North-Central Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (2-3 April 2009)

Session No. 14
Thursday, 2 April 2009: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

T6. Vertebrate Paleontology II

Paleontological Society

 

Michael Henderson and Michael J. Ryan, Advocates
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1:00 PM
THE HANKSVILLE-BURPEE QUARRY: A NEW DINOSAUR BONEBED FROM THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER, MORRISON FORMATION (LATEST JURASSIC) OF EASTERN UTAH
MATHEWS, Joshua C.1, WILLIAMS, Scott2, HENDERSON, Michael2 and BONNAN, Matthew F.3, (1)Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201, (2)Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103, (3)Biological Sciences, Western Illinois University, Waggoner Hall 372, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, orionj2@yahoo.com, orionj2@yahoo.com
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1:20 PM
JUVENILE PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS SQUAMOSALS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PACHYCEPHALOSAURINE CRANIAL ONTOGENY
WILLIAMS, Scott, Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103, WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., Curator of Paleontology, New Mexico Museum of Nature and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, CARR, Thomas, Assistant Professor of Biology, Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140 and TREMAINE, Katie, Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, Normal Road, Dekalb, IL 60115, scott.williams@burpee.org, scott.williams@burpee.org
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1:40 PM
A NEW CERATOPSID FROM THE JUDITH RIVER FORMATION, MONTANA, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF CHASMOSAURINAE
RYAN, Michael J., Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106, mryan@cmnh.org, mryan@cmnh.org
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2:00 PM
PROBABLE TYRANNOSAURID FOOTPRINT FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
FARLOW, James O.1, MCCREA, Richard T.2 and BUCKLEY, Lisa G.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue Univ, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (2)Peace River Paleontology Research Centre, Box 1348, Tumbler Ridge, AB V0C 2W0, Canada, farlow@ipfw.edu, farlow@ipfw.edu
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2:20 PM
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF A NEW JUVENILE TYRANNOSAURID SKELETON FROM THE HELL CREEK FORMATION OF CARTER COUNTY, MONTANA
HENDERSON, Michael D., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 N. Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103, michael.henderson@burpee.org, michael.henderson@burpee.org
 
2:40 PM
Break
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3:00 PM
HIERARCHICAL ONTOGENETIC PATTERNS AND TOOTH LOSS IN TYRANNOSAURUS REX
CARR, Thomas, Assistant Professor of Biology, Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140, tcarr@carthage.edu, tcarr@carthage.edu
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3:20 PM
DINOSAUR SMILES: DO THE TEXTURE AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE PREMAXILLA, MAXILLA, AND DENTARY BONES OF SAUROPSIDS PROVIDE OSTEOLOGICAL CORRELATES FOR INFERRING EXTRA-ORAL STRUCTURES RELIABLY IN DINOSAURS?
MORHARDT, A.C., Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Life Sciences Building, Room 141, Athens, OH 45701 and BONNAN, M.F., Biology, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL 61455, am159410@ohio.edu, am159410@ohio.edu
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3:40 PM
INFERRING JUVENILE TYRANNOSAUR BEHAVIOR BASED ON EVIDENCE OF INTRASPECIFIC AGGRESSION
PETERSON, Joseph E.1, HENDERSON, Michael D.2, VITTORE, Christopher P.3 and SCHERER, Reed D.1, (1)Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, DeKalb, IL 60115, (2)Earth Sciences, Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103, (3)Radiology, Rockford Memorial Hospital, 2400 N. Rockton Ave, Rockford, IL 61103, joe-peterson@niu.edu, joe-peterson@niu.edu
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4:00 PM
CRANIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF A LATE CRETACEOUS ALLIGATORID
HOUSEHOLDER, Mindy L., Anthropology, NIU, Stevens Hall, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115, ALLEN, David J., Biol Sciences, NIU, Montgomery Hall, NIU, DeKalb, IL 60115 and TREMAINE, Katie, Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115, mhouseho@niu.edu, mhouseho@niu.edu
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4:20 PM
FACING SMILODON: A NEW RECONSTRUCTION OF THE APPEARANCE OF SMILODON FATALIS
KOPER, Lindsey and NAPLES, Virginia L., Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, lkoper@niu.edu, lkoper@niu.edu
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