Meeting Program
Session 1 • Session 2 • Session 3 • Session 4 • Posters • Presenter Information
Time |
Presenter |
Institution |
Title |
8:30am |
Registration, Poster Setup and Coffee |
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9:15am |
Mary Droser |
UC Riverside |
Opening Remarks |
Robyn Dahl |
UC Riverside |
STUCK IN THE MUD: PALEOECOLOGY OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN GASTROPODS FROM THE IBEX REGION, GREAT BASIN, USA |
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9:45am |
Mathew Wedel |
Western University |
WHAT PNEUMACITY TELLS US ABOUT SAUROPODS, AND VICE VERSA |
10:00am |
Jeanine Ash |
UCLA |
OSTRACODE TRACE METAL GEOCHEMISTRY FROM LAKE TANGANYIKA, AFRICA |
10:15am |
Mathias Pires |
UC Santa Cruz |
THE STRUCTURE OF PLEISTOCENE PREDATOR-PREY NETWORKS |
10:30am |
Gabriel Santos |
Cooper Center |
THE COOPER CENTER: PREPARING THE PALEONTOLOGICAL PAST AS WELL AS ITS FUTURE |
10:45am |
Break |
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Chris Shi |
UCLA |
DOCUMENTATION OF STEM ANATOMY OF THE EOCENE FERN, DENNSTAEDTIOPSIS AERENCHYMATA (DENNSTAEDTIACEAE) BY USE OF CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY |
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11:15am |
Megan Rohrssen |
UC Riverside |
MOLECULAR FOSSIL RECORDS OF LATE ORDOVICIAN MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE |
11:30am |
Leigh Anne Riedman |
UC Santa Barbara |
THE CRYOGENIAN CRISIS: A STORY OF ACRITARCHS AND AGGREGATES |
11:45am |
Bruce Lander |
Paleo Environmental Associates |
PRELIMINARY SYSTEMATIC OVERVIEW OF AGRIOCHOEIDAE (MAMMALIA, ARTIODACTYLA, TYLOPODA, OREODONTOIDEA) |
12:00pm |
Jered Karr |
UC Santa Cruz |
INSECT DIVERSITY IN THE FOSSIL RECORD REVISITED |
12:15pm |
Lunch |
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Vanessa Graff |
Western University |
EVALUATING HYPOTHESES OF NECK SUPPORT IN SAUROPOD DINOSAURS |
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2:00pm |
Justin Hall |
USC/NHM |
HINDWING FUNCTION IN THE FEATHERED DINOSAUR MICRORAPTOR |
2:15pm |
Lidya Tarhan |
UC Riverside |
EXCEPTIONAL TRACE FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND MIXED LAYER DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBRIAN SILICICLASTIC STRATA OF THE GREAT BASIN (WESTERN USA) AND CENTRAL SPAIN |
2:30pm |
Kathleen Ritterbush |
USC |
SPONGES CLEAN UP AFTER THE TRIASSIC/JURASSIC MASS EXTINCTION |
2:45pm |
Carina Lee |
UC Riverside |
MOLECULAR FOSSIL TAPHONOMY: INSIGHTS INTO LIPID PRESERVATION USING A DIFFERENT KIND OF HY-PY |
3:00pm |
Break |
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David Gold |
UCLA |
THE CLASSIFICATION OF DICKINSONIA: A GENOMIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH |
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3:30pm |
Carlie Pietsch |
USC |
HABITABLE ZONE DEVELOPMENT AND PALEOECOLOGY DURING THE EARLY TRIASSIC RECOVERY FROM THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION |
3:45pm |
Matthew Robles |
UC Riverside |
DEVONIAN TRILOBITES AND LINGULOID BRACHIOPODS FROM THE LIPPINCOTT SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE LOST BURRO FORMATION, NORTHERN NOPAH RANGE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA, USA |
4:00pm |
John Moore |
UC Santa Barbara |
TWO STRANGE SHELLY FOSSILS FROM THE LOWER CAMBRIAN OF SOUTHEASTERN SHAANXI PROVINCE, CHINA |
4:15pm |
Jere Lipps |
Cooper Center |
