Session: Paleontology IX - Biostratigraphy and Ichnology (2010 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (31 October

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1:30 PM

PRESERVATION, DISTRIBUTION AND BEHAVIORAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE EDIACARAN TRACE FOSSIL HELMINTHOIDICHNITES: EDIACARA MEMBER, UPPER RAWNSLEY QUARTZITE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

JOEL, Lucas V., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, ljoel001@student.ucr.edu, ljoel001@student.ucr.edu

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1:45 PM

ASAPHELLUS AFF. FEZOUATAENSIS ENTOMBED WITH RUSOPHYCUS CARLEYI, AND OTHER CLOSE ENCOUNTERS FROM THE ORDOVICIAN OF SOUTHERN MOROCCO

GIBB, Stacey, CHATTERTON, Brian D.E. and GINGRAS, Murray, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, sgibb@ualberta.ca, sgibb@ualberta.ca

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2:00 PM

MISSISSIPPIAN TETRAPOD FOOTPRINT ASSEMBLAGES FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND NOVA SCOTIA AND THE OLDEST RECORD OF AMNIOTES

LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, MANSKY, Chris, Blue Beach Fossil Museum, 127 Blue Beach Road, Hantsport, NS B0P 1P0, Canada, FILLMORE, David L., Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, 424 Boehm Hall, Kutztown, PA 19530, CALDER, John, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 698, Halifax, NS B3J 2T9, Canada and SIMPSON, Edward L., Physical Sciences, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 424 Boehm, Kutztown, PA 19530, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us

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2:15 PM

INITIAL REPORT ON THE TRACE FOSSILS IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN(?) CUTLER FORMATION, OURAY, COLORADO

HASIOTIS, Stephen T.¹, RASMUSSEN, Donald L.² and RASMUSSEN, G.J.², (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Plateau Exploration Inc, 1450 Kay Street, Longmont, CO 80501, hasiotis@ku.edu, hasiotis@ku.edu

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2:30 PM

AN OCCURRENCE OF REMARKABLY ABUNDANT BRASILICHNIUM TRACKS (NUGGET SANDSTONE, EARLY JURASSIC, DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT) AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT

ENGELMANN, George F., Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska - Omaha, 60th And Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, CHURE, Daniel J., Dinosaur National Monument, National Park Service, Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035 and LOOPE, David B., Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Lincoln, NE 68588, gengelmann@mail.unomaha.edu, gengelmann@mail.unomaha.edu

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2:45 PM

NEOICHNOLOGY OF THE DESERT SCORPION HADRURUS ARIZONENSIS: BURROWS TO BIOGENIC CROSS-LAMINATION

HEMBREE, Daniel I., JOHNSON, Lee M. and TENWALDE, Robert W., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu, hembree@ohio.edu

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3:00 PM

BURROWING AND LOCOMOTION IN THE SPATANGOID ECHINOID MEOMA VENTRICOSA

KING, Emily A., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, eking@uchicago.edu, eking@uchicago.edu

3:15 PM

Break

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3:30 PM

NEW UPPER MARJUMAN AND LOWERMOST STEPTOEAN (UPPER CAMBRIAN) BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC SCHEME FOR THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN, NEVADA AND UTAH

NG, Tin-Wai, Geosciences, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072 and ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, twng@ntu.edu.tw, twng@ntu.edu.tw

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3:45 PM

GLOBAL CORRELATION POTENTIAL OF LINGULIFORM BRACHIOPODS FROM THE UPPER CAMBRIAN (SUNWAPTAN) HELLNMARIA MEMBER OF THE NOTCH PEAK FORMATION OF WESTERN UTAH

FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Earth & Environmental Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 and MILLER, James F., Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 South National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, rebeccalynnfreeman@gmail.com, rebeccalynnfreeman@gmail.com

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4:00 PM

A REVISED BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER BLACKHILLSIAN STAGE (LOWER ORDOVICIAN, WESTERN LAURENTIA): NEW FAUNAS, NEW ZONES, AND HIGHLY RESOLVED REGIONAL CORRELATION

MCADAMS, Neo E.B.¹, ADRAIN, Jonathan M.¹, KARIM, Talia S.², WESTROP, Stephen R.³ and LANDING, Ed⁴, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, (4)New York State Musuem, Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, neo-buengermcadams@uiowa.edu, neo-buengermcadams@uiowa.edu

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4:15 PM

LOWER ORDOVICIAN INTERCONTINENTAL CORRELATION USING PELAGIC TRILOBITES

KARIM, Talia S.¹, ADRAIN, Jonathan M.² and MCADAMS, Neo E.B.², (1)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, tkarim@ku.edu, tkarim@ku.edu

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4:30 PM

PALYNOLOGICAL CORRELATION OF A LATE DEVONIAN DROPSTONE IN KENTUCKY WITH DIAMICTITE-BEARING SECTIONS IN MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA

CLAYTON, Geoff¹, MASON, Charles E.², ETTENSOHN, Frank R.³, LIERMAN, Robert Thomas⁴, GOODHUE, Robbie¹ and ROONEY, Abigail¹, (1)Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, D2, Ireland, (2)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506, (4)Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Roark 103, Richmond, KY 40475, gclayton@tcd.ie, gclayton@tcd.ie

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4:45 PM

A REVIEW OF PALEOZOIC FISH FROM THE MINNEKAHTA LIMESTONE OF THE BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA AND WYOMING

DIERKS, Nick, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701, Nick.Dierks@gmail.com, Nick.Dierks@gmail.com

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5:00 PM

THE FIRST NEW GENERA OF INVERTEBRATES IDENTIFIED FROM THE FAMOUS VERTEBRATE LOCALITY OF RICHARDS SPUR, OKLAHOMA: MILLIPEDS (DIPLOPODA) WITH AFFINITIES TO CARBONIFEROUS FORMS

HANNIBAL, Joseph T., Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767 and MAY, William J., Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072-7029, hannibal@cmnh.org, hannibal@cmnh.org

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5:15 PM

AN OVERVIEW OF THE SERPHITIDAE AND STIGMAPHRONIDAE (HYMENOPTERA) FROM CANADIAN CRETACEOUS AMBER

MCKELLAR, Ryan C., Palaeontology, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2340 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 2V7, Canada, ENGEL, Michael S., Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, ORTEGA-BLANCO, Jaime, Departament d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028, Spain and CHATTERTON, Brian D.E., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, ryan.mckellar@gov.sk.ca, ryan.mckellar@gov.sk.ca