Northeastern Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (27-29 March 2008)

Session No. 2
Thursday, 27 March 2008: 8:00 AM-10:20 AM

Paleontology and Stratigraphy

 

Joseph C. Hill and Paul K. Strother, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
USE OF WHIRLPOOL SANDSTONE (SILURIAN) AS A BUILDING STONE IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO
MIDDLETON, Gerard V., School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada, middleto@mcmaster.ca, middleto@mcmaster.ca
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8:20 AM
SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION FEATURES IN THE DEVONIAN-MISSISSIPPIAN TRANSITION “HAYSTACKS” SANDSTONE, NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: A PALEOSEISMITE?
HILL, Joseph C., Department of Geography and Geology, Sam Houston State University, P.O. Box 2148, Huntsville, TX 77341, jch031@shsu.edu, jch031@shsu.edu
3
8:40 AM
ENIGMATIC TAPHONOMIC FEATURES AND CONTEXTS OF LATE QUATERNARY FOSSILS AT THE HISCOCK SITE, WESTERN NEW YORK
LAUB, Richard S., Geology Division, Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14211, rlaub@sciencebuff.org, rlaub@sciencebuff.org
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9:00 AM
SMALL CRITTERS, BIG ERRORS: CORRECTIONS TO REPORTS OF STYLIOLINA FISSURELLA (HALL) FROM THE DEVONIAN OF NEW YORK
LINDEMANN, Richard H., Geosciences, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, rlindema@skidmore.edu, rlindema@skidmore.edu
 
9:20 AM
Break
5
9:40 AM
ULTRASTRUCTURE OF CAMBRIAN CRYPTOSPORES SUPPORT MULTILAMINATE WALLS AS THE PRIMITIVE CONDITION IN THE PLANT SPORODERM
TAYLOR, Wilson A., Biology, University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54701 and STROTHER, Paul K., Geology & Geophysics, Boston College, Weston Observatory, Weston, MA 02493, strother@bc.edu, strother@bc.edu
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10:00 AM
THE EFFECT OF VARIABLE GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE ON ESTIMATIONS OF ORIGINATION AND EXTINCTION: A CASE STUDY ON THE HAMILTON GROUP OF NEW YORK
WALL, Patrick D., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cinciinnati, OH 45221-0013 and IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, pdwall@syr.edu, pdwall@syr.edu
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