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Monday, August 1st

Monday, August 1st, 8:15 am to 11:30 am · 204/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 5: Contributed Papers: Paleobotany Student Awards
Presiding: Rudolph Serbet, University Of Kansas
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5001August 1st 8:15 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAn anatomically preserved Early Devonian rhyniopsid from the Battery Point Formation (Gaspé, Canada)
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Oral PaperPfeiler, Kelly C.; Tomescu, Alexandru.fossil
Devonian
Rhyniopsida
tracheid
xylem
permineralized
anatomy
Canada
5002August 1st 8:30 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe rise of euphyllophyte structural complexity – a conceptual framework and updated timeline
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Oral PaperToledo, Selin; Tomescu, Alexandru.Devonian 
anatomy
fossil
stele
progymnosperm
trachaeophyte
evolution
euphyllophytes
seed plant
spermatophyte
5003August 1st 8:45 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterConifer wood from the Lower Cretaceous of northern California: implications for Protocedroxylon taxonomy
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Oral PaperFryer, Emma R.; Tomescu, Alexandru.Protocedroxylon
conifer
fossil
wood anatomy
wood
Cretaceous
California
taxonomy
5004August 1st 9:00 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAn anatomically preserved marsileaceous sporocarp from the Lower Cretaceous of northern California (Budden Canyon Formation, Barremian-Aptian boundary)
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Oral PaperAbidi, Shayda; Tomescu, Alexandru.Marsileaceae
fossil
Cretaceous
California
sporocarp
anatomy
fern
5005August 1st 9:15 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA new whole-plant reconstruction of a cupressaceous conifer from the Early Cretaceous at Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia (Potomac Group)
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Oral PaperContreras, Dori; Doyle, James A.Cupressaceae
Early Cretaceous
Potomac Group
Paleobotany
conifer
Virginia
5006August 1st 9:30 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterInitial radiation of asterids: earliest cornalean fossils
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Oral PaperAtkinson, Brian A; Stockey, Ruth A; Rothwell, Gar W.Asterids
Cornales
Fossils
Fruits
Cretaceous
Biogeography
August 1st 9:45 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterBreak
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5008August 1st 10:15 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterRevisiting Viracarpon, an enigmatic fossil monocot from the late Maastrichtian-early Danian Deccan Intertrappean Beds of India
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Oral PaperMatsunaga, Kelly; Smith, Selena; Manchester, Steven; Kapgate, Dashrath.India
monocot
fossil
Cretaceous
Viracarpon
Pandanaceae
Arecaceae
5009August 1st 10:30 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterReconstructing the local vegetation of the Early Eocene Blue Rim site of southwestern Wyoming—incorporating new data from fossil woods
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Oral PaperAllen, Sarah.fossil wood
Eocene
Bridger Formation
Wyoming
Pinaceae
Canellaceae
Fabaceae
Anacardiaceae
5010August 1st 10:45 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterTiny ecosystems: bryophytes and other biotic interactions around an osmundaceous fern from the Eocene of Patagonia
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Oral PaperBippus, Alexander Cole; Escapa, Ignacio H; Tomescu, Alexandru.Bryophyte
liverwort
fossil
epiphyte
Eocene
Osmundaceae
fern
coprolite
Patagonia
fungi
5011August 1st 11:00 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterEocene Osmunda L. fossil fronds, sporangia and spores from South China and their implications for biogeography
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Oral PaperLiu, Xiaoyan; Wang, Yongdong; Jin, Jianhua.Eocene
Osmunda
Biogeography
fossil fern
South China
5012August 1st 11:15 am204/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA new species of Mammea (Calophyllaceae) from the lower Miocene of Panama with comments on biogeography and phylogeny
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Oral PaperNelson, Chris W.; Jud, Nathan A.fossil wood
Calophyllaceae
Clusiaceae
Mammea
Biogeography
phylogeny
Miocene
Panama
Monday, August 1st, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Exhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session P: Contributed Posters: Paleobotanical Section Posters
Presiding: Wilson A. Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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PPB001August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPlatylithophycus: A taxonomic journey through three phyla
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Poster: PaleobotanyBronson, Allison; Denton, John; Maisey, John.Platylithophycus
elasmobranch
taxonomy
computed tomography
PPB002August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterGrass phytolith shape: towards a key to the evolution and paleoecology of grasses and grasslands
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Poster: PaleobotanyStromberg, Caroline A. E.; Aboulafia, Elie; Brightly, William H; Crifò, Camilla; McManus, Brittany; O'Keefe, Casey; Schorr, Anna; Senske, Ashly.phytoliths
Grasses
Poaceae
grasslands
phylogeny
Systematics
morphometrics
Paleobotany
paleoecology
PPB003August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterWhat are early signals of Patagonian paleofloral response to Eocene cooling and initial stages of South America’s separation from Antarctica?
