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

Session No. 161
Tuesday, 9 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology VII: Organismal Interactions and Behavior

 

Dena Smith and Ronald Parsley, Chairs
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1:30 PM
FROM SOFT SEDIMENT TO ROCKY SHORE: TRACE FOSSILS RECORD THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CHANNELED ROCKGROUND IN CARBONATES OF THE MIDDLE JURASSIC IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
WILSON, Mark A.1, WOLFE, K.R.1, MIONE, A.C.1 and AVNI, Y.2, (1)Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, (2)Ramon Science Center, Geol Survey of Israel, P.O.Box 194, Mizpe Ramon, 80600, Israel, mwilson@wooster.edu, mwilson@wooster.edu
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1:45 PM
BORING AND ENCRUSTING ORGANISMS ON SPECIES OF PYCNODONTE (OSTREINA, GRYPHAEIDAE) THROUGH THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY IN PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
CASADÍO, Silvio, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Uruguay 151, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, 6300, Argentina, GRIFFIN, Miguel, PARRAS, Ana, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Santa Rosa, 6300, Argentina and HÅKANSSON, Eckart, Geologisk Institut, Kobenhavns Universitet, Oster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, 1350, Denmark, sacasadio@hotmail.com, sacasadio@hotmail.com
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2:00 PM
INVERTEBRATE BURROWS ON DINOSAUR BONES FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION NEAR MOAB, UTAH, U.S.A
NOLTE, Mark Joseph1, GREENHALGH, Brent W.1, DANGERFIELD, Anne1, SCHEETZ, Rodney D.2 and BRITT, Brooks B.2, (1)Geology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, (2)Geology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, 84602, menolte@hotmail.com, menolte@hotmail.com
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2:15 PM
THE XOCHIXTLAPILCO ICHNOFAUNA, A MIDDLE JURASSIC DINOSAUR TRACK ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE MIXTECA TERRANE, SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO: ITS GEOLOGIC AND PALEONTOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE
FERRUSQUIA-VILLAFRANCA, Ismael, Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Av. del Sendero # 90, Col. Residencial Villa Coapa, Mexico, D.F, 14390, Mexico, kresla@prodigy.net.mx, kresla@prodigy.net.mx
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2:30 PM
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2:45 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF OREODONTS (MERYCOIDODONTOIDEA) WITHIN THE WHITE RIVER FORMATION; PRAIRIE DOGS OF THE OLIGOCENE
SUNDELL, Kent A., Geology, Casper College and Tate Museum, 125 College Drive, Casper, WY 82601, ksundell@caspercollege.edu, ksundell@caspercollege.edu
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3:00 PM
LARGE ENIGMATIC TRACE FOSSILS FROM THE GLEN ROSE FORMATION (LOWER CRETACEOUS), TEXAS
WRIGHT, Joanna L., Department of Geography & Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado - Denver, Campus Box 172, PO Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217 and FARLOW, James O., Department of Geosciences, Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, jwright@carbon.cudenver.edu, jwright@carbon.cudenver.edu
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3:15 PM
ANKYROIDS IN SHALLOW WATER SILICEOUS SANDS:VIZCAINOCARPUS FROM THE IMFOUT SYNCLINE IN MOROCCO'S WESTERN MESETA (UPPER ARENIG, ORDOVICIAN)
PARSLEY, Ronald L., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane Univ, New Orleans, LA 70118 and GUTIERREZ-MARCO, Juan Carlos, Instituto de Geologia Economica (CSIC-UCM), Facultad de Ciencias Geologicas, Madrid, E-28040, Spain, parsley@tulane.edu, parsley@tulane.edu
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3:30 PM
BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS HIGH ARCTIC; EVIDENCE FROM A SUITE OF UNUSUAL POLAR COPROLITES
CHIN, Karen1, BLOCH, John D.2, TWEET, Justin S.3, EBERLE, Jaelyn J.1 and CUMBAA, Stephen L.4, (1)CU Museum and Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, (2)Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ. of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, (4)Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Stn D, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Karen.Chin@colorado.edu, Karen.Chin@colorado.edu
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3:45 PM
PREDATION ON DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS THROUGH THEIR ONTOGENY: APPLYING REVERSED HANDEDNESS METRICS TO THE FOSSIL RECORD
AGNEW, Jeffrey G. and ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, agnew@geol.lsu.edu, agnew@geol.lsu.edu
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4:00 PM
A CALL TO ARMS: TESTING ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESES OF PREDATION USING CRINOID ARM REGENERATION FREQUENCY
GAHN, Forest J., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, gahn.forest@nmnh.si.edu, gahn.forest@nmnh.si.edu
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4:15 PM
THE HABITAT OF EARLY PTERASPIDOMORPH AGNATHANS: UPPER ORDOVICIAN HARDING SANDSTONE, COLORADO
ALLULEE, Jessica L, 16 Burnt Meadow Rd, Gardiner, NY 12525 and HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, jessalallen@yahoo.com, jessalallen@yahoo.com
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4:30 PM
A NEW EXAMPLE OF TYRANNOSAURUS BITE MARKS FROM THE HELL CREEK FORMATION
HYSLOP, Daniel B. and BOYD, Clint A., Department of Geology and Geophysics Geology Museum, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, DHyslop@wisc.edu, DHyslop@wisc.edu
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4:45 PM
HIGH ELEVATION MAMMUTHUS FROM THE FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, COLORADO
VEATCH, Steven W., Department of Earth Science, Emporia State Univ, Emporia, KS 66801, GRAHAM, Russell W., Department of Geosciences and Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802 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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5:00 PM
LIFE UNDERGROUND IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MIOCENE: INTERPRETING THE BURROWS OF SMALL TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS
GOBETZ, Katrina E. and MARTIN, Larry D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Kansas, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, 2345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, kgobetz@ku.edu, kgobetz@ku.edu
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5:15 PM
USING INSECT FEEDING GUILDS AS A PROXY FOR INSECT DIVERSITY IN THE FOSSIL RECORD: CAUTION FROM A MODERN TROPICAL FOREST ASSEMBLAGE
SMITH, Dena, CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309, dena@colorado.edu, dena@colorado.edu