Session: Fossil Behavior II: In Honor of Adolf Seilacher (2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22

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1:30 PM

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1:45 PM

BIOEROSION ON SCALLOP AND OYSTER SHELL BEDS: AN EXAMPLE OF THE GNATHICHNUS ICHNOFACIES FROM THE PLIOCENE OF THE ROUSSILLON (SE FRANCE)

GIBERT, Jordi M., DOMÈNECH, Rosa and MARTINELL, Jordi, Dept. d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí Franquès s/n, Barcelona, E-08028, Spain, jmdegibert@ub.edu, jmdegibert@ub.edu

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2:00 PM

BIVALVE TRACE FOSSILS FROM AN EARLY MIOCENE DISCONTINUITY SURFACE: BURROWING BEHAVIOUR AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ICHNOTAXONOMY AT THE FIRMGROUND-HARDGROUND DIVIDE

CARMONA, Noelia Beatriz¹, MANGANO, Maria Gabriela², BUATOIS, Luis Alberto² and PONCE, Juan Jose¹, (1)Laboratorio de Geologia Andina, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas, B. Houssay 200, Ushuaia, 9410, Argentina, (2)University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK SK S7N 5E2, Canada, carmonanb@yahoo.com.ar, carmonanb@yahoo.com.ar

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2:15 PM

BURROWS DUG BY LARGE VERTEBRATES INTO RAIN-MOISTENED, MIDDLE JURASSIC SAND DUNES

LOOPE, David B., Department of Geosciences, Univ Nebraska - Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, dloope1@unl.edu, dloope1@unl.edu

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2:30 PM

MORPHOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF ADHESIVE MENISCATE BURROWS (AMB), PALEOGENE WILLWOOD FORMATION AND OTHER CONTINENTAL DEPOSITS

SMITH, Jon J., Department of Geology, The Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, KRAUS, Mary J., Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado, 399 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 and WOODY, Daniel, Dept of Geological Sciences, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, jjsmith@ku.edu, jjsmith@ku.edu

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2:45 PM

ICHNOFOSSIL PRESERVATION ENHANCED BY EARLY DIAGENETIC MINERALIZATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE CRETACEOUS RIPLEY FORMATION, ALABAMA

SAVRDA, Charles E. and HALL, Jonathan T., Dept. of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, savrdce@auburn.edu, savrdce@auburn.edu

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3:00 PM

WINTERING CHIRONOMID LARVAE MINE OXYGEN

GINGRAS, Murray, LALONDE, Stefan, AMSKOLD, Larry, KONHAUSER, Kurt O. and PEMBERTON, S. George, Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Science Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mgingras@ualberta.ca, mgingras@ualberta.ca

3:15 PM

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3:30 PM

WALKING WITH EMUS: INSIGHTS INTO DINOSAUR TRACKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

BREITHAUPT, Brent H.¹, SOUTHWELL, Elizabeth H.¹ and MATTHEWS, Neffra A.², (1)Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, (2)National Operations Center, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Denver, CO 80225, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu

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3:45 PM

NEOICHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS WITH MODERN ELEPHANTS TO QUANTIFY PROPERTIES OF MEGAFAUNAL FOOTPRINT FORMATION: PRELIMINARY RESULTS

PLATT, Brian F., Geology, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, bfplatt@ku.edu, bfplatt@ku.edu

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4:00 PM

TRACKWAYS PRODUCED BY FISH: IMPLICATIONS OF SUBSTRATE-CONTACT BEHAVIOR BY FISH RECORDED IN TRACE FOSSILS FROM LATE PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL VARVES, NEW ENGLAND, USA

BENNER, Jacob S.¹, TAFT, Natasha K.² and RIDGE, John C.¹, (1)Department of Geology, Tufts University, Lane Hall, Medford, MA 02155, (2)Graduate Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 211 Morrill Science Center South, 611 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9297, jacob.benner@tufts.edu, jacob.benner@tufts.edu

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4:15 PM

BIOMECHANICS AND EVOLUTION OF THE FEEDING STRUCTURES IN LATE DEVONIAN PLACODERMS

ANDERSON, Philip S., Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, andersps@uchicago.edu, andersps@uchicago.edu

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4:30 PM

MORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO PREDATION IN AN UPPER-PENNSYLVANIAN BELLEROPHONTID GASTROPOD

SAWYER, Jennifer A., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 and 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, sawyer@rohan.sdsu.edu, sawyer@rohan.sdsu.edu

4:45 PM

Concluding Remarks

2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

T115. Fossil Behavior II: In Honor of Adolf Seilacher