Session No. 261
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

T243. Konservat-Lagerstätten: Morphology, Ecology, and Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Fossils (Posters)

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

Authors will be present from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, and 5:00 to 6:30 PM.

 

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ASPIDELLA IN REPOSE: TAPHONOMY OF A FRONDOSE EDIACARAN FOSSIL PRESERVED IN CARBONATE ROCKS
MEYER, Michael, Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, Stillwell Hall, Cullowhee, NC 28723, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and GILL, Benjamin C., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, mbmeyer@email.wcu.edu
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DISTINGUISHING ABSENCE FROM LOSS: PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED FOSSILS REQUIRES VERY FEW ERRORS TO BE MADE
SANSOM, Robert, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom and WILLS, Matthew, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom, robert.sansom@manchester.ac.uk
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COMPARATIVE TAPHONOMY OF BURGESS SHALE-TYPE FOSSILS: VERMIFORM SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION IN THE LOWER–MIDDLE CAMBRIAN OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
BROCE, Jesse S., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 24060 and SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, jsbvf6@mail.missouri.edu
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LABORATORY TESTING OF THE INFLUENCE OF SUBSTRATE ON DECAY INHIBITION AND EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION
MCCOY, Victoria E.1, YOUNG, Robert T.1 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G.2, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, robert.t.young@yale.edu
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TAPHONOMIC VARIANCE IN EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION FROM THE MAZON CREEK LAGERSTATTEN
NGUYEN, Christine1, MANN, Arjan2, CARTER, Sterling3, CHANG, Sitting2, ALI, Zehra3 and LAFLAMME, Marc4, (1)Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road N, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (2)Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road N, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (3)Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road N, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (4)Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, christinee.nguyen@mail.utoronto.ca
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POPULATIONS AND VARIATIONS IN THE EDIACARAN FOSSIL TAXA RUGOCONITES
HALL, Christine M.S.1, DROSER, Mary L.1 and GEHLING, James2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, csolo001@ucr.edu
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THE STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF THE LATE ORDOVICIAN ‘BUTTER SHALE’ LAGERSTäTTEN IN THE CINCINNATI ARCH REGION
AUCOIN, Christopher D.1, BRETT, Carlton E.1, THOMKA, James R.2 and MALGIERI, Thomas J.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (3)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, aucoincd@mail.uc.edu
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