2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)
Session No. 57 Sunday, 16 October 2005
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Salt Palace Convention Center: Hall C

Paleontology (Posters) I

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57-11TRIASSIC RECORDS OF THE DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT ICHNOGENUS EUBRONTES: LUCAS, Spencer G.1, GIERLINSKI, Gerard2, HAUBOLD, Hartmut3, HECKERT, Andrew4, HUNT, Adrian4, KLEIN, Hendrik3, LOCKLEY, Martin5, TANNER, Lawrence6, THULBORN, Tony7, and ZEIGLER, Kate8, (1) New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us, (2) Polish Geological Institute, Warsaw, Poland, (3) Geiseltalmuseum, Halle, Germany, (4) New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM, (5) University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, CO, (6) Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, (7) University of Queensland, Australia, (8) University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
57-22MAPPING THE DISTRIBUTION OF EARLY JURASSIC (HETTANGIAN) DINOSAUR TRACKS IN THE WHITMORE POINT MEMBER OF THE MOENAVE FORMATION, JOHNSON FARM DINOSAUR SITE, ST. GEORGE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UTAH: WILLIAMS, Jessica A.J.1, MILNER, Andrew R.C.2, LOHRENGEL, C. Frederick II1, and LOCKLEY, Martin G.3, (1) Division of Geosciences, Southern Utah Univ, 351 W. Center St, Cedar City, UT 84720, jajw77@hotmail.com, (2) St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, City of St. George, 285 South 400 East, St. George, UT 84770, (3) Dept. of Geology, Univ of Colorado, Denver, 80217
57-33PLESIOSAUR GASTROLITHS FROM THE TROPIC SHALE (CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN) OF SOUTHERN UTAH: SCHMEISSER, Rebecca, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, rls92@dana.ucc.nau.edu, GILLETTE, David D., Department of Geology, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, ALBRIGHT, L. Barry, Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, and TITUS, Alan L., Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 190 E. Center St, Kanab, UT 84741
57-44FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE HINDLIMBS OF HESPERORNIS REGALIS: A COMPARISON WITH MODERN DIVING BIRDS: REYNAUD, F. Nicole, Dept. of Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS 67601, fnreynaud@scatcat.fhsu.edu
57-55TOOTH ERUPTION SEQUENCES IN FOSSIL AND RECENT ARTIODACTYLA: FOSS, Scott E., John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, 32651 Highway 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, sfoss@pobox.com and THEODOR, Jessica M., Department of Geology, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL 62703
57-66TELEOCERAS FOSSIGER (RHINOCEROTIDAE: MAMMALIA) FROM TWO LATE MIOCENE (EARLY HEMPHILLIAN) QUARRIES FROM KANSAS: MULLIN, Timothy C., Department of Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601, t_mullin@scatcat.fhsu.edu
57-77A NEW SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUE FOR CALCULATING CALCAREOUS NANNOFOSSIL ABSOLUTE ABUNDANCES AND UNCERTAINTIES FOR PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC STUDIES: UDEZE, Chioma, geology and gepphysics, Texas A and M University, 3115 TAMU, college station, TX 77840, cudeze@geo.tamu.edu, FIRTH, John, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77845, and OLSZEWSKI, Tom, Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3115
57-88BIOMARKERS IN PALEOZOIC CRINOIDS (BORDEN GROUP, MISSISSIPPIAN): IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYLOGENY: O'MALLEY, Christina E., AUSICH, William I., and CHIN, Yu Ping, Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, specker.5@osu.edu
57-99THE STABLE ISOTOPE PALEOECOLOGY OF PLEISTOCENE WOLVES FROM THE INTERIOR OF EASTERN BERINGIA: FOX-DOBBS, Kena, Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, kena@es.ucsc.edu, LEONARD, Jennifer A., Department of Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, Uppsala, 752 36, Sweden, and KOCH, Paul, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
57-1010GENDER DISPARITY IN A POPULATION OF BRANCHIOPLAX WASHINGTONIANA (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: BRACHYURA) FROM THE EOCENE OF WASHINGTON, USA: CONKLE, Lucas N., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, lconkle@kent.edu and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, Canton, OH 44720
57-1111INVESTIGATING HOW ONTOGENY AND ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION WITHIN SPECIES OF THE BIVALVE GENUS CUCULLAEA: BUICK, Devin P., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geo/Phys Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, buickdp@email.uc.edu
57-1212HIGH DENSITY POPULATION OF THE OYSTER PYCNODONTE NEWBERRYI (STANTON) IN THE TROPIC SHALE (CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN) OF THE KAIPAROWITS BASIN, SOUTHERN UTAH: CONGREVE, Curtis R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, oldjack327@yahoo.com, GILLETTE, David D., Department of Geology, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, ALBRIGHT, L. Barry, Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, and NEWCOMB, Lex A., GIS/Paleontology, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Page, AZ 86040
