Session: Pre-Cenozoic Paleontology (Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25

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GROWTH DYNAMICS OF STROMATOLITE REEFS IN THE PROTEROZOIC ATAR GROUP, MAURITANIA

KAH, L.C., Dept Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and BARTLEY, J.K., Dept Geosciences, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, lckah@utk.edu, lckah@utk.edu

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1:20 PM

SECULAR PATTERNS IN MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY AND BODY SIZE OF ACRITARCHS THROUGH THE NEOPROTEROZOIC AND EARLY CAMBRIAN

HUNTLEY, John Warren, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geoological Sciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jhuntley@vt.edu, jhuntley@vt.edu

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1:40 PM

THE HISTORY OF DRILLING PREDATION AND/OR PARASITISM THROUGHOUT THE PALEOZOIC

KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, HOFFMEISTER, Alan, Department of Physics, The College of New Jersey, P.O. Box 7718, Ewing, NJ 08628 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz, Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, michalk@vt.edu, michalk@vt.edu

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2:00 PM

REEXAMINATION OF THE ORDOVICIAN SNAKE HILL TYPE LOCALITY: SIGNIFICANCE OF FOSSILIFEROUS DEPOSITS BORDERING THE TACONIC FRONT, EASTERN NEW YORK STATE

ENGLISH, Adam M., Geosciences, State Univ of New York College at Fredonia, 16 Pine Robin Road, Greenfield Center, NY 12833 and BAIRD, Gordon C., Geosciences, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, engl2815@fredonia.edu, engl2815@fredonia.edu

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2:20 PM

ASSESSING BIODIVERSITY TRENDS USING THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN AS A MICROCOSM: TESTING SAMPLING EFFECTS IN A CLOSED SYSTEM

BULINSKI, Katherine V., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45220, fossilkate@hotmail.com, fossilkate@hotmail.com

2:40 PM

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3:00 PM

A DEVONIAN MICRO-BAGPIPE: A SAC-SHAPED PYRITIZED CTENOSTOME BRYOZOAN FROM THE HAMILTON GROUP (GIVETIAN) OF PENNSYLVANIA

BROWN, James Oliver, Dept. of Geology and Meteorology, Kean University, Union, NJ 07083-0411 and CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A., Dept. of Geology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210, BrownJamesO13@hotmail.com, BrownJamesO13@hotmail.com

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3:20 PM

A MASS ACCUMULATION OF SPONGES (HEXACTINELLIDA: DICTYOSPONGIIDAE) IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN CHAGRIN SHALE OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO CONTAINING EVIDENCE OF AXIAL SPONGE SEGMENTATION

MIKLUS, Nicole M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 and HANNIBAL, Joseph T., Cleveland Museum of Nat History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, nmiklus@kent.edu, nmiklus@kent.edu

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3:40 PM

UNRAVELING THE MOUTH FRAME OF HEMICOSMITIDS USING PAEDOMORPHIC AMBULACRAL REDUCTION

SUMRALL, Colin D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, csumrall@utk.edu, csumrall@utk.edu

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4:00 PM

REACHING DEPTH IN THE JURASSIC: EVIDENCE OF FRESHWATER ECOSPACE UTILIZATION

BERRIOS, Lisa, Department of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235 and MILLER, M.F, Dept. of Geology, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN 37235, lisa.l.berrios@vanderbilt.edu, lisa.l.berrios@vanderbilt.edu

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4:20 PM

CONTINUING RESEARCH ON THE MAGNETIC STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN(?)-MAASTRICHTIAN) MAEVARANO FORMATION OF NORTHWESTERN MADAGASCAR

CASEY, Michelle M., Geosciences, Virginia Polytechinc Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Virginia Tech Campus, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ROGERS, Raymond R., Department of Geology, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, JACKSON, Michael J., Institute for Rock Magnetism, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and BUCKLEY, Gregory A., Evelyn T. Stone University College, Roosevelt Univ, Schaumburg, IL, mmcasey@vt.edu, mmcasey@vt.edu

Northeastern Section (39th Annual) and Southeastern Section (53rd Annual) Joint Meeting (March 25–27, 2004)

Pre-Cenozoic Paleontology