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Monday, July 27th

Monday, July 27th, 8:00 am to 9:45 am · Salon 5/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 1: Contributed Papers: Cookson Awards I
Presiding: Michael Dunn, Cameron University
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1001July 27th 8:00 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentrePhylogenetic relationships in the Polytrichaceae (Bryophyta): a morphology-based approach
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Oral PaperBippus, Alexander Cole; Stockey, Ruth A.; Rothwell, Gar W.; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..fossil
moss
Polytrichaceae
Phylogeny
continuous characters 
morphology
Cretaceous
permineralized
Anatomy
outgroup
1002July 27th 8:15 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreReappraising the flora of the Battery Point Formation (Québec) – additional diversity of Early Devonian permineralized plants
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Oral PaperChu, Jessica; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..Devonian
Canada
fossil
tracheophytes
1003July 27th 8:30 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreDevelopmental determinants, morphology, and the fossil record – updating paradigms in the evolution of lycophyte rooting structures
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Oral PaperMatsunaga, Kelly K.S.; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..root
Evolution
lycophyte
fossil
auxin
gravitropism
Phylogeny
1004July 27th 8:45 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreThe Reproductive Biology of Winslowia tuscumbiana, a Cormose Ligulate Lycopsid in the Serphukovian of Alabama
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Oral PaperParsley, Kathryn; Dunn, Michael.Cromose
Ligulate
Lycopsid
Serphukovian
Winslowia
1005July 27th 9:00 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreRhizophore vascularization in Selaginella and potential implications for early lycophytes
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Oral PaperCullen, Nevin; Browder, Austin; Matsunaga, Kelly K.S.; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..Selaginella
rhizophore
auxin
Anatomy
xylem
lycophyte
1006July 27th 9:15 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreBiomarkers in paleomycology – A case study using fungus-infected Permian woods from Antarctica
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Oral PaperHarper, Carla J.; Olcott Marshall, Alison; Marshall, Craig P.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Krings, Michael; Taylor, Edith L..fossil wood
fossil fungi
Antarctica
Permian
geochemistry
plant microbe interactions
1007July 27th 9:30 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreAdditional diversity of marattialean ferns in the Early Permian Rio Genoa Formation, Patagonia, Argentina
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Oral PaperLundgren, Kolby; Cuneo, N. Ruben; Escapa, Ignacio; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..fossil
fern
Marattiales
Permian
Argentina
Gondwana
Patagonia
Monday, July 27th, 10:15 am to 12:00 pm · Salon 5/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 11: Contributed Papers: Cookson Award II
Presiding: Michael Dunn, Cameron University
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11001July 27th 10:15 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference Centre
Canceled
Anatomy of a coniferous pollen cone from Carapace Nunatak (Lower Jurassic), southern Victoria Land, Antarctica
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Oral PaperHieger, Timothy J.; Serbet, Rudolph; Harper, Carla J.; Taylor, Thomas N.; Taylor, Edith L..Pollen cone
Conifers
Jurassic
Antarctica
Anatomy
morphology
fossil
11002July 27th 10:30 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreMorphological diversity among basal Cupressaceae: a new Austrohamia species from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina
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Oral PaperContreras, Dori; Escapa, Ignacio; Iribarren, Rocio; Cuneo, N. Ruben.fossil
Conifer
Cupressaceae
Austrohamia
Jurassic
Patagonia
morphology
11003July 27th 10:45 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentrePhylogenetic analysis approach in the study of Cretaceous conifers from Chiapas, Mexico
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Oral PaperGonzalez-Ramírez, Ixchel; Cevallos-Ferriz, Sergio R. S.; Ochoterena, Helga; Gernandt, David S..combined phylogenetic analysis
fossil conifer
Cretaceous
11004July 27th 11:00 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentrePermineralized pinaceous leaves in the Lower Cretaceous Budden Canyon Formation of northern California
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Oral PaperPetlewski, Alaina; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..fossil
Pinaceae
Cretaceous
California
11005July 27th 11:15 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreEarly Cretaceous permineralized wood with araucarioid characters in the Budden Canyon Formation of California
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Oral PaperFryer, Emma Rose; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..fossil
Wood
Conifer
Anatomy
Araucariaceae
Cretaceous
California
11006July 27th 11:30 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference Centre
Canceled
McRae Formation Icacinoxylon and Platanoids: Components of a Late Cretaceous Wood Flora From South-Central New Mexico
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Oral PaperParrott, Joan; Upchurch, Garland; Mack, Greg.fossil wood
Late Cretaceous
11007July 27th 11:45 amSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreRapid recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
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Oral PaperDonovan, Michael; Iglesias, Ari; Wilf, Peter; Cuneo, N. Ruben; Labandeira, Conrad.plant-insect interactions
paleobotany
Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction
herbivory
Patagonia
Monday, July 27th, 1:30 pm to 3:15 pm · Salon 5/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 15: Contributed Papers: Cookson Awards III
Presiding: Rudolph Serbet, University Of Kansas
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15001July 27th 1:30 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreLeaf fossils from the Blue Rim flora of the Eocene Bridger Formation, southwestern Wyoming
