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

Session No. 63
Monday, 17 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology III: At the Interface of Paleontology and Geology

 

David L. Jeffery and Daniel J. Peppe, Chairs
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8:00 AM
CT-SCANNING THE LONDON CLAY FLORA: A NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE FOR REVEALING THE 3-DIMENSIONAL ORGANIZATION OF TISSUES IN PYRITIZED FRUITS AND SEEDS
DEVORE, Melanie, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State Univ, Milledgeville, GA 31061, PIGG, Kathleen, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287, KENRICK, Paul, Paleontology Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom and KETCHAM, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, The Univ of Texas at Austin, 1 Universiity Station C1110, Austin, TX 78712, melanie.devore@mail.gcsu.edu, melanie.devore@mail.gcsu.edu
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8:15 AM
FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF TECTONIC DEFORMATION IN FOSSILS USING GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC SIMULATIONS
ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth David, Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 and SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208, kangielczyk@calacademy.org, kangielczyk@calacademy.org
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8:30 AM
TAPHONOMY OF THE AARON SCOTT QUARRY, UTAH (MORRISON FORMATION, JURASSIC)
BERTOG, Janet L.1, JEFFERY, David L.2 and BISHOP, John R.2, (1)Physics and Geology, Northern Kentucky Univ, Highland Hts, KY 41099, (2)Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geology, Marietta College, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, OH 45750, bertogj@nku.edu, bertogj@nku.edu
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8:45 AM
TAPHONOMY OF FISH PRESERVED WITHIN AMMONITE CHAMBERS FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS AUSTIN GROUP, COAHUILA, MEXICO
NYBORG, Torrey1, ALVARADO-ORTEGA, Jesús2, BLANCO, Alberto3 and VEGA, Francisco2, (1)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, (2)Instituto de Geología, UNAM, México, DF, 04510, Mexico, (3)Centro de Investigaciones en Ciencias de La Tierra, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Apdo. postal, Pachuca, Hidalgo, 1-288, Mexico, tnyborg06g@llu.edu, tnyborg06g@llu.edu
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9:00 AM
PALEOENVIROMENT OF THE UPPER HELL CREEK FORMATION AND THE GEOLOGY LEFT BEHIND
GARRETSON, Clay C., Paleontological Geologist, PaleoWorld Research Foundation, 1214 Mays Branch Road, Van Buren, AR 72956 and HATCHER, Joseph, Curator of Paleontology, PaleoWorld Research Foundation, Garfield County Museum, P.O. Box 408, Jordan, MT 59337, paleogeologist@gmail.com, paleogeologist@gmail.com
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9:15 AM
SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF DINOSAUR LAKE, AARON SCOTT SITE, MORRISON FORMATION, UTAH
JEFFERY, David L.1, BERTOG, Janet L.2 and BISHOP, John R.1, (1)Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geology, Marietta College, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, OH 45750, (2)Department of Physics and Geology, Northern Kentucky Univ, SC 204, Nunn Dr, Highland Heights, KY 41099, jefferyd@marietta.edu, jefferyd@marietta.edu
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9:30 AM
LATE CRETACEOUS VERTEBRATES FROM THE NILE VALLEY, EGYPT
SMITH, Joshua B. and NOVAK, Stephanie E., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, smithjb@wustl.edu, smithjb@wustl.edu
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9:45 AM
TAPHONOMIC WINDOWS INTO AN UPPER CRETACEOUS EDMONTOSAURUS BONEBED
CHADWICK, Arthur V.1, SPENCER, Lee A.2 and TURNER, L.E.1, (1)Geology, Southwestern Adventist University, 100 Magnolia, Keene, TX 76059, (2)Department of Biology, Southern Adventist University, P.O. Box 370, Collegedale, TN 37315, chadwick@swau.edu, chadwick@swau.edu
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10:00 AM
RECENT ADVANCES IN VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TROPIC SHALE (CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN) OF SOUTHERN UTAH
GILLETTE, David D., Department of Geology, Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Rd, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, ALBRIGHT, Barry, Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, TITUS, Alan L., Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 190 E. Center St, Kanab, UT 84741 and NEWCOMB, Lex A., GIS/Paleontology, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Page, AZ 86040, dgillette@mna.mus.az.us, dgillette@mna.mus.az.us
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10:15 AM
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10:30 AM
MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MEGAFLORA OF THE LOWER PALEOCENE FORT UNION FORMATION ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN MARGIN OF THE WILLISTON BASIN, NORTH DAKOTA
PEPPE, Daniel J.1, EVANS, David A.D.2 and HICKEY, Leo J.2, (1)Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798-7354, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu, daniel_peppe@baylor.edu
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10:45 AM
LARGE PALEOBATHYMETRIC CHANGES INDICATE RAPID PLEISTOCENE TECTONIC UPLIFT OF THE PACIFIC MARGIN OF WESTERN PANAMA – EASTERN COSTA RICA
LEON-RODRIGUEZ, Lizette and COLLINS, Laurel S., Department of Earth Sciences, Florida International University, University Park Campus PC 344, Miami, FL 33199, lleon001@fiu.edu, lleon001@fiu.edu
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11:00 AM
THE EFFICACY OF CARBON ISOTOPE STRATIGRAPHY FOR IDENTIFYING AND CORRELATING THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY
SPERLING, Erik Anders, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 and PHELPS, Nordstrom Kirk, Department of Computer Sciences, Stanford University, 353 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, erik.sperling@yale.edu, erik.sperling@yale.edu
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11:15 AM
THE EFFECT OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK OUTCROP AREA ON ESTIMATES OF MARINE PHANEROZOIC DIVERSITY
WALL, Patrick D.1, IVANY, Linda C.1, WILKINSON, Bruce H.2 and PETERS, Shanan3, (1)Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, pdwall@syr.edu, pdwall@syr.edu
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11:30 AM
LITERATURE VERSUS FIELD-DERIVED BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENTS: REGIONAL SAMPLING EFFECTS AS DIRECT FUNCTIONS OF LITHOLOGY, TAPHONOMY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE
BULINSKI, Katherine V., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, bulinskv@email.uc.edu, bulinskv@email.uc.edu
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11:45 AM
COMPARISON OF MUSEUM AND PUBLISHED RELATIVE ABUNDANCES REVEALS A CONSISTENT PUBLICATION BIAS
DAVIS, Edward, Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, daviseb@socrates.berkeley.edu, daviseb@socrates.berkeley.edu