North-Central Section - 39th Annual Meeting (May 19–20, 2005)

Session No. 17
Thursday, 19 May 2005: 1:20 PM-5:00 PM

T8. Innovations in Paleontological Methods II: Novel Insights Into Terrestrial and Marine Depositional Systems Through Taphonomy and Ichnology

Great Lakes Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology, Paleontological Society

 

Timothy M. Demko and Raymond R. Rogers, Advocates
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1:20 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN EDRIOASTEROID ECHINODERM TOTIGLOBUS: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNUSUAL CAMBRIAN BODY PLANS
DOMKE, Kirk Lewis, Department of Geosciences, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P. O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Wisconsin, P.O.Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, kldomke@uwm.edu, kldomke@uwm.edu
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1:40 PM
FORMATION OF ‘ABIOGENIC’ ANIMIKIE BASIN STROMATOLITES
PLANAVSKY, Noah, Lawrence Univ, Appleton, WI 54911 and SHAPIRO, Russell, Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, MN 50682, planavsn@lawrence.edu, planavsn@lawrence.edu
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2:00 PM
STROMATOLITES: A 3.5 BILLION YEAR ICHNOLOGIC RECORD
SHAPIRO, Russell S., Department of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Avenue, St Peter, MN 56082, rshapiro@gac.edu, rshapiro@gac.edu
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2:20 PM
GEOLOGIC CONTEXT IN TAPHONOMIC STUDIES: AN UNDER-APPRECIATED APPROACH TO TAPHONOMY AND GEOLOGY
EBERTH, David A., Sedimentary Geology, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Box 7500, Drumheller, AB T0J 0Y0, david.eberth@gov.ab.ca, david.eberth@gov.ab.ca
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2:40 PM
AN EXPERIMENTAL AND FIELD-BASED APPROACH TO MICROVERTEBRATE BONEBED TAPHONOMY IN THE JUDITH RIVER FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA
BRADY, Mara1, ROGERS, Raymond1 and SHEETS, Benjamin2, (1)Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, (2)ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, P.O. Box 2189, Houston, TX 77252, mbrady@macalester.edu, mbrady@macalester.edu
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3:00 PM
FINE-GRAINED DEBRIS FLOWS AND EXTRAORDINARY VERTEBRATE BURIALS IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR
ROGERS, Raymond, Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, rogers@macalester.edu, rogers@macalester.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:40 PM
TALES FROM THE DIGESTIVE TRACT: COPROLITES, INCLUDING STRANDS OF FECAL PELLETS, AND STACKED LINGULIDS INTERPRETED AS HAVING BEEN EXCRETED BY A LINGULID-EATING ORGANISM, FROM THE CHAGRIN SHALE (FAMENNIAN) OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO
HANNIBAL, Joseph T., JANEVSKI, G. Alex and O'CONNOR, Gilbert M., Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, hannibal@cmnh.org, hannibal@cmnh.org
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4:00 PM
INTERPRETATION OF A DEVONIAN ENCRUSTED BRACHIOPOD ASSEMBLAGE: SOLON MEMBER, CEDAR VALLEY FORMATION, IOWA
WEBB, Amelinda E., Geology, Cornell College, 810 Commons Cir, Box 369, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, a-webb@cornellcollege.edu, a-webb@cornellcollege.edu
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4:20 PM
FAUNAL DYNAMICS AND SYSTEMATICS OF DEPAUPERATE POST-EXTINCTION TRILOBITE FAUNAS, TERMINAL SKULLROCKIAN STAGE (LOWER ORDOVICIAN), GREAT BASIN
MONSON, Charles C., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Geoscience, The University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, charles-monson@uiowa.edu, charles-monson@uiowa.edu
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4:40 PM
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPULATION ABUNDANCE AND SURVIVORSHIP: AN UNEXPECTED RESULT FROM THE P-TR EXTINCTION
LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences and Allison Center for Marine Research, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020 and SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu
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