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A Century Of Wood Anatomy and 75 Years Of IAWA
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Botanical Cyberinfrastructure: Issues, Challenges, Opportunities, and Initiatives
Bringing Together the Living and Dead: Integrating Extant and Fossil Biodiversity in Evolutionary Studies
Deep Time Colloquium
Ecological Responses of Bryophytes to Changing Climate
Ecology and Floristics in Northern California - Current Knowledge and Unexplored Realms
Flora of North America: Synergy with other Botanical Projects
Human Transformation of California: Botany, History, and Sociology
Hybridization as a Stimulus for the Evolution of Invasiveness in Plants
Land Plant Evolution: Phylogenetics and Beyond
Lichens as Bioindicators of Air Quality
New Advances in Fern Ecology
Paleobotany in the Post-Genomics Era
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The Comparative - Phylogenetic Method of Reconstructing Evolutionary History
The Evolution of Ericales: Recent Insights using both Morphology and Molecules

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Monday, July 31st

Monday, July 31st
8:15 am to 12:00 pm · 266/Holt
Session 5: Contributed Papers: Paleozoic Plant Evolution
Presiding: Carole T. Gee, University of Bonn
5-1July 31st
8:15 am
266/HoltZosterophyllum Penhallow around the Silurian-Devonian boundary of northeastern Yunnan, China and its phytogeographic implications
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PaperHao, Shougang, Xue, Jinzhuang, Wang, Deming.Zosterophyllum
Late Silurian
Early Devonian
Qujing
Yunnan
5-2July 31st
8:30 am
266/HoltEarly Paleozoic terrestrial biotas of the Appalachians: insights from geochemical and isotopic studies
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PaperTomescu, Alexandru MF, Pratt, Lisa M, Rothwell, Gar W..carbon isotopes
chemistry
compression
fossil
freshwater
Ordovician
Silurian
terrestrial
5-3July 31st
8:45 am
266/HoltLand plant/cyanobacterial associations in the Early Devonian Rhynie chert
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PaperTaylor, Thomas N., Krings, Michael, Kerp, Hans, Hass, Hagen, Dotzler, Nora.Rhynie chert
cyanobacteria
interactions
symbiosis
5-4July 31st
9:00 am
266/Holt363 Million Year Old Forest of Ohio, U.S.A
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PaperChitaley, Shyamala.Late Devonian
Cleveland Shale
Restored
evolution
lycopsids
Isoetalean
5-5July 31st
9:15 am
266/HoltFurther study of Late Devonian sphenopsid Hamatophyton verticillatum from China
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PaperWang, Deming, Hao, Shougang, Xue, Jin-Zhuang.Hamatophyton verticillatum
Sphenophyllales
Late Devonian
stelar architecture
5-6July 31st
9:30 am
266/HoltA Pertica-like euphyllophyte revisited
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PaperGensel, Patricia G..euphyllophyte
July 31st
9:45 am
266/HoltBreak
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5-7July 31st
10:15 am
266/HoltEarly land plants: the fossil record as independent test for hypotheses of morphological evolution
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PaperTomescu, Alexandru MF, Rothwell, Gar W..body plan
embryophytes
evolution
Morphology
phylogeny
Ordovician
Silurian
terrestrial
5-8July 31st
10:30 am
266/HoltPaleoenvironments of plant fossils from the Emma Fiord Formation (Viséan, Mississippian) of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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PaperLeslie, Andrew, Pfefferkorn, Hermann, Nassichuk, Walter, Utting, John.Lycopsid
pteridophyll
Viséan
Sverdrup basin
5-9July 31st
10:45 am
266/HoltThe vegetative structure of Tetrastichia bupatides Gordon
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PaperDunn, Michael T.morphotaxa
seed ferns
Tetrastichia bupatides
5-10July 31st
11:00 am
266/HoltA New Peltasperm with affinities to Comia from the Lower Permian of north central Texas:
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PaperChaney, Dan S., DiMichele, William A., Mamay, Sergius H..
