Session No. 298
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 1AB (Colorado Convention Center)

T248. Unlocking Lilliput: New Approaches to Microscopy in Paleontology

Paleontological Society

 

Thomas Hegna and K. Leo Pullin, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
1
1:00 PM
NEW APPROACHES TO MICROSCOPY IN PALEONTOLOGY
PULLIN, K. Leo, Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th Street, Tucson, AZ 85719, kleopullin@email.arizona.edu
2
1:15 PM
SIGNAL TO NOISE: UNRAVELING BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION FROM PRESERVATIONAL OVERPRINTS IN EXCEPTIONAL FOSSILS
SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1, XIAO, Shuhai2, LODUCA, Steven T.3, PANG, Ke4, TANG, Qing4 and YUAN, Xunlai4, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 205 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, (4)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu
3
1:35 PM
NOVEL APPLICATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TO ARCHEAN PALEONTOLOGY
OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, JEHLICKA, Jan, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Mineral Resources, Charles University in Prague, Albertov 6, 128 43, Prague, 2, Czech Republic, ROUZAUD, Jean-Noël, Laboratoire de Géologie de l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure, UMR CNRS 8538, ENS, 24, rue Lhomond, Paris, 75005, France and MARSHALL, Craig P., Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Rm. 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, olcott@ku.edu
4
1:50 PM
PLANT BIOMINERALS AS GEOLOGIC, CLIMATIC, AND BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
MORGAN-EDEL, K.D., Earth & Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, SPILDE, Michael N., Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2050, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and BOSTON, Penelope J., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, daisymo4wildlife@gmail.com
5
2:05 PM
OPTIMIZING SUPER-RESOLUTION STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY (SR-SIM) FOR RECOVERY OF TAXONOMICALLY IMPORTANT MORPHOLOGIES IN THE MODERN AND FOSSIL GRASS POLLEN RECORDS
WESSELN, Cassandra J., Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, SIVAGURU, Mayandi, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, MANDER, Luke, Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom and PUNYASENA, Surangi W., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, wesseln1@illinois.edu
6
2:20 PM
TOWARDS RESOLVING IN SITU, CENTIMETER-SCALE LOCATION OF BIOMINERALIZATION IN CALCAREOUS MICROBENTHOS
BERNHARD, Joan M.1, PHALEN, William2, MCINTYRE-WRESSNIG, Anna3, MEZZO, Francesco4 and JEGLINSKI, Marleen1, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (2)Environmental Studies Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (3)Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Mailstop 52, Woods Hole, MA 02543, (4)Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Studies, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy, jbernhard@whoi.edu
 
2:35 PM
Break
7
2:50 PM
8
3:05 PM
IMAGING FOSSIL BIOCHEMISTRY
EDWARDS, Nicholas P.1, BARDEN, Holly E.1, WOGELIUS, Roy, A.1, BERGMANN, Uwe2, LARSON, Peter L.3, SELLERS, William I.4 and MANNING, Phillip L.1, (1)School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom, (2)SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Linac Coherent Light Source, 2575 Sandhill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, PO Box 643, 117 Main St, Hill City, SD 57745, (4)Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, nicholas.edwards@manchester.ac.uk
9
3:20 PM
IMAGING TECHNIQUES IN THE STUDY OF FOSSIL SPIDERS
SELDEN, Paul A., Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, paulselden@mac.com
10
3:35 PM
NOT QUITE FROZEN IN TIME: WINDOWS INTO THE INTERNAL TAPHONOMY OF FOSSILS IN AMBER VIA MICROCT-SCAN TECHNOLOGY
HEGNA, Thomas, Geology Department, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, 113 Tillman Hall, Macomb, IL 61455, SERRANO-SÁNCHEZ, Maria de Lourdes, Posgrado en Ciencias de La Tierra, Coyoacán, Mexico DF 04510, Mex, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México DF, 04510, Mexico, VEGA, Francisco J., Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, México, DF, 04510, Mexico and LAZO-WASEM, Eric A., Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, ta-hegna@wiu.edu
11
3:50 PM
USING TAPHONOMIC EXPERIMENTS TO DISTINGUISH MICROBIAL GROWTH FROM MELANOSOMES IN EXTANT AND FOSSIL FEATHERS
MOYER, Alison E. and SCHWEITZER, Mary H., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, aemoyer@ncsu.edu
12
4:05 PM
SYNCHROTRON-BASED IMAGING OF TRACE ELEMENTS WITHIN FOSSIL BONE 
ANNÉ, Jennifer E.1, WOGELIUS, Roy, A.1, EDWARDS, Nicholas P.1, SELLERS, William I.2 and MANNING, Phillip L.1, (1)School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M139PL, United Kingdom, (2)Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, jennifer.anne@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
See more of: Technical Sessions