Rocky Mountain - 62nd Annual Meeting (21-23 April 2010)

Session No. 13
Thursday, 22 April 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Alpine Room (Rushmore Plaza Civic Center)

T6. Recent Advances in Understanding the Geologic History of the White River Badlands I

 

Emmett Evanoff, Patrick Burkhart and Rachel Benton, Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
DEVELOPING A PALEONTOLOGICAL LOCALITY DATABASE AT BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
BENTON, Rachel, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750-0006, rachel_benton@nps.gov, rachel_benton@nps.gov
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8:20 AM
FINDING SOMETHING NEW OUT OF SOMETHING OLD: AN INTRIGUING LEPTAUCHENINE OREODONT FROM THE UPPER BRULE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
WELSH, Ed, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750, edtwelsh@hotmail.com, edtwelsh@hotmail.com
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8:40 AM
A NEW ANALYSIS OF ANCHITHERINE EQUIDS ACROSS THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE WHITE RIVER GROUP OF THE WESTERN GREAT PLAINS
MASCIALE, David M., Department of Geosciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Bessey Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588 and SECORD, Ross, Department of Geosciences, The University of Nebraska, 200 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, dmasciale@huskers.unl.edu, dmasciale@huskers.unl.edu
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9:00 AM
ENTELODONTS FROM THE BIG BADLANDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
FOSS, Scott E., Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, PO Box 45155, Salt Lake City, UT 84145, Scott_Foss@blm.gov, Scott_Foss@blm.gov
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9:20 AM
PALEOFAUNA FROM THE LATEST EOCENE CHADRON FORMATION, HIGHWAY 44 LOCALITY, IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS CONCERNING THE EOCENE/OLIGOCENE TRANSITION
MINKLER, Heidi R., Museum of Geology, South Dakoa School of Mines & Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, heidi.minkler@sdsmt.edu, heidi.minkler@sdsmt.edu
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9:40 AM
TAPHONOMIC MODES IN THE SCENIC MEMBER OF THE BRULE FORMATION: CONTINUOUS OR DISCRETE?
MOORE, Jason R., Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755 and KRUMENACKER, L.J., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, Jason.R.Moore@dartmouth.edu, Jason.R.Moore@dartmouth.edu
 
10:00 AM
Coffee Break
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10:20 AM
TOADSTOOL PARK VERTEBRATE TRACKWAYS (OLIGOCENE, BRULE FORMATION, NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA): ICHNOLOGICAL STUDY ENHANCED THROUGH DIGITAL REPRODUCTION
ZWIEBEL, Jesse, Dept. of Physical and Life Sciences, Chadron State College, 1000 Main St, Chadron, NE 69337, LEITE, Michael B., Physical and Life Sciences, Chadron State College, 1000 Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337, BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Cheyenne, WY 82003, MATTHEWS, Neffra A., National Operations Center, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Denver, CO 80225 and LAGARRY, Hannan E., Department of Math, Science, & Technology, Oglala Lakota College, 490 Three Mile Creek Road, Kyle, SD 57752, jezwie@eagles.csc.edu, jezwie@eagles.csc.edu
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10:40 AM
CORRELATING THE SOUTH DAKOTA WHITE RIVER GROUP AND ITS CONTINENTAL MOLLUSKS TO NORTH DAKOTA: A BEGINNING UP THE SLIPPERY SLOPE OF UTILIZING HISTORIC FAUNAS
HARTMAN, J.H.1, WEILER, Matthew W.1, SCHUMAKER, Karew K.1 and EVANOFF, Emmett2, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell St. Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, joseph.hartman@und.edu, joseph.hartman@und.edu
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11:00 AM
THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE BRULE FORMATION IN THE NORTH UNIT, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
EVANOFF, Emmett, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, emmettevanoff@earthlink.net, emmettevanoff@earthlink.net
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11:20 AM
PROPOSED LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC REVISION, REDESCRIPTION, AND REDEFINITION OF THE WHITE RIVER GROUP (EOCENE-OLIGOCENE), SOUTH DAKOTA
LAGARRY, Hannan E., Department of Math, Science, & Technology, Oglala Lakota College, 490 Three Mile Creek Road, Kyle, SD 57752 and LAGARRY, Leigh Anne, Hudson-Meng Education & Research Center, 1811 Meng Drive, Crawford, NE 69339, hlagarry@olc.edu, hlagarry@olc.edu
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11:40 AM
PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF NEWLY RECOGNIZED OLIGOCENE AND EARLY MIOCENE STRATA NEAR WANBLEE, SOUTH DAKOTA
GADDIE, Helene and LAGARRY, Hannan E., Department of Math, Science, & Technology, Oglala Lakota College, 490 Three Mile Creek Road, Kyle, SD 57752, helene_quiver@hotmail.com, helene_quiver@hotmail.com
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