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Sunday, July 8th

Sunday, July 8th
8:00 am to 11:00 pm · Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/Hilton
Session P: Contributed Posters: Paleobotanical Section Posters
P54001Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonSearching for structural analogues of early Paleozoic continental thalloid fossils – a simple experiment simulating compression fossilization in living organisms
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionMack, Nathan G.; Tate, Richard W; Lindquist, Sarah R.; Calder, Vanessa J.; Tomescu, Alexandru MF.fossilization
compression
cyanobacteria
algae
Fungi
lichens
liverworts
hornworts
P54002Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonA new tree from the Mississippian (early Carboniferous) of Queensland, Australia
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionDecombeix, Anne-Laure; McLoughlin, Stephen; Meyer-Berthaud, Brigitte; Galtier, Jean.lignophyte
Mississippian
Australia
tree
P54003Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonLate Paleocene seeds from Beicegel Creek (McKenzie County, North Dakota, USA) with affinities to the genus Spirematospermum Chandler (Zingiberales).
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionBenedict, John C.; Taylor, Witt; Pigg, Kathleen B.; DeVore, Melanie L..Zingiberales
Spirematospermum
fossil seed
Paleocene
Almont
Beicegel Creek flora
monocot embryo
P54004Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonJuglandaceous Pollen In The Late Paleocene And Its Relationship To Cyclocarya
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionTaylor, Witt; Pigg, Kathleen B.; Benedict, John C.; Farabee, Michael J..Cyclocarya
Juglandaceae
Paleocene
pollen
North Dakota
morphology
Almont
P54005Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonPlants of the early Eocene Climatic Optimum: assessing ecosystem resilience and diversity in the fossil record of the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionSmith, Robin; Greenwood, David; Basinger, James.paleoenvironment
Okanagan Highlands
Eocene
development and evolution
ecosystem resilience
paleobotany
paleoclimate
macroflora
P54006Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonThe occurrence of East Asian plants in the Late Miocene-Early Pliocene flora from Gray, northeastern Tennessee
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionLiu, (Christopher) Yusheng; Wright, Taylor; Bassaly, Shady Magdy.Late Neogene
Gray Fossil flora
Asian/North American disjunctions
Carya
Vitis
Sinomenium
Sargentodoxa
P54007Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonPleistocene-Age Silene stenophylla Seeds Excavated in Russia – A Scanning Electron Microscopic Analysis
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionStakhov, V; Gyulai, Gabor; Szabó, Zoltan; Kovacs, Laszlo G.; Murenyetz, Lilja; Lagler, Richard; Toth, Zoltan; Yashina, S; Bittsánszky, Andras; Heszky, Laszlo; Gubin, S.Silene species
Pleistocene
Scanning Electron Microscopy
Russia
P54008Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonTufa-encrusted plants from Late Pleistocene Searles Lake, California, USA
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionErwin, Diane M.; Schorn, Howard E..Pleistocene
Juniperus
tufa
Searles Lake
paleoclimate
California
P54009Jul 8, 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 9 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 10 8:00am-11:00pm
Jul 11 8:00am-2:00pm
Exhibit Hall (Northeast, Southwest & Southeast)/HiltonBeautiful CUTICLE: Plant cuticle as a tool for taxonomic and paleoenvironmental determination
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionBarclay, Richard; McElwain, Jennifer; Dilcher, David; Sageman, Bradley.paleobotany
paleoecology
cuticle
Database
taxonomy
paleoclimate

Monday, July 9th

Monday, July 9th
8:00 am to 10:00 am · Williford A/Hilton
Session CP04: Contributed Papers: Paleobotanical Section Contributed Papers: Isabel Cookson Award I
Presiding: Gene Mapes, Ohio University
