GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 235
Wednesday, 25 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 225AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

D37. Paleontology: Paleobotany and Terrestrial Ecosystems

 

Andrew G. Flynn and Aly Baumgartner, Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
LOWLAND AND COASTAL VEGETATION IN AN ANCIENT ISLAND SETTING: THE PALEOFLORA OF THE EARLY JURASSIC TALKEETNA VOLCANIC FORMATION, TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042
8:15 AM
THE PHYLOGENY, UNIQUE MOUTHPARTS, FEEDING BIOLOGY AND LIFE HABITS OF A MOSQUITO-LIKE, LONG-PROBOSCID SCORPIONFLY FROM THE MID CRETACEOUS OF MYANMAR
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.1, LIN, Xiaodan2, SHIH, ChungKun3, HOTTON, Carol L.3 and REN, Dong4, (1)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, (2)College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal Univ., 105 Xisanhuanbeilu, Haidian District, Beijing, 100048, China, (3)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, (4)College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Key Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Environmental Change, Beijing, 100048, China
8:30 AM
LATE CRETACEOUS ACARODOMATIA REVEAL THE ANTIQUITY OF PLANT-MITE MUTUALISMS
MACCRACKEN, S. Augusta, Entomology, University of Maryland, 4112 Plant Sciences Building, College Park, MD 20742, MILLER, Ian, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
8:45 AM
PALEOECOLOGY OF LATE CRETACEOUS FOSSIL WOODS FROM CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
BOUCHER, Lisa D., Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758
9:00 AM
NEW PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS FOR THE LATEST CRETACEOUS HELL CREEK FORMATION, NORTH DAKOTA
SANKEY, Julia, Geology, California State University, Stanislaus, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382
9:15 AM
PALEOCENE-EOCENE TERRESTRIAL PALYNOLOGY OF THE CHICXULUB IMPACT CRATER, IODP 364
SMITH, Vann, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E-235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, WARNY, Sophie, Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Museum of Natural Science Baton Rouge, USA, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, VAJDA, Vivi, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Dept of Palaeobotany, Box 50001, Stockholm, S-104 05, Sweden, VELLEKOOP, Johan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Leuven, Naamsestraat 22, 3000, Leuven, 3000, Belgium, JARZEN, David M., Paleobotany and Paleoecology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106 and DEMCHUK, Thomas D., RPS, 20405 Tomball Parkway, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77070
9:30 AM
TAPHONOMIC AND PALEOECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF A SILICIFIED STAND OF THE GYMNOSPERM PROTOPHYLLOCLADOXYLON FROM THE WUTONGGUO LOWER ORDER CYCLE, BOGDA MOUNTAINS, XINJIANG PROVINCE, WESTERN CHINA
WAN, Mingli, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, No. 39, East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5807 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901 and YANG, Wan, Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409
9:45 AM
DECIPHERING THE IDENTITY OF EOCENE GRASSES USING AUTOMATED, QUANTITATIVE IMAGE ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL PHYTOLITHS
STROMBERG, Caroline A.E.1, GALLAHER, Timothy J.2, SENSKE, Ashly3, MARVET, Claire3, AKBAR, Sultan3, KLAHS, Phillip C.4 and CLARK, Lynn G.4, (1)Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University Of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010; Department of Biology, University of Washington, 253 LSB, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, (2)Department of Biology, University of Washington, LSB, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800; Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800; Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, University Of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, (3)Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, (4)Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, 251 Bessey Hall,, Ames, IA 50011
10:00 AM
PASSIONFLOWER-LIKE SEEDS (PASSIFLOROIDESPERMA) FROM THE PLIOCENE GRAY FOSSIL SITE OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA AND THEIR BIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
HERMSEN, Elizabeth J., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
10:15 AM
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES AND SATELLITE DERIVED VEGETATION INDICES FOR USE IN PREDICTIVE VEGETATION DENSITY MODELS
NGUY, Willow H., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588 and SECORD, Ross, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
10:30 AM
READING THE LEAVES: DEVELOPING A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVE INTERPRETATION OF FOSSIL MONOCOT LEAF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY
QUIRK, Zack J., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
10:45 AM
LIMITATIONS ON HOW LAND PLANT EVOLUTION COULD HAVE IMPACTED MARINE EXTINCTION AND DIVERSIFICATION VIA WEATHERING AND NUTRIENT FLUXES
D'ANTONIO, Michael P., IBARRA, Daniel E. and BOYCE, C. Kevin, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305
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