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T138. Fossil Preservation, Biological Evolution, and Environmental Change at the Dawn of Animal Radiation: An Examination of Geobiological Events across the Ediacaran–Cambrian Transition I

 
Introductory Remarks
 
MACROSCOPIC ALGAL FOSSILS FROM THE CRYOGENIAN OF MONGOLIA
COHEN, Phoebe, Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, Phoebe.A.Cohen@williams.edu, MATYS, Emily, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 01239, PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, and BOSAK, Tanja, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
 
BIODIVERSITY OF PRECAMBRIAN AND PHANEROZOIC MICROBIAL EUKARYOTES
LIPPS, Jere H., John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, jlipps@fullerton.edu
 
THE GEOCHEMICAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF EDIACARAN FOSSILS IN NORTHWESTERN CANADA
MACDONALD, Francis A.1, STRAUSS, Justin V.2, SPERLING, Erik A.3, JOHNSTON, David T.2, HALVERSON, Galen P.4, and NARBONNE, Guy M.5, (1) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, fmacdon@fas.harvard.edu, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3) Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (4) Earth and Planetary Science, McGill University, 3450 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada, (5) Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
 
A BASIN REDOX TRANSECT AT THE DAWN OF ANIMAL LIFE
SPERLING, Erik A., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, erik.sperling@fas.harvard.edu, KNOLL, Andrew H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, and JOHNSTON, David T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
 
THE ROLE OF TECTONISM ON NEOPROTEROZOIC TO EARLY PALEOZOIC CLIMATE AND EARLY METAZOAN BIODIVERSIFICATION
MCKENZIE, N. Ryan, Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, neil.mckenzie@email.ucr.edu, HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, GILL, Benjamin C., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, CAWOOD, Peter A., Earth Sciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, United Kingdom, and MYROW, Paul M., Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
 
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE GASKIERS FORMATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND THE NATURE OF EDIACARAN GLACIATION
RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, gregr@uoregon.edu
 
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SLIDING-SCALE CONTROL FOR THREE EXCEPTIONAL TAPHONOMIC WINDOWS: CASE STUDIES OF FOSSIL KEROGENIZATION, PYRITIZATION, AND ALUMINOSILICIFICATION ACROSS THE EDIACARAN–CAMBRIAN TRANSITION
SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, MEYER, Michael, Department of Geology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, CAI, Yaoping, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710069, China, HUA, Hong, Northwest University Xi'an, Department of Geology, Xi'an 710069, China, Xi'an, 710069, China, ANDERSON, Evan P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution, NW Washington, DC, DC 20560-0121, DARROCH, Simon A.F., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, and NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada
 
FOSSIL MINERALIZATION IN THE EDIACARAN GAOJIASHAN BIOTA: A CASE STUDY OF SOFT-BODY PRESERVATION THROUGH PYRITIZATION
XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, xiao@vt.edu, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, CAI, Yaoping, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710069, China, HUA, Hong, Northwest University Xi'an, Department of Geology, Xi'an 710069, China, Xi'an, 710069, China, HUNTER, Jerry, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, ICTAS, 1991 Kraft Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061, XU, Huifang, Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, PENG, Yongbo, Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, and KAUFMAN, Alan J., Geology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
 
PROPOSED SKELETAL REPAIR AND ACCRETIONARY GROWTH OF AN ENIGMATIC EDIACARAN ORGANISM, ALBEMARLE GROUP, NORTH CAROLINA
HUNTLEY, John Warren, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, jhuntley@stlawu.edu and SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211
 
EARLY EVOLUTION OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE EDIACARAN MACROBIOTA
TWEEDT, Sarah, Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution; University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC 20013-7012, tweedts@si.edu and LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution, NW Washington, DC, DC 20560-0121
 
POPULATION STRUCTURE IN THE EDIACARA BIOTA FROM MISTAKEN POINT, NEWFOUNDLAND
DARROCH, Simon A.F., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, simon.darroch@yale.edu, LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution, NW Washington, DC, DC 20560-0121, and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Dept of Earth Science, Univ. of Calif. Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064-1077
 
PERSISTENCE OF WIDESPREAD MARINE ANOXIA AFTER NEOPROTEROZOIC OXYGENATION AND ITS EFFECT ON EARLY ANIMAL EVOLUTION AND FOSSIL PRESERVATION
GILL, Benjamin C., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, bcgill@vt.edu, LYONS, Timothy W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, JOHNSTON, David T., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, SALTZMAN, Matthew R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, and KNOLL, Andrew H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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