2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 14
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T56. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Late Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado

Paleontological Society; GSA Limnogeology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Herbert W. Meyer and Dena M. Smith, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
THIRTEEN DECADES OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AT THE FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS, COLORADO
VEATCH, Steven W., Department of Earth Science, Emporia State Univ, Emporia, KS 66801 and MEYER, Herbert W., National Park Service, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, PO Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, sgeoveatch@att.net, sgeoveatch@att.net
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8:25 AM
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER EOCENE FLORISSANT FORMATION, COLORADO
EVANOFF, Emmett, University of Colorado Museum, Univ Colorado - Boulder, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, emmettevanoff@earthlink.net, emmettevanoff@earthlink.net
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8:45 AM
MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER EOCENE FLORISSANT FORMATION, COLORADO
PROTHERO, Donald R. and SANCHEZ, Francisco, Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, prothero@oxy.edu, prothero@oxy.edu
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9:00 AM
THE ROLE OF BIOFILM IN FOSSIL PRESERVATION IN THE LATE EOCENE FLORISSANT FORMATION, COLORADO
O'BRIEN, Neal R., Department of Geology, State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, NY 13676 and MEYER, Herbert W., Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, obriennr@potsdam.edu, obriennr@potsdam.edu
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9:15 AM
FLORISSANT FOSSIL INSECTS: PATTERNS OF TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY
DRUMMOND III, Boyce A., Gillette Museum of Arthropod Biodiversity, Colorado State Univ, Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, 1177 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177, boyce@lamar.colostate.edu, boyce@lamar.colostate.edu
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9:30 AM
FLORISSANT IS BETTER THAN AMBER: A COMPARISON OF BEETLE PRESERVATION, DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION
SMITH, Dena, CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309, dena@colorado.edu, dena@colorado.edu
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9:45 AM
A MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE EOCENE SPIDERS OF FLORISSANT, COLORADO
KINCHLOE, April E1, SMITH, Dena M.1, CUSHING, Paula E.2 and GURALNICK, Robert3, (1)Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, (2)Curator of Entomology and Arachnology, Denver Museum of Nature and Sci, Denver, CO 80205, (3)Museum/Administration, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, Kinchloe@colorado.edu, Kinchloe@colorado.edu
 
10:00 AM
Discussion Break
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10:15 AM
A NEW MAMMALIAN FAUNA FROM FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLORADO
WORLEY, Marie P., Museum and Field Studies, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, Marie.Worley@Colorado.edu, Marie.Worley@Colorado.edu
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10:30 AM
CENSUS STUDY OF FOSSIL PLANTS, INSECTS AND INVERTEBRATES IN THE LOWER SHALE UNIT OF THE FLORISSANT FORMATION OF COLORADO
WAGNER, Steve B.1, MEYER, Herbert W.2 and JOHNSON, Kirk1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (2)National Park Service, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, PO Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, paleo@paleocurrents.com, paleo@paleocurrents.com
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10:45 AM
ESTIMATING PALEOCLIMATE BASED ON CONTEMPORARY FOREST INVENTORIES: A SEARCH FOR THE MODERN ANALOG OF THE FLORISSANT FOSSIL FLORA
BOYLE, Brad, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, ENQUIST, Brian, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, 85719 and MEYER, Herbert W., Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, bboyle@email.arizona.edu, bboyle@email.arizona.edu
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11:00 AM
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FLORISSANT FLORA TO PLANT COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION
MEYER, Herbert W., Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, Herb_Meyer@nps.gov, Herb_Meyer@nps.gov
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11:15 AM
A WEB-BASED DATABASE OF THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FROM THE FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS
WASSON, Matthew S., Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, 425 East University, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and MEYER, Herbert W., Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, mswasson@umich.edu, mswasson@umich.edu
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11:30 AM
INTRODUCTION TO PALEONTOLOGY AND THE FOSSILS OF FLORISSANT 101: AN INTERNET- BASED COLLEGE PALEONTOLOGY COURSE
WOLIN, Jeff1, SPARKS, Kelly2, MEYER, Herbert W.1 and LUTZ-RYAN, Linda3, (1)Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816, (2)Southern Colorado Geodata Lab, Univ of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Dept. GES Mailbox COB2, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, (3)National Park Service Intermountain Region, P.O. Box 25287, Denver, CO 80225, jeff_wolin@nps.gov, jeff_wolin@nps.gov
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