Rocky Mountain (56th Annual) and Cordilleran (100th Annual) Joint Meeting (May 3–5, 2004)

Session No. 33
Wednesday, 5 May 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

S5. Paleontology and Geology of the Missouri River: Following the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark II

 

James E. Martin and David C. Parris, Conveners
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
THE LARGEST MOSASAUR (SQUAMATA; REPTILIA) FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER AREA (LATE CRETACEOUS; PIERRE SHALE) OF SOUTH DAKOTA
MEREDITH, Robert W., Department of Biology, Unviersity of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, MARTIN, James E., Museum of Geology, SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 and WEGLEITNER, Paul N., Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Pierre, SD 57501, robert.meredith@email.ucr.edu, robert.meredith@email.ucr.edu
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8:20 AM
UNUSUAL PRESERVATION OF THE PELVIC REGION OF PLATECARPUS, (MOSASAURIDAE; REPTILIA) FROM THE SHARON SPRINGS MEMBER OF THE PIERRE SHALE
O'GRADY, Bevin Rose, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, PAPPAS, John A., Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 and MOSES, Randolph J., Dept. of Geology and Geologic Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, brogrady@hotmail.com, brogrady@hotmail.com
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8:40 AM
MOLLUSCS IN THE STOMACH CONTENTS OF GLOBIDENS, A SHELL-CRUSHING MOSASAUR, FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS PIERRE SHALE, BIG BEND AREA OF THE MISSOURI RIVER, CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
MARTIN, James E., Museum of Geology, SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 and FOX, James E., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, James.Fox@sdsmt.edu, James.Fox@sdsmt.edu
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9:00 AM
SIZE VARIATION IN CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY OF LATE CRETACEOUS TOXOCHELYS (TESTUDINES; CHELONIIDAE) OF SOUTH DAKOTA
HART, Margaret, Geology/ Paleontology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, maggiemhart@aol.com, maggiemhart@aol.com
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9:20 AM
COMPARISON OF GASTROLITHS WITHIN PLESIOSAURS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS MARINE DEPOSITS OF VEGA ISLAND, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, AND THE MISSOURI RIVER AREA, SOUTH DAKOTA
THOMPSON, Wayne A., Department of Geological Sciences, SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, MARTIN, James E., Museum of Geology, SD School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701 and REGUERO, Marcelo, Departamento Paleontologia Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, Wayne.Thompson@gold.sdsmt.edu, Wayne.Thompson@gold.sdsmt.edu
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9:40 AM
DISTRIBUTION AND TAPHONOMY OF THE FLYING REPTILE, PTERANODON, FROM THE CAMPANIAN LOWER PIERRE SHALE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
ROBERTS, Jennifer E., Department of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, Jennifer.Roberts@gold.sdsmt.edu, Jennifer.Roberts@gold.sdsmt.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
A NEW SPECIES OF THE DIVING BIRD, BAPTORNIS, FROM THE LOWER PIERRE SHALE (UPPER CRETACEOUS) OF SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
PERSON, Amanda Cordes, Ornithology, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Nat History, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072 and MARTIN, James E., Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, amandaq@ou.edu, amandaq@ou.edu
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10:40 AM
PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE FOX HILLS FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN) REPTILIAN AND AMPHIBIAN FAUNA FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
HOGANSON, John W., North Dakota Geol Survey, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505 and ERICKSON, J. Mark, Geology Department, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY 13617, jhoganso@state.nd.us, jhoganso@state.nd.us
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11:00 AM
MEEK AND HAYDEN’S NONMARINE PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UPPER MISSOURI RIVER SECTION
HARTMAN, Joseph H., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Univ of North Dakota, Box 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu
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11:20 AM
FOSSIL MAMMALS OF THE SENTINEL BUTTE FORMATION (LATE PALEOCENE) OF NORTH DAKOTA
KIHM, Allen J., Department of Geosciences, Minot State University, Minot, ND 58707, KRAUSE, David W., Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook Univ, Stony Brook, NY 11794 and HARTMAN, Joseph H., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, PO Box 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, kihm@minotstateu.edu, kihm@minotstateu.edu
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11:40 AM
QUATERNARY STRATIGRAPHY AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL GEOLOGY ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER AND GEOMORPHIC CONTEXTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION
HILL, Christopher L., Department of Anthropology, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1950 and KARSMIZKI, Kenneth W., Columbia Gorge Discovery Ctr, 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles, 97058, chill2@boisestate.edu, chill2@boisestate.edu
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