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2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 46
Sunday, 27 October 2002: 1:00 PM-3:45 PM

T77. Advances in the Fossil Record of Insects and Terrestrial Arthropods

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Robert E. Nelson and Cary R. Easterday, Advocates
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SAMUEL HUBBARD SCUDDER (1837-1911), PIONEERING ENTOMOLOGIST AND AMERICA’S FIRST SPECIALIST IN THE STUDY OF FOSSIL TERRESTRIAL ARTHROPODS (PALEOENTOMOLOGY, PALEOARACHNOLOGY, AND PALEOMYRIAPODOLOGY)
EASTERDAY, Cary R., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, xenoblatta@hotmail.com, xenoblatta@hotmail.com
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1:15 PM
A NEW SOURCE OF EXCEPTIONALLY-PRESERVED ARTHROPODS
SMITH, Andrew C.1, ORR, Patrick J.1, JERAM, Andrew J.2, BAXTER, Sadhbh1 and SIMMS, Michael J.2, (1)Department of Geology, National Univ of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland, (2)Department of Geology, Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5AB, United Kingdom, andrewsmith@ausi.com, andrewsmith@ausi.com
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1:30 PM
ABDOMINAL LEGS OF MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN SROKALARVA: EARLY EXPRESSION OF THE DISTAL-LESS GENE IN HOLOMETABOLOUS INSECTS
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and SANTIAGO-BLAY, Jorge A., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Avenue, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, labandeira.conrad@nmnh.si.edu, labandeira.conrad@nmnh.si.edu
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1:45 PM
LATE CRETACEOUS INSECTS FROM NEW JERSEY
LUBKIN, Sara H., Geological Sciences, Cornell Univ, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, shl24@cornell.edu, shl24@cornell.edu
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2:00 PM
EOCENE INSECT FAUNA OF THE OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS: SPECIES RICHNESS AND ASSEMBLAGE RESPONSE TO SEASONAL EQUABILITY
ARCHIBALD, S. Bruce and FARRELL, Brain D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, barchibald@oeb.harvard.edu, barchibald@oeb.harvard.edu
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2:15 PM
USING FOSSILIZED DIPTERA FROM THE FLORISSANT FORMATION AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS
MOE, Amy P., Museum Geology Section, Univ of Colorado, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309 and SMITH, Dena M., Museum Geology section, Univ of Colorado, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, moe@colorado.edu, moe@colorado.edu
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2:30 PM
A MINUTE FUNGUS BEETLE LARVA (COLEOPTERA: CORYLOPHIDAE) FROM DOMINICAN AMBER: A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF MORPHOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE
ANDERSON, Scott R., GeoTrans, Inc, 46050 Manekin Plaza, Suite #100, Sterling, VA 20166, CRAIG, Patrick R., P.O. Box 545, Monte Rio, CA 95462 and SANTIAGO-BLAY, Jorge A., Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Nat History, 10th and Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, sanderson@geotransinc.com, sanderson@geotransinc.com
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2:45 PM
PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS FROM THE MIOCENE: EVIDENCE FROM A PERMINERALIZED FLORA
DEVORE, Melanie L.1, PIGG, Kathleen B.2 and BARMAN, Everette1, (1)Georgia College & State Univ, 135 Herty Hall, Milledgeville, GA 31061, (2)Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State Univ, Box 871601, Tempe, AZ 85287-1601, mdevore@mail.gcsu.edu, mdevore@mail.gcsu.edu
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3:00 PM
EXCEPTIONAL DIVERSITY AND PRESERVATION: INSECTS AND PLANTS OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE STEWART VALLEY ASSEMBLAGE
SMITH, Dena, CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309, dena@colorado.edu, dena@colorado.edu
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3:15 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE KARGINIAN (MID-WISCONSIN) INSECT FAUNAS FROM THE CENTRAL PART OF WESTERN SIBERIA AND ADJACENT AREAS
ZINOVJEV, Evgenij, Institute of Ecology of Plants and Animals, Ural branch of RAS, 8th March St., 202, Ekaterinburg, 620219, Russia, zin@etel.ru, zin@etel.ru
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3:30 PM
HOLOCENE FOREST ENVIRONMENTS IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN AND WOOD LIVING INSECTS
LEMDAHL, Geoffrey, Division of Biology, School of Biosciences and Process Technology, Växjö university, Växjö, SE-351 95, Sweden, geoffrey.lemdahl@ibp.vxu.se, geoffrey.lemdahl@ibp.vxu.se
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