North-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting (20–21 April 2006)

Session No. 29
Friday, 21 April 2006: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM

T19. Recent Advances in Systematics, Evolution, and Paleobiology of Fossil Vertebrates

 

Darin Croft and Michael Ryan, Advocates
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8:00 AM
DIVING DISEASE IN MARINE REPTILES FROM THE CRETACEOUS TO THE PRESENT
ROTHSCHILD, Bruce M., Earth Sciences, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 5500 Market, Youngstown, OH 44512 and MARTIN, Larry D., Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 44665, bmr@neoucom.edu, bmr@neoucom.edu
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8:20 AM
THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF INTEGUMENTARY SENSE ORGANS IN CROCODYLOMORPHS
ALLEN, David J., Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, dallen4@niu.edu, dallen4@niu.edu
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8:40 AM
TAPHONOMY OF A SAUROPOD QUARRY IN THE UPPER MORRISON FORMATION, BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
ERGAS, Emmanuel E., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, BODENBENDER, Brian E., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hope College, 35 E. 12th St, Holland, MI 49423 and DEMKO, Timothy M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, ergas@sas.upenn.edu, ergas@sas.upenn.edu
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9:00 AM
THE TAPHONOMY OF A CHASMOSAURINE DINOSAUR BONE BED FROM THE JAVELINA FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN) OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
HUNT, ReBecca Kathleen, Department of Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201-2296, glhunt@augustana.edu, glhunt@augustana.edu
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9:20 AM
ON THE STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF TRICERATOPS IN THE LATEST MAASTRICHTIAN DEPOSITS OF THE UPPER HELL CREEK FORMATION IN GARFIELD COUNTY, MONTANA
HATCHER, Joseph, Curator of Paleontology, PaleoWorld Research Foundation, Garfield County Museum, P.O. Box 408, Jordan, MT 59337, GARRETSON, Clay C., Paleontological Geologist, PaleoWorld Research Foundation, 1214 Mays Branch Road, Van Buren, AR 72956 and NEWMAN, Kenneth W., Assistant Lab Manager, Dinosaur Hall Fossil Preparation Lab, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, paleoworld@paleoworld.org, paleoworld@paleoworld.org
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9:40 AM
THE STATUS OF THE PROBLEMATIC TAXON MONOCLONIUS (ORNITHISCHIA:CERATOPSIDAE) AND THE RECOGNITION OF ADULT-SIZED DINOSAUR TAXA
RYAN, Michael J., Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106 and RUSSELL, Anthony P., Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T 2N 1N4, Canada, mryan@cmnh.org, mryan@cmnh.org
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
PALEOSOLS AS CLIMATE INDICATORS FOR DINOSAUR SITES, BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, EAST-CENTRAL UTAH
VANDEVELDE, David M., EVANS, James E. and LEWANDOWSKI, Sharon A., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, dvandev@bgsu.edu, dvandev@bgsu.edu
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10:40 AM
A COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF BONE DIAGENESIS FROM MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL FACIES IN THE CAMPANIAN JUDITH RIVER FORMATION OF NORTH-CENTRAL MONTANA
HARWOOD, Cara and ROGERS, Raymond, Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, charwood@macalester.edu, charwood@macalester.edu
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11:00 AM
BIOGEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ARCHAEOCETES IN NORTH AMERICA
UHEN, Mark D., Cranbrook Institute of Science, PO Box 801, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801, uhen@umich.edu, uhen@umich.edu
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11:20 AM
DIETARY INFERENCE FOR SOUTH AMERICAN NOTOUNGULATES FROM THE SANTA CRUZ FORMATION
TOWNSEND, K.E. Beth, Anatomy, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 and CROFT, Darin A., Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4930, townsend@case.edu, townsend@case.edu
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11:40 AM
PALEOHABITAT RECONSTRUCTION FOR SOUTH AMERICAN CENOZOIC PALEOFAUNAS: ARE THERE APPROPRIATE MODERN ANALOGS?
CROFT, Darin A., Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-4930, TOWNSEND, Kathryn E., Anthropology, Washington Univ, Campus Box 1114, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, FLYNN, John J., Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024 and WYSS, André R., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, dcroft@cwru.edu, dcroft@cwru.edu
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12:00 PM
TESTING THE VALIDITY OF THE FOSSIL FELID SPECIES: FELIS AMNICOLA
SPEARING, Kurt D., Department of Biology and Chemistry, Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106, spearingk@morningside.edu, spearingk@morningside.edu
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