21 Co-evolution of Life and its Environment: From Biodiversification Events to Mass Extinction and Everything in Between

Thursday, 20 March 2025
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Appalachian B

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  EDIACARAN OCEAN OXYGENATION; INSIGHTS FROM THE PORTFJELD GROUP, NORTH GREENLAND
  Samuel Thompson, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and Geoffrey J. Gilleaudeau, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Tian Gan, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and Tian Gan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD and Matthew Pedersen, University of Maryland, College Park, MD and Andrew Doerrler, University of Maryland, College Park, MD and Daniel Segessenman, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and Mariano Remirez, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA and Elias J. Rugen, University College London, London and Robert Frei, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen and Alan Kaufman, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  408832 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  THE FIRST DISASTER TAXA: VENDOTAENIDS AND THE EDIACARAN EXTINCTION
  Prescott Vayda, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Noah Crook, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  408165 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  LIFE AT THE LIMITS: NEW DATA FROM SOUTHWESTERN MONGOLIA SHED LIGHT ON THE ROLE OF REDOX IN THE EARLY DIVERSIFICATION OF ANIMALS IN THE CAMBRIAN
  Prescott Vayda, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Benjamin Gill, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Amy Hagen, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Emily F. Smith, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD and Mary C. Lonsdale, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  408766 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  CARBON AND SULFUR ISOTOPE RECORDS ACROSS THE CAMBRIAN SKULLROCKIAN EXTINCTION EVENT FROM LAWSON COVE, UTAH
  Natalie Hermosillo, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Amy Hagen, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Benjamin Gill, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  408121 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PALEOECOLOGY OF THE KEECHIE CREEK SHALE IN MINERAL WELLS PARK, TEXAS
  Corielle Jennings, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Frank L. Forcino, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Emily S. Stafford, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Shane Schoepfer, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  408563 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  RESULTS FROM THE TERRESTRIAL PALYNOLOGICAL RE-INVESTIGATION OF THE TYPE COON CREEK LAGERSTÄTTE, TENNESSEE, USA
  Ethan R. Lung, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY and Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe, Department of Engineering Sciences, Morehead, KY
  408798 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  FOSSIL FUNGAS OF THE ZHANGPU BIOTA OF SOUTHEASTERN CHINA
  Margaret Alden, Department of Engineering Sciences, Morehead, KY and Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
  408744 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  THE EFFECTS OF MAMMALIAN TAPHONOMY ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MACROEVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS IN DEEP TIME
  Michelle Casey, Towson University, Towson, MD and Simon A.F. Darroch, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt, Frankfurt and Zoe Leuba, Towson University, Towson, MD
  408104 (Theme Sessions)