Rocky Mountain Section - 59th Annual Meeting (7–9 May 2007)

Session No. 3
Monday, 7 May 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM

S11. Advances in Rocky Mountain Paleontology

 

Alan L. Titus and Jerry D. Harris, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:10 AM
RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN THE PHOTOGRAMMETRIC DOCUMENTATION OF DINOSAUR TRACKS IN UTAH FOR SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
MATTHEWS, Neffra A., Bureau of Land Managment, National Science and Technology Center, Building 50 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, FOSS, Scott E., Bureau of Land Managment, Utah State Office, Salt Lake City, UT 84145 and BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, neffra_matthews@blm.gov, neffra_matthews@blm.gov
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8:30 AM
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FOSSIL SEMIONOTID FISH FROM THE OWL ROCK MEMBER, CHINLE FORMATION (LATE TRIASSIC), SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH
SPEARS, Sarah Z.1, MILNER, Andrew R.C.1 and KIRKLAND, James I.2, (1)St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm, 2180 East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 84790, (2)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, sarah.spears@sgcity.org, sarah.spears@sgcity.org
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8:50 AM
MICROFOSSILS IN ALBIAN TO CENOMANIAN FOREDEEP SETTINGS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEA, CANADA: INTEGRATING BIOSTRATIGRAPHY FROM LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY INTO ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY
MANS, David, Earth Science, Carleton University, 33 Aldercrest Dr, Nepean, ON K2G 1R2, Canada, SCHRÖDER-ADAMS, Claudia, Earth Science, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada and ROCA, Xavier, Earth Science, Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5B7, Canada, ruinwynd@hotmail.com, ruinwynd@hotmail.com
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9:10 AM
CENOMANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS) MAMMALS FROM THE DAKOTA FORMATION IN CEDAR CANYON, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
EATON, Jeffrey G., Geosciences, Weber State University, 2507 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-2507, jeaton@weber.edu, jeaton@weber.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
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9:50 AM
THE KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU OF GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT: A NEW AND CRITICAL WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF DINOSAURS
GETTY, Mike A.1, SAMPSON, Scott D.1, LOEWEN, Mark1, GATES, Terry, ZANNO, Lindsay, LUND, Eric K.1, SERTICH, Joe1, ROBERTS, Eric3, TITUS, Alan4 and SMITH, Josh A.1, (1)Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0050, (2)School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, (3)Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 190 E. Center St, Kanab, UT 84741, mgetty@umnh.utah.edu, mgetty@umnh.utah.edu
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10:10 AM
ANALYSIS OF JIM'S HADROSAUR SITE: A DINOSAUR SITE IN THE MIDDLE CAMPANIAN (CRETACEOUS) WAHWEAP FORMATION OF GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT (GSENM), SOUTHERN UTAH
DE BLIEUX, Donald D., MASTERS, Simon L. and KIRKLAND, James I., Ground Water and Paleontology, Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, dondeblieux@utah.gov, dondeblieux@utah.gov
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10:30 AM
HOLOCENE WEATHERING/EROSION RATES FOR MACROSKELETAL FOSSILS: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION (LATE CRETACEOUS), GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
TITUS, Alan L. and ANDERSON, Kim T., Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, Bureau of Land Management, Kanab, UT 84741-3244, alan_titus@blm.gov, alan_titus@blm.gov
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10:50 AM
DETRITAL-ZIRCON AGE POPULATIONS FROM UPPER CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE WAHWEAP, KAIPAROWITS, CANAAN PEAK, PINE HOLLOW AND CLARON FORMATIONS, KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU, SOUTHERN UTAH
LINK, Paul K.1, ROBERTS, Eric2, FANNING, C. Mark3 and LARSEN, Joseph S.1, (1)Geosciences, Idaho State University, Mail Stop 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, (2)School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, (3)PRISE, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National Univ, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia, linkpaul@isu.edu, linkpaul@isu.edu
 
11:10 AM
Concluding Remarks
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