57-1313ANOMURAN MICROCOPROLITES FROM THE LOWERMOST NAVESINK FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN), MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY: BECKER, Martin A., Department of Physics and Geology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, 08628, becker@tcnj.edu and CHAMBERLAIN, John A. Jr, Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210
57-1414INFLUENCE OF COMPETITION ON GROWTH RATES AND MAXIMUM SIZE OF PREDATORY GASTROPODS: ECOLOGICAL VERSUS EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES: HERBERT, Gregory S., Department of Geology, Univ of South Florida at Tampa, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, herbert@cas.usf.edu, DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, and FORD, Heather, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, hford@rohan.sdsu.edu
57-1515STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION AND MORPHOLOGIC VARIATION OF MIDDLE CAMBRIAN TRILOBITES IN THE HOUSE AND DRUM RANGES, WEST-CENTRAL UTAH: ERWIN, Marty, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, erwinm2@unlv.nevada.edu
57-1616QUESTIONING GRAY SHARK BIODIVERSITY IN THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF MIOCENE-PLIOCENE SHARK TEETH: SARAO, John Anthony Jr, Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, jsarao@vt.edu
57-1717DIGITAL RECONSTRUCTION OF FOSSILIZED ORGANISMS FROM SERIAL IMAGE DATA: HUGHES, Elisha, DAVIS, Christopher, and GOLDSMITH, David W., Department of Earth Systems Science, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, erh0509@westminstercollege.edu
57-1818NEOGENE EVOLUTION OF THE REEF CORAL SPECIES COMPLEX MONTASTRAEA "CAVERNOSA": MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG SPECIES: SCHULTZ, Holly A., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, holly-schultz@uiowa.edu and BUDD, Ann F., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
57-1919MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS OF SIDERASTREA DURING THE MIO-PLIOCENE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BECK, Brian R., Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, brian-beck@uiowa.edu and BUDD, Ann F., University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
57-2020MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY OF DICOTYLEDONOUS ANGIOSPERM LEAVES IN THE CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE: LYON, Mandela A., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Univ of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, mlyon@sas.upenn.edu
57-2121DO MORPHOLOGICAL AND SYSTEMATIC TRENDS IN ARCHAEOCYATHS RECORD CHANGING CLIMATE IN THE EARLY CAMBRIAN?: HICKS, Melissa, Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, MS 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, hicksm@unlv.nevada.edu and ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
57-2222OUT OF THE MUD: FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY CLEARS LATE ORDOVICIAN (CINCINNATIAN) TREPOSTOME BRYOZOA OF SUPPORT BY MUDDY SUBSTRATA: ERICKSON, J. Mark, Geology Department, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY 13617, meri@stlawa.edu and WAUGH, David A., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242
57-2323THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL DISTRIBUTION OF BRYOZOAN CLADES AND THEIR MORPHOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION: JAMET, Catherine M., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, jamet@usc.edu and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90254
57-2424DID SPONGES HAVE CRABS? THE FAUNA OF A UNIQUE SPONGE-ALGAL CYLINDRICAL BIOHERM COMPLEX FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC OF ROMANIA: LAZÃR, Iuliana, Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Bucharest, Bãlcescu 1, Bucharest, 010041, Romania, iulia_lazar@k.ro, FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, Canton, OH 44720, cschweit@kent.edu, and SHIRK, Aubrey M., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242
57-2525SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS OF NEOGENE CORAL THICKET ASSEMBLAGES IN THE CHESAPEAKE GROUP OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA: BAILEY, Richard H., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, r.bailey@neu.edu
57-2626SCLERACTINIAN ASSEMBLAGES UNDER SEDIMENT INPUT: THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATION TO THE NUTRIENT INPUT CONCEPT: BARON-SZABO, Rosemarie Christine, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, W-329, MRC 163, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC, DC 20013-7012, RoseBaron@web.de and SANDERS, Diethard G., Faculty of Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, Innsbruck, Austria, 6020
57-2727REVISITING COPANO BAY, TEXAS: AN EXCEPTIONAL LONG-TERM RECORD OF ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED MOLLUSCAN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: EBNOTHER, Danielle D. and OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843, debnother@geo.tamu.edu
57-2828AN APPLIED PALEOECOLOGY CASE STUDY: BAHIA GRANDE, TEXAS PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE BROWNSVILLE SHIP CHANNEL: LICHLYTER, Stephen A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843, slichlyter@geo.tamu.edu and OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M, College Station, TX 77843
57-2929DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA GENERA ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL SHELF OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: ABDUL, Nicole and SAUTTER, Leslie, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College Of Charleston, 66 George St, Charleston, SC 29424, naabdul@edisto.cofc.edu
