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

Session No. 153
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology VI: Stratigraphic and Systematic Paleontology

 

David Sunderlin and Charles N. Ciampaglio, Chairs
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1:30 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF A LATE CAMBRIAN EXTINCTION EVENT, TUNNEL CITY GROUP, UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
EOFF, Jennifer D., U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, MS 939, Denver, CO 80225 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, jeoff@usgs.gov, jeoff@usgs.gov
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1:45 PM
FOSSIL AND CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE QUARTZITE MEMBER, BLACK MOUNTAIN REGION, BHUTAN AND ITS GEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
MCKENZIE, N. Ryan, Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, MYROW, Paul M., Department of Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, BHARGAVA, O.N., Geological Survey of India, 103 Sector 7, Panchkula, Harayana, 134109, India, TANGRI, S.K., Geological Survey of India, 3, Sector 33, Chandigarh, 134180, India and GHALLEY, K.S., Dept. of Geology and Mines, P.O. Box 173, Thimpu, Bhutan, neil.mckenzie@email.ucr.edu, neil.mckenzie@email.ucr.edu
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2:00 PM
RE-EXAMINATION OF THE TYPE ITHACA FORMATION FRASNIAN USING A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC APPROACH: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL OF AN ANACHRONISTIC FAUNA
ZAMBITO IV, James J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, BARTHOLOMEW, Alex, Geology, S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, 1 Hawk Dr, Wooster Science Bldg, New Paltz, NY 12561, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and BAIRD, Gordon C., Geosciences, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, zambitjj@email.uc.edu, zambitjj@email.uc.edu
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2:15 PM
LUNULACARDIIDS FROM THE DEVONIAN PELAGIC FACIES
NAGEL-MYERS, Judith, Paleontological Research Instiution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, jn226@cornell.edu, jn226@cornell.edu
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2:30 PM
REVISION OF IDIOGNATHODUS SPECIES FROM THE MIDDLE-UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN BOUNDARY INTERVAL IN THE MIDCONTINENT BASIN, NORTH AMERICA
ROSSCOE, Steven and BARRICK, James E., Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, steven.j.rosscoe@ttu.edu, steven.j.rosscoe@ttu.edu
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2:45 PM
RELICT OF A LOST PACIFIC COAST: LATE CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) REEF FAUNA FROM THE BLACK STAR CANYON QUADRANGLE, SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FILKORN, Harry F., Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, hfilkorn@nhm.org, hfilkorn@nhm.org
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3:00 PM
REVISION OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS (GULFIAN) ECHINODERM FAUNA OF THE CENTRAL GULF STATES
CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Lake Campus, Celina, OH 45822 and PHILLIPS, George E., Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF TIKTAALIK ROSEAE (LATE DEVONIAN): PALEOENVIRONMENT OF THE FISH-TETRAPOD TRANSITION
MILLER, Joshua Hays, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, SHUBIN, N., Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 E. 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, DAESCHLER, Ted, Vertebrate Zoology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103 and DOWNS, J.P., Vertebrate Zoology, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, millerjh@uchicago.edu, millerjh@uchicago.edu
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3:45 PM
NEW INSIGHTS FROM A CYCADOPHYTE-DOMINATED PALEOFLORA IN THE EARLY JURASSIC TALKEETNA VOLCANIC FORMATION, TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS, ALASKA
SUNDERLIN, David, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042 and REES, P. McAllister, Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, sunderld@lafayette.edu, sunderld@lafayette.edu
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4:00 PM
GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OVERVIEW OF TATE MUSEUM FIELD LOACALE 1, SOUTHEASTERN WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
SAVAGE, Rachel, Tate Geological Museum, Casper College, 526 West 10th, Casper, WY 82601, rsavage@realmofsavage.com, rsavage@realmofsavage.com
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4:15 PM
SHOSHONIAN REVISITED: DOCUMENTING THE BRIDGERIAN-UINTAN FAUNAL TRANSITION IN THE TURTLE BLUFF MEMBER OF THE BRIDGER FORMATION, MIDDLE EOCENE, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING
MURPHEY, Paul C. and WALSH, Stephen L., Paleontology, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, pmurphey@sdnhm.org, pmurphey@sdnhm.org
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4:30 PM
TYRANNOSAURUS AND TRICERATOPS IN LOWER HELL CREEK BONE BED
CAMPBELL, Carl E., Physical Science-Geology, St. Louis Community College-Meramec, 11333 Big Bend Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63122, NOVAK, Stephanie E., Earth & Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130 and KERN, Jamie M., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, cecampbell@stlcc.edu, cecampbell@stlcc.edu
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4:45 PM
GLOBETROTTING WITH THEROPODS: A PHOTOGRAMMETRIC, SPATIAL, AND MORPHOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF MIDDLE JURASSIC DINOSAUR TRACKS FROM NORTH AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Geological Museum, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071 and MATTHEWS, Neffra A., National Operations Center, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Denver, CO 80225, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu, uwgeoms@uwyo.edu
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5:00 PM
PALEONTOLOGY IN CYBERSPACE: MOVING MUSEUMS INTO DIGITAL AGE SPECIMEN COLLECTION
MOLINEUX, Ann1, GEORGE, Christian2, COMEAUX, Rebecca2, DUNN, Elizabeth2 and WARD, William1, (1)Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas at Austin, 2400 Trinity, Austin, TX 78712, (2)John A. and Katherine T. Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, annm@mail.utexas.edu, annm@mail.utexas.edu
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5:15 PM
STRATIGRAPH, A NEW R PACKAGE FOR ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY OF STRATIGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA
GREEN, Walton A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P. O. Box 208109, Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 and JARAMILLO, Carlos, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, walton.green@yale.edu, walton.green@yale.edu
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