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2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 182
Tuesday, 18 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T84. Thinking about Fossils: The Emergence and Development of Paleontological Thought in North America from Native American Customs to the End of the Great Western Surveys

GSA History and Philosophy of Geology Division; History of Earth Sciences Society [HESS]; GSA Archaeological Geology Division; Paleontological Society; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

 

Patrick Wyse Jackson and Stephen M. Rowland, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:45 PM
THOMAS JEFFERSON, MEGALONYX, AND THE STATUS OF PALEONTOLOGICAL THOUGHT IN AMERICA AT THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Pkwy Box 4010, Las Vegas, NV 89154, rowland@ccmail.nevada.edu, rowland@ccmail.nevada.edu
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2:00 PM
IN CELEBRATION OF 100 YEARS OF TYRANNOSAURUS REX: MANOSPONDYLUS GIGAS, ORNITHOMIMUS GRANDIS, AND DYNAMOSAURUS IMPERIOSUS, THE EARLIEST DISCOVERIES OF TYRANNOSAURUS REX IN THE WEST
BREITHAUPT, Brent H., SOUTHWELL, Elizabeth H. and MATTHEWS, Neffra A., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu
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2:15 PM
IN SEARCH OF FERDINAND V. HAYDEN'S 1868 “LOST” TRACKS: NEW FIELD EVIDENCE FOR THE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE FIRST DINOSAUR FOSSIL DISCOVERY IN WYOMING
DEIBERT, Jack E., Department of Geosciences, Austin Peay State University, Box 4418, Clarksville, TN 37044 and BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, deibertj@apsu.edu, deibertj@apsu.edu
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2:30 PM
EDWARD HITCHCOCK, ICHNOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE AND FOOTPRINT-MAKER IDENTIFICATION IN MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY NORTH AMERICA
RAINFORTH, Emma C., School of Theoretical and Applied Science, Ramapo College of New Jersey, 505 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah, NJ 07430, erainfor@ramapo.edu, erainfor@ramapo.edu
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2:45 PM
TRACKING FOSSIL FOOTPRINTS IN THE FIRST 60 YEARS OF AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
BACLAWSKI, Diane, Geology Library, Michigan State Univ, Rm. 5, Natural Science Bldg, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, baclaws2@msu.edu, baclaws2@msu.edu
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3:00 PM
THE MYSTERIES OF WESTERN EXPLORATION–SO MANY NAMES AND SO FEW TYPES: THE WHITE RIVER GROUP DISCOVERIES AND DECISIONS OF EVANS, SHUMARD, MEEK, AND HAYDEN
HARTMAN, Joseph H., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, Box 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202 and EVANOFF, Emmett, University of Colorado Museum, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu
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3:15 PM
BEYOND COPE'S BIBLE; SOME SPECIMENS OF FOSSIL MAMMALIA FROM E.D. COPE'S VERTEBRATA OF THE TERTIARY FORMATIONS OF THE WEST (1883) AND W. D. MATTHEW'S HERETOFORE UNPUBLISHED PLATES OF TERTIARY MAMMALIA AND PERMIAN VERTEBRATA (1915)
DAVIDSON, Jane P., Department of Art History, University of Nevada, Reno, Art Dept 224, Reno, NV 89523, jdhexen@aol.com, jdhexen@aol.com
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3:30 PM
ERMINE COWLES CASE - TURN OF THE CENTURY MASTER OF PERMO-CARBONIFEROUS TERRESTRIAL LIFE
DOTT Jr, Robert H., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, rdott@geology.wisc.edu, rdott@geology.wisc.edu
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3:45 PM
MARY ANNING: THE GREATEST FOSSILIST THE WORLD EVER KNEW
SAUPE, Erin E.1, FOX, Kelly M.2 and DAVIS, Larry E.1, (1)Geology, College of St. Benedict/ St. John's Univ, Collegeville, MN 56321, (2)Department of Geology, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN 56374, eesaupe@csbsju.edu, eesaupe@csbsju.edu
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