2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 182
Wednesday, 25 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany IX: Fossil Distributions in Time and Space

 

Mohamed Ibrahim and Robert Stanton, Chairs
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8:00 AM
INITIAL SURVIVORSHIP OF NONMARINE MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS IN END-CRETACEOUS DECCAN INTERTRAPPEAN STRATA, INDIA
HARTMAN, Joseph H.1, MOHABEY, Dhananjay M.2, BINGLE, Marron1, SCHOLZ, Henning3, BAJPAI, Sunil4 and SHARMA, Ritu4, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, (2)Palaeontology Division, Geological Survey of India, Seminary Hills, Nagpur, 440 006, India, (3)Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal, Roorkee, 247667, India, marron.bingle@und.edu, marron.bingle@und.edu
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8:15 AM
PALYNOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENT OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS ROCKS FROM ABU GHARADIG OIL FIELD, NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT
IBRAHIM, Mohamed I.A., Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Moharam Bey 21511, Alexandria, Egypt, DILCHER, David, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Florida, Paleobotany Lab, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 and KHOLEIF, Suzan, Department of Geology, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Anfooshy, Kayet Bay, Alexandria, Egypt, mibrah@gmail.com, mibrah@gmail.com
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8:30 AM
PALEONTOLOGY OF THE CONEJO VOLCANICS, LOWER TO MIDDLE MIOCENE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
STANTON Jr, Robert J. and ALDERSON, John M., Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, robertstanton@adelphia.net, robertstanton@adelphia.net
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8:45 AM
A QUANTITATIVE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY FOR THE MIOCENE OF TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA
FERREIRA DA SILVA, Silane Aparecida, CPBO/Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, CTPA/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843-03092 Ancon Balboa, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, JARAMILLO, Carlos A., CTPA, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843 - 03092, Balboa, 0843 - 03092, Panama and ABSY, Maria Lucia, CPBO, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Av. Andre Araujo, 2936. Aleixo, Manaus, AM, P.O. box 478, Brazil, silane@inpa.gov.br, silane@inpa.gov.br
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9:00 AM
PALEOHYDROLOGY OF MIDDLE HOLOCENE LAGOONAL & LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS IN THE ENRIQUILLO VALLEY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PORE MORPHOMETRICS AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF OSTRACODA
MEDLEY, Pamela R., Department of Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, TIBERT, Neil, Geology, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, PATTERSON, William, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, CURRAN, H. Allen, Department of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, COLIN, Jean-Paul, 3 Impasse des Biroulayres, 33610, France and GREER, Lisa, Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, pmedl9dj@umw.edu, pmedl9dj@umw.edu
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9:15 AM
THE EFFECTS OF PROVENIENCE AND TAPHONOMY ON RARE EARTH AND TRACE ELEMENT SIGNATURES IN VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE WHITE RIVER GROUP, TOADSTOOL GEOLOGIC PARK, CRAWFORD, NE
TERRY Jr, Dennis O., Department of Geology, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St, 303 Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122 and GRANDSTAFF, David E., Geology, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, 19122, grand@temple.edu, grand@temple.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:45 AM
DINOSAUR BIOGEOGRAPHY DURING THE MESOZOIC
MAIN, Derek J. and SCOTESE, Christopher, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates St, Arlington, TX 76019, maindinos@msn.com, maindinos@msn.com
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10:00 AM
VALUE OF HRXCT FOR SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF PYRITIZED FOSSIL FRUITS
PIGG, Kathleen B., SOLS Admin & Faculty, Arizona State Univ, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State Univ, 135 Herty Hall, Milledgeville, GA 31061, KETCHAM, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1110, Austin, TX 78712 and KENRICK, Paul, Paleontology Department, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, kpigg@asu.edu, kpigg@asu.edu
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10:15 AM
BIOGEOGRAPHY AND RATES OF EVOLUTION DURING A TAXIC RADIATION: CALMONIID TRILOBITES (DEVONIAN) OF THE MALVINOKAFFRIC REALM
ABE, Francine R., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LIEBERMAN, Bruce, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, fabe@ku.edu, fabe@ku.edu
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10:30 AM
GEODISPERSAL VERSUS VICARIANCE IN THE HISTORY OF CORBULID BIVALVES: IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN BIOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN AND INVASIVENESS?
ARONOWSKY, Audrey, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and ANDERSON, Laurie C., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Bldg, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, audrey@geol.lsu.edu, audrey@geol.lsu.edu
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10:45 AM
PYRITIZED SPINOSE MICROSPHERES FROM THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TULLY FORMATION OF PENNSYLVANIA: THE FIRST RECORD OF MUELLERISPHAERIDA FROM THE UNITED STATES
CARTER, Michelle, T.W., Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210 and CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A., Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, and PhD Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate School, New York, NY 10016, triana_@hotmail.com, triana_@hotmail.com
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11:00 AM
POLLEN IN THE SERVICE OF PALEOSEISMOLOGY ON THE PACIFIC COAST OF CANADA
MATHEWES, Rolf W., Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, r_mathewes@sfu.ca, r_mathewes@sfu.ca