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Tuesday, July 30th

Tuesday, July 30th, 9:30 am to 11:45 am · Belle-Chasse/Riverside Hilton
Session C5: Colloquium: The Critical Role of Plant Fossils in Divergence Dating Studies.
Presiding: Elizabeth Hermsen,
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C5001July 30th 9:30 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonPaleobotany, divergence dating, and the Fossil Calibration Database
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationHermsen, Elizabeth J.; Gandolfo, Maria A,.fossil
divergence dating
calibration
database
molecular dating
C5002July 30th 9:45 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonCalibrating the ages of conifer clades
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationEscapa, Ignacio; Rothwell, Gar; Cuneo, Nestor.
C5003July 30th 10:00 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltoneFLOWER: A framework for understanding the evolution and diversification of extant and fossil flowers
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationSauquet, Herve; von Balthazar, Maria; Carrive, Laetitia; Epicoco, Cyril; Haevermans, Thomas; Jabbour, Florian; Massoni, Julien; Nadot, Sophie; Prieu, Charlotte; Simonnet, Franck; Tschan, Georg; Schoenenberger, Juerg.floral evolution
Angiosperms
morphology
fossil flowers
C5004July 30th 10:15 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonAccuracy and Effect: Fossil identification and understanding evolutionary history
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationCrepet, William; Nixon, Kevin.impact of the fossil record
precise fossil identification
July 30th 10:30 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonBreak
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C5006July 30th 10:45 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonFossil calibration of Magnoliidae: thorough background research significantly improves reliability of molecular age estimates
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationMassoni, Julien; von Balthazar, Maria; Carrive, Laetitia; Couvreur, Thomas; Schoenenberger, Juerg; Staedler, Yannick; Sauquet, Herve.Magnoliidae
Fossil calibrations
molecular dating
fossil flowers
C5007July 30th 11:00 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonA critical review of the fossil history of the Southern Hemisphere family Cunoniaceae
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationGandolfo, Maria A,; Hermsen, Elizabeth J..Cunoniaceae
macrofossils
calibration point
Patagonia
C5008July 30th 11:15 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonThe fossil record for Rosaceae and its value to divergence dating studies
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationDevore, Melanie; Pigg, Kathleen; Wheeler, Elisabeth.Rosaceae
Prunus
Rubus
fossil flower
fossil wood
fossil calibration
Eocene
Republic flora
Okanogan Highlands
C5009July 30th 11:30 amBelle-Chasse/Riverside HiltonReevaluation of the oldest fossils in Zingiberales and implications for inferring the evolutionary history of gingers, bananas, and relatives
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationSmith, Selena; Benedict, John; Specht, Chelsea; Collinson, Margaret; Leong-Škorničková, Jana; Kvaček, Jiří; Xiao, Xianghui; Fife, Julie; Marone, Federica.Spirematospermum
fossil
Anatomy
Zingiberopsis
Zingiberales

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