2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 172
Tuesday, 20 October 2009: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall A (Oregon Convention Center)

Paleontology: Morphology, Systematics, & Education (Posters)

Authors will be present from 4 to 6 PM.

 

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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF CRINOID GENERA FROM THE EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN LAKE VALLEY FORMATION (NUNN MEMBER) OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
RHENBERG, Elizabeth C., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, P.O Box 6300, Morgantown, WV 26506 and KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, erhenber@mix.wvu.edu, erhenber@mix.wvu.edu
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SYSTEMATIC REVISION OF CRINOIDS FROM THE ST. LOUIS LIMESTONE (MERAMECIAN, ILLINOIS BASIN)
COOK, Lewis A., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300 and KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, lewisacook@suddenlink.net, lewisacook@suddenlink.net
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CLADID CRINOIDS FROM THE EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN CUYAHOGA FORMATION OF OHIO
KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, tkammer@wvu.edu, tkammer@wvu.edu
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RANGE OF VARIATION IN CALYX PLATE SCULPTURING CHARACTER STATES AMONG THE CRINOIDEA AND POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS
AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1308 and BOHATÝ, Jan, Institut für Geologie and Mineralogie, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 49a, Köln, D-50674, Germany, ausich.1@osu.edu, ausich.1@osu.edu
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NEW PROSPECTS ON THE DEEP EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF STALKED ECHINODERMS
LIN, Jih-Pai, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, AUSICH, William, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, JANIES, Daniel A., Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, ZHAO, Yuanlong, College of Resource and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China and PENG, Jin, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China, jplin@hotmail.com, jplin@hotmail.com
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DISCRIMINATING BLASTOID SPECIES USING 3D MORPHOMETRICS
ATWOOD, James W., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, SUMRALL, Colin D., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and MCKINNEY, M.L., Department of Earth & Planetary Science, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, jatwood2@utk.edu, jatwood2@utk.edu
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NO OREODONT BODY SIZE CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATIC CHANGE BETWEEN THE OLIGOCENE AND MIOCENE OF THE JOHN DAY BASIN
ATWATER, Amy L., Denali National Park and Preserve, P.O. Box 9, Denali National Park, Denali Park, AK 99755, DAVIS, Edward Byrd, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and LEVERING, David, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State Center for Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74107, atwater@uoregon.edu, atwater@uoregon.edu
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DEVELOPING A 3D LANDMARK SCHEME FOR GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE FAMILY AGARICIIDAE (SCLERACTINIA)
RHODES, Kristopher J.S., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2508 Ruthven Musems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, krisrhodes@gmail.com, krisrhodes@gmail.com
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DENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PYCNODONTS FROM THE LOWER FERRON SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE MANCOS SHALE (MIDDLE TURONIAN) CARBON COUNTY, UTAH
BECKER, Martin A., Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470 and LINTERIS, Justin W., Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, linterisj@student.wpunj.edu, linterisj@student.wpunj.edu
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CHONDRICHTHYANS FROM THE LOWER FERRON SANDSTONE MEMBER OF THE MANCOS SHALE (UPPER CRETACEOUS: MIDDLE TURONIAN) OF EMERY AND CARBON COUNTIES, UTAH, USA
BECKER, Martin A.1, WELLNER, Robert W.2, MALLERY Jr, Christopher S.1 and CHAMBERLAIN Jr, John A.3, (1)Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, (2)ExxonMobil Development Company, 12450 Greenspoint Drive, Houston, TX 77066, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, and Doctoral Programs in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biology, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, beckerm2@wpunj.edu, beckerm2@wpunj.edu
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CRANIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A PREVIOUSLY UNDESCRIBED GLOBODONTAN ALLIGATORID FROM THE HELL CREEK FORMATION OF MONTANA
HOUSEHOLDER, Mindy L., Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103 and TREMAINE, Katie, Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115, mhouseho@niu.edu, mhouseho@niu.edu
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TITANOSAUR OSTEODERM ONTOGENY, ANATOMY, AND FUNCTION: NEW DATA FROM RAPETOSAURUS KRAUSEI (MAEVARANO FORMATION, MADAGASCAR)
