Geological Society of America

8:35 AM

ANATOMY OF EARLY FISH: A VIRTUAL PERSPECTIVE

Sam Giles, University of Oxford, Oxford, N/A and Martin D. Brazeau, Naturalis, Leiden, N/A and Robert Atwood, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, N/A and Matt Friedman, University of Oxford, Oxford

211331 (Technical Sessions)

8:50 AM

MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND 3-D RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BAENID TURTLE FROM THE CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, SOUTHERN UTAH

Joshua Lively, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

212381 (Technical Sessions)

9:05 AM

3D VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF CT IMAGING IN TWO MAMMOTH CALVES

Christopher D. Whalen, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Frédéric Lacombat, Paleontological Museum of Chilhac, Chilhac, N/A and Ethan Shirley, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Daniel C. Fisher, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Adam N. Rountrey, University of Western Australia, Perth, N/A and Zachary Calamari, Brooklyn, NY and Alexei N. Tikhonov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, N/A and Bernard Buigues, International Mammoth Committee, St. Jean de Luz, N/A and Semyon Grigoriev, Institute of applied ecology of the North, Northeast Federal University Yakutsk, Yakutsk, N/A and Charles E. Holmes, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Anchorage, AK

206849 (Technical Sessions)

9:20 AM

TUBULAR STRUCTURES AND THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN MICROBIAL AND PRESERVATIONAL PROCESSES IN ARCHEAN FENESTRATE MICROBIALITES

Marisol Juarez Rivera, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA and Dawn Y. Sumner, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Tyler J. Mackey, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA

211840 (Technical Sessions)

9:35 AM

APPLICATIONS OF NEUTRON IMAGING IN PALAEONTOLOGY

Martin Dawson, University of Salford, Salford, N/A

209320 (Technical Sessions)

10:25 AM

RECONSTRUCTING DEVELOPMENT IN FOSSIL VERTEBRATES USING VIRTUAL PALEONTOLOGY

Martin Rücklin, University of Bristol, Bristol, N/A and Philip C.J. Donoghue, University of Bristol, Bristol and John A. Cunningham, University of Bristol, Bristol and Federica Marone, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, N/A and Marco Stampanoni, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, N/A

209370 (Technical Sessions)

10:40 AM

SHEDDING SYNCHROTRON LIGHT ON THE FOSSIL RECORD OF EARLY PLANT EVOLUTION

Duncan J.E. Murdock, University of Bristol, Bristol, N/A and Philip C.J. Donoghue, University of Bristol, Bristol and Dianne Edwards, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, N/A and Federica Marone, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, N/A and Marco Stampanoni, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, N/A

210807 (Technical Sessions)

10:55 AM

DIGITAL VISUALIZATION OF FOSSIL AND MODERN SEEDS PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO PAST DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF BANANAS AND GINGERS (ORDER ZINGIBERALES)

Selena Y. Smith, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and John C. Benedict, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ and Margaret E. Collinson, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, N/A and Jana Leong-Skornickova, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore, N/A and Xianghui Xiao, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne, IL and Federica Marone, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, N/A and Julie L. Fife, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, N/A

211579 (Technical Sessions)

11:10 AM

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATION TO PALEONTOLOGY

Jen A. Bright, University of Bristol, Bristol and Emily J. Rayfield, University of Bristol, Bristol

209557 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

PALAEONTOLOGY 2.0 – A COMPREHENSIVE PROTOCOL FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HARD- AND SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURES IN FOSSILS

Stephan Lautenschlager, University of Bristol, Bristol, N/A

208004 (Technical Sessions)

11:45 AM

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR ELUCIDATING FUNCTION IN FOSSIL TAXA

Imran A. Rahman, University of Bristol, Bristol, N/A and Peter L. Falkingham, Brown University, Providence, RI

210977 (Technical Sessions)

T150 Virtual Paleontology: Computer-Aided Analysis of Fossil Form and Function

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