5-11July 31st
11:15 am
266/HoltThree-dimensional Morphological (CLSM) and Chemical (Raman) Imagery of Permineralized Plants and Organic-Walled Microorganisms
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PaperSchopf, J, Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B., Czaja, Andrew D., Tripathi, Abhishek B..Confocal laser scanning microscopy
Raman imagery
Precambrian microfossils
Three-dimenional imagery
Permineralized fossils
Monday, July 31st
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm · 266/Holt
Session 17: Contributed Papers: Isabel Cookson Award Presentations
Presiding: James Mickle, North Carolina State University
17-1July 31st
1:00 pm
266/HoltReconstructing the frond of Buteoxylon gordonianum to understand the early evolution of seed plant fronds
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PaperSanders, Heather, Rothwell, Gar W..seed plant
leaf evolution
17-2July 31st
1:15 pm
266/HoltA whole plant reconstruction of the Upper Pennsylvanian conifer Emporia lockardii (Emporiaceae)
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PaperHernandez-Castillo, Genaro R., Stockey, Ruth A., Rothwell, Gar W., Mapes, Gene.Emporia
Paleozoic conifer
walchian conifer plant
17-3July 31st
1:30 pm
266/HoltPhloem anatomy in Cycadeoidea (Lower Cretaceous): anatomical oddity, functional reality.
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PaperRyberg, Patricia E., Taylor, Edith L., Taylor, Thomas N..Cycadeoidea
phloem
Cretaceous
South Dakota
17-4July 31st
1:45 pm
266/HoltBisexual Platanaceae flowers and inflorescences from the Late Cretaceous of Vancouver Island, Canada.
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PaperMindell, Randal, Karafit, Steven J., Stockey, Ruth A..Platanaceae
Cretaceous
Platanus
Fossil Flowers
17-5July 31st
2:00 pm
266/HoltParalygodium (Schizaeaceae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Vancouver Island, Canada
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PaperKarafit, Steven J., Stockey, Ruth A..Anemia
Paralygodium
Schizaeaceae
Cretaceous
fossil
fern
17-6July 31st
2:15 pm
266/HoltA new species of Pandanites from the Maastrichtian of south-central New Mexico: implications for the history of Pandanaceae
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PaperScherer, Jacqueline, Upchurch, Garland, Mack, Greg.Pandanites
foliar architecture
Pandanaceae
17-7July 31st
2:30 pm
266/HoltTaxonomy and paleoclimate analysis of Late Cretaceous wood from New Mexico
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PaperHudson, Patrick J., Boucher, Lisa.wood anatomy
Cretaceous
paleoclimate
July 31st
2:45 pm
266/HoltBreak
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17-8July 31st
3:15 pm
266/HoltReconstructing fossil Lauraceae: the importance of whole plant concepts
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PaperLittle, Stefan A., Stockey, Ruth A..Lauraceae
Middle Eocene
Princeton Chert
Fossil Fruits
Fossil Flowers
17-9July 31st
3:30 pm
266/HoltFin-winged fruits in the fossil record and implications for recognition of Combretaceae in the Tertiary of North America
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PaperO'Leary, Elizabeth, Manchester, Steven R..Combretaceae
fruits
wind
Myrtales
fossil
17-10July 31st
3:45 pm
266/HoltFossil perianthless Piperales: a saururaceous inflorescence and flowers with in situ pollen from the Princeton Chert
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PaperSmith, Selena Y., Stockey, Ruth A..Saururaceae
Saururus
pollen
Fossil Flowers
Middle Eocene
Princeton Chert
17-11July 31st
4:00 pm
266/HoltFertile sporophytes of Azolla from the early Eocene Wind River flora, Wind River Basin, Wyoming, U.S.A
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PaperStuart, Stephanie A., Erwin, Diane M..Azolla
Wind River Formation
Wyoming
Aquatic Fern
fossil
17-12July 31st
4:15 pm
266/HoltEucalytus (Myrtaceae) macrofossils from the early Eocene of Patagonia, Argentina.
