Session: Paleontology/Paleobotany VI: Terrestrial Paleoenvironments and Biostratigraphy (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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8:00 AM

THE USE OF TERNARY DIAGRAMS IN RARE EARTH ELEMENT (REE) ANALYSIS OF FOSSILS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE ORIGINAL PALEOENVIRONMENT

PATRICK, Doreena, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and GRANDSTAFF, David E., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, Dmpc28@aol.com, Dmpc28@aol.com

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8:15 AM

CHEMICAL ANALYSES OF FOSSIL AND MODERN PLANT RESINS USING C-13 SSNMR

SANTIAGO-BLAY, Jorge A.¹, LAMBERT, Joseph B.² and WU, Yuyang², (1)Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Nat History, 10th and Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)Department of Chemistry, Northwestern Univ, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, blayj@nmnh.si.edu, jsantiag@harper.uchicago.edu, blayj@nmnh.si.edu, jsantiag@harper.uchicago.edu

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8:30 AM

PHENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF LEAF FLORAS: A COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENT

GREEN, Walton A. and HICKEY, Leo J., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P. O. Box 208109, Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520, walton.green@yale.edu, walton.green@yale.edu

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8:45 AM

IMPROVED PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES USING LEAF MORPHOLOGY

KOWALSKI, Elizabeth A., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611 and DILCHER, David L., Florida Museum of Natural History, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, kowalski@flmnh.ufl.edu, kowalski@flmnh.ufl.edu

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9:00 AM

EOCENE (46 MA) RAINFALL ESTIMATES FOR TROPICAL EAST AFRICA BASED ON FOSSIL LEAVES FROM MAHENGE, TANZANIA

JACOBS, Bonnie F., Environmental Science Program, Southern Methodist Univ, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395 and HERENDEEN, Patrick S., Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington Univ, 2023 G Street, Washington, DC 20052, bjacobs@mail.smu.edu, bjacobs@mail.smu.edu

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9:15 AM

A 64.1 MILLION YEAR OLD TROPICAL RAINFOREST FROM CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO

ELLIS, Beth, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and JOHNSON, Kirk R., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, bethathome1@juno.com, bethathome1@juno.com

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9:30 AM

PHYTOLITH ASSEMBLAGE ANALYSIS: NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF GRASSLAND EVOLUTION IN THE GREAT PLAINS DURING THE LATE EOCENE TO EARLY MIOCENE

STROMBERG, Caroline A.E., Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, Univ California - Berkeley, 3060 VLSB, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, cstrom@socrates.berkeley.edu, cstrom@socrates.berkeley.edu

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9:45 AM

PALEOBOTANICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE HANNA BASIN, SOUTH-CENTRAL WYOMING: CORRELATING PALEOCENE LEAF MEGAFOSSILS AND PALYNOLOGICAL DATA WITH NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMAL AGES

DUNN, Regan E, Botany, University of Wyoming, 114 Aven Nelson, Laramie, WY 82071, rdunn@uwyo.edu, rdunn@uwyo.edu

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10:00 AM

MESOFOSSILS FROM THE DAKOTA FORMATION

WANG, Xin, Paleobotany Lab, Florida Museum of Nat History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 and DILCHER, David, Department of Natural Sciences, Univ of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainseville, FL 32611-7800, wangxin@flmnh.ufl.edu, wangxin@flmnh.ufl.edu

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10:15 AM

FOX HILLS I, A NEW LATE MAASTRICHTIAN MEGAFLORAL ZONE FROM THE MISSOURI VALLEY REGION, DEMONSTRATING EASTWARD DIACHRONEITY OF THE HELL CREEK FORMATION IN NORTH DAKOTA

PEPPE, Daniel J., Department of Geology, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY 13617 and ERICKSON, J. Mark, Geology Department, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY 13617, dpeppe08@stlawu.edu, dpeppe08@stlawu.edu

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10:30 AM

UPPER JURASSIC DINOSAUR ASSEMBLAGE IN YUNNAN PROVINCE, PRC

HENGST, Richard A., Biological Sciences, Purdue Univ - North Central Campus, 1401 South IN 421, Westville, IN 46391 and BUCK, Brenda J., Geoscience, Univ of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 4010 Lilly Fong Hall, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, rhengst@purduenc.edu, rhengst@purduenc.edu

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10:45 AM

NEW SPECIMENS OF THE HORNED DINOSAUR TOROSAURUS (DINOSAURIA: CERATOPSIA) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS HELL CREEK FORMATION OF MONTANA

FARKE, Andrew A., Museum of Geology, South Dakota School Mines & Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, andyfarke@hotmail.com, andyfarke@hotmail.com

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11:00 AM

LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLY PALEOCENE TURTLE BIOGEOGRAPHY: NEW DATA FROM THE DENVER BASIN, COLORADO

HOLROYD, Patricia A. and HUTCHISON, J. Howard, Univ California - Berkeley, 1101 VLSB, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, pholroyd@uclink4.berkeley.edu, pholroyd@uclink4.berkeley.edu

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11:15 AM

SEDIMENTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHIC PALEONTOLOGY OF THE PLEISTOCENE DHOK GANGAAL HILLS, UPPER SIWALIKS OF PAKISTAN: A BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC REVISION

JAFFRI, Ali Raza, Geology and Evolutionary Biology, Univeristy of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 399, 220 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309-0399 and MURPHEY, Paul Christopher, Museum Geology Section, Univ of Colorado, UCB 265, MCOL W210E, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, hangoban@hotmail.com, hangoban@hotmail.com

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11:30 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF MIDDLE EOCENE (UINTAN LAND MAMMAL AGE) FOSSIL VERTEBRATE LOCALITIES IN THE EASTERN UINTA BASIN, UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR UINTAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

TOWNSEND, Kathryn E.¹, FRISCIA, Anthony R.² and RASMUSSEN, D. Tab¹, (1)Anthropology, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1114, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, (2)Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, Univ of California, Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Dr. So, Los Angeles, CA 90095, ketownse@artsci.wustl.edu, ketownse@artsci.wustl.edu

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11:45 AM

"THALASSOID" ENDEMIC PLANORBIDS FROM THE MIOCENE LAKE PANNON, CENTRAL EUROPE

GULYÁS, Sándor, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Univ of Szeged, Egyetem u.2-6, Szeged, 6722, Hungary, gubanc@yahoo.com, gubanc@yahoo.com