15 Paleogene Biota and Climates of Western North America: Atmospheric, Biological, and Geological Processes on a Warm World

Tuesday, 9 August 2005
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  KEYNOTE: REBOUNDING PLANT DIVERSITY WITHIN A DYNAMIC PALEOGENE WORLD: EXAMPLES FROM NORTHWESTERN, NORTH AMERICA
  Arthur R. Sweet, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB
  88559 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:10 PM
  EOCENE GIANT LACEWINGS (NEUROPTERA: POLYSTOECHOTIDAE) FROM THE OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS (BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA AND WASHINGTON STATE, USA), FLORISSANT (COLORADO, USA), AND DENMARK
  S. Bruce Archibald, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and Vladimir N. Makarkin, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, N/A
  88348 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:30 PM
  THE MIDDLE EOCENE PRINCETON CHERT FLORA: THE MONOCOTS
  Selena Y. Smith, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Ruth A. Stockey, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  88063 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:10 PM
  PLANT FOSSILS FROM THE KANAKA CREEK BEDS, SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA: PALEOCENE OR EOCENE?
  Rolf W. Mathewes, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC and Peter S. Mustard, Simon Fraser University, N/A and Glenn E. Rouse, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
  88406 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:30 PM
  HIGH RESOLUTION PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF EOCENE LAMINATED SEDIMENTS FROM THE HORSEFLY LOCALITY, OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS, BRITISH COLUMBIA
  Patrick T. Moss, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, N/A and David Greenwood, Brandon Univ, Brandon, MB and S. Bruce Archibald, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  88366 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:50 PM
  ULMUS FROM THE EARLY-MIDDLE EOCENE OF PACIFIC NORTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA: SYSTEMATICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CHARACTER EVOLUTION WITHIN ULMACEAE
  Thomas Denk, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, N/A and Richard M. Dillhoff, Evolving Earth Foundation, Issaquah, WA
  88634 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:10 PM
  PALEOGENE FOREST COMMUNITIES AND CLIMATES OF WESTERN AND ARCTIC CANADA
  David R. Greenwood, Brandon University, Brandon, MB and James F. Basinger, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
  87829 (THEME SESSIONS)