Session No. 11 Sunday, October 27, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: A112
Paleontology/Paleobotany II: Paleoecology and Preservational Bias
Mark A. Wilson and Thomas D. Olszewski, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
11-18:00 AM A CAMPANIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES: PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE COFFEE SAND: KOSNIK, Matthew A., Department of the Geophyscial Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, mkosnik+gsa@uchicago.edu.
11-28:15 AM A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR DESCRIBING MARINE ORGANISMS INHABITING HARD SUBSTRATES (SCLEROBIONTS): WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, mwilson@wooster.edu and TAYLOR, Paul D., Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
11-38:30 AM HITCHIN' A RIDE: EPIBIONTS ON ARCHAEOCIDARIS ECHINOIDS: SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu.
11-48:45 AM COLONISTS OF A "LOST WORLD": QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BRACHIOPOD ENCRUSTATION ON THE SUBTROPICAL SHELF OF THE SOUTHEAST BRAZILIAN BIGHT: RODLAND, David L., Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, drodland@vt.edu, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, CARROLL, Monica, Dept. of Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, and SIMOES, Marcello G., Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Distrito de Rubiao Junior, CP. 510, 18.610-000, Botucatu, Brazil
11-59:00 AM FOSSIL RECORD OF EMBEDDING ORGANISMS IN BIOGENIC SUBSTRATES: EXAMPLES FROM QUÉBEC AND WYOMING: TAPANILA, Leif M. and LAMOND, Robert E., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 1460 E. 135 S., Rm. 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, ltapanila@mines.utah.edu
11-69:15 AM TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHIC BIAS IN THE SAMPLING OF NORTH AMERICAN GLYPTOCYSTITOID RHOMBIFERA (ECHINODERMATA): SUMRALL, Colin D., Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, sumralcd@email.uc.edu and SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
11-79:30 AM METHODOLOGICAL BIASES IN SAMPLING PALYNOFLORAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CRETACEOUS RADIATION OF FLOWERING PLANTS: LUPIA, Richard, School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072, rlupia@ou.edu and DOUGLAS, Andrew, Department of Biology, Unviersity of Mississippi, University, MS 38677
11-89:45 AM SIEVES AND FOSSILS: EFFECTS OF MESH SIZE ON PALEONTOLOGICAL PATTERNS: HOFFMEISTER, Alan P. and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, aph@vt.edu
11-910:00 AM INFLUENCE OF COLLECTION METHODS ON ASSESSMENTS OF PALEOCOMMUNITY ECOLOGY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF WYOMING: HOPKINS, Samantha Sara Brittany, Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sci. Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720, shopkins@socrates.berkeley.edu.
11-1010:15 AM THE EFFECTS OF FAUNAL PATCHINESS ON THE USE OF GRADIENT ANALYSIS FOR REGIONAL, HIGH-RESOLUTION CORRELATION IN THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN SERIES (UPPER ORDOVICIAN): WEBBER, Andrew J., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221, webberaw@email.uc.edu.
11-1110:30 AM THE TAPHONOMY OF DIVERSITY: LIVE-DEAD COMPARISONS OF EVENNESS METRICS: OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, MRC: 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, olszewski.thomas@nmnh.si.edu and KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, Chicago, IL 60637
11-1210:45 AM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAPHONOMIC DAMAGE AND TAXONOMIC IDENTIFIABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGIC ANALYSIS: ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Geophysical Sciences, Univ Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, tarothfu@uchicago.edu.
11-1311:00 AM LONG-TERM DECAY RATES IN ORGANISM REMAINS FROM 15 – 600M DEPTH: PROGRESS REPORT FROM 8-YEAR EXPERIMENTS OF THE SHELF & SLOPE EXPERIMENTAL TAPHONOMY INITIATIVE: PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla, Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, Karla.Hubbard@Oberlin.edu, POWELL, Eric N., Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, eric@hsrl.rutgers.edu, STAFF, George M., Geology Dept, Austin Community College, 11928 Stonehollow Drive, Austin, TX 78758, CALLENDER, W. Russell, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45220, and RAYMOND, Anne, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115
11-1411:15 AM BONES ON THE BEACH: MARINE MAMMAL TAPHONOMY OF THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA, MEXICO: LIEBIG, Pennie M., TAYLOR, Ta-Shana A., and FLESSA, Karl W., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ttaylor@geo.arizona.edu
11-1511:30 AM SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION IN PROTASTERID OPHIUROIDS (ECHINODERMATA) FROM THE KOPE FORMATION (CINCINNATIAN, UPPER ORDOVICIAN) OF NORTH-WESTERN KENTUCKY AND THE HUNSRUECK SLATE (EMSIAN, LOWER DEVONIAN) OF GERMANY: GLASS, Alexander and BLAKE, Daniel B., Department of Geology, Univ of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801-2919, a-glass@uiuc.edu
11-1611:45 AM COMPARATIVE DIAGENESIS OF CEPHALOPOD PHRAGMOCONES FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE AND IMO SHALES (UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN), NORTHERN ARKANSAS: HUTCHINSON, Camille M., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, chutchi@mail.uark.edu.

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