Session No. 186
Monday, 28 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

T243. Konservat-Lagerstätten: Morphology, Ecology, and Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Fossils II

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Maria E. McNamara and Xiaoya Ma, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:00 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:15 PM
EXPERIMENTAL DECAY OF VELVET WORMS (ONYCHOPHORANS) AND TAPHONOMIC BIAS IN THE LOBOPODIAN FOSSIL RECORD
PURNELL, Mark A.1, MURDOCK, Duncan J.E.1, MAYER, Georg2 and GABBOTT, Sarah E.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, (2)Animal Evolution and Development, Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Talstraße 33, Leipzig, D-04103, Germany, (3)Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, mark.purnell@le.ac.uk
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1:30 PM
EXCEPTIONAL (AND UNEXCEPTIONAL) PRESERVATION OF SMALL CARBONACEOUS FOSSILS (SCFS): EMERGING TRENDS IN CAMBRIAN TAPHONOMY AND PALEOBIOLOGY
HARVEY, Thomas H.P., Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom and BUTTERFIELD, Nicholas J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, thph2@cam.ac.uk
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1:45 PM
COLOUR PATTERNS IN A FOSSIL SNAKE
MCNAMARA, Maria E., School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, xxx, Ireland, ORR, Patrick J., UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, ALCALÁ, Luis, Fundación Conjunto Paleontológico de Teruel-Dinópolis, Avda. Sagunto s/n, Teruel, E-44002, Spain, ANADÓN, Pere, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Institut de Ciències de la Terra ‘‘Jaume Almera'', Lluís Solé i Sabarís s/n, Barcelona, E-08028, Spain and PEÑALVER, Enrique, Museo Geominero, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, C/ Ríos Rosas, 23, Madrid, E-28003, Spain, maria.mcnamara@ucc.ie
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2:00 PM
FACIES HETEROGENEITY AND SEDIMENT DISPERSAL PATTERNS IN THE MAOTIANSHAN SHALE, CHINA
MACKENZIE, Lindsay Ann, Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812, HOFMANN, Michael H., Department of Geosciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, CHEN, Junyuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 E Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and HINMAN, Nancy W., Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, lindsay.mackenzie1105@gmail.com
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2:15 PM
THE WEEKS FORMATION LAGERSTATTE (HOUSE RANGE, UTAH): A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO THE EVOLUTION OF SOFT-BODIED METAZOANS DURING THE LATE CAMBRIAN
LEROSEY-AUBRIL, Rudy1, GAINES, Robert2, HEGNA, Thomas3, ORTEGA-HERNÁNDEZ, Javier4, BABCOCK, Loren E.5, LEFEBVRE, Bertrand6, KIER, Carlos7, BONINO, Enrico7, SAHRATIAN, Quintin8 and VANNIER, Jean6, (1)Division of Earth Sciences, School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia, (2)Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. 6th St, Claremont, CA 91711, (3)Geology Department, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, 113 Tillman Hall, Macomb, IL 61455, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, (5)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (6)Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement (UMR 5276, CNRS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Campus Scientifique de la Doua Bâtiment GEODE, 2, rue Raphaël Dubois, Villeurbanne, 69622, France, (7)Back to the Past Museum, Carretera Cancun, Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, 77580, Mexico, (8)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South, 1460, East Room 205, Salt Lake City, UT UT 84112, leroseyaubril@gmail.com
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2:30 PM
THE ROLE OF POLYSACCHARIDES IN PRESERVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL WALL STRUCTURES IN PLANT FOSSIL LAGERSTäTTEN 
WITKOWSKI, Caitlyn1, FENG, Liang2, LENG, Qin1, REID, Christopher1, WANG, Hongmei3 and YANG, Hong4, (1)Department of Science and Technology, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, (2)Department of Microbiology, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Rd, Hongshan, Wuhan, 430072, China, (3)Department of Microbiology, China University of Geosciences, 388 Lumo Rd, Hongshan, Hongshan, Wuhan, 430072, China, (4)Laboratory for Terrestrial Environments, Bryant University, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917, cwitkows@bryant.edu
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2:45 PM
THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN WINNESHIEK LAGERSTÄTTE - AN UNUSUAL SETTING FOR EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION
LIU, Huaibao1, BRIGGS, Derek2, MCKAY, Robert1 and WITZKE, Brian J.3, (1)Iowa Geological & Water Survey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, paul.liu@dnr.iowa.gov
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
CONTROLS ON EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION IN CONCRETIONS
MCCOY, Victoria, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, victoria.mccoy@yale.edu
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3:30 PM
A THREE-DIMENSIONALLY PHOSPHATIZED SCALIDOPHORAN WORM FROM THE EARLIEST CAMBRIAN PERIOD
XIAO, Shuhai1, LIU, Yunhuan2, SHAO, Tiequan2, BROCE Jr, Jesse S.3 and ZHANG, Huaqiao4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)College of Earth Science and Resources, Chang'an University, Xi’an, 710054, China, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, xiao@vt.edu
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3:45 PM
FOSSIL PRESERVATION OF DEEP-BIOSPHERE FUNGI
BENGTSON, Stefan and IVARSSON, Magnus, Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, stefan.bengtson@nrm.se
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4:00 PM
TURNING BACK THE CLOCK: DECIPHERING TIME AVERAGING AND RECONSTRUCTING COLONIZATION HISTORIES OF EDIACARA COMMUNITIES
EVANS, Scott D., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California at Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, TARHAN, Lidya G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and DZAUGIS, Matthew P., School of Marine Science, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, S.D.Evans723@gmail.com
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4:15 PM
COMPARISON OF TRACE-ELEMENT-BASED PALEO-REDOX AND PALEO-PRODUCTIVITY INDICATORS IN BURGESS SHALE-TYPE FOSSIL SITES
POWELL, Wayne, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210 and HANDLE, Kimberly C., Earth & Environmental Sciences, CUNY - Graduate Center & American Museum of Natural History, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016, wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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4:30 PM
THE EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF LEAVES IN IRON-RICH SEDIMENTS FROM OCEANIA
LOCATELLI, Emma Rose, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, emma.r.locatelli@gmail.com
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4:45 PM
MUMMIFIED LEAF ASSEMBLAGE PROVIDES INSIGHT TO NEOTROPICAL FOREST ECOPHYSIOLOGY DURING THE MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM
CARVALHO, Mónica R., Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, LONDOÑO, Liliana, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, WOOD, Aaron, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, CÁRDENAS, Andrés L., Universidad EAFIT, Departamento Ciencias de la Tierra, Carrera 49 N. 7 Sur -50, Medellin, Colombia, ESCOBAR, Jaime H., Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad del Norte, Apartados Aereos 1569, Barranquilla, 51820, Colombia, HERRERA, Fabiany, Florida Museum of Natural History & Biology Department, University of Florida, Museum Rd and Newell Dr, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, JARAMILLO, Carlos, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama and ROYER, Dana L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, moccada@gmail.com
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