CP04001July 9th 8:00 amWilliford A/HiltonThe seed plant Moresnetia: morphology and anatomy of the stem and fertile frond
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Oral PaperPrestianni, Cyrille; Caraglio, Yves; Guédon, Yann; Meyer-Berthaud, Brigitte; Gerrienne, Philippe.Seed plant
ovule
anatomy
Moresnetia
reconstruction
Devonian
CP04002July 9th 8:15 amWilliford A/HiltonA Physiological Interpretation of the Paleozoic Seed Plant Medullosa
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Oral PaperWilson, Jonathan P.; Holbrook, Noel; Knoll, Andrew H..Medullosa
wood anatomy
seed fern
paleoecology
water transport
CP04003July 9th 8:30 amWilliford A/HiltonInterpreting the Function of Saccate Pollen in Fossil Conifers and Other Seed Plants
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Oral PaperLeslie, Andrew.saccate pollen
pollination
walchian conifers
voltzialean conifers
functional morphology
CP04004July 9th 8:45 amWilliford A/HiltonBuds and Branching in the Triassic sphenophyte Spaciinodum collinsonii
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Oral PaperRyberg, Patricia E.; Taylor, Edith L.; Taylor, Thomas N..Triassic
Antarctica
Sphenophyta
Spaciinodum
CP04005July 9th 9:00 amWilliford A/HiltonGondwanan Ferns from the Triassic of Antarctica
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Oral PaperSchwendemann, Andrew B.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L.; Serbet, Rudolph.Triassic
Antarctica
Fern
CP04006July 9th 9:15 amWilliford A/HiltonPermineralized Plants from the Jurassic of Antarctica
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Oral PaperSchwendemann, Andrew B.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L.; Serbet, Rudolph; Hermsen, E. J..Antarctica
Jurassic
ferns
wood
insects
CP04007July 9th 9:30 amWilliford A/HiltonFirst record of Cupressaceae s.l. from the Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina
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Oral PaperEscapa, Ignacio; Cuneo, Nestor; Axsmith, Brian.Jurassic
Conifers
Cupressaceae
Patagonia
Argentina
Monday, July 9th
10:15 am to 12:15 pm · Williford A/Hilton
Session CP11: Contributed Papers: Paleobotanical Section Contributed Papers: Isabel Cookson Award II
Presiding: Rudolph Serbet, University of Kansas
CP11001July 9th 10:15 amWilliford A/HiltonFossil evidence for the genus Todea: implications for the phylogeny of Osmundaceae
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Oral PaperJud, Nathan A.; Rothwell, Gar W.; Stockey, Ruth A..Osmundaceae
Fossil
Todea
phylogeny
Lower Cretaceous
CP11002July 9th 10:30 amWilliford A/HiltonThe Eden Main flora: Permineralized plants from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Oral PaperKarafit, Steven J.; Stockey, Ruth A..Cretaceous
Charcoal
Fossil
ferns
Osmundaceae
Gleicheniaceae
Schizaeaceae
Cyathaceae
Cycad
Cuppressaceae
Pinaceae
Lauraceae
Cornaceae
Platanaceae
CP11003July 9th 10:45 amWilliford A/HiltonVascular Plant Diversity in the Middendorf Beds of South Carolina
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Oral PaperOgez, Brittney; Jensen, Douglas.Upper Cretaceous
Middendorf
Black Creek
CP11004July 9th 11:00 amWilliford A/HiltonCyclocarya and its significance to the diversification of Juglandaceae
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Oral PaperTaylor, Witt.Cyclocarya
Juglandaceae
Biogeography
Paleocene
North Dakota
Almont
CP11005July 9th 11:15 amWilliford A/HiltonReevaluation of the solanaceous affinity of Solanaceae fossils
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Oral PaperMartinez-Millan, Marcela.Solanaceae
Asteridae
Fossil
Eocene
calibration point
Solanum
Solanites
Cantisolanum
CP11006July 9th 11:30 amWilliford A/HiltonBringing together the living and the dead: Integrating extant and fossil biodiversity in evolutionary studies of Proteaceae (Proteales)
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Oral PaperSauquet, Hervé; Cantrill, David J.; Weston, Peter H.; Barker, Nigel; Mast, Austin; Savolainen, Vincent.character evolution
