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

Session No. 19
Tuesday, 8 May 2007: 2:00 PM-4:30 PM

S5. Utah's Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation: Advances in Geology II

 

James I. Kirkland and Scott K. Madsen, Conveners
Paper #
Start Time
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2:00 PM
WHEN CARBONATES SPEAK: RECONSTRUCTING MID-CRETACEOUS PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOENVIRONMENT FROM CARBONATES IN THE RUBY RANCH MEMBER OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION
AL-SUWAIDI, Aisha H.1, GONZÁLEZ, Luis A.1, LUDVIGSON, Greg A.2 and TREMAIN, Emily1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047, aalsu@ku.edu, aalsu@ku.edu
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2:20 PM
DOCUMENTATION OF PHYTOLITHS AND OTHER BIOSILICATES FROM THE MUSSENTUCHIT MEMBER OF THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION, UTAH
SUAREZ, Marina1, BOZARTH, Steven2 and TREMAIN, Emily1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (2)Department of Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, msuarez@ku.edu, msuarez@ku.edu
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2:40 PM
A CEDAR MOUNTAIN TYPE FAUNA FROM THE LOWER CRETACEOUS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
BONDE, Joshua W., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Bozeman, MT 59717 and VARRICCHIO, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Bozeman, Department of Earth Sciences, PO BOX 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, jwbonde@montana.edu, jwbonde@montana.edu
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3:00 PM
VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE MID-CRETACEOUS (ALBIAN) WAYAN FORMATION OF IDAHO, A POSSIBLE CORRELATE TO THE UPPER CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION
KRUMENACKER, L.J.1, VARRICCHIO, David J.2 and JACKSON, Frankie2, (1)Department of Biology, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Bozeman, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, ljkrumenacker@yahoo.com, ljkrumenacker@yahoo.com
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3:20 PM
PRELIMINARY VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE MID CRETACEOUS BLACKLEAF FORMATION OF MONTANA
VARRICCHIO, David J.1, MOORE, Jason2 and JACKSON, Frankie1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Bozeman, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, MSU, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, djv@montana.edu, djv@montana.edu
 
3:40 PM
Discussion
 
4:00 PM
Concluding Remarks
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