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

Session No. 49
Sunday, 16 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T82. Taphonomy: Process and Bias through Time

Paleontological Society

 

Peter A. Allison and David Bottjer, Advocates
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1:30 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSING TAPHONOMIC BIAS IN PROTEROZOIC ACRITARCHS
BARTLEY, Julie K., Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082 and COLE, Phillip M., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118, jbartley@gustavus.edu, jbartley@gustavus.edu
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1:45 PM
A NEW SOFT-BODIED MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN FAUNA FROM THE ST. PETER SANDSTONE IN NORTHEAST IOWA
LIU, Huaibao P.1, MCKAY, Robert M.1, YOUNG, Jean N.2, WITZKE, Brian J.1, MCVEY, Kathlyn J.2 and LIU, Xiuying3, (1)Iowa DNR, Iowa Geological Survey, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Physics, Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, IA 52101, (3)3216C MERF, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, pliu@igsb.uiowa.edu, pliu@igsb.uiowa.edu
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2:00 PM
TAPHONOMY, CONTINUED ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS OR PROLONGED MASS EXTINCTION RECOVERY PROCESSES: MYSTERY OF THE EARLY TRIASSIC MARINE FOSSIL RECORD RESOLVED
BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, dbottjer@usc.edu, dbottjer@usc.edu
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2:15 PM
TAPHONOMY OF CONCHOSTRACAN-DOMINATED LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS IN THE KIRKPATRICK BASALT (JURASSIC, ANTARCTICA)
STIGALL RODE, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, BRIGGS, Derek E., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geological Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, LESLIE, Stephen A., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204 and BABCOCK, Loren E., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State Univ, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, stigall@ohio.edu, stigall@ohio.edu
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2:30 PM
MICROTAPHOFACIES OF PALEOGENE LIMESTONES: THE ROLE OF TAPHONOMY IN SHAPING AND INTERPRETING CARBONATE FACIES ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL BOUNDARIES
NEBELSICK, James H., Insitute for Geosciences, University of Tuebingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tuebingen, 72076, Germany, RASSER, Michael, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, Stuttgart, 70191, Germany and BASSI, Davide, Dipartimento delle Risorse Naturali e Culturali, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d'Este 32, Ferrera, 44100, Italy, nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de, nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de
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2:45 PM
BONE DISTRIBUTION AND DIAGENETIC MODIFICATIONS AT THE MAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA
THOMPSON, Kristine M. and AGENBROAD, Larry D., Geology, Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, S.D, PO Box 698, Hot Springs, SD 57747, kmt1@mammothsite.com, kmt1@mammothsite.com
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3:00 PM
THE DEATH ASSEMBLAGE OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: A LIVE-DEAD ANALYSIS OF A TEMPERATE MAMMALIAN COMMUNITY
MILLER, Joshua H., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, millerjh@uchicago.edu, millerjh@uchicago.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
WERE FOSSILS EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED IN UNUSUAL TIMES?
RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, gregr@darkwing.uoregon.edu, gregr@darkwing.uoregon.edu
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3:45 PM
DID ALPHA DIVERSITY TRIPLE BETWEEN THE PALEOZOIC AND CENOZOIC?
ALROY, John, Paleobiology Database, The, NCEAS, University of California, 735 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 and HENDY, Austin J.W., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu, alroy@nceas.ucsb.edu
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4:00 PM
MESO-CENOZOIC INCREASE IN SAMPLE-LEVEL DIVERSITY IN THE MARINE BENTHIC FOSSIL RECORD: SHIFT IN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES, LOSS OF ARAGONITE, OR GAIN IN GASTROPODS?
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, KIESSLING, Wolfgang2, ABERHAN, Martin2, FÜRSICH, Franz3 and SCARPONI, Daniele4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (2)Institut für Paläontologie, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (3)Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Würzburg, Pleicherwall 1, Würzburg, 97070, Germany, (4)Earth Sciences, Univ of Bologna, via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, michalk@vt.edu, michalk@vt.edu
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4:15 PM
THE ROLE OF CLIMATE IN DETERMINING VERTEBRATE FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS
NOTO, Christopher R., Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, 650 Life Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, crnoto@life.bio.sunysb.edu, crnoto@life.bio.sunysb.edu
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4:30 PM
LITHIFICATION AND THE MEASUREMENT OF BIODIVERSITY – IS MISSING ALPHA STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE?
HENDY, Austin J.W., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, hendya@email.uc.edu, hendya@email.uc.edu
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4:45 PM
BRACHIOPOD VERSUS BIVALVE RADIOCARBON AGES: IMPLICATIONS FOR PHANEROZOIC TRENDS IN TIME-AVERAGING AND PRODUCTIVITY
KIDWELL, Susan M., Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, skidwell@uchicago.edu, skidwell@uchicago.edu
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5:00 PM
TAPHONOMIC DAMAGE AND TAXONOMIC IDENTIFIABILITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SECULAR BIAS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, tarothfu@uchicago.edu, tarothfu@uchicago.edu
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5:15 PM
LONG-TERM HYDROLOGY CONTROLS THE CONTINENTAL PLANT-FOSSIL RECORD
GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901 and DEMKO, Timothy M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, ragastal@colby.edu, ragastal@colby.edu
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