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

Session No. 60
Saturday, 27 March 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Cenozoic to Recent Paleontology

 

Craig W. Oyen and Charles N. Ciampaglio, Chairs
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8:00 AM
BIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SELECT NEOGENE MELLITID ECHINOIDS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.: MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TAXONOMIC ASSIGNMENTS
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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8:20 AM
ASSESSING THE USEFULNESS OF LITERATURE-DERIVED ESTIMATES OF BODY SIZE
KRAUSE Jr, Richard A.1, STEMPIEN, Jennifer A.1, KOWALEWSKI, Michal1 and MILLER, Arnold I.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, rkrause@vt.edu, rkrause@vt.edu
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8:40 AM
MICROBIAL BIOMINERALIZATION CONTRIBUTES TO EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF VERTEBRATE FOSSILS
SCHWEITZER, Mary H., Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27695, CHANNING, Alan C. and HORNER, John R., Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ - Bozeman, Traphagen Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, Schweitzer@ncsu.edu, Schweitzer@ncsu.edu
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9:00 AM
COMATULID CRINOIDS FROM THE CASTLE HAYNE LIMESTONE, SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Geology, Wright State Univ, 7600 State Route 703, Celina, OH 45822 and WEAVER, Patricia G., Paleontology, North Carolina Museum of Nat History, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu
 
9:20 AM
Break
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9:40 AM
QUANTIFYING GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY OF A LINEAGE: THE GEOMETRIC MORPHOSPACE OF MULINIA
STEMPIEN, J.A., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jstempie@vt.edu, jstempie@vt.edu
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10:00 AM
LATE PLIOCENE REEF CORAL ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE HOPEGATE FORMATION OF NORTHERN JAMAICA
STEMANN, Thomas A., Department of Geography and Geology, Univ of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, 7, Jamaica, DONOVAN, Stephen K., Department of Palaeontology, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Darwinweg 2, Postbus 9517, Leiden, NL-2300 RA, Netherlands and PORTELL, Roger W., FL Museum of Nat History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, tstemann@yahoo.com, tstemann@yahoo.com
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10:20 AM
TIME AVERAGING ON A SHALLOW SUBTROPICAL SHELF: THE SEARCH FOR A TAPHONOMIC CLOCK
BARBOUR WOOD, Susan L.1, KRAUSE Jr, Richard A.2, KOWALEWSKI, Michal2, WEHMILLER, John F.3 and SIMOES, Marcello G.4, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Geology Dept, Univ of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (4)Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Distrito de Rubião Junior, CP. 510, 18.610-000, Botucatu, susanwood@vt.edu, susanwood@vt.edu
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10:40 AM
USING GEOCHEMICAL AND TAPHONOMIC SIGNATURES OF FRESHWATER MUSSEL SHELLS TO EXPLORE INDUSTRY-RELATED EXTIRPATIONS IN THE NORTH FORK HOLSTON RIVER, VA
BROWN, Megan E., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, CHERRY, Donald S., Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 2006 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, NEVES, Richard J., Fisheries and Wildlife Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 100 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and SCHREIBER, Madeline E., Dept of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, mebrown@vt.edu, mebrown@vt.edu
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11:00 AM
SYSTEMATICS OF THE GENUS STREPTACIS (GASTROPODA: HETEROSTROPHA)
CAMPBELL, Matthew R., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ - Bloomington, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405-1403, ecphora@indiana.edu, ecphora@indiana.edu