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Oral PaperAllen, Sarah.leaf fossils
Bridger Formation
Wyoming
Eocene
15002July 27th 1:45 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentrePalaeoecology of the Oligocene-Minocene Tehuacan Formation as determined from wood anatomical characters
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Oral PaperRubalcava Knoth, Marco Antonio; Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio Rafael Silvestre.Wood
Palaeoecology
Mexico
Miocene
Oligocene
fossil
15003July 27th 2:00 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreFossil Wood of Meliaceae from the Miocene of Chiapas, Mexico
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Oral PaperQuintanar Castillo, Angélica; Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio Rafael Silvestre.Meliaceae
Miocene
Mexico
Chiapas
fossil wood
anatomy wood
15004July 27th 2:15 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreRe-Examining Zingiberales Fossils Using Leaf Venation
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Oral PaperSalvi, Amanda M.; Smith, Selena Y.; Benedict, John C.; Leong-Škorničková, Jana; Specht, Chelsea.Zingiberales
vein length per area
vein divergence angle
Zingiberopsis
leaves
fossil
15005July 27th 2:30 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreNew flower of Staphylea preserved in amber from Miocene of Simojovel de Allende, Chiapas, Mexico
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Oral PaperHernández Damián, Ana Lilia; Calvillo Canadell, Laura; Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio Rafael Silvestre.fossil
flower
Miocene
amber
Mexico
Staphylea
Staphyleaceae
15006July 27th 2:45 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreManoxylic seed ferns from Exposure A at Oxroad Bay (Tournasian) East Lothian, Scotland
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Oral PaperDunn, Michael; Rothwell, Gar W..Manoxylic
Oxroad Bay
Seed Ferns
Tournasian
15007July 27th 3:00 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreEarly Permian sphenophyllales from Patagonia, a reappraisal
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Oral PaperCuneo, N. Ruben; Escapa, Ignacio; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..
Monday, July 27th, 3:45 pm to 5:30 pm · Salon 5/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 24: Contributed Papers: Mesozoic
Presiding: Rudolph Serbet, University Of Kansas
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24001July 27th 3:45 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentrePalynomorph Assemblage from Triassic of Pakistan
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Oral PaperRass Masood, Farhat; Khan, Rass Masood; J. Axsmith, Brian.
24002July 27th 4:00 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreCheirolepidiaceae from the Early Jurassic of Patagonia: Reconciling the Impression and Permineralization Record of Conifer Cones
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Oral PaperLeslie, Andrew B.; Escapa, Ignacio.Gondwana
Jurassic
Conifer
Pararaucaria
24003July 27th 4:15 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreGlossopterid reproductive diversity from the Allan Hills, Antarctica
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Oral PaperRyberg, Patricia; Gordon, Ashleigh.Permian
Antarctica
Glossopterids
24004July 27th 4:30 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreTritaenia linkii - conifer or ginkgophyte?
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Oral PaperKvacek, Jiri.Ginkgoales
ovuliferous organ
microsporangiate organ
Wealden
24005July 27th 4:45 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreAnatomical description of three coniferous woods from Jurassic and Cretaceous of Mexico
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Oral PaperRios Santos, Cesar; Cevallos Ferriz, Sergio Rafael Silvestre.fossil wood
Jurassic
Cretaceous
anatomical characters
Conifers
Cheirolepidiaceae
Araucariaceae
Cupressaceae
24006July 27th 5:00 pmSalon 5/The Shaw Conference CentreSapindopsis (Platanaceae) in the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Spain
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Oral PaperSender, Luis Miguel; Doyle, James; Villanueva-Amadoz, Uxue; Pons, Denise; Diez, José Bienve; Ferrer, Javier.angiosperms
Cretaceous
Platanaceae
paleobotany
Spain
Sapindopsis
Potomac Group
Monday, July 27th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Hall D/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session P: Contributed Posters: Paleobotanical Section Posters
Presiding: Willy Taylor,
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PPB001July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreEpidermal morphology and the diversification of the cycads
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionCoiro, Mario; Mickle, James E.; Barone Lumaga, Maria Rosaria.cuticle
cycads
fossils
leaf micromorphology
Phylogeny
stomata
PPB002July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentrePalynological Evidence from New Mexico for a Latitudinal Moisture Gradient in the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionBaghai-Riding, Nina Lucille; Hotton, Carol; Davis, Kendal; Davidson, Taylor.Morrison Formation
palynomorphs
Classopollis
New Mexico
Exesipollenites
PPB003July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreSurvey of Phytolith Production in Bryophytes
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionThummel, Ryan; Stromberg, Caroline.Phytoliths
Bryophyta
Marchantiophyta
Anthocerotophyta
PPB004July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreEocene Podocarpium (Leguminosae) from South China and its phytogeographic implications
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionJin, Jianhua.Eocene
Podocarpium
Leguminosae
phytogeography
South China
PPB005July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreEocene Podocarpium (Leguminosae) from South China and its phytogeographic implications
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionJin, Jianhua.Eocene
Podocarpium
Leguminosae
phytogeography
South China
PPB006July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreFossil root cross-sections from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian Age, ca.86 my) Magothy Formation of Lloyd Neck, Suffolk County, New York
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionGreller, Andrew M.; Goudket, Michael; Castillo, Cesar A..
