GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 198
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 607 (Washington State Convention Center)

T66. Exceptionally Preserved Proterozoic–Early Paleozoic Fossils

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Research Institution
Ross P. Anderson, Lidya G. Tarhan and Sean McMahon, Advocates
8:00 AM
NEW LOCALITIES AND MATERIAL OF THE UPPER EDIACARAN MIAOHE BIOTA IN SOUTH CHINA
YE, Qin1, TONG, Jinnan2, XIAO, Shuhai3, AN, Zhihui4, HU, Jun2 and TIAN, Li2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061; State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Wuhan Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, Wuhan, 430074, China, qin2016@vt.edu
8:15 AM
NEW OBSERVATIONS OF BRANCHING MACROFOSSILS FROM THE EDIACARAN DENGYING FORMATION IN THE YANGTZE GORGES AREA, SOUTH CHINA
PANG, Ke1, CHEN, Zhe1, ZHOU, Chuanming2, YUAN, Xunlai1 and XIAO, Shuhai3, (1)State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (2)Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Palaeogeography, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, kepang@nigpas.ac.cn
8:30 AM
SLIME TRAVELERS: EARLY EVIDENCE OF ANIMAL MOBILITY IN THE EDIACARA BIOTA OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
EVANS, Scott D., Geology, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA 92501, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James G., South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, S.D.Evans723@gmail.com
8:45 AM
EDIACARAN-STYLE DECAY EXPERIMENTS WITH ANEMONES AND SEA HARES
GIBSON, Brandt M.1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.2 and DARROCH, Simon A.F.1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, brandt.m.gibson@vanderbilt.edu
9:00 AM
A SILICA DRIVER OF EDIACARA-STYLE FOSSILIZATION
TARHAN, Lidya G.1, HOOD, Ashleigh v.S.1, DROSER, Mary L.2, GEHLING, James G.3 and BRIGGS, Derek E. G.1, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, (3)South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, lidya.tarhan@yale.edu
9:15 AM
WHY AND HOW DO PHOSPHATIC MINERALS REPLICATE SOFT TISSUES AT THE HIGHEST RESOLUTION? (Invited Presentation)
XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and HOCHELLA Jr., Michael F., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, xiao@vt.edu
9:30 AM
ORGANO-MINERAL STRUCTURES, BIOMINERALS, AND EXCEPTIONAL FOSSIL PRESERVATION—A MICROCOSM OF THE INFLUENCE OF IRON OXIDIZING MICROBES ON THE FOSSIL RECORD
STRANGE, Michael A.1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.2, REN, Minghua3 and ROWLAND, Stephen M.3, (1)Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, mstrange1941@gmail.com
Handouts
  • GSA Presentation_Strange_10-19-17.pptx (34.9 MB)
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    9:45 AM
    Break
    10:00 AM
    THE BASINAL AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SETTING OF LATE EDIACARAN TAPHONOMIC WINDOWS IN THE SOUTHWEST USA
    SMITH, Emily F., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218; Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and NELSON, Lyle L., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218, esmit163@jhu.edu
    10:15 AM
    DID UNSTABLE REDOX STRUCTURE EDIACARAN METAZOAN COMMUNITIES?: THE USE OF EARLY MARINE CARBONATE CEMENTS (Invited Presentation)
    WOOD, Rachel A., School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, King's Buildings, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom, BOWYER, Fred, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Insitute, King's Buildings, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom and PENNY, Amelia M., School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Insitute, King's Buildings, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom; School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, King's Buildings, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom, Rachel.Wood@ed.ac.uk
    10:30 AM
    EARLY EVOLUTION OF SPONGE ANIMALS: SPICULOGENESIS AND BIOMINERALIZATION
    TANG, Qing, Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, WAN, Bin, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, 210008, China and YUAN, Xunlai, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, qingt@vt.edu
    10:45 AM
    FACIES CONTROLS ON CAMBRIAN MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS
    JACQUET, Sarah M., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, BETTS, Marissa J., Department of Geoscience, University of New England, Palaeoscience Research Centre, School of Environmental and Rural Science, Armidale, 2351, Australia and BROCK, Glenn A., Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, 2109, Australia, sarah.jacquet@mq.edu.au
    11:00 AM
    NAVIGATING MUDDY WATERS: EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING OF BURGESS SHALE FLOW TYPE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS
    BATH ENRIGHT, Orla G.1, MINTER, Nic J.1, SUMNER, Esther J2, MANGANO, Maria Gabriela3 and BUATOIS, Luis A.3, (1)School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby building, Burnaby road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, United Kingdom, (2)School of Ocean an Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO143ZH, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, orla.bath-enright@port.ac.uk
    11:15 AM
    PUTATIVE ELDONIOIDS FROM THE CAMBRIAN GIBSON JACK FORMATION, IDAHO
    BROCE, Jesse S., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, jsbvf6@mail.missouri.edu
    11:30 AM
    CARBON CHARACTERIZATION IN THE SIRIUS PASSET BIOTA AND A GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT THROUGH CAMBRIAN LAGERSTÄTTEN
    TOPPER, Timothy P1, GRECO, Francesco2, HOFMANN, Axel3, BEEBY, Andrew4, ZHANG, Zhifei5 and HARPER, David A.T.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa; Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (3)Department of Geology, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2006, South Africa, (4)Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, (5)Early Life Institute and Department of Geology, State Key Laboratory for Continental Dynamics, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, Timothy.Topper@durham.ac.uk
    11:45 AM
    SIRIUS PASSET - NEW DATA FROM AN EXCEPTIONAL FOSSIL LAGERSTÄTTE (Invited Presentation)
    VINTHER, Jakob1, PARK, Tae-Yoon S.2, NIELSEN, Arne3, WOO, Jusun2 and HARPER, David A.T.4, (1)School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, (2)Division of Polar Earth-System Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Songdomirae-ro 26, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, 21990, Korea, Republic of (South), (3)Institute for Geoscience, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom, jakob.vinther@bristol.ac.uk
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