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. 249
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 8:00 AM-6:00 PM

Paleontology (Posters) II - Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Traces

Authors will be present from 4 to 6 PM.

 

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A Basal Middle Cambrian, Echinoderm Rich, Outer Shelf Community in the Kaili Formation (Kaili Biota), Guizhou Province, China
PARSLEY, Ronald L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, parsley@tulane.edu, parsley@tulane.edu
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Is the Proximal Gulf of Mexico a Modern Analog for the Middle Cambrian House Embayment?
ERWIN, Marty, School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004 and ROWLAND, Steve, Geoscience, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154, erwinm2@unlv.nevada.edu, erwinm2@unlv.nevada.edu
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The Widespread Distribution of Cambrian Medusae: Scyphomedusa Strandings in the Potsdam Group of Southwestern Quebec
LACELLE, Mario A., 48 St-Elzear W, apt.4, Laval, QC H7M 1E2, Canada, HAGADORN, James W., Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002 and GROULX, Pierre, 565 Hebert, Valleyfield, QC G6S 2B5, Canada, mario_lacelle@ichnos.ca, mario_lacelle@ichnos.ca
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Paleobiogeography of Cincinnatian (Late Ordovician) Brachiopod Species Utilizing Ecological Niche Modeling Methods
WALLS, Bradley J., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, bw219007@ohio.edu, bw219007@ohio.edu
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Ecological Niche Modeling of Richmondian (Late Ordovician) Brachiopods in the Cincinnati Arch: Early Stages of a Biotic Invasion
DUDEI, Nicole L., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, nd191307@ohio.edu, nd191307@ohio.edu
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Taphonomic and Paleoecologic Aspects of the Early Devonian (Pragian) Tarrantine Formation near Jackman, Maine
COLIN, Emily D.1, DALY, Rachel G.2, DELANO, Catherine L.1, GROCKE, Stephanie B.1, HUNT, Caroline G.1, KILIAN, Taylor M.1, NEWBURY, Sophia S.1, SMITH, Amanda M. and GASTALDO, Robert A.1, (1)Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843, edcolin@colby.edu, edcolin@colby.edu
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What Are We Really Counting When We Enumerate Species?
BONUSO, Nicole, Department of Geological Sciences, California State Univeristy, Fullerton, 800 N State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, nbonuso@fullerton.edu, nbonuso@fullerton.edu
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A Conulariid Fauna from the Fort Payne Formation, (Mississippian, Osagean) of Central Tennessee
FORD, Robert C., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 and FREDERICK, Daniel L., rcford79@ksu.edu, rcford79@ksu.edu
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New Perspectives on Faunal Analyses of the Mississippian Michigan Formation, Western Michigan
NOLL, Nathan R.1, VIDETICH, Patricia E.1 and NEAL, William J.2, (1)Department of Geology, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401, (2)Department of Geology, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, petrifiedphish@aol.com, petrifiedphish@aol.com
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Destruction of a (Texas) Pennsylvanian Goniatite Nursery-the East Mountain Shale
SALINAS, José G., Natural Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, 1 Main St, Houston, TX 77002 and MERRILL, Glen K., Department of Natural Sciences, University of Houston-Downtown, 1 Main Street, Suite N813, Houston, TX 77002, merrillg@uhd.edu, merrillg@uhd.edu
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Early- to Mid-Pennsylvanian Vertebrate Fauna of An Intermontane Basin Inferred from Tracks and Trackways of the Wamsutta Formation, Southeastern New England
KNECHT, Richard J. and BENNER, Jacob S., Tufts University, Department of Geology, Lane Hall, Medford, MA 02155, richardjknecht@gmail.com, richardjknecht@gmail.com
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Evidence for Faunal Tracking of Recurrent Fossil Assemblages In Four Major Marine Zones In the Glenshaw Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian, Appalachian Basin)
LEBOLD, Joseph G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, jlebold@lsu.edu, jlebold@lsu.edu
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Detecting Coordinated Stasis by Model Ranking
HANDLEY, John C., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208, jhandley@rochester.rr.com, jhandley@rochester.rr.com
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A Taphonomic Study of Early Triassic Fossil Fishes from Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation, British Columbia, Canada
ANDERSON, Karen A. and WOODS, Adam D., Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, 800 North State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, kanderson@fullerton.edu, kanderson@fullerton.edu
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Taphonomy In Blue Paleosols and Its Implications for the Biostratigraphy of Vertebrate Taxa In the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA
LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, PARKER, William G., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and FASTOVSKY, David E., Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, k.m.loughney@gmail.com, k.m.loughney@gmail.com
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Paleoenvironmental Settings and Characteristics of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Footprints of San Juan Raya, Southern Mexico
VERDE-RAMÍREZ, Angeles1, SILVA-ROMO, Gilberto2 and MENDOZA-ROSALES, Claudia C.2, (1)Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, (2)Facultad de Ingeniería, UNAM, Avenida Universidad # 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, 04510, Mexico, angelesverde@gmail.com, angelesverde@gmail.com