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Poster: PaleobotanyCleveland, Claire.Patagonia
Gondwana
Eocene
refugium
Paleogene
Cenozoic
PPB004August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPaleoclimate and Taphonomic Implications of a Palynological Sample from the Bucatunna Formation
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Poster: PaleobotanyBaghai-Riding, Nine Lucille; Axsmith, Brian; Davis, Kendal.
PPB005August 1st 5:30 pmExhibit Hall/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPleistocene-age fossil wood from the Atlantic Coastal Plain of southeastern North Carolina, USA
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Poster: PaleobotanyLocklear, Jared; Mickle, James E.Pleistocene
fossil
wood
taxodoid
Cupressaceae
Atlantic Coastal Plain
cupressoid
Monday, August 1st, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm · Georgia International Gallery/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session R1: Reception: Paleo Mixer
Presiding: Wilson A. Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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August 1st 6:00 pmGeorgia International Gallery/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPaleo Mixer
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Monday, August 1st, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm · Chatham Ballroom - A/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session BQ2: Banquet: Paleo Banquet
Presiding: Wilson A. Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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August 1st 7:00 pmChatham Ballroom - A/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPaleo Mixer and Banquet
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Tuesday, August 2nd

Tuesday, August 2nd, 8:15 am to 11:45 am · 102/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 23: Contributed Papers: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Paleobotany
Presiding: Alexandru Tomescu, Humboldt State University
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23001August 2nd 8:15 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterCryptospores record the canalization of meiosis in the evolving sporophyte
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Oral PaperStrother, Paul.land colonization
Cambrian
Palynology
origin of land plants
meiosis
23002August 2nd 8:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterLife after arbuscules: Interfungal interactions from the Devonian Rhynie chert
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Oral PaperHarper, Carla J; Taylor, Thomas N; Krings, Michael.fossil funngi
Symbiosis
mycorrhiza
interaction
Paleozoic
root
23003August 2nd 8:45 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterMore “woody” plants from the Early Devonian
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Oral PaperGensel, Patricia G.secondary wood
euphyllophyte
Devonian
23004August 2nd 9:00 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA leaf economic analysis of high latitude Triassic plants from Antarctica
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Oral PaperSchwendemann, Andrew Benjamin.Antarctica
Triassic
high-latitude
fossil
leaf economics
23005August 2nd 9:15 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA Permineralized Ovulate Cone from the Fremouw Formation of the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
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Oral PaperRyberg, Patricia Elizabeth.Triassic
Antarctica
conifer
Seed cone
23006August 2nd 9:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterTriassic trees with epicormic shoots from Gordon Valley, central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
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Oral PaperDecombeix, Anne-Laure; Serbet, Rudolph; Taylor, Edith L; Taylor, Thomas N.Triassic
Antarctica
Trees
wood anatomy
epicormic shoots
Frost rings
Mesozoic
Gondwana
August 2nd 9:45 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterBreak
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23008August 2nd 10:15 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA diverse Late Triassic flora from the Allan Hills (Lashly Formation), southern Victoria Land, Antarctica
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Oral PaperSerbet, Rudolph; Decombeix, Anne-Laure; Escapa, Ignacio H; Harper, Carla J; Gulbranson, Erik L; Taylor, Edith L; Taylor, Thomas N.Gondwana
Antarctica
Triassic
high-latitude
gymnosperms
compression/impression
23009August 2nd 10:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterStem, crown, and real and apparent conflicts between fossils and molecular dating
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Oral PaperDoyle, James A.Paleobotany
Molecular dating
Cretaceous
Ephedra
Chloranthaceae
Nymphaeales
23010August 2nd 10:45 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterA New, Densely Armored Ericalean Floral Taxon from the Turonian of New Jersey USA
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Oral PaperNixon, Kevin; Weeks, Andrea; Crepet, William.Cretaceous
armor
Ericales
flower
23011August 2nd 11:00 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAntarctic- Patagonian Plant Diversity during the Cretaceous-Tertiary
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Oral PaperGandolfo, Maria A; Zamaloa, Maria C..endemism
Patagonia
Cretaceous
Tertiary
Argentina
23012August 2nd 11:15 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterWill the real Corystospermales please stand up