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PaperGandolfo, Maria, Gonzalez, Cynthia, Zamaloa, Maria, Cuneo, Nestor, Wilf, Peter.Eucalyptus
fossils
fruits
Leaves
Laguna del Hunco
Patagonia
Argentina
Eocene
17-13July 31st
4:30 pm
266/HoltThe Late Oligocene (28 – 27 Myr) Guang River flora of northwestern Ethiopia
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PaperPan, Aaron, Jacobs, Bonnie, Tabor, Neil J..Forest
Dioscorea
Eremospatha
Leguminosae
Africa
Ethiopia
Paleogene
17-14July 31st
4:45 pm
266/HoltThe Mohawk Valley Flora: Paleoclimate, paleoecology and the testing of a new paleoaltitude method from the Miocene of the northern Sierra Nevada, CA
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PaperBroughton, Julie, McElwain, Jennifer, Kouwenberg, Lenny, Tiffney, Bruce.Miocene
Mohawk Valley Flora
Sierra Nevada
Tertiary
Paleoaltitude
CO2 partial pressure
Monday, July 31st
6:30 pm to 10:00 pm · Albert E Warrens Reception Center/
Banquet: Paleobotanical Section Reception & Banquet
Presiding: Unknown,
July 31st
7:00 pm
Albert E Warrens Reception Center/Paleobotanical Banquet
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Tuesday, August 1st

Tuesday, August 1st
8:15 am to 12:00 pm · 268/Holt
Session 37: Contributed Papers: Mesozoic and Cenozoic Plant Evolution
Presiding: Michael T Dunn, Cameron University
37-1August 1st
8:30 am
268/HoltTriassic ferns from Antarctica: an interesting dictyostelic type
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PaperSerbet, Rudolph, Taylor, Thomas N., Taylor, Edith L..Triassic
Filicalean
Antarctica
Anatomy
fern
37-2August 1st
8:45 am
268/HoltThe Triassic cycad Antarcticycas: an early representative in the age of cycads
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PaperHermsen, E. J., Taylor, Thomas N., Taylor, Edith L., Stevenson, Dennis Wm..Cycadales
Antarcticycas
Delemaya
fossil
reconstruction
Triassic
Antarctica
Fremouw Formation
37-3August 1st
9:00 am
268/HoltA whole-plant Araucaria from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Howe Ranch, Wyoming, USA, and implications for sauropod dinosaur feeding ecology
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PaperGee, Carole T..Araucaria
Araucariaceae
conifer cones
Jurassic
Morrison Formation
Wyoming
sauropod feeding ecology
37-4August 1st
9:15 am
268/HoltMosaic evolution of Early Cretaceous Pinaceae and the origins of extant genera
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PaperStockey, Ruth A., Wiebe, Nicholas J.P..Pinus
Pseudotsuga
Abies
Picea
Tsuga
Pinaceae
leaf anatomy
Cretaceous
fossil
Pityostrobus
37-5August 1st
9:30 am
268/HoltNew Pseudofrenopsis varians (Cheirolepidiaceae) Fossils from the Cretaceous of Texas and Arkansas: Structural and Paleoecological Implications
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PaperAxsmith, Brian, Upchurch, Garland, Jacobs, Bonnie.conifers
Cheirolepidiaceae
Cretaceous
halophyte
Mesozoic
37-6August 1st
9:45 am
268/HoltNew diversity among the Trochodendraceae from the Early Eocene McAbee and Early/Middle Eocene One Mile Creek floras, Okanogan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada
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PaperPigg, Kathleen B., Dillhoff, Richard M., DeVore, Melanie L..Trochodendron
Tetracentron
Eocene
Okanagon Highlands
August 1st
10:00 am
268/HoltBreak
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37-7August 1st
10:30 am
268/HoltSilicified woods from the Early Middle Eocene Bridger Formation in southwestern Wyoming, USA
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PaperManchester, Steven R., Wheeler, Elisabeth F..