Fossil
fossil calibration
pollen evolution
Proteaceae
Proteales
CP11007July 9th 11:45 amWilliford A/HiltonUpside down auxin suggests the evolutionary origin of isoetalean rhizomorphs
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Oral PaperSanders, Heather; Rothwell, Gar W.; Wyatt, Sarah.auxin
lycopsid
rhizomorph
bipolar growth
CP11008July 9th 12:00 pmWilliford A/HiltonThe climatic optimization of plant families and the reconstruction of paleoenvironments: A probabilistic approach to estimating paleotemperature and paleoprecipitation in the Neotropics
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Oral PaperPunyasena, Surangi W..paleoclimate proxy
Neotropics
temperature
precipitation
family
kernel density
Monday, July 9th
1:15 pm to 3:00 pm · Williford A/Hilton
Session CP18: Contributed Papers: Paleobotanical Section Contributed Papers: Paleozoic
Presiding: Diane M. Erwin, University of California
CP18001July 9th 1:15 pmWilliford A/HiltonThe Oldest Records of Life
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Oral PaperSchopf, J.Archean
oldest life
oldest fossils
Apex chert
stromatolites
Raman imagery
CP18002July 9th 1:30 pmWilliford A/HiltonTerrestrial stable carbon isotope signatures in Ordovician-Silurian (455-420 Ma) compression biotas of the Appalachians
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Oral PaperTomescu, Alexandru MF; Pratt, Lisa M; Rothwell, Gar W..Fossil
Ordovician
Silurian
stable isotope
Terrestrial
marine
CP18003July 9th 1:45 pmWilliford A/HiltonTackling the tubes: studies in nematoclast ultrastructure
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Oral PaperTaylor, Wilson A.; Wellman, Charles H..early land plants
Devonian
Silurian
ultrastructure
nematophytes
CP18004July 9th 2:00 pmWilliford A/HiltonHow green was Cooksonia?
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Oral PaperBoyce, C. Kevin.Silurian
Cooksonioid
Tracheophyte
Devonian
alternation of generations
CP18005July 9th 2:15 pmWilliford A/HiltonThe non-marine microbial world in the late Paleozoic: new discoveries from Early Devonian and Early Carboniferous cherts
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Oral PaperDotzler, Nora; Krings, Michael; Taylor, Thomas N.; Galtier, Jean.microorganisms
chert
cyanobacteria
algae
Fungi
CP18006July 9th 2:30 pmWilliford A/HiltonA new pycnoxylic lyginopterid from the Fayetteville Formation (Late Mississippian) of Arkansas
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Oral PaperDunn, Michael T.seed ferns
Mississippian
Fayetteville Formation
Lyginopteridaceae
CP18007July 9th 2:45 pmWilliford A/HiltonDiversity among Pennsylvanian age walchian conifer plants: a third species of the genus Emporia
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Oral PaperHernandez-Castillo, Genaro R.; Stockey, Ruth A.; Rothwell, Gar W.; Mapes, Gene.Conifer
Diversity
Emporia
Pennsylvanian
Whole-plant
Monday, July 9th
6:00 pm to 10:00 pm · Costa's Restaurant/Costa's Restaurant
Banquet: Paleobotanical Section Banquet
Presiding: James Mickle, North Carolina State University
July 9th 6:00 pmCosta's Restaurant/Costa's RestaurantPaleobotanical Section Banquet
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Tuesday, July 10th

Tuesday, July 10th
8:15 am to 9:45 am · Lake Erie/Hilton
Session CP27: Contributed Papers: Paleobotanical Section Contributed Papers: Mesozoic I
Presiding: C. Kevin Boyce, University of Chicago
CP27001July 10th 8:15 amLake Erie/HiltonA new species of the fern Cynepteris from the Late Triassic of Arizona: Implications for the early diversification of the Schizaeales
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Oral PaperAxsmith, Brian.ferns
Triassic
Mesozoic
CP27002July 10th 8:30 amLake Erie/HiltonAn unusual structure (ovule?) from the Middle Triassic of Antarctica
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Oral PaperHermsen, E. J.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L..Fremouw Formation
Triassic
