GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 39
Sunday, 22 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 609 (Washington State Convention Center)

T45. Miocene–Pliocene Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to the Climate System II

Paleontological Society; GSA Limnogeology Division
Kevin Uno and Tammo Reichgelt, Advocates
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
PHYTOLITH EVIDENCE FOR THE ROLE OF GRASSES IN EARLY MIOCENE VEGETATION OF EAST AFRICA (Invited Presentation)
NOVELLO, Alice, Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-3010, STRÖMBERG, Caroline A.E., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800; University of Washington, Department of Biology, Box 351800, Seatle, WA 98195, JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, MCNULTY, Kieran P., Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 and MICHEL, Lauren A., Tennessee Tech University, Department of Earth Sciences, Kittrell Hall, 815 Quadrangle Dr., Cookeville, TN 38505, novelloalice@gmail.com
1:55 PM
EARLY MIOCENE VEGETATION ACROSS EASTERN AFRICA AS RECONSTRUCTED FROM PHYTOLITH DATA (Invited Presentation)
KINYANJUI, Rahab N.1, PEPPE, Daniel J.2, MACLATCHY, Laura M.3, KINGSTON, John D.4, COTE, Susanne5, DRIESE, Steven G.2, FOX, David L.6, JACOBS, Bonnie F.7, LEHMANN, Thomas8, LUKENS, William E.9, ROSSIE, James B.10 and MCNULTY, Kieran P.11, (1)Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, 254, Kenya, (2)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (4)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, (5)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (6)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (7)Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (8)Abteilung Paläoanthropologie und Messelforschung, Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, D-60325, Germany, (9)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (10)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, (11)Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, rkinyanji@gmail.com
Handouts
  • KinyanjuiRN_GSA Miocene presentation.pdf (3.0 MB)
  • 2:15 PM
    PALEOPEDOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATE SIGNIFICANCE OF EARLY MIOCENE FLUVIO-LACUSTRINE PALEOSOLS FROM MOROTO II SITE IN UGANDA
    DRIESE, Steven G.1, PEPPE, Daniel J.1, KINGSTON, John D.2, FOX, David L.3, LUKENS, William E.1, DEINO, Alan4 and MACLATCHY, Laura2, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Dept. of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, CA 94709, Steven_Driese@baylor.edu
    2:30 PM
    PALEOCLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND THE ROLE OF SEASONALITY FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE DEPOSITS ON RUSINGA AND MFANGANO ISLANDS, LAKE VICTORIA, KENYA
    MICHEL, Lauren A.1, CHENG, Kimberly1, LEHMANN, Thomas2, MCNULTY, Kieran P.3, DRIESE, Steven G.4, FOX, David L.5 and PEPPE, Daniel J.4, (1)Tennessee Tech University, Department of Earth Sciences, Kittrell Hall, 815 Quadrangle Dr., Cookeville, TN 38505, (2)Messel Research and Mammalogy Department, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, (3)Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, lmichel@tntech.edu
    2:45 PM
    EARLY MIOCENE PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS ACROSS EAST AFRICA
    PEPPE, Daniel J.1, DEINO, Alan L.2, DRIESE, Steven G.1, FOX, David L.3, KINGSTON, John D.4, KINYANJUI, Rahab N.5, LUKENS, William E.6, LUTZ, James A.7, MICHEL, Lauren A.8, OGINGA, Kennedy Ogonda9, COTE, Susanne10, LEHMANN, Thomas11, MACLATCHY, Laura4, MCNULTY, Kieran P.12, MILLER, Ellen13, NENGO, Isaiah14 and ROSSIE, James B.15, (1)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (2)Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (4)Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, 101 West Hall, 1085 S. University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1107, (5)Earth Sciences, National Museums of Kenya, P.O Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, 254, Kenya, (6)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, (7)Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, (8)Tennessee Tech University, Department of Earth Sciences, Kittrell Hall, 815 Quadrangle Dr., Cookeville, TN 38505, (9)Terrestrial Paleoclimatology Research Group, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, One Bear Place, #97354, Waco, TX 76798, (10)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2N 1N4, Canada, (11)Messel Research and Mammalogy Department, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, 60325, Germany, (12)Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (13)Department of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27106, (14)Anthropology Department, De Anza College, Cuptertino, CA 95014, (15)Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu
     
