2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

LIU, Alexander G., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, alex.liu@bristol.ac.uk

CUI, Huan¹, KAUFMAN, Alan J.², XIAO, Shuhai³, CAO, Hansheng¹, PEEK, Sara¹, LIU, Xiao-Ming⁴, MIN, Xiao⁵, CAI, Yaoping⁵, PENG, Yongbo⁶ and SCHIFFBAUER, James D.⁷, (1)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (2)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3315, (5)Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, (6)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (7)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, hcui@umd.edu

MUSCENTE, A.D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, adm97@vt.edu

PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, DWYER, Camille H., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, SMITH, Emily F., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2, Cambridge, MA 02138, TOSCA, Nicholas, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, FAGGETTER, Luke, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS1 6ED, United Kingdom and ZHANG, Ziqiu, Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01061, spruss@smith.edu

MARROQUÍN, Selva M., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station c1100, Austin, TX 78712, MARTINDALE, Rowan C., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, FUCHS, Dirk, Earth and Planetary System Science, Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan, GILL, Benjamin C., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and THEM II, Theodore R., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, Selva.Marroquin@utexas.edu

MANNING-BERG, A.R., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996 and KAH, L.C., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, aberg@vols.utk.edu

GANNON, Michelle E., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Alabama, 2000 Bevill Building, 7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, AHARON, Paul, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, 2003 Bevill Building, 7th Avenue P.O. Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338 and PÉREZ-HUERTA, Alberto, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Bevill Building, 7th Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, megannon@crimson.ua.edu

HOOD, Ashleigh¹, PLANAVSKY, Noah², WALLACE, Malcolm W.³, GUEGUEN, Bleuenn¹ and WANG, Xiangli⁴, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, (3)School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Carlton, 3010, Australia, (4)Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, ashleigh.hood@yale.edu

BYKOVA, Natalia¹, GILL, Benjamin C.¹, GRAZHDANKIN, Dmitriy² and XIAO, Shuhai¹, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Prospekt Koptuga 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, naticha@vt.edu

WEBSTER, Mark, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, CARON, Jean-Bernard, Department of Natural History (Paleobiology Section), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S2C6, Canada; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S3B1, Canada; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S3B2, Canada, GAINES, Robert, Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. 6th St, Claremont, CA 91711 and MÁNGANO, Gabriela, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu

DORNBOS, Stephen Q.¹, OJI, Tatsuo², KANAYAMA, Akihiro² and GONCHIGDORJ, Sersmaa³, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, (2)Nagoya University Museum, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan, (3)Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, sdornbos@uwm.edu

GAINES, Robert R., Geology, Pomona College, 185 East Sixth Street, Claremont, CA 91711, PATERSON, John, Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources Management, The University of New England, Armidale, 2351, Australia, JAGO, Jim, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, 5095, Australia, GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia and GARCIA-BELLIDO, Diego, Genetics and Evolution, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, Robert.Gaines@pomona.edu

LODUCA, Steven T., Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 205 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, WU, Mengyin, Department of Economics and Management, Guiyang College, Guizhou Province, Guiyang, 550005, China, ZHAO, Yuanlong, College of Resource and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China, 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, LEROY, Matthew, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and O'NEIL, Ellen, Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 203 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, sloduca@emich.edu

BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, dbottjer@usc.edu