Antarctica
permineralization
CP27003July 10th 8:45 amLake Erie/HiltonOrigins of modern conifer families: Jurassic seed cones from Scotland
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Oral PaperMapes, Gene; Stockey, Ruth A.; Hilton, Jason; Rothwell, Gar W..Conifer
Fossil
Jurassic
Family Origins
Seed Cone
anatomy
CP27004July 10th 9:00 amLake Erie/HiltonIn search of the first flowering plants: permineralized vegetation from the Valanginian/Hauterivian boundary on Vancouver Island, Canada
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Oral PaperStockey, Ruth A.; Rothwell, Gar W..Fossil
gymnosperms
seed fern
Lower Cretaceous
Clavatipollenites
CP27005July 10th 9:15 amLake Erie/HiltonFerns in the freezer: Early Cretaceous (Albian) ferns from Alexander Island, Antarctica
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Oral PaperNagalingum, Nathalie; Cantrill, David J..Lower Cretaceous
ferns
polar
Antarctica
Gondwana
macrofossil
Mesozoic
CP27006July 10th 9:30 amLake Erie/HiltonEarly steps of angiosperm-pollinator coevolution
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Oral PaperHu, Shusheng; Dilcher, David; Jarzen, David; Taylor, David W..pollination
pollination syndromes
insect pollination
fossil pollen
evolution
Tuesday, July 10th
10:15 am to 12:00 pm · Lake Erie/Hilton
Session CP31: Contributed Papers: Paleobotanical Section Contributed Papers: Mesozoic II
Presiding: Wilson A. Taylor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
CP31001July 10th 10:15 amLake Erie/HiltonPlant/animal interactions: Cretaceous leaf galls from southern Alberta, Canada
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Oral PaperSerbet, Rudolph; Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L..Galls
leaves
Cretaceous
Permineralized
CP31002July 10th 10:30 amLake Erie/HiltonUpper Cretaceous aquatic plants from the Olmos and Cerro del Pueblo Formations, Mexico
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Oral PaperEstrada-Ruiz, Emilio; Cevallos-Ferriz, Sergio.Upper Cretaceous
Aquatic plants
Mexico
CP31003July 10th 10:45 amLake Erie/HiltonStructure and relationships of a new fagaceous mesofossil flower from the Campanian of North America
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Oral PaperTaylor, David W.; Hu, Shusheng; Tiffney, Bruce H..Fagaceae
flower evolution
Fossil
flower
phylogeny
CP31004July 10th 11:00 amLake Erie/HiltonThe ecological role of angiosperms in Late Cretaceous vegetation at Big Cedar Ridge, Wyoming
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Oral PaperStrömberg, Caroline A E; Wing, Scott L.; Hickey, L. J.; Behrensmeyer, Anna K; Tiver, Fleur; Willis, Brian J; Burnham, Robyn.Upper Cretaceous
Maastrichtian
paleoecology
early angiosperms
Wyoming
North America
CP31005July 10th 11:15 amLake Erie/HiltonA novel angiosperm reproductive structure from the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico
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Oral PaperBoucher, Lisa.Cretaceous
angiosperm
inflorescence
flower
CP31006July 10th 11:30 amLake Erie/HiltonA preliminary survey of fungal biodiversity across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Raton and Denver basins, USA
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Oral PaperPhipps, Carlie J.; Upchurch, Garland; Oxley, F. M..Fungi
Cretaceous
Microthyriaceae
Tertiary
Trichopeltinites
CP31007July 10th 11:45 amLake Erie/HiltonDeep Meaning: first principles apply in distinguishing between signal and noise in the fossil record of angiosperms
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Oral PaperCrepet, William.angiosperm
Fossil
timing
fossil identification

Wednesday, July 11th

Wednesday, July 11th
8:30 am to 9:45 am · Williford A/Hilton
Session CP45: Contributed Papers: Paleobotanical Section Contributed Papers: Cenozoic I
Presiding: Brian Axsmith, University of South Alabama
CP45001July 11th 8:15 amWilliford A/HiltonStudies of the pollen and spore assemblage of the Late Paleocene Almont flora of central North Dakota, USA
