Session No. 300
Wednesday, 30 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 1EF (Colorado Convention Center)

Early Life and Taphonomy

 

Leigh Anne Riedman and John L. Moore, Chairs
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8:00 AM
PALEOPROTEROZOIC LIFE ON LAND AND THE RISE OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN
RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, gregr@uoregon.edu
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8:15 AM
FOSSILIZED BUBBLES IN MESOPROTEROZOIC STROMATOLITES: MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR OXYGENIC PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF CYANOBACTERIA IN ANCIENT MICROBIAL MATS
DAI, Zhen1, XIAO, Shuhai2, YUAN, Xunlai3 and YIN, Leiming3, (1)State key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, xiao@vt.edu
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8:30 AM
POSSIBLE SCALE-BEARING PROTISTS IN THE MID-NEOPROTEROZOIC CHUAR GROUP, GRAND CANYON, AND UINTA MOUNTAIN GROUP, UTAH
PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, DEHLER, Carol M., Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4505, MOORE, John L., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, RIEDMAN, Leigh Anne, Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Department of Earth Science, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 and WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, porter@geol.ucsb.edu
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8:45 AM
HIGH MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF ORGANIC-WALLED MICROFOSSILS FROM THE MID-NEOPROTEROZOIC ALINYA FORMATION, OFFICER BASIN, AUSTRALIA
RIEDMAN, Leigh Anne, Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1006 Webb Hall, Department of Earth Science, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 and PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, lriedman@umail.ucsb.edu
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9:00 AM
IMPACT, RNA-PROTEIN WORLD, AND THE ENDOPREBIOTIC ORIGIN OF LIFE
CHATTERJEE, Sankar, Geosciences, Museum of Texas Tech University, 3301 4th Street, Lubbock, TX 79409, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu
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9:15 AM
TWO TYPES OF PRESERVATION IN THE KHATYSPYT LAGERSTÄTTE, THE OLENEK UPLIFT, THE SIBERIAN PLATFORM
BYKOVA, Natalia, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, naticha@vt.edu
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9:30 AM
A NEW ‘PHYLLOPOD BED’-LIKE ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE BURGESS SHALE: STRATIGRAPHIC SETTING AND THE CATHEDRAL ESCARPMENT IN KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK
GAINES, Robert R., Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. Sixth Street, Claremont, CA 91711, CARON, Jean-Bernard, Department of Natural History (Paleobiology Section), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S2C6, Canada and STRENG, Michael, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen, 22, 75236, Sweden, robert.gaines@pomona.edu
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9:45 AM
SHELL MICROSTRUCTURES OF CAMBRIAN HYOLITHOMORPH HYOLITHS
MOORE, John L., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu
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10:00 AM
PHOSPHATIZATION OF VERMIFORM FOSSILS FROM THE WINNESHIEK LAGERSTÄTTE, WINNESHIEK SHALE, NORTHEAST IOWA
HAWKINS, Andrew D., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, LIU, Huaibao P., Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Geological and Water Survey, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 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, andrewdh@vt.edu
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10:15 AM
TAPHONOMY OF ‘CYSTOIDS’ (ECHINODERMATA: DIPLOPORITA) FROM THE NAPOLEON QUARRY OF SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA: THE MIDDLE SILURIAN MASSIE FORMATION AS AN ATYPICAL KONSERVAT-LAGERSTÄTTE
THOMKA, James R.1, BRETT, Carlton E.2, YOUNG, Allison L.3, BANTEL, Thomas E.4 and BISSETT, Donald L.4, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (3)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (4)Dry Dredgers, P. O. Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221, thomkajr@mail.uc.edu
 
10:30 AM
Break
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10:45 AM
THE PALEOZOIC ENCRUSTING SCLEROBIONTS ALLONEMA AND ASCODICTYON: COMPONENT PARTS OF ORGANISMS BELONGING TO THE SAME PROBLEMATIC GROUP
WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691 and TAYLOR, Paul D., Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, mwilson@wooster.edu
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11:00 AM
EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS OF FLUVIAL EGGSHELL TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION
EVANS, Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, cavertevans@gmail.com
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11:15 AM
MICROWEAR ANALYSIS OF UNGULATES FROM THE ASHFALL FOSSIL BEDS: EFFECTS OF VOLCANIC ASH ON MICROWEAR
HOFFMAN, Jonathan M., Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, FRASER, Danielle, Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 and CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, jhoffma9@uwyo.edu
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11:30 AM
ASSESSING FOSSIL BONE DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT FROM STRUCTURAL AND COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES
KEENAN, Sarah W. and ENGEL, Annette Summers, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996, skeenan1@utk.edu
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