Session: Paleontology (Posters) (Northeastern Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (12

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NEWFOUNDLAND: A KEY AREA FOR ORDOVICIAN RADIOLARIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

MALETZ, Jorg, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 772 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050, jorgm@buffalo.edu, jorgm@buffalo.edu

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PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE DICHOGRAPTACEA

CARLUCCI, Jesse, Department of Geosciences, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308 and MALETZ, Jorg, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 876 Natural Science Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260, jesse.carlucci@mwsu.edu, jesse.carlucci@mwsu.edu

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ON THE PRESERVATIONAL MATRIX OF TRICERATOPS

HATCHER, Joseph, Curator of Paleontology, PaleoWorld Research Foundation, Garfield County Museum, P.O. Box 408, Jordan, MT 59337, paleoworld@paleoworld.org, paleoworld@paleoworld.org

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BIOTIC RESPONSE DURING TIMES OF SEVERE ECOLOGICAL STRESS: HOW PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN UPPER CENOMANIAN-EARLIEST TURONIAN OCEAN INDUCED STEP-BY-STEP EXTINCTION AND DWARFISM

SOUA, Mohamed, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science of Tunis, Université de Tunis, Campus universitaire El Manar, Tunisia, Université de Lille1, UMR-8110, F59655 villeneuve d'Ascq, France, El Manar, 2092, Tunisia and ZAGHBIB-TURKI, Dalila, Department of Geology, Faculty of Science of Tunis, El Manar, 2092, Tunisia, elmohology@yahoo.fr, elmohology@yahoo.fr

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TAPHONOMY AND BIOEROSION OF A PLIOCENE CORAL THICKET FROM VIRGINIA, USING COMPUTER BASED AREA ANALYSIS

CORBETT, Matthew J., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, corbett.m@neu.edu, corbett.m@neu.edu

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TAPHONOMY OF TWO HORIZONS FROM DON'S GOOSEBERRY PIT, BLACK HILLS, SD

PARDI, Melissa Irene, 38 Nassau Lane, East Hartford, CT 06118, themel956@aol.com, themel956@aol.com

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HOLOCENE OSTRACODE ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

MADDOCKS, Rosalie F.¹, FELDMAN, Howard R.², ROSENFELD, Amnon³, HONIGSTEIN, Avi⁴, HALBSTEIN, Arianna N.⁵ and ZABLEN, Karen⁵, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, (2)Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, (3)Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhei Yisrael Street, Jerusalem 95501, Israel, (4)Oil and Gas Section, Ministry for National Infrastructures, Jerusalem, 94387, Israel, (5)Biology Department, Touro College, 227 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023, feldspar4@optonline.net, feldspar4@optonline.net

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MARINE OSTRACODES FROM THE LATEST PLEISTOCENE OF CENTRAL MAINE: EVIDENCE FOR PALEOSALINITY AND PALEOBATHYMETRY IN THE WANING PHASES OF MARINE EMERGENCE

KLINE, Jamie E., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858 and NELSON, Robert E., Dept. of Geology, Colby College, 5804 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, jekline@colby.edu, jekline@colby.edu

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LATEST PLEISTOCENE MARINE MOLLUSCS OF CENTRAL MAINE: EVIDENCE FOR PALEOSALINITY AND PALEOBATHYMETRY IN THE WANING PHASES OF THE PRESUMPSCOT FORMATION AND SUBSEQUENT MARINE EMERGENCE

BAGLEY, Patrick H., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858 and NELSON, Robert E., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5804 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, phbagley@colby.edu, phbagley@colby.edu

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FORAMINIFERA FROM THE PRESUMPSCOT FORMATION: EVIDENCE FOR PALEOSALINITY AND PALEOBATHYMETRY IN THE WANING PHASES OF MARINE EMERGENCE OF CENTRAL MAINE

LITTLEFIELD, Elizabeth F., Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St, MS 0172, Reno, NV 89557 and NELSON, Robert E., Dept. of Geology, Colby College, 5804 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, elittlefield@unr.edu, elittlefield@unr.edu

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LATE HOLOCENE VS. MODERN ENVIRONMENTS OF CENTRAL MAINE: COMPARISON OF POLLEN, PLANT MACROFOSSIL AND COLEOPTERAN ASSEMBLAGES WITH THE HISTORICAL RECORD

CANTOR, Bradford M.¹, CLARK, C. Kittinger¹, COLEMAN, Hannah H.², DISTINTI, Mary M.², KILIAN, Taylor M.¹, KRUMDIECK, Newton W.¹, LITTLEFIELD, Elizabeth F.³, NEWBURY, Sophia S.¹, REID, Samuel B.¹ and NELSON, Robert E.⁴, (1)Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, (2)Department of History, Colby College, 5300 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8853, (3)Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St, MS 0172, Reno, NV 89557, (4)Dept. of Geology, Colby College, 5804 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901-8858, bmcantor@colby.edu, bmcantor@colby.edu

Northeastern Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (12–14 March 2007)

Paleontology (Posters)