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

Session No. 26
Sunday, 28 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology (Posters) I: Faunas, Forms, and Phylogenies

Authors will be present from 9 to 11 AM.

 

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CORRELATION OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ORDOVICIAN ROCKS OF BALTOSCANDIA USING CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION (CONOP9)
GOLDMAN, D., Department of Geology, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469, KLOSTERMAN, Susan L., Geology Dept, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, NOLVAK, Jaak, Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia, SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208 and MILLER, Gregory C., Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, Dan.Goldman@notes.udayton.edu, Dan.Goldman@notes.udayton.edu
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SILICIFIED MID-DARRIWILIAN OSTRACODS FROM QUEBEC, CANADA
MALETZ, Jorg, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 772 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050 and SALAS, Maria Jose, CIPAL, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Av. Velez Sarsfield 299, Cordoba, 5000, Argentina, jorgm@buffalo.edu, jorgm@buffalo.edu
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LATE DARRIWILIAN (ORDOVICIAN) GRAPTOLITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE ELNES FORMATION (S. NORWAY)
MALETZ, Jorg, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 772 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050, EGENHOFF, Sven, Geosciences, Colorado State University, 322 Natural Resources Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482 and BOEHME, Martina, NGU, Leiv Eirikssons veg 39, Trondheim, 7491, Norway, jorgm@buffalo.edu, jorgm@buffalo.edu
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THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE EAST LIBERTY QUARRY (LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO) IN THE BELLEFONTAINE OUTLIER
MANN, Keith O.1, WAMBSGANS, Cynthia2 and EVERETT, Randy2, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 43015, (2)Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH 43015, KOMann@OWU.edu, KOMann@OWU.edu
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MIDDLE-EARLY UPPER DEVONIAN BRACHIOPOD SEQUENCE IN THE KAKWA PROVINCIAL PARK AREA OF EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, WESTERN CANADA
DAY, Jed, Geography-Geology, Illinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61790-4400, WHALEN, Michael T., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and OVER, D. Jeffrey, Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454-1401, jeday@ilstu.edu, jeday@ilstu.edu
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PENNSYLVANIAN [MISSOURIAN] OSTRACODES FROM THE CAMBRIDGE MEMBER, CONEMAUGH GROUP ON THE EASTERN LIMB OF THE BURNING SPRINGS ANTICLINE, RITCHIE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
CRISP, Edward L., Geology Dept, West Virginia Univ at Parkersburg, Parkersburg, WV 26104, STONE, Dwayne D., Geology Dept, Marietta College, Marietta, OH 45750, KNOX, Larry W., Earth Sciences, Tennessee Technological Univ, Box 5125, Cookeville, TN 38505 and SOWARDS, Susan L., Science Dept, Blennerhassett Jr. High, Parkersburg, WV 26104, Ed.Crisp@mail.wvu.edu, Ed.Crisp@mail.wvu.edu
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NEW MIXED MARINE-NONMARINE MICROVERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (LATE SANTONIAN-EARLY CAMPANIAN) MENEFEE FORMATION, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO
HECKERT, Andrew B.1, LEWIS, Caleb2, LUCAS, Spencer3 and WILLIAMSON, Thomas3, (1)Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, MSCO3-2040, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, heckertab@appstate.edu, heckertab@appstate.edu
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STRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF LATE CRETACEOUS AMMONITES ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
GARB, Matthew P.1, JOHNSON, Ralph O.2 and CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A.1, (1)Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, and Doctoral Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, (2)Monmouth Amateur Paleontologist's Society, 57 Oceanport Ave, West Long Branch, NJ 07764, mgarb@brooklyn.cuny.edu, mgarb@brooklyn.cuny.edu
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SPINES, SPLINES, AND SINES: MODELING THE GROWTH OF LIVING AND FOSSIL ECHINOIDS
ZACHOS, Louis G., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 118G Carrier Hall, Oxford, MS 38677, lgzachos@olemiss.edu, lgzachos@olemiss.edu
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NEW EOCRINOIDS FROM THE LOWER ORDOVICIAN GARDEN CITY FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO
SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and GAHN, Forest J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg, ID 83460-0510, echino@mail.utexas.edu, echino@mail.utexas.edu
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A NEW ORDOVICIAN EDRIOASTEROID FAUNA SHOWS STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN MOROCCO AND NORTH AMERICA
SUMRALL, Colin D., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and ZAMORA, Samuel, Área y Museo de Paleontología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, E-50009, Spain, csumrall@utk.edu, csumrall@utk.edu
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EURYPTERID DISTRIBUTION AND DISPERSAL PATTERNS
TETLIE, O. Erik, New Haven, CT 06511, erik.tetlie@yale.edu, erik.tetlie@yale.edu
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SELECTIVE BIOMINERALIZATION OF CRAB CUTICLE: THE KEY TO A PELAGIC LIFESTYLE
FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Geology, Kent State University, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, Stark Campus, North Canton, OH 44720 and WAUGH, David A., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, rfeldman@kent.edu, rfeldman@kent.edu
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EFFECT OF SAMPLE LOCATION AND ONTOGENY ON DECAPOD CUTICLE, A CASE STUDY OF CALLINECTES SAPIDUS
WAUGH, David A.1, FELDMANN, Rodney M.1, HULL, Angie1, HEIN, Kristen1 and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E.2, (1)Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, (2)Department of Geology, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue, North Canton, OH 44720, dwaugh@kent.edu, dwaugh@kent.edu
