2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 30
Sunday, 28 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology II: Taphonomy and Paleoecology

 

Mark A. Gorman II and Talia S. Karim, Chairs
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1:30 PM
CAMBRIAN BURGESS SHALE-TYPE DEPOSITS WORLDWIDE SHARE A COMMON TAPHONOMIC MODE
GAINES, Robert R., Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. Sixth St, Claremont, CA 91711, BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 and ZHAO, Yuanlong, Institute of Resources and Environmental Science, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China, robert.gaines@pomona.edu, robert.gaines@pomona.edu
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1:45 PM
TRILOBITE TAPHONOMY OF THE UPPERMOST DYERAN (LOWER CAMBRIAN) RUIN WASH LAGERSTÄTTE, CHIEF RANGE, NEVADA
WEBSTER, Mark, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, HUGHES, Nigel, Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92507 and GAINES, Robert, Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. 6th St, Claremont, CA 91711, mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu, mwebster@geosci.uchicago.edu
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2:00 PM
TRILOBITE SCLERITE RATIOS AS TAPHONOMIC PROXIES: COMPARING HABITATS IN THE ORDOVICIAN OF LAURENTIA
KARIM, Talia S.1, MCADAMS, Neo E.B.2 and ADRAIN, Jonathan M.2, (1)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, tkarim@ku.edu, tkarim@ku.edu
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2:15 PM
MULTIVARIATE ORDINATION OF AN OPPORTUNIST-DOMINATED FAUNA FROM THE FRASNIAN OF VIRGINIA: FINDING THE PALEOECOLOGIC GRADIENTS
BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269 and BRAME, Roderic I., Science, T.C. Williams High School, 3330 King Street, Alexandria, VA 20171, andrew.bush@uconn.edu, andrew.bush@uconn.edu
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2:30 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE DYSAEROBIC ZONE PRESERVED IN DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES
BOYER, Diana L., Earth Science, Univ of California, Riverside, Dept. Of Earth Sciences-036, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, diana.boyer@email.ucr.edu, diana.boyer@email.ucr.edu
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2:45 PM
PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF NEW GREAT VALLEY GROUP HYDROCARBON SEEP LOCALITIES
HEPPER, Kristin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, kristin.hepper@email.ucr.edu, kristin.hepper@email.ucr.edu
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3:00 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF AN EARLY TRIASSIC (DIENERIAN(?)-SMITHIAN) MARGINAL MARINE SYSTEM: ANALYSIS OF THE LOWER MEMBER OF THE LOWER TRIASSIC UNION WASH FORMATION
MATA, Scott Andrew, Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, P.O. Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850 and WOODS, Adam, Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univ, Fullerton, P.O. Box 6850, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, paraceratherium@yahoo.com, paraceratherium@yahoo.com
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3:15 PM
MESOZOIC RETURN OF BRACHIOPODS: BRACHIOPOD-DOMINATED SHELL BEDS IN THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC
GREENE, Sarah E., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and ZONNEVELD, John-Paul, Geological Survey of Canada, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, sgreene@usc.edu, sgreene@usc.edu
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3:30 PM
OBSERVING MIDDLE TRIASSIC RECOVERY INTERVALS
BONUSO, Nicole, Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univeristy, Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, nbonuso@fullerton.edu, nbonuso@fullerton.edu
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3:45 PM
A LACUSTRINE LATE JURASSIC FLORA IN THE MORRISON FORMATION
GORMAN II, Mark A., University of Colorado, 1300 30th St, D5-12, Boulder, CO 80303, MILLER, Ian, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, SMALL, Bryan, Denver Museum of Nature & Science and PARDO, Jason, University of Colorado, mark.gorman@colorado.edu, mark.gorman@colorado.edu
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4:00 PM
POLLEN AND SPORE ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE ALMONT LAGERSTÄTTEN
PIGG, Kathleen B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, 135 Herty Hall, Milledgeville, GA 31061, FARABEE, Micheal J., Estrella Mountain Community College, 3000 N Dysart Road, Avondale, AZ 85323 and ZETTER, Reinhard, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, kpigg@asu.edu, kpigg@asu.edu
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4:15 PM
EARLY EOCENE MACROFLORA FROM THE RED HOT TRUCK STOP MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, USA
DANEHY, Daniel Riley, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802 and WILF, Peter, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, danehy.dan@gmail.com, danehy.dan@gmail.com
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4:30 PM
PALEOCLIMATIC AND TAPHONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF LATE OLIGOCENE LEAF ASSEMBLAGES FROM NORTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA
JACOBS, Bonnie F. and PAN, Aaron D., Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, bjacobs@smu.edu, bjacobs@smu.edu
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5:00 PM
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5:15 PM
AFFINITIES OF THE ENIGMATIC HEDERELLOIDS: PHORONID WORMS RATHER THAN BRYOZOANS OR CORALS?
WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691-2363 and TAYLOR, Paul D., Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, mwilson@wooster.edu, mwilson@wooster.edu