57-3030COMPARISONS OF MEGAFLORA ASSEMBLAGES BETWEEN THE LATE CRETACEOUS (MAASTRICHTIAN) HELL CREEK AND TERTIARY (PALEOCENE) LUDLOW FORMATIONS AT THE STUMPF SITE NATURAL AREA, MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA: SMRECAK, Trisha A.1, ERICKSON, J. Mark1, HOGANSON, John W.2, and BURTON KELLY, Matthew E.3, (1) Geology Department, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY 13617, tasmre02@stlawu.edu, (2) North Dakota Geol Survey, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505, (3) 466 Rockledge Drive, North Hero, VT 05474
57-3131PALEOCLIMATE ESTIMATION FROM DIGITAL LEAF PHYSIOGNOMY OF FOSSIL LEAF FLORAS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS: CARIGLINO, Barbara, ROYER, Dana L., and WILF, Peter D., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, bcarigli@geosc.psu.edu
57-3232FOSSIL WOOD FROM THE SERRA ALTA FORMATION (UPPER PERMIAN), PARANÁ BASIN, SOUTHERN BRAZIL: ALVES, Laureen S.R., UERJ, Departamento de Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Bolsista PD-CNPq, IVP/FAPERJ, Rua São Francisco Xavier, Rio de Janeiro, 20559-900, Brazil, paleobotany@hotmail.com and GUERRA-SOMMER, Margot, Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Prédio 43127, Porto Alegre, RS, 91509-900, Brazil
57-3333CHANGES IN INSECT HERBIVORY ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING: CURRANO, Ellen, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 542 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, ecurrano@geosc.psu.edu
57-3434MIDDLE AND LATE PERMIAN PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY OF THE QUINN RIVER FORMATION, BILK CREEK MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: KLUG, Christopher Allen, Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, Klugca@bgnet.bgsu.edu
57-3535STROMATOLITES FROM THE LOWER TRIASSIC UNION WASH FORMATION OF EAST-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: SEDIMENTOLOGY AND PALEOBIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: MARY, Michelle L. and WOODS, Adam D., Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, P. O. Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, myhartache@aol.com
57-3636PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND PRESERVATION OF DINOSAUR EGG-BEARING DEPOSITS IN KOREA: PAIK, In Sung, Department of Environmental Geosciences, Pukyong National University, Daeyeon-dong 599-1, Nam-gu, Busan, 608-737, South Korea, paikis@pknu.ac.kr and HUH, Min, Faculty of Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Chonnam National University, Yongbong-dong 300, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 500-757, South Korea
57-3737PALEOENVIRONMENT OF A TRACE FOSSIL MARKER UNIT IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS NORTH HORN FORMATION, UTAH: DIFLEY, Rose, Earth Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, rdifley@sisna.com and EKDALE, A.A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 719 WBB, 135 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111
57-3838DISTRIBUTION AND MAPPING OF THE CRETACEOUS TEPEE BUTTES OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY: BASH, Eleanor1, SHAPIRO, Russell S.2, ANDERSON, Julia3, CLOSE, Hilary4, DAHL, Robyn4, MORGAN, Valerie4, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla5, and RUDOLPH, Rebecca4, (1) Department of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, MN 56082, ebash@gac.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Avenue, St Peter, MN 56082, (3) Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082, (4) Department of Geology, Oberlin College, 173 W. Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, (5) Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074
57-3939PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE TEPEE BUTTES (CRETACEOUS) METHANE-SEEP CARBONATES: ANDERSON, Julia, Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082, janders8@gac.edu, SHAPIRO, Russell, Department of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 56082, and LYONS, Timothy, Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423
57-4040FAUNAL ANALYSIS AND PALEOECOLOGY OF THE CRETACEOUS TEPEE BUTTE LIMESTONES, CENTRAL COLORADO: MORGAN, Valerie1, RUDOLPH, Rebecca1, CLOSE, Hilary1, DAHL, Robyn1, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla1, and BASH, Eleanor2, (1) Department of Geology, Oberlin College, 173 W. Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, vmorgan@oberlin.edu, (2) Department of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, MN 56082
57-4141PALEOECOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHIC EXPRESSION OF A CRETACEOUS COLD SEEP: A TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE TEPEE BUTTE LIMESTONE: DAHL, Robyn M.1, CLOSE, Hilary G.1, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla1, and SHAPIRO, Russell2, (1) Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, rdahl@oberlin.edu, (2) Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 50682
57-4242SCIENTIFIC ART AND ILLUSTRATION AS AN INTERPRETATIVE TOOL FOR THE BEAR GULCH LIMESTONE (MISSISSIPPIAN, MONTANA): GARCIA, Joseph, A., Geology, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, jose_allana@hotmail.com

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