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319 T50. Quantifying the Early Evolution of Life: Numerical Approaches to the Evaluation of Precambrian-Cambrian Animals and Ecosystems
(Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Wednesday, 8 October 2008: 1:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 330B
Presiding:
Marc Laflamme and Stephen Q. Dornbos
1:30 PM
319-1
Quantitative Approaches In Precambrian Paleontology - Numbers, Numeracy, Data, and Information
Hans J. Hofmann, McGill University
1:50 PM
319-2
The Deep Evolution of Metazoans and Metazoan Micrornas
Kevin J. Peterson, Dartmouth College
2:10 PM
319-3
Quantitative Analysis of Precambrian Fossils
Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lin Dong, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John W. Huntley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bing Shen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2:30 PM
319-4
Quantitative Paleontology of Ediacaran (635-550 Ma) Microfossil Assemblages In the Doushantuo Formation: Implications for Biostratigraphic Applications In South China
K.A. McFadden, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Chuanming Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2:45 PM
319-5
Putting Numbers to Assemblages of the Ediacara Biota and the Significance of Novel Morphologies and Ecologies
Mary L. Droser, Univ of California, Riverside; James Gehling, South Australian Museum; Martin Kennedy, University of California, Riverside; Dennis Rice, South Australian Museum; Mary Dzaugis, University of Rochester
3:00 PM
319-6
A Placozoan Affinity for Dickinsonia and the Evolution of Late Precambrian Metazoan Feeding Modes
Erik Sperling, Yale University; Jakob Vinther, Yale University; Derek E.G. Briggs, Yale University; Davide Pisani, The National University of Ireland, Maynooth; Kevin J. Peterson, Dartmouth College
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
319-7
Changes In Feeding Strategies across the Ediacaran/Cambrian Boundary: Who's New and Who's Missing?
Marc Laflamme, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
3:45 PM
319-8
The Cambrian Benthic Regime
Stephen Q. Dornbos, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
4:00 PM
319-9
Quantifying Early Cambrian Bioturbation along An Onshore-Offshore Transect, Great Basin, USA
Katherine N. Marenco, University of Southern California; David J. Bottjer, University of Southern California
4:15 PM
319-10
Comparative Paleoecology of Chancelloriids In the Early Cambrian Maotianshan Shale Biota and the Middle Cambrian Wheeler Shale Biota: Non-Adaptation to the Cambrian Substrate Revolution
Tristan J. Kloss, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Stephen Q. Dornbos, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Jun-Yuan Chen, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
4:30 PM
319-11
Assessing Integration and Regulation in Ancient Developmental Systems: An Example from a Cambrian Trilobite
Mark Webster, University of Chicago; Miriam L. Zelditch, Univ of Michigan
4:45 PM
319-12
Quantitative Paleoecology of Cambrian Burgess Shale-Type Deposits
Jean-Bernard Caron, Royal Ontario Museum
5:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
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