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

Session No. 187
Wednesday, 30 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany (Posters) II

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DEVELOPING PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE MONITORING STRATEGIES FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
KOCH, Alison L.1, SANTUCCI, Vincent L.1 and MCDONALD, H. Gregory2, (1)National Park Service, P.O. Box 592, Kemmerer, WY 83101, (2)Geologic Resources Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225, Greg_McDonald@nps.gov, Greg_McDonald@nps.gov
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GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK PALEONTOLOGICAL SURVEY
TRACY, Krisha Hansel, Biology, Georgia College & State Univ, 107 Walker Drive, Milledgeville, GA 31061, khansel77@hotmail.com, khansel77@hotmail.com
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RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF A WEB-BASED PALEONTOLOGIC DATABASE FOR FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
MEYER, Herbert W.1, LUTZ-RYAN, Linda2, WASSON, Matthew S.1, COOK, Amanda1, KINCHLOE, April E.1 and DRUMMOND III, Boyce A.3, (1)Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, (2)National Park Service Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State Univ, 254 General Services Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523, Herb_Meyer@nps.gov, Herb_Meyer@nps.gov
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REGIONALLY EXTENSIVE MASS KILL OF LARGE ORTHOCONE NAUTILOIDS, REDWALL LIMESTONE (LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN), GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA
AUSTIN, Steven A., Geology Department, Institute for Creation Rsch, Santee, CA 92071-2833 and WISE, Kurt P., Bryan College, Box 7585, Dayton, TN 37321-7000, saustin@icr.edu, saustin@icr.edu
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MIDDLE CAMBRIAN TO UPPER ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, WESTERN MARYLAND
BREZINSKI, David K., Maryland Geol Survey, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, REPETSKI, John E., US Geol Survey, 926A National Ctr, Reston, VA 20192 and TAYLOR, John F., Geoscience Dept, IUP, Indiana, PA 15705, dbrezinski@mgs.md.gov, dbrezinski@mgs.md.gov
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PROSPECTING FOSSILS FROM A DISTANCE: A STRATEGY FOR PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION
PALERMO, Jaclyn M., Environmental Science Program, DePaul Univ, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, PARKIN, Jennifer A., Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul Univ, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, SHIMADA, Kenshu, Environmental Science Program and Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul Univ, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 and SCHUMACHER, Bruce A., USDA Forest Service, 1420 E. Third Street, La Junta, CO 81050, jaclynpal@yahoo.com, jaclynpal@yahoo.com
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CD-ROM ARCHIVES- "REPORT UPON THE EXTINCT VERTEBRATA OBTAINED IN NEW MEXICO BY PARTIES OF THE EXPEDITION OF 1874," BY EDWARD D. COPE, WITH MULTIMEDIA ANNOTATIONS
MCKINNEY, Kevin C., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, MS 913, Denver, CO 80225, CHANEY, Dan S., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, DC, WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and TEDFORD, Richard H., Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Nat History, Central Park at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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A NEW OCCURRENCE OF VERTEBRATE TRACKWAYS FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE (BULLION CREEK FORMATION) OF WANNAGAN CREEK, NORTH DAKOTA
HANKS, H. Douglas1, LYSON, Tyler R.1, TREMAIN, Emily S.2, ROBERTS, Jennifer E.3, ERICKSON, Bruce R.4 and HAIRE, Scott A.5, (1)Marmarth Research Foundation, P.O. Box 5, Marmarth, ND 58643, (2)Dept of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN 55106, (3)Dept of Geology, SDSMT, 501East St. Joesph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, (4)Paleontology Dept, Sci Museum of Minnesota, 120 Kellogg Blvd West, St. Paul, MN 55102, (5)Education Department, Sci Museum of Minnesota, 120 Kellogg Blvd. West, St. Paul, MN 55102-1208, dhanks9185@aol.com, dhanks9185@aol.com
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AN EARLY CRETACEOUS THEROPOD FOOT FROM SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AS A POSSIBLE TRACK MAKER IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
HUNT, ReBecca Kathleen, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas - Fayetteville, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, dinochick_rkh@hotmail.com, dinochick_rkh@hotmail.com
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A NEW OCCURRENCE OF THE REPTILE TRACKWAY NOTALACERTA MISSOURIENSIS FROM WESTERN INDIANA
MONKS, Joe, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN 47907, Monksj@purdue.edu, Monksj@purdue.edu
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UPPER DEVONIAN CRAWLING TRACE PRODUCED BY LOBE-FINNED FISH, CATSKILL FORMATION, WYALUSING, PA
ELICK, Jennifer M., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Susquehanna Univ, 514 University Ave, Selinsgrove, PA 17870 and INNERS, Jon D., Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 3240 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, PA 17057, elick@susqu.edu, elick@susqu.edu
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STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC UTILITY OF THE CRETACEOUS SHARK GENUS PTYCHODUS
