2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 108
Monday, 20 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
220 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T205. Major Evolutionary Events of the Early Mesozoic— Paleontology and Paleoecology from the Middle Triassic to the Late Jurassic

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Lydia S. Tackett, Rowan C. Martindale and David Bottjer, Advocates
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8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
108-1
8:05 AM
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8:20 AM
LATE LADINIAN (MIDDLE TRIASSIC) MAJOR ECOLOGICAL EXPANSION INTO THE OPEN OCEAN-EVIDENCE FROM THE TRIASSIC MARINE REPTILE FAUNAS FROM SOUTH CHINA
JIANG, Da-yong1, MOTANI, Ryosuke2, TINTORI, Andrea3, RIEPPEL, Olivier4, JI, Cheng5 and FU, Wanlu1, (1)Geology, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China, (2)Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra 'A.Desio', Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, 20133, Italy, (4)Department of Geology, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, (5)Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Beijing East Road 39, Nanjing, 210008, China
8:35 AM
PALEONTOLOGICAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE JELM AND POPO AGIE FORMATIONS (CHUGWATER GROUP, WY)
LOVELACE, David M.1, STOCKER, Michelle R.2, CAMPBELL, Brandon T.1 and NASSIF, James P.1, (1)Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060
8:50 AM
THE LATE TRIASSIC EARLY EVOLUTION OF DINOSAURS: A GEOCHRONOLOGIC PERSPECTIVE
RAMEZANI, Jahandar, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, FASTOVSKY, David E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhodes Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881 and BOWRING, Samuel A., EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
9:05 AM
RADIOLARIAN FAUNAL TURNOVER AND PALEOPRODUCTIVITY CHANGES IN THE LATE TRIASSIC PANTHALASSA OCEAN: A POSSIBLE EFFECT OF LARGE IMPACT EVENT
ONOUE, Tetsuji1, SATO, Honami2, IKEHARA, Minoru3, TAKAYA, Yutaro4, NOZAKI, Tatsuo4, FUJINAGA, Koichiro5, KATO, Yasuhiro5 and UNO, Koji6, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan, (3)Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Nankoku, 783-8502, Japan, (4)Research and Development Center for Submarine Resources, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan, (5)Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources (FRCER), School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan, (6)Graduate School of Education, Okayama University, Tsushimanaka 3-1-1, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
9:20 AM
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND PALEOECOLOGY OF MIDDLE TO LATE TRIASSIC CARBONATE SHELF, FAVRET AND AUGUSTA MOUNTAIN FORMATION, CENTRAL NEVADA
BONUSO, Nicole, Geological Sciences, California State University, 800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, LORENTZ, Nathaniel J., Chemistry and Earth Science, Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029 and WILLIAMSON, Kyle P., 301 Wilma Circle, Unit B, Placentia, CA 92870
9:35 AM
FAUNAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHANGES ACROSS THE NORIAN-RHAETIAN BOUNDARY IN EASTERN PANTHALASSA: RAMPING UP TO THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION
TACKETT, Lydia S., Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102 and BOTTJER, David, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:05 AM
INSIGHTS INTO THE MECHANISMS OF END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: AN INTEGRATED PALEONTOLOGIC, BIOMARKER AND ISOTOPIC APPROACH
WHITESIDE, Jessica H.1, KASPRAK, A.H.2, SEPÚLVEDA, J.3 and SUMMONS, Roger3, (1)Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, (3)Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142
10:25 AM
A CALCIUM ISOTOPE EXCURSION ASSOCIATED WITH THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND CARBON CYCLE DYNAMICS
JOST, Adam B., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, BACHAN, Aviv, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 510 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, VAN DE SCHOOTBRUGGE, Bas, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Princetonlaan 8A, Utrecht, 3584 CB, Netherlands, DEPAOLO, Donald J., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767 and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305
10:40 AM
BIOTIC REORGANIZATIONS AMONG CORALS AND REEF EVOLUTION DURING THE LATE TRIASSIC TO EARLY JURASSIC TIME
STANLEY Jr., George D., Geosciences, University of Montana Paleontology Center, 32 Campus Drive # 1296, Missoula, MT 59812
10:55 AM
EARLY MESOZOIC EXTINCTION SELECTIVITY AND THE RISE OF THE MODERN FAUNA
CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
11:15 AM
A NEW JURASSIC LAGERSTATTE FROM ALBERTA, CANADA, PRESERVED DURING THE TOARCIAN OCEAN ANOXIC EVENT
MARTINDALE, Rowan C.1, THEM II, Theodore R.2, GILL, Benjamin C.2 and KNOLL, Andrew H.3, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
11:30 AM
THE LINK BETWEEN MELANOSOMES AND METABOLISM: NEW EVIDENCE FROM MIDDLE-LATE JURASSIC AGNATHANS AND AMPHIBIANS FROM NORTHEASTERN CHINA
PETEYA, Jennifer A.1, GAO, Ke-Qin2, LI, Quanguo3, CLARKE, Julia4, D'ALBA, Liliana1 and SHAWKEY, Matthew D.1, (1)Department of Biology and Integrated Bioscience Program, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3908, (2)School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peiking University, Beijing, 100871, China, (3)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China, (4)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
11:45 AM
IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC PIGMENTS IN MACROFOSSILS: ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES AND RECENT ADVANCES
WOLKENSTEIN, Klaus1, SUN, Han2, FALK, Heinz3 and GRIESINGER, Christian2, (1)Geoscience Centre, Geobiology Group, University of Göttingen, Goldschmidtstraße 3, Göttingen, 37077, Germany, (2)Department of NMR Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, Göttingen, 37077, Germany, (3)Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, Linz, 4040, Austria
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