Session: Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain Paleontology ( 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)

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1:30 PM

Evolution of Tertiary Gulf Coast Marine Vertebrate Faunas

UHEN, Mark D., Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, uhen@umich.edu, uhen@umich.edu

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1:45 PM

Terrestrial Vertebrates from Cretaceous and Tertiary Marine Strata In the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi

DOCKERY III, David T., Mississippi Office of Geology, Mississippi Department of Enviromental Quality, P.O. Box 2279, Jackson, MS 39225-2279 and PHILLIPS, George E., Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353, David_Dockery@deq.state.ms.us, David_Dockery@deq.state.ms.us

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2:00 PM

New Vertebrates from the Paleogene of Eastern Texas

STIDHAM, Thomas A. and JANUS, Tracey, Biology, Texas A&M University, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, 3258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3258, furcula@mail.bio.tamu.edu, furcula@mail.bio.tamu.edu

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2:15 PM

Revised Biostratigraphy of the Middle Miocene to Earliest Pliocene Goliad Formation of South Texas

BASKIN, Jon A., Biological and Health Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363 and HULBERT, Richard C., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, kfjab02@tamuk.edu, kfjab02@tamuk.edu

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2:30 PM

Flora and Climate of the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian), Coahuila, Mexico: A Preliminary Report

ESTRADA-RUIZ, Emilio¹, UPCHURCH Jr, Garland R.² and CEVALLOS-FERRIZ, Sergio, R.S.¹, (1)Paleontologia, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Circuito de la Investigacion Cientifica, Mexico, D.F, 04510, Mexico, (2)Biology, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, emilioer@geologia.unam.mx, emilioer@geologia.unam.mx

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2:45 PM

Testing for Causal Relationships Between Environmental and Evolutionary Change in the Marine Paleogene of the US Gulf Coastal Plain: The Nature of the Problem

ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398 and IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu

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3:00 PM

The Relationship Between Ecological Variability and Time Averaging In Different Habitats (Copano Bay, Texas)

KLUG, Christopher A., Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840 and OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, kluger22@neo.tamu.edu, kluger22@neo.tamu.edu

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3:15 PM

Ecospace Utilization in High-Diversity Shallow Shelf Marine Communities of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain

WALL, Heather L.B., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13210 and IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, hlbaugh@syr.edu, hlbaugh@syr.edu

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3:30 PM

Rapid Growth of Mollusks in the Eocene Gosport Sand, US Gulf Coast

HAVELES, Andrew, Department of Earth Sciences, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244 and IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, awhavele@syr.edu, awhavele@syr.edu

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3:45 PM

Utilizing Echinoids as Environmental Indicators from the Late Eocene Ocala Limestone

MILLER, Justin, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, justin83@uga.edu, justin83@uga.edu

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4:00 PM

Microbial Mats on Siliciclastic Bedding Surfaces - in the Del Rio Kinneyia Formation (Cenomanian), West Texas

LOCK, Brian E., Univ Louisiana, Box 44530, Lafayette, LA 70504-4530, belock@louisiana.edu, belock@louisiana.edu

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4:15 PM

Growth, Character Development, Relationships and Life Habits of Belosaepia Ungula Gabb (Coleoida) In the Middle Eocene of the North American Gulf Coast

YANCEY, Thomas E., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, GARVIE, Christopher L., Texas Natural History Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705 and WICKSTEN, Mary K., Dept. Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, yancey@geo.tamu.edu, yancey@geo.tamu.edu

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4:30 PM

Two New Minute Species of Gastropods from the Middle Claibornian (Eocene ) of Texas; The First a Fossarid Genus New to the Americas and the Second An Archeogastropod with Affinities Close to Several Extinct Paleozoic Taxa

GARVIE, Christopher L., Texas Natural History Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 78705, cgarvie@austin.rr.com, cgarvie@austin.rr.com

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4:45 PM

Spectacularly Preserved, Mollusc-Dominated Fauna from a Cavity Layer In the Lower Cretaceous Edwards Formation, Central Texas

MCCALL, Linda J., Paleontological Society of Austin, PO Box 90791, Austin, TX 78749-0791, SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and MOLINEUX, Ann, Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78758, lndmccall02@yahoo.com, lndmccall02@yahoo.com

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5:00 PM

The Rio Bravo Collection: Preserving a Unique Collection for Future Research in the Gulf Coast Section

MOLINEUX, Ann, Planetary Station, PO Box 526, New York, NY 10024-0526, annm@austin.utexas.edu, annm@austin.utexas.edu

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5:15 PM

Preservation of Echinoid Fossils, Paleocene and Eocene of Texas

ZACHOS, Louis G., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 118G Carrier Hall, Oxford, MS 38677, lgzachos@olemiss.edu, lgzachos@olemiss.edu

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

GC15. Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain Paleontology