Session No. 27
Tuesday, 13 March 2001: 1:30 PM-3:15 PM
Paleontology/Paleobotany
Robert A. Gastaldo, Chair
1:30 PM
LANDSCAPE PALEOECOLOGY AND LATE QUATERNARY EXTINCTIONS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
ROBINSON, Guy1, BURNEY, David A.
2 and BURNEY, Lida Pigott
2, (1)Biological Sciences, Fordham Univ, 441 E Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, (2)Biological Sciences, Fordham University, 441 E Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, grobinson@fordham.edu, grobinson@fordham.edu
1:50 PM
FOSSILIZATION OF TERTIARY INSECTS AND PLANTS BY POLYSACCHARIDE FILM
O'BRIEN, Neal R.
1,
ROSS, Angelena M.1, MEYER, Herbert W.
2, REILLY, Kimberly
3 and MAGUIRE, Stacey
3, (1)Geology Department, State Univ of New York College at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676, (2)Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, PO Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816-0185, (3)Franklin Academy, Malone, NY 12953, hollow79@yahoo.com, hollow79@yahoo.com
2:10 PM
EARLY MIDDLE DEVONIAN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYTEMS OF MAINE: THE TROUT VALLEY FORMATION REVISITED
GASTALDO, Robert A., NELSON, Robert E., BANDOW, Sarah C., LINDLEY, Carolyn F. and TROUT, Melissa K., Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, ragastal@colby.edu, ragastal@colby.edu
2:30 PM
LITHOFACIES CONTROL ON BIODIVERSITY AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL SCALES IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN (GIVETIAN) UPPER HAMILTON GROUP OF NEW YORK STATE
BEZUSKO, Karen M., University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45220, bezuskk@email.uc.edu, bezuskk@email.uc.edu
2:50 PM
PHYLLOLEPID PLACODERMS FROM THE CATSKILL FORMATION (LATEST DEVONIAN) AT RED HILL, PENNSYLVANIA -- PRELIMINARY RESULTS
LANE, Jennifer A.1, CUFFEY, Roger J.1 and DAESCHLER, Edward B.2, (1)Geosciences, Penn State Univ, 412 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Vert. Paleo, Academy of Nat Sciences of Philadelphia, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19103, N/A, N/A