JOHNSON, Sally C.1, LUCAS, Spencer G.1 and FRIEDMAN, Virginia2, (1)New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (2)Geosciences Department, Univ of Texas at Dallas, 2601 N. Floyd Rd, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, sbuna@unm.edu, sbuna@unm.edu
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DEVELOPING ESR DATING FOR SHARKS' TEETH: TOWARDS A NEW GEOCHRONOLOGICAL METHOD FOR SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
CHADERTON II, Donovan A.1, BLACKWELL, Bonnie A.B.2, BLICKSTEIN, Joel I.B.1, SKINNER, Anne R.2, MAISEY, John G.3 and DIVJAK, Mimi N.1, (1)RFK Science Research Institute, 7540 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, NY 11366, (2)Dept. of Chemistry, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, (3)Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Nat History, 79th St. & Central Park W, New York, NY 10024-5192, N/A, N/A
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FOSSIL FISHES FROM THE LOWERMOST GREENHORN LIMESTONE (UPPER CRETACEOUS: MIDDLE CENOMANIAN) IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
PARKIN, Jennifer A., Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul Univ, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, PALERMO, Jaclyn M., Environmental Science Program, DePaul Univ, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, SHIMADA, Kenshu, Environmental Science Program and Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul Univ, 2325 N. Clifton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614 and SCHUMACHER, Bruce A., USDA Forest Service, 1420 E. Third Street, La Junta, CO 81050, PJAbsolut@aol.com, PJAbsolut@aol.com
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A SURVEY OF NON-TOOTH CHONDRICHTHIAN HARD-PARTS FROM THE LOWER NAVESINK FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN) IN MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
BECKER, Martin A., Department of Physics and Geology, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628, EARLEY, Ryan J., Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Geological Lab, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A., Department of Geology, Brooklyn College and Graduate School of the City Univ, Brooklyn, NY 11210, becker@tcnj.edu, becker@tcnj.edu
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A NEW PELECANIFORM BIRD FROM THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION (EOCENE) OF WYOMING
GULAS-WROBLEWSKI, Bonnie Electra, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Univ of Chicago, 5801 South Ellis, Chicago, IL 60637 and UIBREASLAIN, Seaghan, Geology Dept, Univ of Wyonimg, Larimie, WY 82071, seaghan@uwyo.edu, seaghan@uwyo.edu
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BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CAMARASAURUS (DINOSAURIA, SAUROPODA) FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION
IKEJIRI, Takehito, Geosciences, Fort Hays State Univ, 600 Park St, Hays, KS 67601, ikejiri_t@hotmail.com, ikejiri_t@hotmail.com
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MEMBRANA TESTACEA OF TITANOSAURID EGGS FROM AUCA MAHUEVO (ARGENTINA): DESCRIPTION, SIGNIFICANCE, IMPLICATIONS, AND PRESERVATIONAL INTERPRETATION
GRELLET-TINNER, Gerald, (1) Department of Earth Sciences and (2) Department of Vertebrate paleontology, (1)USC and (2) Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, ggrellet@nhm.org, ggrellet@nhm.org
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CRETACEOUS DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF HERBIVOROUS DINOSAURS AND VASCULAR PLANTS: USING MAP SEQUENCES TO EXAMINE CO-EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS
LECKEY, Erin H. and TIFFNEY, Bruce H., Geological Sciences, Univ of California Santa Barbara, Webb Hall, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, leckey@geol.ucsb.edu, leckey@geol.ucsb.edu
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CLIMATE AND ECOLOGY OF AN EOCENE PLANT-HERBIVORE ASSEMBLAGE
HODGKINS, Jamie and SMITH, Dena, CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309, jamie.hodgkins@colorado.edu, jamie.hodgkins@colorado.edu
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UPPER TRIASSIC PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY IN THE ALEXANDER TERRANE, KEKU STRAIT, SOUTHEAST ALASKA
KATVALA, Erik C.1, STANLEY Jr, George D.1 and BLODGETT, Robert B.2, (1)Geology, Univ of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812, (2)Dept. Zoology, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331, erik@croatoan.org, erik@croatoan.org
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BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE CRETACEOUS (MAASTRICHTIAN) NORTH HORN FORMATION, PRICE CANYON, CARBON COUNTY, UTAH
DIFLEY, Rose L., College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum, 451 E. 400 N, Price, UT 84501, difley@sisna.com, difley@sisna.com
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A NEW FOSSIL RODENT FROM THE HOLOCENE OF BONAIRE, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
MCFARLANE, Donald A., W. M. Keck Science Center, The Claremont Colleges, 925 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711 and LUNDBERG, Joyce, Department of Geography, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, K1S5B6, Canada, dmcfarla@jsd.claremont.edu, dmcfarla@jsd.claremont.edu
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CARNIVORE BREEDING DEN, WHITE RIVER OLIGOCENE
DIBENEDETTO, Joseph N., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas, El Paso, 111 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79902, joe@geo.utep.edu, joe@geo.utep.edu
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PHYLOGENETIC INTEGRITY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF TRICONODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA)
