2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Session No. 203
Wednesday, 5 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany V: Biogeography and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction

 

Ken MacLeod and Matthew G. Powell, Chairs
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8:00 AM
CHANGES IN LATE HOLOCENE COASTAL PALEOENVIRONMENTS IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS REFLECTED IN REEF-ASSOCIATED MACROFAUNA
KOY, Karen A.1, TEDESCO, Lenore2, SAVARESE, Michael3, PACHUT, Joseph2 and LICHT, Kathy4, (1)Geology, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, 1383 Kenilwood Court, Riverwoods, IL 60015, (2)Geology, Indiana-Purdue Univ, Indianapolis, 723 West Michigan Street, SL 118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, (3)Marine Science, Florida Gulf Coast Univ, 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Ft Myers, FL 33965, (4)Geology Department, Indiana Univ Purdue Univ Indianapolis, 723 West Michigan Street, SL 118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, LovleAnjel@hotmail.com, LovleAnjel@hotmail.com
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8:15 AM
PALEOECOLOGIC SIGNATURE OF MACROFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES IN CORES: IMPLICATIONS FOR SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION
HENDY, Austin J.W., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and KAMP, Peter J.J., Department of Earth Sciences, The Univ of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, 2001, hendya@email.uc.edu, hendya@email.uc.edu
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8:30 AM
STABLE ISOTOPIC VALUES OF INOCERAMIDS FROM LATE CRETACEOUS BLACK SHALES ON DEMERARA RISE
MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Deparment of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, macleodk@missouri.edu, macleodk@missouri.edu
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8:45 AM
PALEOECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF A TURRITELLINE GASTROPOD-DOMINATED LIMESTONE IN THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF TEXAS
ALLMON, Warren D. and COHEN, Phoebe A., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu
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9:00 AM
EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN ENCRINITES: AN EXTREME CASE OF PELMATOZOANS DOMINATING THE CARBONATE DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM AND AN EXAMINATION OF FACTORS CONTROLLING THEIR ABUNDANCE
PHELPS, William T., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, DROSER, Mary L., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Bldg, Riverside, CA 92521 and AUSICH, William I., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210, phelps@citrus.ucr.edu, phelps@citrus.ucr.edu
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9:15 AM
ITERATIVE PELMATOZOAN COMMUNITY REORGANIZATION: THE KEY TO BLASTOID SUCCESS?
WATERS, Johnny A., Geosciences, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30116 and MAPLES, Christopher G., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405, jwaters@westga.edu, jwaters@westga.edu
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9:30 AM
LINKING EARLY LATE ORDOVICIAN PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC DATA WITH CLIMATE-OCEAN MODELS
HERRMANN, Achim D., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802-2713 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 439 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2713, achim@geosc.psu.edu, achim@geosc.psu.edu
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9:45 AM
GLOBAL BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF BRACHIOPOD GENERA DURING THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE
POWELL, Matthew G., Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218, powell@jhu.edu, powell@jhu.edu
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10:00 AM
CORRELATIONS BETWEEN SEA-LEVEL CHANGE, NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY, AND PENNSYLVANIAN BRACHIOPOD MORPHOLOGY
PEREZ-HUERTA, Alberto, Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, 324 Cascade Hall, Eugene, OR 97403, aperezhu@darkwing.uoregon.edu, aperezhu@darkwing.uoregon.edu
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10:15 AM
DEMOGRAPHY OF THE EPIPHYTIC FORAMINIFERAN SORITES DOMINICENSIS IN BELIZE, C.A
RICHARDSON, Susan L., Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic Univ, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458, richards@fau.edu, richards@fau.edu
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10:30 AM
BALLAST SEDIMENT: A LIKELY MECHANISM FOR NONINDIGENOUS FORAMINIFERAL INTRODUCTIONS
MCGANN, Mary1, JOHENGEN, Thomas H.2, REID, David F.3, RUIZ, Gregory M.4 and HINES, Anson H.4, (1)Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, M/S 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)Cooperative Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem Research, Univ of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2205 Commonwealth Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, (4)Smithsonian Environmental Rsch Ctr, P.O. Box 28, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037, mmcgann@usgs.gov, mmcgann@usgs.gov
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10:45 AM
LATE PENNSYLVANIAN ICHTHYOLITHS FROM CARRIZO ARROYO, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
JOHNSON, Sally C., New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, sbuna@unm.edu, sbuna@unm.edu
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11:00 AM
CRETACEOUS PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: CAN DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF HERBIVOROUS DINOSAURS AND PLANTS BE USED TO TEST FOR CO-EVOLUTION
LECKEY, Erin H., Geological Sciences, Univ of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, TIFFNEY, Bruce H., Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and SWEENEY, Stuart, Geography, Univ of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, erin_leckey@umail.ucsb.edu, erin_leckey@umail.ucsb.edu
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11:15 AM
THE ABELISAURID THEROPOD MAJUNGATHOLUS ATOPUS IN INDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ABELISAUROID PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY
SMITH, Joshua B., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1169, 1 Brookings Dr, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 and KRAUSE, David W., Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook Univ, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081, smithjb@levee.wustl.edu, smithjb@levee.wustl.edu
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11:30 AM
BIRDS (AVES) AS PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS IN THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CAVE DEPOSITS OF GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA
STIDHAM, Thomas, Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, furcula@socrates.berkeley.edu, furcula@socrates.berkeley.edu
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11:45 AM
GEOLOGIC/GEOGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS IN UNDERSTANDING THE BIOTIC EVOLUTION OF NORTHERN MEXICO
FERRUSQUIA, Ismael, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Circuito de la Investigación s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D. F, 14390, Mexico, kresla@prodigy.net.mx, kresla@prodigy.net.mx