GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 160
Thursday, 8 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology II: Vertebrate Paleontology and Terrestrial Systems

 

Julia T. Sankey and James G. Schmitt, Chairs
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8:15 AM
DATING THE EXTINCTION OF PALEOCENE LAZARUS DINOSAURS BASED ON MAGNETOCHRONOLOGY, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
FASSETT, James E., U. S. Geol Survey, Emeritus, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501, jimfassett@qwest.net, jimfassett@qwest.net
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8:30 AM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND TAPHONOMIC PARAMETERS OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED TYRANNOSAURUS REX
HIGBY SCHWEITZER, Mary1, SCHMITT, James G.1 and HORNER, John R.2, (1)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, (2)Museum of the Rockies, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, ummjhms@montana.edu, ummjhms@montana.edu
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8:45 AM
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9:00 AM
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY: THE NEGLECTED FOUNDATION OF DINOSAUR PALEONTOLOGY
SCHMITT, James G., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 and HIGBY SCHWEITZER, Mary, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717, jschmitt@montana.edu, jschmitt@montana.edu
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9:15 AM
LATE CRETACEOUS THEROPOD DINOSAUR PALEOECOLOGY, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
SANKEY, Julia T., Museum of Geology and Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School Mines & Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, julia.sankey@sdsmt.edu, julia.sankey@sdsmt.edu
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9:30 AM
ON A SMALL PREDATORY DINOSAUR FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF EGYPT
SMITH, Joshua B.1, LAMANNA, Matthew C.1, ATTIYA, Yousry2 and LACOVARA, Kenneth J.3, (1)Univ Pennsylvania, 240 S 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, (2)Cairo Geological Museum, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt, (3)Drexel Univ, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2816, smithjb@sas.upenn.edu, smithjb@sas.upenn.edu
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9:45 AM
THE AERODYNAMICS OF PTEROSAURS
CHATTERJEE, Sankar, Museum, Texas Tech University, PO Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191 and TEMPLIN, J. R., 2212 Aster Street, Ottawa, ON K1H6R6, Canada, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu
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10:00 AM
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS: THE EFFECTS OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTC FACTORS ON THE RESPONSE TO GLACIATION
LYONS, S. Kathleen, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, 1025 E 57th St. Culver Hall 402, Chicago, IL 60637, sklyons1@midway.uchicago.edu, sklyons1@midway.uchicago.edu
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10:15 AM
TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE CENOZOIC OF MADAGASCAR
SAMONDS, Karen E., Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook Univ, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794, LOEWEN, Mark A., Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 1390 E. Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0050, BUCKLEY, Greg A., University College, Roosevelt Univ, 1400 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Schaumburg, IL 60173 and WHATLEY, Robin L., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, ksamonds@ic.sunysb.edu, ksamonds@ic.sunysb.edu
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10:30 AM
FROM HOOVES TO FLIPPERS: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE ECOLOGY OF EOCENE MARINE MAMMALS FROM STABLE ISOTOPES
CLEMENTZ, Mark T.1, GOSWAMI, Anjali2, KOCH, Paul L.1 and GINGERICH, Philip D.3, (1)Earth Science, Univ of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (2)Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, (3)Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, clementz@es.ucsc.edu, clementz@es.ucsc.edu
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10:45 AM
SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET: ESTIMATING THE NUMBER OF INVALID SPECIES NAMES
ALROY, John, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Univ of California, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu, alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu
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11:00 AM
RATES OF EVOLUTION ON THE TIME SCALE OF THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
GINGERICH, Philip D., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, gingeric@umich.edu, gingeric@umich.edu
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11:15 AM
NEODYMIUM ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF FOSSIL BONES–A DIAGENETIC TRACER
TÜTKEN, Thomas, University of Tübingen, Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Geochemie, Wilhelmstrasse 56, Tübingen, 72074, Germany, VENNEMANN, Torsten W., University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 56, Tübingen, 72074, Germany and PFRETZSCHNER, Hans-Ulrich, Universtity of Tübingen, Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie, Herrenberger Strasse 52, Tübingen, 72070, Germany, thomas.tuetken@uni-tuebingen.de, thomas.tuetken@uni-tuebingen.de
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11:30 AM
PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF A DIVERSE LOWER CRETACEOUS INSECT FAUNA FROM ABDRANT NURU, ULAN NUUR BASIN, GOBI DESERT, MONGOLIA
ASH, Amanda W., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0121, HICKS, Jason F., Department of Earth Science, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, NICHOLS, Douglas J., USGS, Box 25046, Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046 and WATABE, Mahito, Hayashibara Museum of Nat Sciences, Okayama, 700-0907, Japan, ash.amanda@nmnh.si.edu, ash.amanda@nmnh.si.edu
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11:45 AM
TOWARDS A MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE TERRESTRIAL PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY
PEHL, Curtis Warren, Department of Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology, 1201 E. California Blvd MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001, KIRSCHVINK, Joseph L., Deparment of Geological and Planetary Science, California Institute Technology, 1201 E California Blvd MC 170-25, Pasadena, CA 91125-0001 and WARD, Peter D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Washington, Geology; Mailstop 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, curtpehl@caltech.edu, curtpehl@caltech.edu
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8:00 AM
DIVERSITY OF PALEOZOIC NON-AMNIOTE TETRAPOD FAUNAS
GARCIA, William J., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, garciaw@email.uc.edu, garciaw@email.uc.edu