WILBORN, Brooke K., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd, Room 810, Norman, OK 73019 and CIFELLI, Richard L., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Univ of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73072, paleochick@ou.edu, paleochick@ou.edu
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SILURIAN ACRITARCHS FROM THE AMAZON BASIN, NORTHERN BRAZIL
CARDOSO, Tereza Regina, Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-Faculdade de Geologia, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524 bloco A, sala 2032, Rua Anajamirim 16,casa, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.21921-230, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-013, Brazil, teregina@ruralrj.com.br, teregina@ruralrj.com.br
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ABNORMAL ACRITARCHS: A TERATOLOGICAL CASE FROM THE LLANDOVERY/WENLOCK BOUNDARY IN THE AMAZON BASIN, NORTHERN BRAZIL
CARDOSO, Tereza Regina, Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-Faculdade de Geologia, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524 bloco A, sala 2032, Rua Anajamirim 16,casa, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.21921-230, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-013, Brazil and RODRIGUES Sr, Maria Antonieta, Estratigrafia e Paleontologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-Faculdade de Geologia, Rua São Francisco Xavier 524 bloco A, sala 2032, Rua Anajamirim 16,casa, rio de Janeiro,Rj, Brasil.21921-230, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-013, Brazil, tutuca@uerj.br, tutuca@uerj.br
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MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PALYNOMORPHS OF THE MIOCENE CLARKIA LAKE SEDIMENTS, CLARKIA, IDAHO
WHITE, Jesse1, REMBER, William2 and WILLIAMS, Thomas J.2, (1)Dept. of Geological Sciences, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, (2)Dept.of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, jessegeology@hotmail.com, jessegeology@hotmail.com
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THE IRATI FORMATION OUTCROP IN PASSO SÃO BORJA (UPPER PERMIAN, PARANÁ BASIN, SOUTHERN BRAZIL): PALEOBOTANY, PALYNOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY
ALVES, Laureen Sally da Rosa, Departamento de Paleontologia e Estratigrafia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524/2032-A, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-013, Brazil, Lara@uerj.br, Lara@uerj.br
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PALYNOFACIES AND THERMAL MATURATION OF EARLY PALEOZOIC ROCKS IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI: PRELIMINARY COMPARISON BETWEEN THE REELFOOT RIFT AND ADJACENT PLATFORM
CORBETT, Michael E., OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E. and GREGG, Jay M., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409, mec@umr.edu, mec@umr.edu
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MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND PRESERVATION OF EDIACARAN-LIKE FOSSILS IN THE BOSTON BAY GROUP, MASSACHUSETTS
BAILEY, Richard H. and FLETCHER, Kathryn E., Department of Geology, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA 02115, R.BAILEY@NEU.EDU, R.BAILEY@NEU.EDU
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ONTOGENETIC DEPTH AS A COMPLEXITY METRIC FOR THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
ROSS, Marcus R., Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701 and NELSON, Paul A., The Discovery Institute, 615 Milwaukee Avenue, Glenview, IL 60025-5636, marcus.ross@gold.sdsmt.edu, marcus.ross@gold.sdsmt.edu
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TRILOBITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY ACROSS THE BASE OF THE WHITEROCKIAN SERIES (ORDOVICIAN) FOR THE PROPOSED GSSP AT WHITEROCK CANYON, NEVADA
LOCH, James D., Earth Science, Central Missouri State Univ, Warrensburg, MO 64093, jdl8804@cmsu2.cmsu.edu, jdl8804@cmsu2.cmsu.edu
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ARTICULATED SPONGES FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN HETANG FORMATION IN SOUTH CHINA
HU, Jie, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geology, Tulane Univ, New Orleans, LA 70118 and YUAN, Xunlai, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, 210008, China, algae@jlonline.com, algae@jlonline.com
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A REVISED ORDOVICIAN GRAPTOLITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHI KAPPA FORMATION AT TRAIL CREEK, CENTRAL IDAHO
CONE, Miles1, MITCHELL, Charles E.1, GOLDMAN, Daniel2, MALETZ, Jörg1 and JANOUSEK, Hilary2, (1)Geology, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Geology, Univ of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469, mrcone@acsu.buffalo.edu, mrcone@acsu.buffalo.edu
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NEW LATEST ORDOVICIAN (RAWTHEYAN AND HIRNANTIAN) CRINOID FAUNAS FROM ANTICOSTI ISLAND, QUEBEC, CANADA
AUSICH, W.I., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and COPPER, P., Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian Univ, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada, ausich.1@osu.edu, ausich.1@osu.edu
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BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF VALLEY INCISEMENT AND DEPOSITION OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN BLACK HAND SANDSTONE OF OHIO
KAMMER, Thomas W., Geology and Geography, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300 and MATCHEN, David L., West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, P.O. Box 879, Morgantown, WV 26507-0879, tkammer@wvu.edu, tkammer@wvu.edu