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  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

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Session No. 152
Tuesday, 11 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 205AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T60. Lessons from the Living: Paleontological Investigations Using Modern Analogs I

Paleontological Society

 

Daniel I. Hembree, Jon J. Smith and Brian F. Platt, Advocates
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8:00 AM
A TEST FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PHOTOSYMBIOSIS IN FUSULINIDS: SIZE AND SHAPE TRENDS RELATED TO DEPTH OF HABITAT
GROVES, John R., PIKE, Madison and WESTLEY, Kasey, Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335, john.groves@uni.edu, john.groves@uni.edu
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8:15 AM
INFERRING DIET IN EARLY WHALES FROM MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS IN EXTANT TAXA: MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF PREY CAPTURE IN REMINGTONOCETUS
HIERONYMUS, Tobin L., COOPER, Lisa Noelle, VINYARD, Chris J. and THEWISSEN, J.G.M. Hans, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH 44272, thieronymus@neoucom.edu, thieronymus@neoucom.edu
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8:30 AM
PUSH ME – PULL YOU: EXPERIMENTAL BIOMECHANICS OF IMMOBILE SUSPENSION FEEDERS ON SOFT SUBSTRATES
PLOTNICK, Roy E.1, DATTILO, Benjamin F.2, CORRIE, Joshua1, PIQUARD, Daniel1 and BAUER, Jennifer E.3, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607, (2)Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2102 Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, (3)Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Department of Geological Sciences, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, plotnick@uic.edu, plotnick@uic.edu
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8:45 AM
NETWORK ANALYSES OF THE DINOSAUR-DOMINATED ECOSYSTEM OF THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, WESTERN INTERIOR NORTH AMERICA
PLATT, Brian F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 120A Carrier Hall, University, MS 38677 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, bfplatt@olemiss.edu, bfplatt@olemiss.edu
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9:00 AM
NEOICHNOLOGY OF EXTANT EARTHWORM (ANNELIDA: OLIGOCHAETA) CASTS TO ESTIMATE EDAPHICHNIUM LUMBRICATUM TRACEMAKER BODY SIZES
SMITH, Jon Jay, Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, PLATT, Brian F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 120A Carrier Hall, University, MS 38677, RETRUM, Julie B., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0231 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, jjsmith@ku.edu, jjsmith@ku.edu
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9:15 AM
LARGE, COMPLEX BURROWS ARE FOR TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATES TOO: NEOICHNOLOGY OF PANDINUS IMPERATOR AND HETEROMETRUS SPINIFER (SCORPIONES: SCORPIONIDAE)
HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu, hembree@ohio.edu
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9:30 AM
SOIL MIXING RATES OF THE WESTERN HARVESTER ANT: A NEOICHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ANT IN THE PALEOPEDOLOGICAL RECORD
HALFEN, Alan F., Geography, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Rm. 213, Lawrence, KS 66045 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, afhalfen@ku.edu, afhalfen@ku.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
SWIMMING THROUGH THE SUBSTRATE: NEOICHNOLOGY OF THE SAND SKINK CHALCIDES OCELLATUS
CATENA, Angeline and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, Angeline.Catena@gmail.com, Angeline.Catena@gmail.com
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10:15 AM
IDENTIFICATION OF BIOGENIC STRUCTURES PRODUCED BY TERRESTRIAL SALAMANDERS USING MODERN ANALOGS
DZENOWSKI, Nicole, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594 and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, nicole.dzenowski@ku.edu, nicole.dzenowski@ku.edu
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10:30 AM
GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR INVESTIGATION OF GOPHER-TORTOISE BURROWS: REFINING THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MODERN VERTEBRATE BURROWS AND ASSOCIATED COMMENSAL TRACES
MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, SKAGGS, Sheldon A., Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern Universiity, Statesboro, GA 30458, VANCE, R. Kelly, Department of Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460 and GRECO, Veronica, Wildlife Department, St. Catherines Island Foundation, 182 Camellia Rd, Midway, GA 31320-6731, geoam@learnlink.emory.edu, geoam@learnlink.emory.edu
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10:45 AM
TROPICAL CANOPY INSECTS LINK LEAF DAMAGE IN FOSSIL AND LIVING FORESTS
CARVALHO, Monica R., Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, WILF, Peter, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, BARRIOS, Hector, Maestría en Entomología, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá, Panama, CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Geology, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, WINDSOR, Donald M., Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, MRC 0580-12, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, VALLEJO, Maria Camila, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama and LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, moccada@gmail.com, moccada@gmail.com
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11:00 AM
ULTRA-ELONGATE FRESHWATER BIVALVES: AN EXAMPLE OF MORPHOLOGIC CONVERGENCE NOT REFLECTING ECOLOGIC SIMILARITY
ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57702, Laurie.Anderson@sdsmt.edu, Laurie.Anderson@sdsmt.edu
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11:15 AM
WHO'S MAKING ALL THOSE SCARS? FREQUENCY AND IDENTITY OF CRAB PREDATION ON FOSSIL AND LIVING TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS FROM FLORIDA AND PANAMA
PIERREHUMBERT, Nadia D., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, ndpierreh@uchicago.edu, ndpierreh@uchicago.edu
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11:30 AM
PREDATION ON REGULAR AND IRREGULAR ECHINOIDS BY CASSID GASTROPODS ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
DEXTER, Troy A., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85716, SCHIMMEL, Majken K., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24060 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, tdexter@email.arizona.edu, tdexter@email.arizona.edu
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