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

Session No. 199
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
220 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T201. Eocene Northern North America: Biotic Change and Environmental Context

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Paleontological Society

 

S. Bruce Archibald, Kathleen B. Pigg, David R. Greenwood and Melanie L. DeVore, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
199-1
8:05 AM
MONOCOT DIVERSITY DURING EOCENE WARM CLIMATES
SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
199-2
8:25 AM
ON SOME PIVOTAL EVENTS AND PLAYERS IN THE HISTORY OF PALEOBOTANICAL STUDIES OF THE EARLY EOCENE OKANAGAN HIGHLAND FLORAS (BC AND WA)
PIGG, Kathleen B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, GREENWOOD, David R., Dept. of Biology, Brandon University, J.R. Brodie Science Centre, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada, BASINGER, James F., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada and DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State Univ, 135 Herty Hall, Milledgeville, GA 31061
199-3
8:40 AM
STRATIGRAPHY AND FOSSIL OCCURRENCE IN THE MCABEE BEDS, EOCENE KAMLOOPS GROUP, SOUTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
HEBDA, Richard, Natural History, Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, BC V8W 9W2, Canada
199-4
8:55 AM
CLIMATE OF THE EARLY EOCENE MCABEE MACROFLORA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
GUSHULAK, Cale A.C., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Biological & Geological Sciences Building, Room 1026, 1151 Richmond Street N, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, ARCHIBALD, S. Bruce, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada and GREENWOOD, David R., Dept. of Biology, Brandon University, J.R. Brodie Science Centre, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada
199-5
9:10 AM
COEXISTENCE CLIMATE ANALYSIS OF THE LATE EOCENE FLORISSANT FLORA, COLORADO
BAUMGARTNER, Kyrie A., P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816 and MEYER, Herbert W., National Park Service, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816
Handouts
  • FLFO Paleoclimate Final.pptx (13.7 MB)
    • 199-6
    9:25 AM
    PALEOMYCOLOGY OF THE PRINCETON CHERT
    KLYMIUK, Ashley A., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 2101 Constant Avenue, Takeru Higuchi Hall, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, KS 66047
    Handouts
  • Paleomycology of the Princeton Chert (GSA2014, AA Klymiuk).pdf (4.9 MB)
    • 199-7
    9:40 AM
    HIGH RESOLUTION PALYNOLOGY FROM THE EARLY EOCENE HORSEFLY AND FALKLAND SITES, BRITISH COLUMBIA
    MOSS, Patrick, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia, SMITH, Robin Y., Research Associate, Earth Sciences, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada and GREENWOOD, David R., Biology, Brandon University, J.R. Brodie Science Centre, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada
     
    9:55 AM
    Break
    199-8
    10:10 AM
    BIOTIC RESPONSES OF OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS PLANTS TO DISTURBED HABITATS IN A HIGH ELEVATION FLORA
    DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061 and PIGG, Kathleen B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501
    199-9
    10:25 AM
    FLORISTIC CHANGE AND DIVERSITY USING FOSSIL MACROFLORA FROM EARLY PALEOGENE (CA. 59-50 MA) ARCTIC RAINFORESTS
    WEST, Christopher K.1, GREENWOOD, David R.2 and BASINGER, James F.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, (2)Dept. of Biology, Brandon University, J.R. Brodie Science Centre, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada
    199-10
    10:40 AM
    PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGY OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA’S CHICKALOON AND ARKOSE RIDGE FORMATIONS
    SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042 and WILLIAMS, Christopher J., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Ave, Lancaster, PA 17603
    199-11
    10:55 AM
    EARLY EOCENE INSECTS OF THE OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS
    ARCHIBALD, S. Bruce and MATHEWES, Rolf W., Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
    199-12
    11:10 AM
    THE MIDDLE EOCENE COAL CREEK MEMBER OF THE KISHENEHN FORMATION - AN EMERGING INSECT KONSERVAT-LAGERSTÄTTE
    GREENWALT, D. Edward, Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB E304, MRC-121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and CONSTENIUS, Kurt N., 8790 N. Shadow Mountain Drive, Tucson, AZ 85704
    199-13
    11:25 AM
    TAXONOMY, TAPHONOMY AND STABLE ISOTOPE RECORDS OF FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES FROM THE FLORISSANT FM, COLORADO: TERRESTRIAL RECONSTRUCTION AT THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY
    BUSKIRK, Bret L., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall 070, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195 and MEYER, Herb, National Park Service - Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, 15807 Teller County Road 1, Florissant, CO 80816
    199-14
    11:40 AM
    A NEW FLORA FROM THE ESMERALDAS FORMATION OF COLOMBIA, A WINDOW TO THE EOCENE CLIMATE IN THE NEOTROPICS
    MARTÍNEZ, Camila1, CREPET Sr., William1 and JARAMILLO, Carlos2, (1)Plant Biology, Cornell University, 412 Mann Library Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, (2)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama
     
    11:55 AM
    Concluding Remarks
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