Session: Paleontology/Paleobotany II: Paleoecology and Preservational Bias (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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8:00 AM

A CAMPANIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVOLUTION OF MARINE COMMUNITIES: PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE COFFEE SAND

KOSNIK, Matthew A., Department of the Geophyscial Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, mkosnik+gsa@uchicago.edu, mkosnik+gsa@uchicago.edu

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8:15 AM

A NEW CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR DESCRIBING MARINE ORGANISMS INHABITING HARD SUBSTRATES (SCLEROBIONTS)

WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691 and TAYLOR, Paul D., Palaeontology, The Nat History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, mwilson@wooster.edu, mwilson@wooster.edu

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8:30 AM

HITCHIN' A RIDE: EPIBIONTS ON ARCHAEOCIDARIS ECHINOIDS

SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu

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8:45 AM

COLONISTS OF A "LOST WORLD": QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF BRACHIOPOD ENCRUSTATION ON THE SUBTROPICAL SHELF OF THE SOUTHEAST BRAZILIAN BIGHT

RODLAND, David L., Virginia Polytechnic Inst & State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, CARROLL, Monica, Dept. of Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and SIMOES, Marcello G., Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Distrito de Rubiao Junior, CP. 510, 18.610-000, Botucatu, Brazil, drodland@vt.edu, drodland@vt.edu

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9:00 AM

FOSSIL RECORD OF EMBEDDING ORGANISMS IN BIOGENIC SUBSTRATES: EXAMPLES FROM QUÉBEC AND WYOMING

TAPANILA, Leif M. and LAMOND, Robert E., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 1460 E. 135 S., Rm. 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111, ltapanila@mines.utah.edu, ltapanila@mines.utah.edu

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9:15 AM

TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHIC BIAS IN THE SAMPLING OF NORTH AMERICAN GLYPTOCYSTITOID RHOMBIFERA (ECHINODERMATA)

SUMRALL, Colin D., Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, sumralcd@email.uc.edu, sumralcd@email.uc.edu

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9:30 AM

METHODOLOGICAL BIASES IN SAMPLING PALYNOFLORAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CRETACEOUS RADIATION OF FLOWERING PLANTS

LUPIA, Richard, School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072 and DOUGLAS, Andrew, Department of Biology, Unviersity of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, rlupia@ou.edu, rlupia@ou.edu

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9:45 AM

SIEVES AND FOSSILS: EFFECTS OF MESH SIZE ON PALEONTOLOGICAL PATTERNS

HOFFMEISTER, Alan P. and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, aph@vt.edu, aph@vt.edu

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10:00 AM

INFLUENCE OF COLLECTION METHODS ON ASSESSMENTS OF PALEOCOMMUNITY ECOLOGY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF WYOMING

HOPKINS, Samantha Sara Brittany, Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sci. Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720, shopkins@socrates.berkeley.edu, shopkins@socrates.berkeley.edu

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10:15 AM

THE EFFECTS OF FAUNAL PATCHINESS ON THE USE OF GRADIENT ANALYSIS FOR REGIONAL, HIGH-RESOLUTION CORRELATION IN THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN SERIES (UPPER ORDOVICIAN)

WEBBER, Andrew J., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221, webberaw@email.uc.edu, webberaw@email.uc.edu

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10:30 AM

THE TAPHONOMY OF DIVERSITY: LIVE-DEAD COMPARISONS OF EVENNESS METRICS

OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, MRC: 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, Chicago, IL 60637, olszewski.thomas@nmnh.si.edu, olszewski.thomas@nmnh.si.edu

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10:45 AM

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAPHONOMIC DAMAGE AND TAXONOMIC IDENTIFIABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGIC ANALYSIS

ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Geophysical Sciences, Univ Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, tarothfu@uchicago.edu, tarothfu@uchicago.edu

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11:00 AM

LONG-TERM DECAY RATES IN ORGANISM REMAINS FROM 15 – 600M DEPTH: PROGRESS REPORT FROM 8-YEAR EXPERIMENTS OF THE SHELF & SLOPE EXPERIMENTAL TAPHONOMY INITIATIVE

PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla, Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, POWELL, Eric N., Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, STAFF, George M., Geology Dept, Austin Community College, 11928 Stonehollow Drive, Austin, TX 78758, CALLENDER, W. Russell, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910, WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45220 and RAYMOND, Anne, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, eric@hsrl.rutgers.edu, eric@hsrl.rutgers.edu

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11:15 AM

BONES ON THE BEACH: MARINE MAMMAL TAPHONOMY OF THE COLORADO RIVER DELTA, MEXICO

LIEBIG, Pennie M., TAYLOR, Ta-Shana A. and FLESSA, Karl W., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, ttaylor@geo.arizona.edu, ttaylor@geo.arizona.edu

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11:30 AM

SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION IN PROTASTERID OPHIUROIDS (ECHINODERMATA) FROM THE KOPE FORMATION (CINCINNATIAN, UPPER ORDOVICIAN) OF NORTH-WESTERN KENTUCKY AND THE HUNSRUECK SLATE (EMSIAN, LOWER DEVONIAN) OF GERMANY

GLASS, Alexander and BLAKE, Daniel B., Department of Geology, Univ of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801-2919, a-glass@uiuc.edu, a-glass@uiuc.edu

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11:45 AM

COMPARATIVE DIAGENESIS OF CEPHALOPOD PHRAGMOCONES FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE AND IMO SHALES (UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN), NORTHERN ARKANSAS

HUTCHINSON, Camille M., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, chutchi@mail.uark.edu, chutchi@mail.uark.edu