2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 127 Sunday, 5 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 351BE

T51. Neontological Solutions to Paleontological Problems: Actualistic Studies of the Morphology, Behavior, and Ecology of Modern Analogs for Ancient Organisms (Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies)

Daniel I. Hembree, Brian F. Platt and Jon J. Smith, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
127-18:00 AM Neoichnology of Extant Terrestrial Arthropods and Amphibians: The Key to Interpreting Pennsylvanian Continental Ichnofossils of the Appalachian Basin: HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu
127-28:15 AM In Search of a Modern Analog for Arthrophycus Ichnogenus: BRANDT, Danita, CSONKA, Jayme, and MCCOY, Victoria, Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, csonkaja@msu.edu
127-38:30 AM Modern Ant Nest Architecture Sheds Light on Trace Fossils: TSCHINKEL, Walter R., Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, tschinkel@bio.fsu.edu
127-48:45 AM Modern Invertebrates Mining for Oxygen Is a Recapitulation of Earliest Behaviors: GINGRAS, Murray K., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mgingras@ualberta.ca, KONHAUSER, Kurt O., Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, and PEMBERTON, S. George, Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Science Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
127-59:00 AM Relating Modern Holothurian Burrows to Environmental Conditions and the Study of Nearshore Paleoenvironments: SMILEK, Krista R. and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, km229099@ohio.edu
127-69:15 AM Modern Elephant Footprints in Alluvium as Analogs for Sauropod Dinosaur Tracks in Ancient Floodplain Sediments: PLATT, Brian F. and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Geology, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, bfplatt@ku.edu
127-79:30 AM Shared Responses to Resource Heterogeneity and the Origins of Foraging Behavior: KOY, Karen, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607, LovleAnjel@hotmail.com and PLOTNICK, Roy, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607
127-89:45 AM Effect of Durophagy on Drilling Predation: CHATTOPADHYAY, Devapriya, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, dchattop@westga.edu and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
127-910:00 AM Who Eats Bryozoans? — and Why It Matters for Interpreting Evolution: LIDGARD, Scott, Department of Geology, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, slidgard@fieldmuseum.org
127-1010:15 AM Comparative Taphonomy of Marine Benthos: Quantitative Estimates of Higher-Taxon Fidelity in Marine Nearshore Ecosystems of the Outer Banks, North Carolina: TYLER, Carrie L. and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ctylersa@vt.edu
127-1110:30 AM Comparative Ecology and Taphonomy of Shallow- to Deep-Water Bivalve- and Brachiopod Assemblages from the Modern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden: TOMASOVYCH, Adam, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, tomasovych@uchicago.edu and ZUSCHIN, Martin, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, martin.zuschin@univie.ac.at
127-1210:45 AM Using Taphonomic Pathways Identified from Modern Bone Assemblages to Interpret Vertebrate Fossil Assemblages: MOORE, Jason R., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3115, moore@geo.tamu.edu, VARRICCHIO, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, and JACKSON, Frankie, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Bozeman, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480
127-1311:00 AM The Colour and Preservation of Fossil Feathers: VINTHER, Jakob1, BRIGGS, Derek2, PRUM, Richard3, and SARANATHAN, Vinodkumar3, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, Jakob.vinther@yale.edu, (2) Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (3) Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
127-1411:15 AM Permian and Triassic Tree Rings as High Latitude Paleoclimate Indicators: RYBERG, Patricia E. and TAYLOR, Edith L., Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, rybergp@ku.edu
127-1511:30 AM Growth Models of Recent Gastropods Shells: Implication for Ammonoids: URDY, Séverine1, GOUDEMAND, Nicolas1, BUCHER, Hugo2, and MONNET, Claude1, (1) Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, urdy@pim.uzh.ch, (2) Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland
127-1611:45 AM Modern Analogs for Ceratopsian Dinosaurs: A Complicated Issue: KRAUSS, David A.1, PEZON, Antoine E.1, NGUYEN, Peter H.1, HIRSCH, Jenna R.2, and SANCHEZ-BRAVO, Gabriela1, (1) Science, City University of New York, Science Dept. - Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007, cunybioprof@yahoo.com, (2) Mathematics, City University of New York, Mathematics Dept. - Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007

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