2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 127
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T51. Neontological Solutions to Paleontological Problems: Actualistic Studies of the Morphology, Behavior, and Ecology of Modern Analogs for Ancient Organisms

Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Daniel I. Hembree, Brian F. Platt and Jon J. Smith, Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
Neoichnology of Extant Terrestrial Arthropods and Amphibians: The Key to Interpreting Pennsylvanian Continental Ichnofossils of the Appalachian Basin
HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu, hembree@ohio.edu
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8:15 AM
In Search of a Modern Analog for Arthrophycus Ichnogenus
BRANDT, Danita1, CSONKA, Jayme1 and MCCOY, Victoria2, (1)Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, csonkaja@msu.edu, csonkaja@msu.edu
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8:30 AM
Modern Ant Nest Architecture Sheds Light on Trace Fossils
TSCHINKEL, Walter R., Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, tschinkel@bio.fsu.edu, tschinkel@bio.fsu.edu
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8:45 AM
Modern Invertebrates Mining for Oxygen Is a Recapitulation of Earliest Behaviors
GINGRAS, Murray, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, KONHAUSER, Kurt O., Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and PEMBERTON, S. George, Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Science Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mgingras@ualberta.ca, mgingras@ualberta.ca
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9:00 AM
Relating Modern Holothurian Burrows to Environmental Conditions and the Study of Nearshore Paleoenvironments
SMILEK, Krista R. and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, km229099@ohio.edu, km229099@ohio.edu
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9:15 AM
Modern Elephant Footprints in Alluvium as Analogs for Sauropod Dinosaur Tracks in Ancient Floodplain Sediments
PLATT, Brian F. and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Geology, Univ of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, bfplatt@ku.edu, bfplatt@ku.edu
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9:30 AM
Shared Responses to Resource Heterogeneity and the Origins of Foraging Behavior
KOY, Karen, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, m/c 186, Chicago, IL 60607 and PLOTNICK, Roy, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607, LovleAnjel@hotmail.com, LovleAnjel@hotmail.com
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9:45 AM
Effect of Durophagy on Drilling Predation
CHATTOPADHYAY, Devapriya, Department of Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata, Mohanpur, 741246, India and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, devapriya@iiserkol.ac.in, devapriya@iiserkol.ac.in
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10:00 AM
Who Eats Bryozoans? — and Why It Matters for Interpreting Evolution
LIDGARD, Scott, Department of Geology, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, slidgard@fieldmuseum.org, slidgard@fieldmuseum.org
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10:15 AM
Comparative Taphonomy of Marine Benthos: Quantitative Estimates of Higher-Taxon Fidelity in Marine Nearshore Ecosystems of the Outer Banks, North Carolina
TYLER, Carrie L. and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, ctylersa@vt.edu, ctylersa@vt.edu
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10:30 AM
Comparative Ecology and Taphonomy of Shallow- to Deep-Water Bivalve- and Brachiopod Assemblages from the Modern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
TOMASOVYCH, Adam, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 and ZUSCHIN, Martin, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, martin.zuschin@univie.ac.at, martin.zuschin@univie.ac.at
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10:45 AM
Using Taphonomic Pathways Identified from Modern Bone Assemblages to Interpret Vertebrate Fossil Assemblages
MOORE, Jason R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, VARRICCHIO, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 and JACKSON, Frankie, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University Bozeman, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, Jason.R.Moore@dartmouth.edu, Jason.R.Moore@dartmouth.edu
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11:00 AM
The Colour and Preservation of Fossil Feathers
VINTHER, Jakob1, BRIGGS, Derek2, PRUM, Richard3 and SARANATHAN, Vinodkumar3, (1)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (2)Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, (3)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, Jakob.vinther@yale.edu, Jakob.vinther@yale.edu
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11:15 AM
Permian and Triassic Tree Rings as High Latitude Paleoclimate Indicators
RYBERG, Patricia E., Dept. of Biology, Park University, 8700 NW Riverpark Dr, Parkville, MO 64152 and TAYLOR, Edith L., Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave., Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, patricia.ryberg@park.edu, patricia.ryberg@park.edu
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11:30 AM
Growth Models of Recent Gastropods Shells: Implication for Ammonoids
URDY, Séverine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, GOUDEMAND, Nicolas, Paleobiology Group, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, BUCHER, Hugo, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland and MONNET, Claude, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, severine.urdy@ucsf.edu, severine.urdy@ucsf.edu
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11:45 AM
Modern Analogs for Ceratopsian Dinosaurs: A Complicated Issue
KRAUSS, David A.1, PEZON, Antoine E.1, NGUYEN, Peter H.1, HIRSCH, Jenna R.2 and SANCHEZ-BRAVO, Gabriela1, (1)Science, City University of New York, Science Dept. - Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007, (2)Mathematics, City University of New York, Mathematics Dept. - Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007, cunybioprof@yahoo.com, cunybioprof@yahoo.com
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