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Oral PaperPigg, Kathleen B.; Farabee, Michael J.; Zetter, Reinhard; DeVore, Melanie L.; Manchester, Steven R.; Nowak, Michael D..Paleocene
fossil pollen
Almont
CP45002July 11th 8:30 amWilliford A/HiltonA myristicaceous seed from the Early Eocene of southern England: implications for the age of Myristicaceae
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Oral PaperManchester, Steven R.; Doyle, James A.; Sauquet, Hervé.Myristicaceae
Eocene
England
Seed
molecular dating
CP45003July 11th 8:45 amWilliford A/HiltonCuticle micromorphology of Glyptostrobus from the Early Cenozoic of the Canadian Arctic
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Oral PaperVikulin, S.V.; Upchurch, Garland; LePage, B.A..Glyptostrobus
Tertiary
Conifer
CP45004July 11th 9:00 amWilliford A/HiltonAn Angiosperm Leaf Assemblage from the Warman Clay Pit (Middle Eocene, Claiborne Group), Western Tennessee
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Oral PaperWang, Hongshan; Dilcher, David.Middle Eocene
Claiborne Formation
Tennessee
angiosperm
CP45005July 11th 9:15 amWilliford A/HiltonFossil leaf economics quantified: calibration and Eocene case study
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Oral PaperRoyer, Dana; Sack, Lawren; Wilf, Peter; Lusk, Christopher H.; Jordan, Gregory J.; Niinemets, Ülo; Wright, Ian J.; Westoby, Mark; Cariglino, Bárbara; Coley, Phyllis; Cutter, Asher D.; Johnson, Kirk R.; Labandeira, Conrad C.; Moles, Angela T.; Palmer, Matthew B.; Valladares, Fernando.leaf economics
petiole
biomechanics
paleobotany
paleoecology
CP45006July 11th 9:30 amWilliford A/HiltonPollen ultrastructure in modern and fossil Saururaceae
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Oral PaperSmith, Selena Y.; Stockey, Ruth A..Saururus
Saururaceae
Anemopsis
Gymnotheca
Houttuynia
Princeton Chert
fossil pollen
Middle Eocene
Wednesday, July 11th
10:15 am to 12:00 pm · Williford A/Hilton
Session CP49: Contributed Papers: Paleobotanical Section Contributed Papers: Cenozoic II
Presiding: Lisa Boucher, University of Nebraska Omaha
CP49001July 11th 10:15 amWilliford A/HiltonNew Oligocene fossil legumes from Los Ahuehuetes locality, Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla, Mexico
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Oral PaperCalvillo-Canadell, Laura; Cevallos-Ferriz, Sergio.Legumes
Fossil
Mexico
CP49002July 11th 10:30 amWilliford A/HiltonLate Neogene Betulaceae of Alabama
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Oral PaperStults, Debra; Axsmith, Brian.Late Neogene
Citronelle Formation
Betulaceae
CP49003July 11th 10:45 amWilliford A/HiltonMiocene plants form Tlaxcala, central Mexico, their saying to explain biodiversity
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Oral PaperCastańeda-Posadas, Carlos; Cevallos-Ferriz, Sergio.Mexico
Mioceno
tropical forest
CP49004July 11th 11:00 amWilliford A/HiltonA revision of "xeromorphic" plant cuticle characters as indicators of palaeo-environmental aridity
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Oral PaperHaworth, Matthew; McElwain, Jennifer.xeromorphy
cuticle
stomatal papillae
CP49005July 11th 11:15 amWilliford A/HiltonImproved Techniques for the Preparation of Leaves From Extant and Organically Preserved Fossil Seed Plants
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Oral PaperUpchurch, Garland; Vikulin, S.V..cuticle
maceration
technique
CP49006July 11th 11:30 amWilliford A/HiltonDeep Time—Adaptive Significance of Sex
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Oral PaperDilcher, David.flower evolution
paleobotany
Wednesday, July 11th
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm · Williford A/Hilton
Meeting: Paleobotanical Section Business Meeting
Presiding: C. Kevin Boyce, University of Chicago; James Mickle, North Carolina State University
July 11th 4:00 pmWilliford A/HiltonPaleobotanical Section Business Meeting
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