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

Session No. 181
Tuesday, 9 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology (Posters) IV: Phylogeny/Morphology

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PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY OF LOWER AND MIDDLE CAMBRIAN TRILOBITES OF THE LAURENTIAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN ASSESSED BY IMAGE BASED METHODS
ERWIN, Martin B., Department of Biological Sciences, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004, erwinm2@unlv.nevada.edu, erwinm2@unlv.nevada.edu
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SUTURAL VARIATION IN AMMONITE ONTONGENY: APPLYING GIS FOR PALEONTOLOGIC ANALYSES
WAGGONER, Karen J. and MANSHIP, Lori L, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX 79409, karen.j.waggoner@ttu.edu, karen.j.waggoner@ttu.edu
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REEVALUATION OF SPECIES CONCEPTS OF HELL CREEK FORMATION (CRETACEOUS) UNIONIDAE, MONTANA
BINGLE, Marron J. and HARTMAN, Joseph H., Geology and Geological Engineering, Univ of North Dakota, Box 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, marron.bingle@und.nodak.edu, marron.bingle@und.nodak.edu
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REAPPRAISAL OF SEISMOSAURUS, A LATE JURASSIC SAUROPOD DINOSAUR FROM NEW MEXICO
LUCAS, Spencer G.1, HERNE, Matthew C.2, HECKERT, Andrew B.3, HUNT, Adrian P.1 and SULLIVAN, Robert M.4, (1)New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, (2)12 Wareana St, Menora, Perth, 6050, Australia, (3)New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (4)Section of Paleontology and Geology, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0024, mat_herne@hotmail.com, mat_herne@hotmail.com
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SYMMETRY PATTERNS IN SELECTED FOSSIL AND RECENT MELLITID ECHINOIDS: HOW MUCH SHAPE VARIATION REALLY EXISTS?
OYEN, Craig W. and FUELLHART, Kurtis G., Geography & Earth Science, Shippensburg Univ, 1871 Old Main Dr, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299, cwoyen@ark.ship.edu, cwoyen@ark.ship.edu
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RETRODEFORMATION IS PARAMOUNT TO THE ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF FOSSIL TAXA
DUNLAVEY, Tammy, Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Science Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, MITCHELL, Charles, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260 and SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208, dunlavey@buffalo.edu, dunlavey@buffalo.edu
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REMOVING DEFORMATION FROM FOSSILS: SIMULATION TESTS WITH GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC DATA
ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D., Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103-3009, SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208 and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, kangielczyk@calacademy.org, kangielczyk@calacademy.org
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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE TYPE MATERIAL OF PRICONODON CRASSUS: A DISTINCT TAXON FROM THE ARUNEL FORMATION IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND
WEST, Alex and TIBERT, Neil, Geology, Univ of Mary Washington, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, west_alex@yahoo.com, west_alex@yahoo.com
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REVUELTIAN (EARLY-MID NORIAN) MICROVERTEBRATES FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC SNYDER QUARRY, PAINTED DESERT MEMBER, PETRIFIED FOREST FORMATION, NORTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
JENKINS, Hillary S., Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke Univ, 103 Old Chemistry Building, Durham, NC 27708-0227 and HECKERT, Andrew B., New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, hillary.jenkins@duke.edu, hillary.jenkins@duke.edu
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SYSTEMATICS OF THE MIDDLE EOCENE (UINTAN-DUCHESNEAN) PROTOCERATID LEPTOREODON
LUDTKE, Joshua, Biology, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 and PROTHERO, Donald R., Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, joshualudtke@gmail.com, joshualudtke@gmail.com
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THE PARATAXONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF A SOUTH ASIAN RATITE RECORD: EGGSHELL MORPHOLOGY AND FAUNAL SEQUENCE
ADAMS, Kendall E. and JOHNSON, Gary D., Earth Sciences, Dartmouth, 6105 Fairchild Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, kendall.e.adams@dartmouth.edu, kendall.e.adams@dartmouth.edu
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RECIPROCAL ILLUMINATION BETWEEN QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE CHARACTERS IN UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEMATICS OF FOSSIL POCKET MICE (RODENTIA: HETEROMYIDAE)
TSENG, Jack and HOPKINS, Samantha B., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, 1101 VLSB, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, jackt@berkeley.edu, jackt@berkeley.edu
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PRELIMINARY PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE OXYSTOMATA SENSU LATO (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: BRACHYURA): NEW HYPOTHESES ABOUT BRACHYURAN EVOLUTION
SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue, Canton, OH 44720, BRÖSING, Andreas, Institut für Physik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Weimarer Strasse 32, Ilmenau, 98684 and FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, cschweitzer@stark.kent.edu, cschweitzer@stark.kent.edu
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ELECTROCHAERILUS (SCORPIONES: CHAERILIDAE): ANOTHER PIECE IN THE MESOZOIC SCORPION PUZZLE
SANTIAGO-BLAY, Jorge A., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Nat History, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Avenue, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, FET, Victor, Biological Sciences, Marshall Univ, Huntington, WV 25755-2510, SOLEGLAD, Michael E., P. O. Box 250, Borrego Springs, CA 92004 and ANDERSON, Scott R., Tetra Tech Nus, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, blayj@nmnh.si.edu, blayj@nmnh.si.edu
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RATES OF EVOLUTION AND SELECTION INTENSITY IN SPECIES TRANSITIONS WITHIN THE ORDOVICIAN BRYOZOAN GENUS PERONOPORA
PACHUT, Joseph F., Geology Dept, Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ, 723 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132 and ANSTEY, Robert L., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Michigan State Univ, 206 Natural Science Bldg, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, jpachut@iupui.edu, jpachut@iupui.edu