North-Central Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (24–25 April 2008)

Session No. 33
Friday, 25 April 2008: 1:15 PM-5:00 PM

T23. Organisms and Sedimentation: Biotic Controls and Adaptations to Turbidity, Sedimentation, and Substrate in the Fossil Record

Paleontological Society

 

Benjamin F. Dattilo and David L. Meyer, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:15 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:20 PM
CROSS-PHYLUM BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS TO HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES IN THE SUBSTRATE
KOY, Karen A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, LovleAnjel@hotmail.com, LovleAnjel@hotmail.com
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1:40 PM
A NEW ICHNOSPECIES OF ARTHROPHYCUS FROM THE LATE CARBONIFEROUS (PENNSYLVANIAN) OF MICHIGAN
BRANDT, Danita1, CSONKA, Jayme1, MCCOY, Victoria2, BARRINGER, Joshua1, HOLMQUIST, Emily1, KRAIG, Sarah1, MORGAN, Ryan1, MYERS, John1, PAQUETTE, Lance1 and SEITZ, Megan1, (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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2:00 PM
EDIACARAN FROND ADAPTATIONS TO FLOW REGIME
SINGER, Amy E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St. (SES 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, asinge2@uic.edu, asinge2@uic.edu
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2:20 PM
LIVING ON THE EDGE: EPIZOAN ENCRUSTATION AND ALTERNATIVE LIFE ORIENTATIONS OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN STROPHOMENID BRACHIOPOD RAFINESQUINA FROM THE CINCINNATI ARCH REGION
MEYER, David L., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, DATTILO, Benjamin F., Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2102 Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 and KALLMEYER, Jack, 1158 Thurnridge Drive, Reading, OH 45215, david.meyer@uc.edu, david.meyer@uc.edu
 
2:40 PM
Break
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3:00 PM
OPEN WIDE! HOW MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT THE GAPE ANGLE IN STROPHOMENID BRACHIOPODS?
DEWING, Keith, Geol Survey of Canada, 3303-33rd St NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, DATTILO, Benjamin F., Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne and MEYER, David L., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, dattilob@ipfw.edu, dattilob@ipfw.edu
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3:20 PM
THROWING GENICULATION A CURVE. A QUANTITATIVE APPROACH TO SHELL FORM IN RAFINESQUINA ALTERNATA
BLOOM, Heather M.1, LESCINSKY, Halard L.1 and JAMES, Thomas R.2, (1)Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH 43081, (2)Department of Math and Computer Sciences, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH 43081, Hlescinsky@otterbein.edu, Hlescinsky@otterbein.edu
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3:40 PM
PRESERVATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS BY BIVALVE DEATH ASSEMBLAGES IN SOFT-BOTTOM HABITATS
TOMA?OVÝCH, Adam, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, tomasovych@uchicago.edu, tomasovych@uchicago.edu
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