Southeastern Section - 58th Annual Meeting (12-13 March 2009)
Session No. 10 Thursday, 12 March 2009
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront Hotel: St. Petersburg 2

T11. Paleobiology of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains

Gregory S. Herbert and Shubhabrata Paul, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
10-11:30 PM INCREASING GROWTH RATES IN HERBIVORES FOLLOWING AN EXTINCTION EVENT IN THE LATE NEOGENE OF FLORIDA: SIGNATURE OF PLANKTONIC PRODUCTIVITY DECLINE?: SLIKO, Jennifer, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, jsliko@cas.usf.edu, HERBERT, Gregory, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, and DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
10-21:50 PM EFFECTS OF PALEOGENE CLIMATE CHANGE ON DIVERSITY, GEOGRAPHIC RANGE AND BODY SIZE IN VENERICARD BIVALVES ALONG THE U.S. GULF COASTAL PLAIN: OHMAN, Karin A., LOCKWOOD, Rowan, and MCCLURE, Kate J., Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, kaohma@wm.edu
10-32:10 PM PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE IN VENERICARDIA (BIVALVIA: CARDITIDAE) ON THE U.S. GULF COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE PALEOGENE: MCCLURE, Kate J.1, LOCKWOOD, Rowan1, and OHMAN, Karin A.2, (1) Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, kjmcc2@wm.edu, (2) Geology, The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
10-42:30 PM PRELIMINARY REVISION OF HETERASTER (ECHINOIDEA) FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF TEXAS: MILLER, Justin, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, justin83@uga.edu
10-52:50 PM COMPARISON AND DIFFERENTIATION IN FOSSIL AND RECENT SPECIMENS OF THE MELONGENID SUBGENUS REXMELA IN FLORIDA: PLETKA, Crystal Renae, PETUCH, Edward, and MESTER, Zachary Samuel, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, zmester@fau.edu
 3:10 PM Break
10-63:30 PM Paper Withdrawn
10-73:50 PM IS It ALL IN THE LOOKS? TAPHONOMIC GRADES, TIME AVERAGING, AND AGE ESTIMATES FROM CHIONE (BIVALVIA), WEST FLORIDA SHELF: MCKNIGHT, Julie1, OCHES, Eric2, HERBERT, Gregory3, and HARRIES, Peter3, (1) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, jymcknig@mail.usf.edu, (2) Department of Natural & Applied Sciences, Bentley University, 175 Forest St, Waltham, MA 02452, (3) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620
10-84:10 PM DISTRIBUTION OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AND THECAMOEBIANS IN RESPONSE TO SALINITY IN THE SAVANNAH RIVER ESTUARY, SAVANNAH, GA: WAGNER, Mark S., Marine Science, Savannah State University, Savannah, GA 31404, wagnerman@gmail.com and PRIDE, Carol, Marine Science Program, Savannah State University, P.O. Box 20091, Savannah, GA 31404
10-94:30 PM RECONSTRUCTING PALEO-DEPTH IN THE FLORIDA PLIO-PLEISTOCENE SHELL BEDS USING BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA: WAS IT A MID-SHELF ENVIRONMENT?: MEYER, Michael1, HARRIES, Peter2, and HERBERT, Gregory2, (1) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, SCA528, Tampa, FL 33620, mike.meyer.geo@gmail.com, (2) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620

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