Session: Paleontology and Paleobotany (North-Central Section - 37th Annual Meeting (March 24

Paper #

Start Time

1

8:00 AM

FACIES AND MICROFOSSIL STUDY OF THE MECHANISMS AND TIMING OF THE TERMINATION OF THE HESHAN CARBONATE PLATFORM, NANPANJIANG BASIN, SOUTH CHINA

GROSS, Jordayna¹, KESSEL, Benjamin¹ and LEHRMANN, Dan², (1)Geology, Univ of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, (2)Univ of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, jordayna@hotmail.com, jordayna@hotmail.com

2

8:15 AM

LATE CENOZOIC FORAMINIFERAL PALEOBATHYMETRIC ESTIMATES FOR THE TIBURON BASIN, NORTHERN CHILE

REILLY, Timothy P., Geology, Southern Illinois Univ at Carbondale, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901 and ISHMAN, Scott E., Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, geologyboy25@hotmail.com, geologyboy25@hotmail.com

3

8:30 AM

"DISASTER OOLITES" IN THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY INTERVAL, TAURIDE MOUNTAINS (TURKEY)

GROVES, J.R.¹, ALTINER, D.², BOYCE, M.¹ and CRAIG, B.J.¹, (1)Department of Earth Science, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335, (2)Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical Univ, Ankara, Turkey, john.groves@uni.edu, john.groves@uni.edu

4

8:45 AM

A TALE OF SCALE: PENNSYLVANIAN COMMUNITIES OF KANSAS AND TEXAS

SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, MC-1020, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020 and KAPLAN, Peter, Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu

5

9:00 AM

THE LAST MEAL OF A MISSISSIPPIAN STARFISH

ELLIOTT, Dan R., Biology, Central Methodist College, 411 CMC Square, Fayette, MO 65248, delliott@cmc.edu, delliott@cmc.edu

6

9:15 AM

SYSTEMATICS AND GROWTH FORM ANALYSIS OF STROMATOPOROIDS OF THE LITTLE CEDAR FORMATION MIDDLE DEVONIAN, EASTERN IOWA

SHAPO, Danielle E., Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, danielle-shapo@uiowa.edu, danielle-shapo@uiowa.edu

7

9:30 AM

FAUNAL COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY IN OHIO AND ONTARIO

FUENTES, Stephanie R., BRETT, Carleton and MILLER, Arnold I., Geology Department, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, stephfuentes@hotmail.com, stephfuentes@hotmail.com

9:45 AM

Break

8

10:00 AM

VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE REX HILL LOCALITY, HELL CREEK FORMATION, LATE CRETACEOUS

TURNQUIST, Robert, Univ of Wisconsin, River Falls, 1477 Riverside Drive. #301, River Falls, WI 54022, BadAsh867@aol.com, BadAsh867@aol.com

9

10:15 AM

A NEW AMPHIBIAN TRACKWAY FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN OF INDIANA

MONKS, Joe, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN 47907, Monksj@purdue.edu, Monksj@purdue.edu

10

10:30 AM

QUANTITATIVE ASSESMENT OF FAUNAL STABILITY AT DIFFERING SPATIAL SCALES WITHIN AN ECOLOGICAL-EVOLUTIONARY SUBUNIT: A TEST CASE FROM THE HAMILTON GROUP AND TULLY FORMATION OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA

BONELLI Jr, James R.¹, BRETT, Carlton E.¹, MILLER, Arnold I.¹ and BENNINGTON, J Bret², (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45220, (2)Department of Geology, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140, bonzo479@aol.com, bonzo479@aol.com

11

10:45 AM

SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF LEOPARD FROGS (RANA PIPIENS COMPLEX) FROM THE LATE TERTIARY PIPE CREEK SINKHOLE, GRANT COUNTY, INDIANA

SHEETS, Hope A. and FARLOW, James O., Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue Univ, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, hasheets@msn.com, hasheets@msn.com

12

11:00 AM

SMUGGLER'S COVE REVISITED: LONG-TERM CHANGES IN TIME-AVERAGED SUBFOSSIL MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES

FERGUSON, Chad A., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, sabertoothfrog@hotmail.com, sabertoothfrog@hotmail.com

13

11:15 AM

FUSULINID TAPHONOMY: ENCRUSTATION, BIOEROSION, CORROSION, COMPACTION, AND DISSOLUTION

HAGEMAN, Scott A., Department of Geology, Park Univ, 8700 NW River Park Drive, Parkville, MO 64152 and KAESLER, Roger L., Department of Geology, Paleontological Institute, and Natural History Museum, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 121, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, shageman@mail.park.edu, shageman@mail.park.edu

North-Central Section - 37th Annual Meeting (March 24–25, 2003)

Paleontology and Paleobotany