PPB007July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreReconstructing ancient Mississippian coastal habitats and depositional environments based on flora and fauna: an integrative approach
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionBronson, Allison; Maisey, John; Tomescu, Alexandru M.F..Mississippian
paleoenvironment
land plants
algae
fish
PPB008July 27th 5:30 pmHall D/The Shaw Conference CentreVascular Plant and Lichen Herbaria and Fossil Plant Collections at Arizona State University have a new off-campus home
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Poster: Paleobotanical SectionClark, Lia; Pigg, Kathleen B.; Basham, M. Anne; Makings, Elizabeth; Landrum, Leslie; Fertig, Walter.natural history
outreach
collaborative
herbarium
fossils
Monday, July 27th, 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm · University of Alberta - Faculty Club/Off Site
Session TE10: Banquet: Paleo Mixer and Banquet
Presiding: Willy Taylor,
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July 27th 6:00 pmUniversity of Alberta - Faculty Club/Off SitePaleo Banquet
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Tuesday, July 28th

Tuesday, July 28th, 8:00 am to 9:45 am · Salon 13/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session 28: Contributed Papers: Upper Cretaceous, Cenozoic, and recent
Presiding: Patricia Ryberg, Park University
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28001July 28th 8:00 amSalon 13/The Shaw Conference CentreA new record of a species of Osmundaceae from the Upper Cretaceous of James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula
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Oral PaperKoppelhus, Eva; Coria, Rodolfo.Osmundaceae
Late Cretaceous
Antarctic Peninsula
Millerocaulis
28002July 28th 8:15 amSalon 13/The Shaw Conference CentreAn Updated Comprehensive Study Of Cretaceous-Paleogene Angiosperms From Argentina
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Oral PaperGandolfo, Maria A.; Zamaloa, Maria C.; Archangelsky, Ana; Archangelsky, Sergio; Barreda, Viviana; Cuneo, N. Ruben; Hermsen, Elizabeth; Iglesias, Ari; Llorens, Magdalena; Narvaez, Paula; Passalia, Mauro; Perez Lonaize, Valeria; Povilauskas, Leticia; Pramparo, Mercedes B.; Puebla, Griselda; Quattrocchio, Mirta; Romero, Edgardo J.; Vallati, Patricia; Wilf, Peter.angiosperms
fossils
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Argentina
28003July 28th 8:30 amSalon 13/The Shaw Conference CentreWhat are the Miocene floras from Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Argentina, telling us?
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Oral PaperGandolfo, Maria A.; Zamaloa, Maria C.; Hermsen, Elizabeth.Paleofloras
Cullen Fm.
Carmen Silva Fm.
Miocene
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
28004July 28th 8:45 amSalon 13/The Shaw Conference CentreLianas from the Miocene of Panama: anatomy and implications for paleo-environment
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Oral PaperNelson, Christopher; Jud, Nathan.Miocene
Lianas
Panama Canal
fossil wood
anatomy wood
28005July 28th 9:00 amSalon 13/The Shaw Conference CentreA reexamination of the enigmatic North American zingiberalean fossil fruit and seed record
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Oral PaperBenedict, John C.; Smith, Selena Y.; Specht, Chelsea; Pigg, Kathleen B.; Devore, Melanie L.; Parkinson, Dilworth Y..Anatomy
morphology
permineralized
systematics
taxonomy
fossil
SRXTM
28006July 28th 9:15 amSalon 13/The Shaw Conference CentreA functional design space for aerodynamic dispersal behavior based on wing morphology for all living and fossil plant propagules
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Oral PaperLarson-Johnson, Kathryn; Boyce, CK.Morphospace
functional morphology
seed dispersal
winged propagule
propagule evolution
fossil record

Wednesday, July 29th

Wednesday, July 29th, 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm · Salon 1/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session M50: Meeting: Paleobotanical Section Business Meeting
Presiding: Willy Taylor,
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July 29th 5:30 pmSalon 1/The Shaw Conference CentrePaleobotanical Section Business Meeting
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