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Floating Islands as Taphonomic Agents In the Offshore Dispersal of Vertebrate Remains
HEINRICH, Paul V., Louisiana Geological Survey, Louisiana State Univ, 3079 Energy, Coast and Environment Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, heinric@lsu.edu, heinric@lsu.edu
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Evidence for Early Diagenesis in Presence of Soft Parts from Panopea Occidentalis (Mollusca:Pelecypoda) in the Fox Hills Fm. (Maastrichtian:Late Cretaceous), North Dakota
ERICKSON, Mark, Geology Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, BURNS, Diane, Department of Geology/Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL 61920-3099 and PALMATEER, Brett, 3652 So. Grape St, Denver, CO 80237, meri@stlawu.edu, meri@stlawu.edu
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Ecological Structure of the Molluscan Fauna of the Plio-Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida
VISAGGI, Christy C.1, BURZYNSKI, Gregory M.2, KEMBLE, Julie A.2, OFALT, Kaitlin M.2, WHITE, Stephanie D.2 and KELLEY, Patricia H.2, (1)Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, (2)Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944, ccv9261@uncw.edu, ccv9261@uncw.edu
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Are Museum Collections Adequate to Test the Escalation Hypothesis?: A Preliminary Case Study Using the Plio-Pleistocene Strombus Alatus Species Complex from Florida
KOSLOSKI, Mary Elizabeth, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and HERBERT, Gregory S., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, mek48@cornell.edu, mek48@cornell.edu
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A New Outline Method to Identify Specialized Shell-Wedging Behavior In Gastropod Mollusks
SMITH, Ursula E., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 and DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, ues4@cornell.edu, ues4@cornell.edu
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Predator-Induced Shell Damage in Bivalves from the Middle Devonian
NAGEL-MYERS, Judith, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and BRETT, Carl, Dept. of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, jn226@cornell.edu, jn226@cornell.edu
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An Experimental Assessment of Penetration, Excavation and Consumption Rates of the Muricid Gastropod, Nucella Lamellosa
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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One of These Beaches Is Not Like the Other: Drilling Frequencies in Modern Mollusc Shells, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
STEVENSON, Marquela, Geology, Smith College, 1 Chapin Way, Box 7450, Northampton, MA 01063 and PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, 01063, mgsteven@smith.edu, mgsteven@smith.edu
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The Microstructural Record of Predation: A New Approach for Identifying Predatory Drill Holes
SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1, YANES, Yurena2, TYLER, Carrie L.3, KOWALEWSKI, Michal3 and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R.4, (1)ICTAS Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (3)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, jdschiff@vt.edu, jdschiff@vt.edu
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Lacustrine Shell Accumulations in Continental Rifts: Actualistic Examples of Depositional Style and Taphonomy from the Littoral of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa
MCGLUE, Michael M.1, SOREGHAN, Michael J.2, MISCHLER, John3, O'CONNELL, Christine S.4, CASTANEDA, Oceana S.5, HARTWELL, Richard J.6, MICHEL, Ellinor7, TODD, Jonathan A.8, COHEN, Andrew S.1 and LEZZAR, Kiram E.9, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (2)Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E Boyd St, Suite 710, Norman, OK 73019, (3)Department of Geosciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, (4)Earth Systems Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (5)Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, (6)Earth and Atmospheric Science Program, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY 13104, (7)Departments of Zoology and Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (8)Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (9)Geosciences, University of Arizona, 1040 E. 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, mmcglue@geo.arizona.edu, mmcglue@geo.arizona.edu
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Is It Modern on the Surface? – Time-Averaging Estimates from the West Florida Shelf Using Amino Acid Racemization from Chione (Bivalvia)
MCKNIGHT, Julie Y.1, OCHES, Eric2, HERBERT, Greg3 and HARRIES, Peter J.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (3)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, jymcknig@mail.usf.edu, jymcknig@mail.usf.edu
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Morphologic Variation in Upper Pleistocene Demosponge Biostromes, Miami, Florida: Paleoecologic Implications
GOHL, Andrea L., Department of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, CUNNINGHAM, Kevin J., U.S. Geological Survey, 7500 SW 36th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 and CURRAN, H. Allen, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, agohl@email.smith.edu, agohl@email.smith.edu
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Bryozoan Colonial Growth Form and Habitat Selection
HAGEMAN, Steven J., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, MCKINNEY, Frank K., Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608 and JAKLIN, Andrej, Center for Marine Research, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Rovinj, 52210, Croatia, hagemansj@appstate.edu, hagemansj@appstate.edu
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