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GONIODROMITES REUSS, 1858 (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: BRACHYURA: GONIODROMITIDAE): THE COCKROACH OF THE JURASSIC OCEANS
SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Geology, Kent State University, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, Stark Campus, North Canton, OH 44720 and FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, cschweit@kent.edu, cschweit@kent.edu
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NEW PROPODIDAE (CRUSTACEA, DECAPOD) SPECIMENS FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS BEARPAW FORMATION
ROSS, Mike, 2614 Navarre Street, Casper, WY 82601, WAHL, William R., Paleontology, BigHorn Basin Foundation, 110 Carter Ranch RD, Thermopolis, WY 82443, EASON, Randy, 2300 E. 18th St. Casper, WY 82809, Casper, WY 82809 and BISHOP, Gale, Museum of Geology and Paleontology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, wwahl2@aol.com, wwahl2@aol.com
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OCCURRENCE OF ARTICULATE BRACHIOPODS (RHYNCHONELLIDA: ORBIRHYNCHIA? PETTITT, 1954) FROM THE UPPER BEARPAW SHALE (CRETACEOUS: LATE CAMPANIAN) OF MONTANA
WAHL, William R., Paleontology, BigHorn Basin Foundation, 110 Carter Ranch RD, Thermopolis, WY 82443 and ROSS, Mike, 2614 Navarre Street, Casper, WY 82601, wwahl2@aol.com, wwahl2@aol.com
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ANTARCTIC FOSSIL BRYOZOANS: AN UNEXPECTED ADDITION (ENCRUSTING CHEILOSTOME, EOCENE, USHUAIA AND SEYMOUR ISLAND)
CUFFEY, Roger J., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, 412 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802, rcuffey@psu.edu, rcuffey@psu.edu
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MULTIVARIATE MORPHOMETRY AND RATES OF MORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION WITHIN THE PENNSYLVANIAN FUSULINID BEEDEINA (ARDMORE BASIN, OKLAHOMA)
REISDORPH, Stacey C., Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335 and GROVES, John R., Department of Earth Science, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335, mazie19@aol.com, mazie19@aol.com
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A NEW ALLOGROMIID FORAMINIFER FROM COASTAL GEORGIA, USA: FINE STRUCTURE AND GAMETOGENESIS
ALTIN, Deniz Z., Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602, HABURA, Andrea, Wadsworth Center, NY State Department of Health, C152 ESP, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201 and GOLDSTEIN, Susan T., Department of Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA GA30602-2501, daltin@uga.edu, daltin@uga.edu
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THE PARADOX OF LARGE SCYLIORHINOID-TYPE SHARK VERTEBRAE IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF NEW JERSEY
BECKER, Martin A.1, CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A.2, CHAMBERLAIN, Rebecca B.3, SOSNA, Marlayna C.4 and LINTERIS, Justin W.4, (1)Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, (2)Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (3)Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY 10314, (4)Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, beckerm2@wpunj.edu, beckerm2@wpunj.edu
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EXPLORING SYSTEMATICS OF THE DREISSENID BIVALVES USING THE DIVERSE ASSEMBLAGE OF LAKE PANNON
LACKEY, Hilary Sanders, Geological Sciences, California State University, San Bernardino, BI - 113A, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407-2393 and GEARY, Dana H., Dept. of Geoscience, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, hclackey@csupomona.edu, hclackey@csupomona.edu
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MORPHOLOGIC PATTERNS AND EVOLUTION OF THE NEOGENE SCALLOP, CHESAPECTEN, ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, USA
GOEWERT, Ann E.1, SURGE, Donna1, CARTER, Joseph G.1 and WARD, Lauck2, (1)Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Mitchell Hall, CB #3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (2)Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112, annieg@unc.edu, annieg@unc.edu
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SHELL SIZE SHIFTS OF A QUATERNARY HELICID FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS
YANES, Yurena1, ROMANEK, Christopher S.1, CASTILLO, Carolina2 and DELGADO, Antonio3, (1)Dept. of Geology and Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Drawer E, Aiken, SC 29802, (2)Biologia Animal, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, s/n, La Laguna, 38206, Spain, (3)Depto. Ciencias de la Tierra y Quimica Ambiental, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, Prof. Albareda, 1, Granada, 18008, Spain, yyanes@vt.edu, yyanes@vt.edu
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TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS INCLUDED IN MIOCENE AMBER FROM CHIAPAS, MEXICO
SERRANO, Maria de Lourdes, Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, VEGA, Francisco J., Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, México, DF, 04510, Mexico and COUTIÑO, Marco A., Museo de Paleontología, Instituto de Historia Nat y Ecología, Calzada de los Hombres Ilustres s/n, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Tuxtla Gutierrez, 29000, Mexico, vegver@servidor.unam.mx, vegver@servidor.unam.mx
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TOOTH ENAMEL MICROSTRUCTURE OF SELECTED ARCHOSAURS REPTILIA: ARCHOSAURIA FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP, WESTERN USA: TAXONOMIC AND EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE
HECKERT, Andrew B. and CAMP, Jessica, Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, heckertab@appstate.edu, heckertab@appstate.edu
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ANATOMY AND FUNCTION OF DIGIT III OF THE TYRANNOSAURUS REX MANUS
QUINLAN, Elizibeth D., DERSTLER, Kraig and MILLER, Mercedes M., Paleontology, Fort Peck Paleontology Inc, P.O. Box 123, Fort Peck, MT 59223, fppi@nemontel.net, fppi@nemontel.net
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EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT CALIFORNIA CONDORS
SYVERSON, Valerie J., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, c/o Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125 and PROTHERO, Donald, Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, valeriej@caltech.edu, valeriej@caltech.edu
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THE LATE PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE MERRELL LOCALITY, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA
DUNDAS, Robert G., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, rdundas@csufresno.edu, rdundas@csufresno.edu