CURRY ROGERS, Kristina, Biology and Geology Departments, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, CAGAN, Amanda, Biology Department, 1600 Grand Avenue, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105 and DIEHM, Jeffrey, North Star Imaging, 19875 S. Diamond Lake Road, Suite 10, Rogers, MN 55374, rogersk@macalester.edu, rogersk@macalester.edu
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PLEISTOCENE FOSSIL BIRDS FROM IOWA LOCALITIES
MCCARVILLE, Katherine, School of Science and Mathematics, Upper Iowa University, 605 Washington St, P.O. Box 1857, Fayette, IA 52142, mccarvillek@uiu.edu, mccarvillek@uiu.edu
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PLATYGONUS CF. P. VETUS FROM THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE (LATE IRVINGTONIAN) FAIRMEAD LANDFILL LOCALITY, MADERA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
KOTTACHCHI, Niranjala1, CANCHOLA, Joe A.1 and DUNDAS, Robert G.2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, (2)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, joecanchola@csufresno.edu, joecanchola@csufresno.edu
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RANCHO LA BREA MASTODONS, ARE THEY SMALLER THAN MAMMUT AMERICANUM FROM ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
TRAYLER, Robin B., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740 and DUNDAS, Robert G., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, robintrayler@csufresno.edu, robintrayler@csufresno.edu
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SIZING IT UP: DEVELOPMENT OF A SPECIMEN-BASED DATABASE OF BODY-SIZE FOR WESTERN ATLANTIC MOLLUSKS
HENDY, Austin J.W., Center for Tropical Palaeontology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 601 East Street, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, SMITH, Ursula E., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, CARREY, Megan R., Department of Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, 14454 and DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, ues4@cornell.edu, ues4@cornell.edu
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DIMORPHISM IN CARBONIFEROUS AMMONOIDS FROM THE SOUTHERN MIDCONTINENT, UNITED STATES
COSTELLO, Phillip, Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 113 Ozark Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, phcoste@uark.edu, phcoste@uark.edu
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DIFFERENTIATION OF FOSSIL AND RECENT VARIETIES OF MELONGENA (REXMELA) CORONA
PLETKA, Crystal R., Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 and PETUCH, Edward, Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, cpletka@gmail.com, cpletka@gmail.com
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MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF UNUSUALLY EXTREME PARIETAL CALLUS IN FOSSIL NEOGASTROPODS
MAISTROS, Lauren M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, lmm73@cornell.edu, lmm73@cornell.edu
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PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE MITIGATION AT SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
HAASL, David M.1, FISK, Lanny H.2, MALONEY, Dave F.1, PERRY, Frank A.3, BOESSENECKER, Robert4, BLAKELY, Stephen J.1 and PRATT, Levi R.1, (1)PaleoResource Consultants, 550 High Street, Suite 108, Auburn, CA 95603, (2)PaleoResource Consultants, 550 High Street, Suite #215, Auburn, CA 95603, (3)Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, david@paleoresource.com, david@paleoresource.com
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TEACHING PALEONTOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY: RESOURCES FOR TEACHING PALEONTOLOGY AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL
YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Dept of Geology, Bowling Green State Univ, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0211, LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, TEWKSBURY, Barbara J., Dept of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 13323-1218, MACFADDEN, Bruce J., Informal Science Education, Lifelong Learning Cluster, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22230 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, rxlock@wm.edu, rxlock@wm.edu
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PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A PATHOLOGICAL BISON ANTIQUUS SKELETON FROM WOODBURN, OREGON, EXCAVATED AS PART OF A HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
ELLINGSON, David B., Biology Department, WeBSS High School on Woodburn Campus, 1785 N. Front St, Woodburn, OR 97071 and DAVIS, Edward, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, dellingson9@yahoo.com, dellingson9@yahoo.com
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LET US ENJOY SELF-MADE AMMONITE ACCESSORIES: A SELF-LEARNING PRACTICE OF REPLICA-MAKING OF FOSSILS
FUJITA, Masayo, Fukada Geological Institute, 2-13-12 Honkomagome1, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0021, Japan and KAWAMURA, Kiichiro, Research Group 3, Fukada Geological Institute, 2-13-12 Honkomagome, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0021, Japan, kichiro@fgi.or.jp, kichiro@fgi.or.jp