irmis@umnh.utah.edu
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1:35 PM
UNCOVERING THE CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE RECORD OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: NEW INFORMATION FROM THE MIDDLE CRETACEOUS GALULA FORMATION, RUKWA RIFT BASIN (EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM), SOUTHWESTERN TANZANIA
O'CONNOR, Patrick M.1, STEVENS, Nancy J.1, ROBERTS, Eric M.2, SERTICH, Joseph3 and GORSCAK, Eric4, (1)Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, (3)Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (4)Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, oconnorp@ohio.edu
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1:50 PM
LATE CRETACEOUS MARINE REPTILES AND COOLING AT THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST INFERRED THROUGH STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES OF INOCERAMUS FROM THE NAMIBE BASIN, ANGOLA
STRGANAC, Christopher1, JACOBS, Louis L.2, FERGUSON, Kurt M.2, POLCYN, Michael J.2, MATEUS, Octávio3, SCHULP, Anne S.4, MORAIS, Maria Luísa5, TAVARES, Tatiana da Silva5 and GONÇALVES, António Olímpio5, (1)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, (2)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (3)Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1099-085, Portugal, (4)Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, Maastricht, NL-6211 KJ, Netherlands, (5)Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, n° 3244, Angola, tstrgana@mail.smu.edu
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2:05 PM
A MARINE VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE CAMPANIAN-MAASTRICHTIAN BOUNDARY AT BENTIABA, ANGOLA
POLCYN, Michael J.1, JACOBS, Louis L.1, MATEUS, Octávio2, SCHULP, Anne S.3, STRGANAC, Christopher1, ARAÚJO, Ricardo1, GRAF, John F.1, VINEYARD, Diana1 and MYERS, Timothy S.1, (1)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (2)Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1099-085, Portugal, (3)Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, Maastricht, NL-6211 KJ, Netherlands, mpolcyn@smu.edu
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2:20 PM
CABINDA REVISITED: AGE AND ENVIRONMENT OF NEW CENOZOIC VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM NORTHERN ANGOLA
JACOBS, Louis L.1, MYERS, Timothy S.1, GONÇALVES, António Olímpio2, GRAF, John F.3, JACOBS, Bonnie F.4, KAPPELMAN Jr, John W.5, MATEUS, Octávio6, POLCYN, Michael J.1, RASBURY, E. Troy7 and VINEYARD, Diana P.1, (1)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (2)Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, n° 3244, Angola, (3)Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (4)Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, (5)Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, University Station, C3200, Austin, TX 78712, (6)Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, 1099-085, Portugal, (7)Geosciences, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2100, jacobs@smu.edu
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2:35 PM
THE SUB-SAHARAN ORIGINS OF CERCOPITHECOIDS, HOMINOIDS, HOMININS, AND HUMANS
DUNSWORTH, Holly M., Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Rhode Island, 507 Chafee Building, 10 Chafee Road, Kingston, RI 02881, holly_dunsworth@mail.uri.edu
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2:55 PM
CONTINENTAL VERTEBRATES FROM THE LATE OLIGOCENE NSUNGWE FORMATION (SOUTHWESTERN TANZANIA) AND FAUNAL DYNAMICS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DURING THE PALEOGENE-NEOGENE TRANSITION
STEVENS, Nancy J.1, O'CONNOR, Patrick M.1 and ROBERTS, Eric M.2, (1)Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, stevensn@ohio.edu
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3:10 PM
EQUATORIAL PALEOENVIRONMENT LEADING INTO THE MIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM: LESSONS LEARNED FROM RUSINGA AND MFANGANO ISLANDS, LAKE VICTORIA KENYA
MICHEL, Lauren A.1, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, DRIESE, Steven G.2, MCNULTY, Kieran P.3, FOX, David L.4 and GARRETT, Nicole5, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, (5)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, Lauren_Michel@baylor.edu
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3:25 PM
THE EARLY MIOCENE FRUIT AND SEED FLORAS FROM RUSINGA AND MFWANGANO ISLANDS, KENYA
COLLINSON, Margaret E., Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, BAMFORD, Marion K., Bernard Price Institut of Palaeontological Research, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, P Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa and SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, sysmith@umich.edu
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3:40 PM
MIOCENE BEAKED WHALE FROM WEST TURKANA, KENYA, AND PALEOELEVATION OF THE NORTHERN KENYA RIFT
LIN, Andrew1, JACOBS, Louis L.2, WICHURA, Henry3, POLCYN, Michael J.2, MANTHI, Fredrick K.4 and WINKLER, Dale A.1, (1)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275, (2)Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (3)Institut für Erd- und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, 14476, Germany, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P. O Box 40658, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya, wichura@geo.uni-potsdam.de
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3:55 PM
CONSTRAINING THE TIMING OF CENOZOIC RIFTING AND BASIN DEVELOPMENT IN THE RUKWA RIFT BASIN OF THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM VIA DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY
HILBERT-WOLF, Hannah L.1, ROBERTS, Eric M.1, MTELELA, Cassy1, O'CONNOR, Patrick M.2 and STEVENS, Nancy J.2, (1)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, (2)Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, hilbertwolf@gmail.com
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4:10 PM
PLANT WAX BIOMARKERS IN FLUVIAL-LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS FROM EAST AFRICA:  PRESERVATION, ABUNDANCE, AND FEASIBILITY FOR PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS
UNO, Kevin T.1, POLISSAR, Pratigya J.2, BONNEFILLE, Raymonde3, BROWN, Francis H.4, FEIBEL, Craig S.5, KAHLE, Emma6, LEPRE, Christopher J.7, LEVIN, Naomi E.8 and DEMENOCAL, Peter2, (1)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (2)Biology and Paleoenvironment, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 1000, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (3)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, Cedex 04, France, (4)Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (5)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (6)Earth and Environmental Science, Columbia University, Geoscience Rm 106, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, (7)Paleomagnetics Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, 61 Route 9W, PO Box 100, Palisades, NY 10964-8000, (8)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, kevinuno1@gmail.com
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4:25 PM
LATE-CENOZOIC CLIMATE VARIABILITY FROM SEDIMENTARY ARCHIVES OF AFRICA’S RIFT VALLEY LAKES: IMPLICATIONS FOR FAUNAL EVOLUTION
SCHOLZ, Christopher A., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and LYONS, Robert, Energy Technology Company, Chevron, Houston, TX 77002, cascholz@syr.edu
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4:45 PM
TRENDS IN CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF PLIO-PLEISTOCENE SOUTH AFRICA: USING FOSSIL ENAMEL ISOTOPIC DATA TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS OF REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
LEHMANN, Sophie B., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 301 Olin Hall, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, LEVIN, Naomi E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, DENNIS, Kate J., Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, BISHOP, Laura C., Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 3AF, United Kingdom, STYNDER, Deano D., Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa and BRAUN, David R., Anthropology Department, The George Washington University, 2112 G. St., 203, Washington, DC 20052, slehman4@jhu.edu
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