THE COOPER CENTER FOR ARCHAEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY: DINOSAURS, SABRE-TOOTHED DEER, TOOTHED-BALEEN WHALES, WALRUSES, AND PEOPLE -- THE HISTORY OF LIFE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
4:30pm |
Poster Session and Reception |
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6:00pm |
Dinner and Keynote Address |
Keynote address presented by Seth Finnegan |
Posters
Presenter |
Institution |
Title |
Danielle Armendariz |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles |
ANKYLOSAUR (DINOSAURIA) SACRUM FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION |
Lichi Dong |
The Webb Schools |
A MICROVERTEBRATE FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE FROM DUNCAN'S MICROSITE, KAIPAROWITS FORMATION (LATE CAMPANIAN), SOUTHERN UTAH |
Ian Gilbert |
UC Riverside |
NEWLY RECOVERED MICROFOSSILS FROM THE PARAHIO FORMATION OF THE HIMALAYA: RESOLVING THE CONODONT AGE PARADOX |
Kwasi Gilbert |
UC Santa Cruz |
THE NEOGENE SPERM WHALE, PHYSETERULA DUBUSII: ECOLOGIC AND LIFE HISTORY INFERENCES FROM REMNANT DENTAL MATERIAL |
Sara Henry |
UC Riverside |
MORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENT OF ORDOVICIAN RECEPTACULITIDS IN THE GREAT BASIN (WESTERN USA) |
Elijah McAdoo |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles |
A PATHOLOGIC ORNITHOMIMID (DINOSAURIA) METATARSAL FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MONTANA |
John Mering |
Pomona College |
PETROGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE LAKE BONNEVILLE WHITE MARL AT TWO LOCALITIES IN WEST-CENTRAL UTAH |
Priyanka Patel |
The Webb Schools |
AN ENANTIORNITHINE BIRD FROM THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION (LATE CAMPANIAN) OF UTAH, USA |
Teresa Perez |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles |
ANATOMY OF A NEW NYCTOSAURUS SPECIMEN |
Austin Plyley |
The Webb Schools |
TERRESTRIAL GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE BARSTOW AND TEMBLOR FORMATIONS (BARSTOVIAN, MIOCENE) OF CALIFORNIA |
Diana Pomeroy |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles |
A REVISION OF THE MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF THE EARLY CRETACEOUS SAPEORNITHIDAE (AVES: PYGOSTYLIA) FROM LIAONING PROVINCE, CHINA |
Charles Powell |
USGS |
PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF THE MOLLUSCAN FAUNA FROM THE SUPER CREEK EXPOSURES OF THE "IMPERIAL" FORMATION (LATE MIOCENE), NORTH OF PALM SPRINGS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA |
Carina Salazar-Ray |
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles |
ANATOMY OF THE LOWER JAW OF APATOSAURUS (DINOSAURIA: SAUROPODA: DIPLODOCOIDEA) |
Emily Wooton |
UC Riverside |
TRACE FOSSIL RECORD THROUGH THE UPPER KELLWASSER ANOXIC EVENT (APPALACHIAN BASIN) |
Presenter Instructions
For Oral Presentations
Talks are scheduled in 15 minute slots. Prepare to speak for 12 minutes, with 3 minutes allotted for questions. We will be running the presentations off of a PC, so please make sure your powerpoint (or PDF) presentation is formatted for PC and bring the file on a flashdrive so that we can upload all presentation files before the start of the first session. If you have any special A/V requestions (video, sound), please let us know ahead of time so that we prepare accordingly (best to email calpaleo1@gmail.com).
For Poster Presentations
Poster size should not exceed 36" (height) x 60" (width). Posters will be displayed in the hallways of the Geology Building, and will be attached using staples or painter's tape.
Please email calpaleo1@gmail with any questions!