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

Session No. 177
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 327/328/329 (Baltimore Convention Center)

P3. Earth-Life Systems at the Dawn of Animals

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
James D. Schiffbauer, Marc Laflamme and Simon A.F. Darroch, Conveners
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Start Time
8:00 AM
EDIACARAN CONTINENTAL MOTIONS: THE CONUNDRUM PERSISTS
EVANS, David A.D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520 and MITCHELL, Ross N., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 90125, david.evans@yale.edu
8:15 AM
AN AUTHIGENIC ORIGIN FOR THE MIDDLE EDIACARAN SHURAM EXCURSION: THE VIEW FROM NAMIBIA AND SOUTH CHINA
KAUFMAN, Alan J., Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, KRIESFELD, Les, Monash University, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Melbourne, 3800, Australia, CUI, Huan, Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, NARBONNE, Guy M., Queens University, Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, VICKERS-RICH, Patricia, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia, ZHOU, Chuanming, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, kaufman@umd.edu
8:30 AM
EDIACARAN–EARLY CAMBRIAN CARBON CYCLES AND OCEAN OXYGENATION EVENTS
JIANG, Ganqing, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, Ganqing.Jiang@unlv.edu
8:45 AM
THE ECOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGY OF EARTH'S SECOND OXYGEN REVOLUTION
SPERLING, Erik A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Palo Alto, CA 94305, esper@stanford.edu
9:00 AM
DID DYNAMIC REDOX CONDITIONS CONTROL LATE EDIACARAN METAZOAN ECOSYSTEMS?
WOOD, Rachel, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, Rachel.Wood@ed.ac.uk
9:15 AM
TRACKING THE NEOPROTEROZOIC RISE OF EUKARYOTES AND EMERGENCE OF METAZOA USING LIPID BIOMARKERS
LOVE, Gordon D.1, LEE, Carina2, PEHR, Kelden1 and ZUMBERGE, J. Alex2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, UC Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, glove@ucr.edu
9:30 AM
MOLECULAR EVIDENCE OF EARLY ANIMAL EVOLUTION: ARE WE MAKING ANY PROGRESS?
PISANI, Davide, School of Earth Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TG, United Kingdom, davide.pisani@bristol.ac.uk
9:45 AM
ACROSS THE SAVANNAH: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON EDIACARAN EVOLUTION
JENSEN, Sören, Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, 06006, Spain and BUDD, Graham E., Earth Sciences (Palaeobiology), Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, Uppsala, SE-752 36, Sweden, graham.budd@pal.uu.se
10:00 AM
EDIACARAN ICHNOLOGY AND THE DAWN OF ANIMALS
BUATOIS, Luis A., Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7K 5E2, Canada and MANGANO, Maria Gabriela, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK SK S7N 5E2, Canada, luis.buatois@usask.ca
10:15 AM
SCALIDOPHORAN ANIMALS AT THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN TRANSITION
XIAO, Shuhai1, LIU, Yunhuan2, ZHANG, Huaqiao3, SHAO, Tiequan2 and MUSCENTE, A.D.4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)College of Earth Science and Resources, Chang'an University, Xi’an, 710054, China, (3)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, xiao@vt.edu
10:30 AM
A GREAT DIVIDE: THE PHYSICAL STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD OF EARTH SYSTEMS CHANGES AT THE DAWN OF ANIMALS
PETERS, Shanan E.1, HUSSON, Jon1 and GAINES, Robert R.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Geology, Pomona College, 185 East Sixth Street, Claremont, CA 91711, peters@geology.wisc.edu
10:45 AM
CAMBRIAN SKELETAL BIOMINERALIZATION AND ITS BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES
KNOLL, Andrew H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, aknoll@oeb.harvard.edu
11:00 AM
SYSTEMATIC PALEONTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MARBLE CANYON BURGESS SHALE DEPOSIT AND SURROUNDING AREAS (MIDDLE CAMBRIAN), BRITISH COLUMBIA
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 and GAINES, Robert R., Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. Sixth Street, Claremont, CA 91711, jcaron@rom.on.ca
11:30 AM
BIOLOGICAL DRIVERS AND GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN DIVERSIFICATION OF ANIMALS
ERWIN, Douglas H., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, erwind@si.edu
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