37-8August 1st
10:45 am
268/HoltTrapa fruits from the Late Tertiary of eastern North America
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PaperStults, Debra, Axsmith, Brian.Citronelle Formation
Brandywine Deposit
Late Tertiary
Trapa
Eastern North America
37-9August 1st
11:00 am
268/HoltMiddle Miocene vegetation of Panama
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PaperRetallack, Gregory, Kirby, Michael.Panama
Miocene
vegetation
climate
biogeography
37-10August 1st
11:15 am
268/HoltDiversity and ecological significance of fern dominated horizons from the Late Oligocene on the northwestern Ethiopian Plateau, Chilga
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PaperGarcia Massini, Juan Leandro, Jacobs, Bonnie.East Africa
Paleogene
ferns
Succession
37-11August 1st
11:30 am
268/HoltPossible Transcytosis Observed in Fossil Cells
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PaperWang, Xin, Wang, Yongdong.transcytosis
plant
fossil
membrane fusion
Tuesday, August 1st
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm · Auditorium/Bell Memorial Union
Session 48: Contributed Posters: Paleobotanical Section - Contributed Posters
Presiding: Unknown,
48-95August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionMorphology of Late Ordovician (Ashgillian) compression macrofossils from Cononcocheague Mountain (Pennsylvania): a window into early continental biotas
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionMcDonald, Shauna, Tomescu, Alexandru MF.carbonaceous
compression
continental
fossil
freshwater
Ordovician
Pennsylvania
thalloid
48-96August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionAn anatomically preserved lycopsid from Hubei, China, and consideration on tracheid ultrastructure of the early lycopsids
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionXue, Jinzhuang, Hao, Shougang, Wang, Deming.Tracheid
Adaptive Radiation
Lycopsid
Devonian
48-97August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionNew Middle-Late Jurassic Conifers from Chubut province, Patagonia, Argentina
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionEscapa, Ignacio, Cuneo, Nestor.Patagonia
Chubut
conifers
Jurassic
Cheirolepideaceae
Araucariaceae
Pararaucaria
48-98August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionA New Angiosperm Fructification from the Middle Albian of Southern Italy
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionBarone Lumaga, Maria Rosaria, Bravi, Sergio, Mickle, James.Fossil Angiosperm
basal eudicots
48-99August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionPlant Fossil Diversity in the Late Eocene Clarno Chert of Oregon
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionTate, Richard W, Tomescu, Alexandru MF.chert
Eocene
ferns
fossil
Oregon
seeds
wood
48-100August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionEvergreen and deciduous Quercus from the Miocene of Zhejiang, eastern China: the pollen record
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionLiu, Yusheng, Zetter, Reinhard, Ferguson, David K., Mohr, Barbara, A.R..Quercus
pollen
deciduous
evergreen
Miocene
China
48-101August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionFossil history and biogeography of Pueraria (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Phaseoleae)
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionWang, Qi, Dilcher, David.
biogeography
Leguminosae
Miocene
Pueraria
kudzu fossil
48-102August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionWhat can rodent midden macrofossils tell us about polyploid evolution in Bouteloua curtipendula (Poaceae)?
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionHalbrook, Kandres, Smith, Steven, Columbus, J. Travis, Siqueiros-Delgado, Maria Elena.Apomixis
Aridity
Morphometric
48-103August 1st
12:30 pm
Auditorium/Bell Memorial UnionA Miocene forest assemblage from the Columbia River Basalts of Washington State, USA
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionDillhoff, Thomas.

Wednesday, August 2nd

Wednesday, August 2nd
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm · 108/Tehama
Meeting: Paleobotanical Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Diane M. Erwin, University of California Berkeley
August 2nd
4:30 pm
108/TehamaPaleobotanical Business Meeting
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