T144 The Precambrian-Cambrian Ecosphere (R)evolution: Insights from Chinese Microcontinents

Monday, 1 November 2010
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 605

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  A COMPARISON OF THE BIOLOGICAL, GEOLOGICAL EVENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL BACKGROUND BETWEEN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC-CAMBRIAN AND PERMIAN-TRIASSIC TRANSITIONS
  Shuzhong Shen, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, N/A and Maoyan Zhu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, N/A
  178674 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  AGES OF THE KEY BOUNDARIES DURING THE PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN INTERVAL IN SOUTH CHINA
  Shao-Yong Jiang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, N/A and Dao-Hui Pi, Nanjing University, Nanjing, N/A and Robert Schoene, Princeton University Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ
  179263 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  RADIATION PATTERNS OF EARLY CAMBRIAN METAZOAN FOSSILS IN SOUTH CHINA
  Guoxiang Li, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, N/A and Michael Steiner, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Maoyan Zhu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing
  180465 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  NEW DISCOVERY OF EDIACARAN-TYPE BIOSTRUCTURES AND OF OTHER FOSSILS on THE CENTRAL YANGTZE PLATFORM, CHINA
  Bernd-Dieter Erdtmann, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Xiaofeng Wang, Wuhan, N/A
  182715 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  PHASE CONTRAST SYNCHROTRON X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY OF EDIACARAN (DOUSHANTUO) METAZOAN MICROFOSSILS: PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS
  Feng Gao, Pasadena, CA and Junyuan Chen, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, N/A and David Bottjer, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Eric Davidson, Pasadena, CA and Gang Li, Beijing, N/A and Andrew Cameron, Pasadena, CA and Michael Hadfield, Honolulo, HI and Ding-Chang Xian, Beijing, N/A and Paul Tafforeauf, Grenoble, N/A
  179059 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION IN SMALL SHELLY FAUNAS
  Michael Steiner, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Guoxiang Li, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, N/A and Shixue Hu, Chengdu, N/A and Helmut Keupp, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A
  180757 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  RECENT BRACHIOPODS AS A TOOL TO UNDERSTAND THE TAPHONOMIC PATHWAYS OF THE EARLIEST CAMBRIAN CHENGJIANG LINGULIFORM BRACHIOPODS
  Angela Forchielli, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Michael Steiner, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Shixue Hu, Chengdu, N/A and Helmut Keupp, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, N/A
  180923 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  MULTISTAGE EVOLUTION OF METAZOAN
  Tsuyoshi Komiya, Univ. Tokyo, Tokyo, N/A and Yusuke Sawaki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, N/A and Miyuki Tahata, Tokyo Inst Tech, Tokyo, N/A and Ryohei Kikumoto, Tokyo Inst Tech, Tokyo, N/A
  176932 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING THROUGH THE NEOPROTEROZOIC-CAMBRIAN TRANSITION IN CHINA: AN INTEGRATED STUDY OF REDOX-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS
  Lawrence Och, University College London, London, N/A and Tony Osborn, University College London, London, N/A and Graham Shields, University College London, London, N/A and Hongfei Ling, Nanjing University, Nanjing and Lorenzo Cremonese, University College London, London, N/A and Da Li, Nanjing University, Nanjing, N/A and Simon W. Poulton, University of Leeds, Leeds, N/A and Matthew Thirlwall, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham and Xi Chen, Nanjing University, Nanjing, N/A and Christina Manning, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, N/A
  181096 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  BIOLOGICAL MARINE CYCLES IN THE EARLY CAMBRIAN CONSTRAINED BY NITROGEN AND ORGANIC CARBON ISOTOPES FROM SOUTH CHINA
  Lorenzo Cremonese, University College London, London, N/A and Graham Shields, University College London, London, N/A and Ulrich Struck, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, N/A and Hongfei Ling, Nanjing University, Nanjing and Qinjgun Guo, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, N/A and Lawrence Och, University College London, London, N/A and Da Li, Nanjing University, Nanjing, N/A and Xi Chen, Nanjing University, Nanjing, N/A
  181413 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN CARBONATE-PHOSPHORITE AND CHERT-PHOSPHORITE ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE YANGTZE PLATFORM, CHINA
  Dorothee Hippler, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Maria Stuff, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Ferry Schiperski, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Nanjie Hu, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Johannes Wagner, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Gerhard Franz, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, N/A
  180784 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:45 PM
  REVISION OF CARBON ISOTOPE PROFILE FOR THE EDIACARAN OF SOUTH CHINA
  Maoyan Zhu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, N/A and Miao Lu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, N/A and Junming Zhang, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, N/A
  180690 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:00 PM
  EVOLUTION OF THE EDIACARAN-EARLY CAMBRIAN YANGTZE PLATFORM
  Ganqing Jiang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
  181863 (Technical Sessions)
• 5:15 PM
  TRANSGRESSIVE-REGRESSIVE SEDIMENTATION IN THE LATE EDIACARAN OF SOUTH CHINA AND ITS IMPACT ON METAZOAN COMMUNITIES
  Quentin Scouflaire, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Christoph E. Heubeck, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Bernd Weber, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Maoyan Zhu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing, N/A
  181628 (Technical Sessions)