Session: Marine Vertebrate Faunas of the Gulf Coastal Plain I (South-Central Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (30 March

Session No. 1

Monday, 31 March 2008: 8:00 AM-11:00 AM

S1. Marine Vertebrate Faunas of the Gulf Coastal Plain I

Gary Layne Stringer, Convener

Paper #

Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:10 AM

BONY FISHES BASED ON OTOLITHS AND OSTEOLOGICAL REMAINS FROM THE OLIGOCENE OF LOUISIANA

STRINGER, Gary Layne and ANDERSON, Lauri Elizabeth, Department of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209, lauri.elizabeth@gmail.com, lauri.elizabeth@gmail.com

8:30 AM

EOCENE (JACKSONIAN) ESTUARINE VERTEBRATE FAUNAS FROM CROWLEY'S RIDGE, ARKANSAS

WESTGATE, James W., Earth & Space Sciences, Lamar University, POB 10031, Beaumont, TX 77710, james.westgate@lamar.edu, james.westgate@lamar.edu

8:50 AM

BILLFISHES OF THE GULF AND ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE

FIERSTINE, Harry L., Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, hfiersti@calpoly.edu, hfiersti@calpoly.edu

9:10 AM

Discussion

9:30 AM

Break

9:50 AM

VERTEBRATES FROM A MIDDLE EOCENE ESTUARINE MANGROVE COMMUNITY IN THE RIO GRANDE EMBAYMENT

WESTGATE, James W., Earth & Space Sciences, Lamar University, PO Box 10031, Beaumont, TX 77710, james.westgate@lamar.edu, james.westgate@lamar.edu

10:10 AM

MARINE VERTEBRATES FROM THE K-P BOUNDARY COMPLEX, BRAZOS RIVER, TEXAS

JANUS, Tracey A. and STIDHAM, Thomas, Biology, Texas A&M University, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, 3258 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3258, tjanus1@gmail.com, tjanus1@gmail.com

10:30 AM

EVOLUTION OF LATE CRETACEOUS BONY FISHES IN THE GULF COAST AS INDICATED BY OTOLITHS

WOODWARD, Brett, Natural History Museum, East Tennessee State University, 807 University Parkway, Johnson City, TN 37615 and STRINGER, Gary L., Department of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, LA 71209, woodward@etsu.edu, woodward@etsu.edu

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South-Central Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (30 March - 1 April, 2008)

S1. Marine Vertebrate Faunas of the Gulf Coastal Plain I