Session: Paleontology (South-Central Section (37th) and Southeastern Section (52nd), GSA Joint Annual Meeting (March 12

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LIFE AND DEATH ASSEMBLAGE OF TEREBRATALIA TRANSVERSA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RECOGNITION OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN THE FOSSIL RECORD

KRAUSE Jr, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, rkrause@vt.edu, rkrause@vt.edu

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1:20 PM

TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL TRENDS IN MURICID AND NATICID GASTROPOD PREDATION ON CREPIDULA IN THE U.S. COASTAL PLAIN

KEY, Heyward M. and KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, keyh@uncw.edu, keyh@uncw.edu

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1:40 PM

EVALUATION OF THE PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF THE YELLOW SHORE CRAB, HEMIGRAPSUS OREGENENSIS, IN TIDAL FLAT ENVIRONMENTS

STEMPIEN, J.A., Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jstempie@vt.edu, jstempie@vt.edu

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2:00 PM

HOME ON THE HALF-SHELL: ENCRUSTATION OF BRACHIOPODS AND BIVALVES FROM THE SUBTROPICAL SHELF OF THE SOUTHEAST BRAZILIAN BIGHT

RODLAND, David L., Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061, 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 Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Distrito de Rubião Junior, CP. 510, 18.610-000, Botucatu, Brazil, drodland@vt.edu, drodland@vt.edu

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2:20 PM

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL REEFS ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS: SIMILIARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN SPECIES AND FACIES

MCGEE, Dorien K and MARTIN, Anthony J, Department of Environmental Studies, Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA 30322, dmcgee@learnlink.emory.edu, dmcgee@learnlink.emory.edu

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COMPARISON OF PLEISTOCENE AND MODERN ROOT TRACES ON MAN HEAD CAY, SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANT BIOGEOGRAPHY OVER TIME

TRAYNHAM, Brooke N. and MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory Univ, Atlanta, GA 30322, btraynh@learnlink.emory.edu, btraynh@learnlink.emory.edu

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EVOLUTION OF PREDATION-RELATED CHARACTERS IN MIOCENE THROUGH PLEISTOCENE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN CORBULIDS AND LUCINIDS

HUNTLEY, John W. and KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, jwh5328@uncw.edu, jwh5328@uncw.edu

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PLIOCENE TO RECENT CHAMIDAE (BIVALVIA) FROM THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN

CAMPBELL, Matthew R., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ, 1001 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, STEINER, Gerhard, Institute of Zoology, Univ of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria and CAMPBELL, Lyle D., Division of Natural Sciences, Univ of South Carolina at Spartanburg, 800 UNIVERSITY WAY, Spartanburg, SC 29303, ecphora@indiana.edu, ecphora@indiana.edu

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4:20 PM

LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAURS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA-HOW AND WHEN DID THEY CROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY?

SCHWIMMER, David R., Chemistry & Geology, Columbus State Univ, 4225 University Ave, Columbus, GA 31907, schwimmer_david@colstate.edu, schwimmer_david@colstate.edu

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4:40 PM

ORIGIN OF A MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN EDRIOASTEROID FIRMGROUND, LEXINGTON LIMESTONE, CENTRAL KENTUCKY

DAHLEM, Matthew J., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 and ETTENSOHN, Frank R., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, mjdahl2@uky.edu, mjdahl2@uky.edu

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5:00 PM

WHERE IS THE MISSING CAMBRIAN ECHINODERM DIVERSITY - EVIDENCE FROM ARCTIC SIBERIA

SUMRALL, Colin D., Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, KOVERMAN, Kimberly S., Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and ROZHNOV, S.V., Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyusnaya ul., 123, Moscow, Russia, sumralcd@email.uc.edu, sumralcd@email.uc.edu

South-Central Section (37th) and Southeastern Section (52nd), GSA Joint Annual Meeting (March 12–14, 2003)

Paleontology