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Oral PaperRothwell, Gar W; Stockey, Ruth A.Corystospermales
Cretaceous
Seed cone
pollination biology
Cupule
Seed fern
23013August 2nd 11:30 am102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterRevisiting the Deccan Intertrappean Woods
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Oral PaperWheeler, Elisabeth; Srivastava, Rashmi; Manchester, Steven; Baas, Pieter.wood anatomy
secondary xylem
Late Cretaceous
Paleocene
Tuesday, August 2nd, 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm · 102/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session 28: Contributed Papers: Mesozoic to Pleistocene Paleobotany
Presiding: Patricia Elizabeth Ryberg, Park University
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28001August 2nd 1:30 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDiversity of taxodiaceous Cupressaceae seed cones from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia
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Oral PaperHerrera, Fabiany; Shi, Gongle; Knopf, Patrick; Leslie, Andrew; Ichinnorov, Niiden; Takahashi, Masamichi; Crane, Peter; Herendeen, Patrick.Cupressaceae
Seed cones
Early Cretaceous
Taiwania
Cunninghamia
Mongolia
28002August 2nd 1:45 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAltingiaceae fossils from the Turonian (Late Cretaceous) of New Jersey, USA
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Oral Paperlai, Yangjun; Gandolfo, Maria A; Crepet, William; Nixon, Kevin.Altingiaceae
Cretaceous
28003August 2nd 2:00 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterDeveloping an organismal concept for the Late Cretaceous cupressaceous conifer Drumhellera Serbet and Stockey
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Oral PaperSerbet, Rudolph; Rothwell, Gar W.Cupressaceae
Sequoioideae
permineralized
Cretaceous
28004August 2nd 2:15 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterThe Last Patagonian Cycad, an Extinct Genus of Zamiaceae (Tribe Encephalarteae) from the early Eocene Laguna del Hunco Flora, Chubut, Argentina
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Oral PaperWilf, Peter; Stevenson, Dennis Wm.; Cuneo, N. Ruben.cycads
Eocene
Encephalartos
Lepidozamia
Patagonia
Zamiaceae
28005August 2nd 2:30 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPermineralized Sloanea (Elaeocarpaceae) from the Eocene of North America
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Oral PaperStockey, Ruth A; Mindell, Randal A..Elaeocarpaceae
Sloanea
Eocene
Fruits
fossil
28006August 2nd 2:45 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterAlternative analogues for the evolutionary mechanisms that drive diversification of some upland Rosaceae
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Oral PaperDeVore, Melanie; Pigg, Kathleen B.Rosaceae
Okanagon Highlands
Eocene Floras
Biogeography
28007August 2nd 3:00 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterFossil woods from Ocú Panama
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Oral PaperJud, Nathan A.Paleogene
Neotropics
Fossils
anatomy
wood
August 2nd 3:15 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterBreak
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28009August 2nd 3:45 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterCenozoic macrofloras of northern Australia - new floras, new taxa and new approaches
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Oral PaperRozefelds, Andrew; Dettmann, Mary; Clifford, Trevor.Cenozoic
Paleogene
Miocene
northern Australia
Synchrotron
Macrofloras
28010August 2nd 4:00 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPreliminary investigation of a diverse Miocene megaflora from the Hattiesburg Formation, Mississippi
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Oral PaperStults, Debra; Axsmith, Brian; McNair, Daniel; Alford, Mac.Hattiesburg Formation
Miocene
Mississippi
Megaflora
28011August 2nd 4:15 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterExquisitely preserved xylariaceous fungal fruiting bodies from the Early Miocene of Panama
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Oral PaperHerrera, Fabiany; Muller, Gregory; Huhndorf, Sabine; Soriano, Carmen; Manchester, Steven; Jaramillo, Carlos.fungi
Xylariaceae
ascomycetous 
fossil
Miocene
Panama
28012August 2nd 4:30 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterApplications of a novel model (CRACLE) for the estimation of >30,000 years of paleoclimate using packrat (Neotoma sp.) midden plant macrofossils from the American Southwest
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Oral PaperHarbert, Robert S; Nixon, Kevin.Paleoclimate
biodiversity
Vegetation
Pleistocene
Holocene
28013August 2nd 4:45 pm102/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterExploring the Adaptive Role of Biogenic Silica in Poaceae, a Phylogenetic Approach
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Oral PaperBrightly, William; Stromberg, Caroline A. E.; Osborne, Colin; Hartley, Sue.phytolith
silica
herbivore defense
grass

Wednesday, August 3rd

Wednesday, August 3rd, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm · 202/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Session M34: Meeting: Paleobotanical Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Wilson A. Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
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August 3rd 5:30 pm202/Savannah International Trade and Convention CenterPaleobotanical Section Business Meeting
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