Northeastern Section (45th Annual) and Southeastern Section (59th Annual) Joint Meeting (13-16 March 2010)

Session No. 32
Monday, 15 March 2010: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
Hopkins (Sheraton Baltimore City Center)

T18. Eastern Ichnology: Advances in Paleoenvironmental Applications of Trace Fossils

Eastern Section of SEPM

 

Jacob S. Benner and Ilya V. Buynevich, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
NEOICHNOLOGY OF STORM-WASHOVER FANS ON THE GEORGIA COAST AND ITS USES IN PALEOECOLOGY
MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 and RINDSBERG, Andrew K., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Station 7, The University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL 35470, geoam@learnlink.emory.edu, geoam@learnlink.emory.edu
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8:25 AM
LITHOLOGICAL ANOMALIES IN SANDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR VERTEBRATE ICHNOLOGY
BUYNEVICH, Ilya V., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, coast@temple.edu, coast@temple.edu
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8:45 AM
MOBILE PREDATORS AND MOBILE PREY: COMPOUND TRACES INDICATE ACTIVE HUNTING BEHAVIOR
GOLDSTEIN, Donald H., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, MCKINNEY, Michael L., Earth and Planetary Science, The Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, dgoldste@utk.edu, dgoldste@utk.edu
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9:05 AM
ICHNOLOGIC FIDELITY AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTION OF ICHNOFABRICS: FROM ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER
SAVRDA, Charles E., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, savrdce@auburn.edu, savrdce@auburn.edu
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9:25 AM
INVERTEBRATE AND VERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC PASSAIC FORMATION, NEWARK BASIN, NEW JERSEY
SZAJNA, Michael J., N/a, State Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120 and BOYLAND, Jack, Kutztown University, 427 Bonner Hall, Kutztown, PA 19530, mszajna@verizon.net, mszajna@verizon.net
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9:45 AM
TRACE FOSSILS FROM BOTH ENDS OF DEINOSUCHUS: LATE CRETACEOUS ESTUARINE CROCODYLIAN BITE MARKS AND COPROLITES FROM WEST GEORGIA
SCHWIMMER, David R. and HARRELL, Samantha D., Earth and Space Sciences, Columbus State Univ, 4225 Univ. Ave, Columbus, GA 31907, schwimmer_david@colstate.edu, schwimmer_david@colstate.edu
 
10:05 AM
Break
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10:25 AM
THE BIOPRINT OF BURROWING PALEOZOIC ARTHROPODS
RINDSBERG, Andrew K., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Station 7, The University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL 35470 and MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, arindsberg@uwa.edu, arindsberg@uwa.edu
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10:45 AM
ICHNOLOGY RELATED TO PALEOPEDOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN CATSKILL FORMATION (FAMENNIAN–FRASNIAN) OF NORTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, USA: DEVONIAN SOIL ORGANISMS AND INITIATION OF SOIL ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING
JONES, Wade T., Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, wadej@ku.edu, wadej@ku.edu
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11:05 AM
PHYTOTURBATION BELOW A LATE DEVONIAN – WESTPHALIAN UNCONFORMITY IN SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
BENNER, Jacob S. and GARDULSKI, Anne F., Department of Geology, Tufts University, Lane Hall, Medford, MA 02155, jacob.benner@tufts.edu, jacob.benner@tufts.edu
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11:25 AM
VERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN-AGED RHODE ISLAND FORMATION OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
GETTY, Patrick Ryan, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, SPROULE, Robert, 40 Paulette Terrace, Plymouth, MA 02360 and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, patrick.getty@uconn.edu, patrick.getty@uconn.edu
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11:45 AM
INVERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS FROM THE UPPER MIDDLE DEVONIAN MAHANTANGO FORMATION, PIKE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
METZ, Robert, Kean Univ, Dept Geology & Meteorology, Union, NJ 07083-7131, rmetz@cougar.kean.edu, rmetz@cougar.kean.edu
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