Session: Paleontology (Posters) (Joint South-Central and North-Central Sections, both conducting their 41st Annual Meeting (11

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TAPHONOMY, SEDIMENTOLOGY, AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A UNIQUE TRICERATOPS SITE IN THE HELL CREEK, SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA

MATHEWS, Joshua C.¹, HENDERSON, Michael² and WILLIAMS, Scott², (1)Geography, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, (2)Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103, jmathew1@niu.edu, jmathew1@niu.edu

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A REEXAMINATION OF THE DIVERSITY, TAXONOMIC DESCRIPTION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF SILURIAN CRINOIDS FROM WEST-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO

HAYES, Randall Scott¹, CHESTNUT, Alex J.¹ and CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N.², (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Wright State University, 306 Fawcett Hall, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Lake Campus, Celina, OH 45822, HAYES.63@WRIGHT.EDU, HAYES.63@WRIGHT.EDU

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SEDIMENT AVOIDANCE AND ESCAPE TRACES ASSOCIATED WITH RAFINESQUINA ALTERNATA, AN UPPER ORDOVICIAN STROPHOMENID BRACHIOPOD FROM THE CINCINNATI REGION, OHIO AND KENTUCKY

DATTILO, Benjamin F.¹, MEYER, David L.², GAYNOR, Matthew R.¹ and DEWING, Keith³, (1)Division of Science and Mathematics, Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, KY 41844, (2)Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (3)Geol Survey of Canada, 3303-33rd St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, MR_gaynor@alicelloyd.edu, MR_gaynor@alicelloyd.edu

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STRATIGRAPHIC AND TAPHONOMIC INTERPRETATIONS OF THE LOWER BONE-BEARING QUARRY OF THE RED CANYON RANCH DINOSAUR SITE IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, SHELL, WYOMING

ANDERSON, Ashley Kaye, Duluth, MN 55805, ande4017@d.umn.edu, ande4017@d.umn.edu

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DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY OF THE DINOSAUR QUARRY AT RED CANYON RANCH, SHELL, WYOMING

ETTER, Michael D., Geology, University of Minnesota - Duluth, 409 W Arrowhead Rd, Duluth, MN 55803, ette0022@d.umn.edu, ette0022@d.umn.edu

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MACROFOSSILS AND MICROFOSSILS FOUND AT A DINOSAUR SITE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING

GRAY, Cassie J.¹, PELS, Stephen D.², BODENBENDER, Brian E.² and DEMKO, Timothy M.³, (1)Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State Univ, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hope College, 35 E. 12th St, Holland, MI 49423, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, 229 Heller Hall, 1114 Kirby Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, cgray10@mymail.indstate.edu, cgray10@mymail.indstate.edu

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RELATIONSHIP OF THE EARLY PERMIAN BILK CREEK FORMATION (BLACK ROCK TERRANE) TO OTHER EARLY PERMIAN TERRANES ALONG THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN MARGIN OF PANGEA BASED ON BRACHIOPOD BIOGEOGRAPHY

KLUG, Christopher Allen, Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403 and YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Dept of Geology, Bowling Green State Univ, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, Klugca@bgnet.bgsu.edu, Klugca@bgnet.bgsu.edu

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PALEOBOTANY OF THE SYKES MOUNTAIN FORMATION (EARLY CRETACEOUS), BIGHORN BASIN, SHELL, WYOMING

WALTON, Kara A., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, BLAKE Jr, Bascombe M., West Virginia Geological Survey, 1 Mont Chateau Road, Morgantown, WV 26507-0879, BODENBENDER, Brian E., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Hope College, 35 E. 12th St, Holland, MI 49423 and DEMKO, Timothy M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, kwalton2@mix.wvu.edu, kwalton2@mix.wvu.edu

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THE USE OF SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY TO PREDICT THE DISTRIBUTION OF CONODONTS IN THE FAYETTEVILLE SHALE, NORTHERN ARKANSAS

SKYLES, Jonathen M. and LESLIE, Stephen A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR 72204, jxskyles@ualr.edu, jxskyles@ualr.edu

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BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA FROM THE CHAPELTON FORMATION (EOCENE; LUTETIAN) AT THE SEVEN RIVERS SITE, WEST-CENTRAL JAMAICA

CRUME, Michelle A., Geology, Ball State University, Dept. of Geology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0475 and FLUEGEMAN, Richard H., Dept. of Geology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306-0475, rfluegem@bsu.edu, rfluegem@bsu.edu

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A NEW MIOCENE BEAVER FROM THE EASTGATE FAUNA, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA

SMITH, Kent, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 1111 W. 17th Street, Tulsa, OK 74107, kent.smith@okstate.edu, kent.smith@okstate.edu

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A PRELIMINARY MORPHOMETRIC ANANLYSIS OF THE MORPHOLOGICALLY VARIABLE CLYPEASTEROID PERIARCHUS LYELLI

CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Lake Campus, Celina, OH 45822 and WILLIAMSON, Lauren, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu

Joint South-Central and North-Central Sections, both conducting their 41st Annual Meeting (11–13 April 2007)

Paleontology (Posters)