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

Session No. 213
Wednesday, 5 November 2003: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T92. Advances in the Fossil Record of Insects and Other Terrestrial Arthropods

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institute

 

Cary Easterday and Conrad Labandeira, Advocates
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8:00 AM
NEAR SHORE OR OFF SHORE? RECONSTRUCTING THE DEPOSITIONAL SETTING OF AN ANCIENT LAKE ASSEMBLAGE IN STEWART VALLEY (MIOCENE), NEVADA
MOE, Amy P., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, SMITH, Dena, CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309 and COOK, Amanda, Department of Geology, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, moe@museumoftheearth.org, moe@museumoftheearth.org
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8:15 AM
A TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE EOCENE SPIDERS FROM FLORISSANT, COLORADO
KINCHLOE, April E., Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399 and CUSHING, Paula E., Zoological Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Sci, Denver, CO, kinchloe@colorado.edu, kinchloe@colorado.edu
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8:30 AM
A DIVERSE NEW EOCENE MECOPTERA (SCORPIONFLIES, HANGINGFLIES) FAUNA FROM THE EOCENE OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS (BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA AND WASHINGTON STATE, USA)
ARCHIBALD, S. Bruce, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, barchibald@oeb.harvard.edu, barchibald@oeb.harvard.edu
 
8:50 AM
Discussion/Break
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9:00 AM
AN EXQUISITELY PRESERVED FROG TONGUE WITH LAST INSECT MEAL AND OTHER EXCEPTIONAL FROZEN BEHAVIORS IN DOMINICAN AMBER
ANDERSON, Scott Richard, Tetra Tech NUS, Inc, Foster Plaza VII, 661 Andersen Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-2745, CRAIG, Patrick R., P.O. Box 545, Monte Rio, CA 95442 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, andersons@ttnus.com, andersons@ttnus.com
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9:15 AM
A NEW SPECIES OF ATRACTOCERUS PASILOT DE BEAUVOIS IN BURMESE AMBER (COLEOPTERA: LYMEXYLIDAE) AND A DISCUSSION OF RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE GENUS
LUBKIN, Sara H., Geological Sciences, Cornell Univ, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, shl24@cornell.edu, shl24@cornell.edu
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9:30 AM
AGATHIS AMBER: A CRETACEOUS INSECT TRAP
POINAR, George and Roberta, Department of Zoology, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331, poinarg@casco.net, poinarg@casco.net
 
9:50 AM
Discussion/Break
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10:00 AM
AMBER PREPARATION FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY: THE CASE OF ARKANSAS AMBER
ADCOCK, Megan L.1, GLASER, Aviva2, DEAN, Donald A.3, FRIAR, Gloria4, SANTIAGO-BLAY, Jorge A.3 and LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.5, (1)Biology Department, Bennington College, Bennington, VT 05201, (2)Biology Department, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, (3)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Avenue, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (4)Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Prince George’s County, MD, Thomas Claggett Elementary School, District Heights, MD 20747, (5)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, meganadcock01@hotmail.com, meganadcock01@hotmail.com
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10:15 AM
THEY BEND BUT DON’T BREAK: TESTING THE PHYSICAL ROBUSTNESS OF INSECT CUTICLE TO PREDICT PRESERVATION POTENTIAL
COOK, Amanda, Department of Geology, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 and SMITH, Dena, CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309, cooka@colorado.edu, cooka@colorado.edu
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10:30 AM
MOUTHPARTS, NECTARIVORY AND POLLINIVORY BY ADULT BRACHYCEROUS DIPTERA DURING THE MID-MESOZOIC
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560 and MOSTOVSKI, Mikhail B., Arthropod Laboratory, Paleontological Institute, 123 Profsoyuznaya Str, Moscow, 117997, labandeira.conrad@nmnh.si.edu, labandeira.conrad@nmnh.si.edu
 
10:50 AM
Discussion/Break
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11:00 AM
EVIDENCE FOR SILK-SPINNING IN TRIGONOTARBID ARACHNIDS (CHELICERATA: TETRAPULMONATA) AND OTHER NEW DISCOVERIES FROM CEMETERY HILL (CARBONIFEROUS: DESMOINESIAN-MISSOURIAN), COLUMBIANA COUNTY, EASTERN OHIO
EASTERDAY, Cary R., Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, P.O. Box 30651, Seattle, WA 98113, xenoblatta@hotmail.com, xenoblatta@hotmail.com
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11:15 AM
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF LOCOMOTION IN THE GIANT PALEOZOIC MILLIPEDE ARTHROPLEURA: INSIGHTS FROM TRACE FOSSILS AND KINEMATICS OF LOCOMOTION IN EXTANT MILLIPEDES
WILSON, Heather M., Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, Kline Geology Laboratory, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, heather.wilson@yale.edu, heather.wilson@yale.edu
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11:30 AM
DEFENSIVE ARMAMENT, ORGANS, AND BEHAVIORS OF FOSSIL MILLIPEDS
HANNIBAL, Joseph T., Cleveland Museum of Nat History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, hannibal@cmnh.org, hannibal@cmnh.org
 
11:50 AM
Discussion/Break
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