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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY
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10:15 Alan Jay KAUFMAN, University of Maryland
Was the Ediacaran Period Shuram excursion driven by the microbial production of authigenic carbonate?
10:40 (Christopher) Yusheng LIU, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Late Neogene dry climate conditions in the Southern Appalachians
11:05 Steve C. WANG, Swarthmore College
Estimating the number of pulses in a mass extinction
11:30 Ted DAESCHLER, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Drexel University
New data on the pectoral and pelvic girdles of Tiktaalik roseae (Tetrapodomorpha; Elpistostegalia)
___________ COFFEE BREAK at 11:55 am
12:15 Emily GREENFEST-ALLEN, University of Pennsylvania
Ecomorphology and recurrence: a comparative approach to understanding fish community dynamics in the Bear Gulch
12:40 Lisa MERKHOFER, Pennsylvania State University
Sizing up an Eocene Patagonian paleo-rainforest and its Australian relatives
1:05 Brandon HEDRICK, University of Pennsylvania
The osteology and taphonomy of a Psittacosaurus bonebed assemblage of the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Liaoning, China
___________ LUNCH at 1:30 pm
2:30 Liguo LI, University of Pennsylvania
Taphonomy research of dinosaurs from the southeastern Lanzhou-Minhe Basin
2:55 Emma HOFFMAN, University of Pennsylvania
Examining taphonomic bias in the Morrison Formation of the Western United States
3:20 Michael D’ANTONIO, University of Pennsylvania
The timing of terrestrialization of sessile organisms: A functional approach
___________ COFFEE BREAK at 3:35 pm
4:00 Christopher WNUK, Cathay Oil and Coal, Reston, VA
Potential for multiple endemic fossil floras in Afghanistan
4:30 Hermann W. PFEFFERKORN, University of Pennsylvania
Plant “migration” 330 million years ago, moving continents and oscillating climate