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

Session No. 60
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
221/222 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

Paleontology: Temporal and Stratigraphic Resolution in the Fossil Record

 

Meaghan M. Emery and Patricia A. Holroyd, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1:00 PM
BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW CAMBRIAN FAUNAS FROM THE JONES RIDGE LIMESTONE, YUKON STABLE BLOCK, EASTERN ALASKA
TAYLOR, John F.1, ALLEN, Tyler J.1, IRWIN, Savannah J.1, REPETSKI, John E.2 and STRAUSS, Justin V.3, (1)Geoscience Dept, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA 15705, (2)926A National Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, (3)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
1:15 PM
EARTH’S OLDEST KNOWN BRYOZOAN (PYWACKIA, LATE CAMBRIAN) AND THE CAMBRIAN DIVERSIFICATION OF BIOMINERALIZED METAZOA
LANDING, Ed, New York State Museum, 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, ANTCLIFFE, J., Dept. of Zool, Oxford Univ, Oxford, OX1 3PS, BRASIER, M.B., Oxford, OX1 3AN and ENGLISH, A.B., Houston, TX 77002
Handouts
  • 60.2Pywackia.docx (21.0 kB)
  • PywackiaGSAPPT.pdf (3.9 MB)
  • 1:30 PM
    TENTACULITID DIVERSITY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC USE IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN FLUME, PERDRIX AND MOUNT HAWK FORMATIONS, CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS, ALBERTA
    KOHN, Jennifer L., Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, OVER, D. Jeffrey, Geological Sciences, S.U.N.Y. Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454-1401, DAY, James, Geography & Geology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4400 and WHALEN, Michael, Geology & Geophysics, Univ. Alaska-Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99708
    1:45 PM
    BACK RIDGE, PATTERSON HILLS, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK:  A REFERENCE SECTION FOR STRATA ABOVE THE CAPITANIAN STAGE GSSP (GUADALUPIAN SERIES, MIDDLE PERMIAN)
    LAMBERT, Lance L.1, TODKILL, Rachel C.1, HUGHES, Mary A.2 and CHRISTIE, Brandon R.2, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas At San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249
     
    2:00 PM
    Break
    2:15 PM
    RELATIONSHIP OF DISCONFORMITIES TO CONODONT ZONES IN THE MISSISSIPPIAN OFF MISSOURI AND ALBERTA
    HAINES, Forest, Earth Science, Adrian College, 101 S. Madison St, Adrian, MI 49221
    2:30 PM
    LATEST FAMENNIAN MIDDLE SAPPINGTON SHALE: LEPIDOPHYTA-VERRUCOSISPORITES NITIDUS (LN) ZONE AT THE LOGAN GULCH TYPE SECTION, MONTANA, USA
    WARREN, Audrey1, DIPASQUO, Mercedes M.2, GRADER, George W.3, ISAACSON, Peter E.4 and RODRIGUEZ, Aaron P.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, (2)Laboratorio de Palinoestratigrafía y Paleobotánica, CICYTTP-CONICET, Dr. Matteri y España s/n, Diamante, E3105BWA, Argentina, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844
    2:45 PM
    INSIGHTS ON TIMING OF HYDROCARBON GENERATION AND HISTORY OF OROGENIC UNROOFING GAINED FROM PALYNOLOGICAL AGE DETERMINATION OF REWORKED SEDIMENTS IN UPPER CRETACEOUS STRATA OF THE MACKENZIE VALLEY, NORTHWESTERN CANADA
    BELL, Kimberley M., Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and HADLARI, Thomas, Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary), 3303-33rd St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada
    3:00 PM
    THE ROLE OF THE SIBERIAN TRAPS IN THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION: ANALYSIS THROUGH CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING OF MARINE SEDIMENTS USING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES)
    SANTISTEVAN, Alan, Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221, ALGEO, Thomas J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, HANNIGAN, Robyn, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 and WILLIAMS, Jeremy C., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
     
    3:15 PM
    Break
    3:30 PM
    IDENTIFYING GEOLOGICALLY MEANINGFUL U-PB DATES IN FOSSIL TEETH
    NICHOLS, Stephanie, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, HEAMAN, Larry, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and DUFRANE, S. Andrew, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Science Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
    3:45 PM
    SERIAL SAMPLING OF MAMMALIAN ENAMEL DOES NOT EQUAL SEASONAL SAMPLING
    HOLROYD, Patricia A.1, BARRÓN-ORTIZ, Christian R.2, CAMMIDGE, Tasha2, RANKIN, Brian D.3 and HOPPE, Kathryn A.4, (1)Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, (4)Geology Dept, Green River College, 12401 SE 320th St, Auburn, WA 98092
    4:00 PM
    WHERE DOES THE TIME GO: MIXING AND THE DEPTH-DEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSIL AGES
    TERRY, Rebecca C., Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, NOVAK, Mark, Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331 and DE LEENHEER, Patrick, Department of Mathematics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
    4:15 PM
    GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-MEGAFAUNAL OVERLAP IN NORTH AMERICA
    EMERY, Meaghan M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, MCHORSE, Brianna, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Havard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and DAVIS, Edward Byrd, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
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