    3:00 PM
    Break
    3:15 PM
    ECOLOGICAL PERSISTENCE IN A CLOSED FOREST ECOSYSTEM FROM THE EARLY NEOGENE MUSH VALLEY LAGERSTÄTTE, NORTH-CENTRAL ETHIOPIA
    CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Department of Botany, 3165, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, ecurrano@uwyo.edu
    3:30 PM
    AFRICA’S MIOCENE TECTONIC, PHYSIOGRAPHIC, AND CLIMATE EVOLUTION LED TO ITS LOW SPECIES RICHNESS AND ITS STATUS AS THE “ODD MAN OUT” AMONG THE WORLD’S TROPICAL REGIONS
    JACOBS, Bonnie F., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Department of Botany, 3165, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and PAN, Aaron D., Don Harrington Discovery Center, 1200 Streit Drive, Amarillo, TX 79106, bjacobs@smu.edu
    3:45 PM
    LOWER MIOCENE PALEOENVIRONMENT AND PALEOCLIMATE AS RECORDED BY THE LOCHERANGAN FORMATION, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
    BECK, Catherine C.1, LANGWORTHY, Mary1, FEIBEL, Craig S.2, BEVERLY, Emily J.3 and HORGAN, Julianna S.1, (1)Geosciences Department, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, (2)Geological Sciences and Anthropology, Rutgers Univ, 131 George St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414, (3)Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, ccbeck@hamilton.edu
    4:00 PM
    VERTEBRATE SPECIES RICHNESS CHANGE FROM THE LATE MIOCENE TO EARLY PLIOCENE OF LOTHAGAM, TURKANA BASIN, KENYA
    HOCK, Devra and SECORD, Ross, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, devra.hock@huskers.unl.edu
    4:15 PM
    NEOGENE COASTAL-PLAIN ESTUARINE RECORD IN THE GORONGOSA AREA, CENTRAL MOZAMBIQUE: PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANCIENT EAST AFRICAN MARGIN AND ITS PRIMATE LAND USE POTENTIAL
    HABERMANN, Jörg M.1, ALBERTI, Matthias2, ALEMSEGED, Zeray3, ALDEIAS, Vera4, ARCHER, William4, BAMFORD, Marion K.5, BIRO, Dora6, BOBE, Rene L.7, BRAUN, David R.8, CAPELLI, Cristian6, FERREIRA DA SILVA, Joana9, LUEDECKE, Tina10, MADIQUIDA, Hilário11, CUNHA, Eugénia, MARTINEZ, Felipe13, NEGASH, Enquye W.7, PAULO, Luis M.14, PINTO, Maria14, STALMANS, Marc15, TATÁ, Frederico1, WYNN, Jonathan G.16 and CARVALHO, Susana17, (1)Faculdade das Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, Interdisciplinary Center for Archaeology and Evolution of Human Behaviour, Campus Gambelas, Faro, 8005-139, Portugal, (2)Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Straße 10, Kiel, 24118, Germany, (3)Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, (4)Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany, (5)Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, P Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, (6)Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, (7)Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University, 800 22nd St NW Suite 6000, Washington, DC 20052, (8)Anthropology Department, The George Washington University, 2112 G. St., 203, Washington, DC 20052, (9)Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos,, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal, (10)Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics, New York University, New York, NY 10012, (11)Faculdade de Letras e Ciencias Sociais, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, (12)Instituto de Sociología, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile, (13)Associação de Estudos Subterrâneos e Defesa do Ambiente, Torres Vedras, Portugal, (14)Gorongosa National Park, Sofala, Mozambique, (15)School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (16)nstitute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, joerg.m.habermann@gmx.de
     
    4:30 PM
    Discussion
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