| 2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003) | |
| Paper No. 221-9 | |
| Presentation Time: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM | ||
JELLYFISH SANDWICH: EMBEDDING, PREPARATION, AND SECTIONING OF RECENT JELLYFISH TO AID IN FOSSIL JELLY RECOGNITION | ||
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MASON, Jane, UC Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, j_mason@uclink4.berkeley.edu. Extant jellyfish were collected off the California coast and then buried with differing orientations in mud from the collecting locality. They were dried for 9 months to mimic previously observed conditions. Various consolidants were used to harden the sample. This mud slab was then encased in tinted plaster to establish a consistent edge for the sectioning saw. The resulting sections give an analog of fossilized jellies to aid recognition of the fossil jelly record.
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2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)
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| Session No. 221--Booth# 28 Paleontology/Paleobotany (Posters) II Washington State Convention and Trade Center: Hall 4-F 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 35, No. 6, September 2003, p. 496 | ||
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