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. 260 Tuesday, 7 October 2008
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 351CF

Paleontology II - Organismal and Morphological Paleontology

David W. Bapst and Sylvain Gerber, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
260-11:30 PM Is There Variation In the Microstructure of Ammonite Aptychi?: KRUTA, Isabelle, Histoire de la Terre, UMR 5143, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (& American Museum of Natural History, NY), 8 rue Buffon, Paris, 75005, France, kruta@mnhn.fr, ROUGET, Isabelle, Université Paris VI, CNRS – UMR 5143 ‘Paléobiodiversité et paléoenvironnements’, Case 104 – 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, LANDMAN, Neil H., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, TANABE, Kazushige, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of Tokyo, Sci. Buid. No.5, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan, and CECCA, Fabrizio, Université Paris VI, CNRS-UMR 5143, case 104, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75252
260-21:45 PM Morphological and Developmental Disparity in Jurassic Ammonites: GERBER, Sylvain, UMR 5561 Biogeosciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 6, Boulevard Gabriel, Dijon 21000 France, sylvain.gerber@u-bourgogne.fr
260-32:00 PM Morphological Patterns in Late Ordovician and Early Silurian Graptolites: BAPST, David W., Dept of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis, Chicago, IL 60637, dwbapst@uchicago.edu, MELCHIN, M.J., Dept. of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier Univ, Antigonish, NS B2G 2V5, Canada, SHEETS, H. David, Dept of Physics, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY 14208, and MITCHELL, Charles, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260
260-42:15 PM A Reexamination of Ordovician through Early Silurian Crinoid Morphologic Disparity: DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 49221-0013, delinebl@email.uc.edu
260-52:30 PM Stable isotope variation along the direction of growth in echinoderm plates: DEXTER, Troy A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, tdexter@vt.edu and SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
260-62:45 PM Biomarkers in Paleozoic Echinoderms: O'MALLEY, Christina E.1, AUSICH, William2, and CHIN, Yu-Ping1, (1) School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, omalley.47@osu.edu, (2) School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398
260-73:00 PM Segment Development in Silurian Trilobite Aulacopleura Konincki: HONG, Paul S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, paul.hong@email.ucr.edu, HUGHES, Nigel C., Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, and SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208
260-83:15 PM Segment Variation in the Cambrian Trilobite Elrathina Cordillerae in the Context of the Burgess Shale Fauna: BALINT, Michael Bradley, Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, Mbali001@ucr.edu, HUGHES, Nigel, Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92507, and CARON, Jean-Bernard, Natural History (Paleobiology Section), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S2C6, Canada
260-93:30 PM Body Fossil Vs. Ichnofossil: Oldhamia Recta Revisited: TACKER, R. Chris1, MARTIN, Anthony J.2, WEAVER, Patricia G.3, LAWVER, Daniel1, and WILLIAMS, Lise4, (1) Geology Section, Research & Collections, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029, christopher.tacker@ncmail.net, (2) Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, (3) Geology/Paleontology, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029, (4) Durham Academy, 3601 Ridge Road, Durham, NC 27705-5599
260-103:45 PM The Evolution of Vascular Plant Cell Wall Chemistry and the Preservation of Fossil Organic Matter as Illuminated by X-Ray Spectromicroscopy: BOYCE, C. Kevin, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, ckboyce@uchicago.edu
260-114:00 PM Shifting Functional Requirements in the Evolution of Conifer Pollen Cone Morphology: LESLIE, Andrew B., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, aleslie@uchicago.edu
260-124:15 PM Pterodactyl-Inspired Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Multimodal Locomotion: CHATTERJEE, Sankar, Geosciences, Texas Tech Univ, MS Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu, LIND, Richard, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, 231 Aerospace Building, Gainesville, FL 32611, GEDEON, Andy, Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, and ROBERTS, Brian, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
260-134:30 PM Origin of Salt-Water Tolerance In Crocodylians: WHEATLEY, Patrick V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, wheatley@pmc.ucsc.edu and KOCH, Paul L., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
260-144:45 PM Beautiful Losers: The Rise and Fall of the Bivalve Genus Cucullaea: BUICK, Devin P., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geo/Phys Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, buickdp@email.uc.edu
260-155:00 PM Morphological Response of the Bivalve Genus Chione to Regional Environmental Variation and Anthropogenic Change: KOLBE, Sarah E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geo/Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, kolbesh@email.uc.edu and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013
260-165:15 PM A Novel Application of Time Series Analysis to the Characterization of Shell Ornament Variation in Turritellid Gastropods: SMITH, Ursula E., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, ues4@cornell.edu and CRAMPTON, James S., GNS Science, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand

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