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

Session No. 30
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology II: Biogeography and the History of Life

 

Joshua Smith and Carl W. Stock, Chairs
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1:30 PM
EXAMINING THE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT IN PALEOZOIC TEREBRATULIDE BRACHIOPODS : SHOULD SINGLETON DATA BE REMOVED?
FITZGERALD, Paul C. and CARLSON, Sandra J., Geology, Univ of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, fitzgerald@geology.ucdavis.edu, fitzgerald@geology.ucdavis.edu
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1:45 PM
ABELISAUROID THEROPOD DINOSAURS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF EGYPT: EVIDENCE FOR GONDWANAN COSMOPOLITANISM
SMITH, Joshua B., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, 108 Wilson Hall, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, LAMANNA, Matthew C., Earth and Environmental Science, Univ of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd St, Philadephia, PA 19104 and KRAUSE, David W., Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook Univ, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8081, smithjb@wustl.edu, smithjb@wustl.edu
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2:00 PM
NEW DATA REINFORCE THE CONCLUSION THAT THE INTER-REALM BARRIER IN NORTH AMERICA WAS SELECTIVELY BREACHED BY THE STROMATOPOROID HABROSTROMA CENTROTUM DURING THE LOCHKOVIAN AGE (EARLY DEVONIAN)
STOCK, Carl W., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0338 and BURRY-STOCK, Judith A., Program of Educational Research, Univ of Alabama, Box 870231, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0231, cstock@wgs.geo.ua.edu, cstock@wgs.geo.ua.edu
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2:15 PM
THE BIOGEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTARCTIC NEOGENE INSECTS
ASHWORTH, Allan C., Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State Univ, Fargo, ND 58105-5517, allan.ashworth@ndsu.nodak.edu, allan.ashworth@ndsu.nodak.edu
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2:30 PM
THE ARCHOSTEMATA (COLEOPTERA) OF NORTH AMERICA: WHERE ARE THE FOSSILS?
LUBKIN, Sara H., Geological Sciences, Cornell Univ, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, shl24@cornell.edu, shl24@cornell.edu
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2:45 PM
PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY OF HADOPRIONIDS, PALEOZOIC JAWED POLYCHAETES
BERGMAN, Claes F., Department MNA, Kristianstad Univ, Kristianstad, SE-291 88 and ERIKSSON, Mats E., Department of Geology, Lund Univ, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden, bec@hkgemfs.hkr.se, bec@hkgemfs.hkr.se
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3:00 PM
IMPLICATIONS OF MIXED BIOGEOGRAPHIC AFFINITY OF A COASTAL FLORA AND FAUNA IN THE EARLY PERMIAN DALL BASIN, ALASKA, USA
SUNDERLIN, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, dfsunder@uchicago.edu, dfsunder@uchicago.edu
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3:15 PM
A LATE WASATCHIAN (LATE EARLY EOCENE) VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE PRESERVED IN MEANDERING STREAM CHANNEL DEPOSITS, NORTHERN RED DESERT, WYOMING
GUNNELL, Gregg F., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, BARTELS, William S., Department of Geological Sciences, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224 and ZONNEVELD, John-Paul, Geological Survey of Canada, 3303033rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, ggunnell@umich.edu, ggunnell@umich.edu
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3:30 PM
DENSE PERMIAN POLAR FORESTS WITH LARGE TREES: UPPER BUCKLEY FORMATION, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS
KNEPPRATH, Nichole Elizabeth1, MILLER, Molly F.1 and ISBELL, John L.2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt Univ, Box 1805 Station B, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Wisconisn, Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211, nichole.e.knepprath@vanderbilt.edu, nichole.e.knepprath@vanderbilt.edu
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3:45 PM
MICROVERTEBRATE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP, SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A
HECKERT, Andrew B.1, LUCAS, Spencer G.1, RINEHART, Larry F.1 and SPIELMANN, Justin A.2, (1)New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, (2)Biology, Dartmouth College, Hinman Box 4571, Hanover, NH 03755, AHeckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us, AHeckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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4:00 PM
PETROGRAPHY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF #101 LAS CANAS & MESITA #1 CORES, GOLDEN LANE/POZA RICA TREND, MEXICO
KRUTAK, Paul R., P. Krutak Geoservices Intl, PO Box 369, Rye, CO 81069-0369, pkrutakgeos@hotmail.com, pkrutakgeos@hotmail.com
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4:30 PM
BIOSTRATIGRAPHICALLY DIAGNOSTIC GRAPTOLITES ASSOCIATED WITH HINDE’S (1879) SCOLECODONTS
ERIKSSON, Mats E., Department of Geology, Lund Univ, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, SE-223 62, Sweden and MITCHELL, Charles E., Dept. of Geology, Univ. at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, Mats.Eriksson@geol.lu.se, Mats.Eriksson@geol.lu.se
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4:45 PM
HOPE AND DESPAIR IN SONORA; THE LOWER AND "MIDDLE" CRETACEOUS VERTEBRATE RECORD OF MEXICO
NOVAK, Stephanie Ellen1, EVANS, Thomas Vincent1, SMITH, Joshua B.1 and GONZÁLEZ-LEÓN, Carlos M.2, (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington Univ, 1 Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, 108 Wilson Hall, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, (2)Instituto de Geologìa, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 1039, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, snovak@levee.wustl.edu, snovak@levee.wustl.edu
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5:00 PM
DIPNOAN AND CHONDRICHTHYAN REMAINS FROM THE UPPER KERBER FORMATION (PENNSYLVANIAN), BASSAM PARK, SAN ISABEL NATIONAL FOREST, COLORADO
ITANO, Wayne1, HOUCK, Karen J.2 and HEIMINK, Nicole2, (1)1995 Dartmouth Ave, Boulder, CO 80305, (2)Geography and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Colorado at Denver, Campus Box 172, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364, wayne.itano@aya.yale.edu, wayne.itano@aya.yale.edu
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5:15 PM
CARMELOPODUS AND THE SUNDANCE VERTEBRATE ICHNOFAUNAL PROVINCE: INSIGHTS INTO THE PRESERVATIONAL COMPLEXITIES OF VERTEBRATE ICHNOTAXA
BREITHAUPT, Brent H., ADAMS, Thomas, SOUTHWELL, Elizabeth H. and MATTHEWS, Neffra A., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu