CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • 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

 

Session No. 27
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM
Hall C (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Paleontology (Posters) I: Ecology and Phylogeny

Authors will be present from 2 to 4 PM, and 4:30 to 6 PM.

 

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PALEOECOLOGY OF THE HILLISTE FORMATION (LOWER SILURIAN, LLANDOVERY, RHUDDANIAN) HIIUMAA ISLAND, ESTONIA: AN EXAMPLE OF A SHALLOW MARINE RECOVERY FAUNA
MATT, Rachel M., Dept of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Scovel Hall, Wooster, OH 44691, WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, FEDORCHUK, Nicholas D., Dept of Geology, College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Scovel Hall, Wooster, OH 44691-2363 and VINN, Olev, Department of Geology, University of Tartu, Ravila 14A, Tartu, 50411, Estonia, rmatt12@wooster.edu, rmatt12@wooster.edu
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PELMATOZOAN ATTACHMENT STRUCTURES FROM A MICROBIOHERMAL HARDGROUND IN THE MIDDLE SILURIAN OSGOOD FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA
THOMKA, James R., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, thomkajr@mail.uc.edu, thomkajr@mail.uc.edu
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A GIS ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF EPIZOANS ON MUCROSPIRIFER THEDFORDENSIS (BRACHIOPODA, SPIRIFERIDA) FROM THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN OF ONTARIO
SAMS, Joshua M. and BARTELS, William S., Department of Geological Sciences, Albion College, Albion, MI 49224, jms18@albion.edu, jms18@albion.edu
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THE BEAR GULCH FAUNA AND THE RESEARCH VALUE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA PALEONTOLOGY CENTER COLLECTIONS
SINGER, Amy, Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296 and STANLEY Jr, George D., Geosciences, The University of Montana/Paleontology Center, 32 Campus Drive # 1296, Missoula, MT 59812, amyesinger@yahoo.com, amyesinger@yahoo.com
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LATE MISSISSIPPIAN BRACHIOPOD COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE ONSET OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE, ARROW CANYON, NV
MONARREZ, Pedro M. and WOODS, Adam D., Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, pmmonarrez@gmail.com, pmmonarrez@gmail.com
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RESPONSE OF MARINE COMMUNITIES TO LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE CLIMATE CHANGE IN BOLIVIA
BADYRKA, Kira A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, kbadyrka@ucsc.edu, kbadyrka@ucsc.edu
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TRILOBITE BIOFACIES AND LITHOFACIES OF THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN (SANDBIAN) LEBANON LIMESTONE, NASHVILLE DOME, TENNESSEE
MOSS, David K., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, dkmoss@syr.edu, dkmoss@syr.edu
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EVENNESS AND SPECIES ABUNDANCE IN GRAPTOLITE COMMUNITIES: A NEW PROXY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE END ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
HAWKINS, Andrew D., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060, MITCHELL, C.E., Geology, The University at Buffalo, Box 603050, Buffalo, NY 14260-3050, SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, LOXTON, Jason, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H4J1, Canada, BELSCHER, Kristi, Dept. of Geology, Univ. at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, MELCHIN, Michael, Dept. of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier Univ, Antigonish, NS B2G 2V5, Canada, FINNEY, Stanley C., Department of Geosciences, California State Univ, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840 and ?TORCH, Petr, Institute of Geology AS CR, Rozvojova ́ 135, 165 02, Praha, 6, Czech Republic, andrewdh@vt.edu, andrewdh@vt.edu
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DEPTH TRANSECT OF AN UPPER TRIASSIC REEF FROM GOSAU, AUSTRIA; MICROFACIES AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY
MARTINDALE, Rowan1, BOTTJER, David1, CORSETTI, Frank A.1 and KRYSTYN, Leopold2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)Institute of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, rmartind@usc.edu, rmartind@usc.edu
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LATE CRETACEOUS FAUNAL RESPONSES TO SEA-LEVEL CHANGE IN AN OFFSHORE DEPOSITIONAL SETTING OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
SLATTERY, Joshua S., School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620, HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620 and SANDNESS, Ashley L., Tampa, FL 33613, dinohyus@gmail.com, dinohyus@gmail.com
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NEW VERTEBRATE MATERIAL FROM THE PEEDEE FORMATION OF ELIZABETHTOWN, NC AND THE SEVERN FORMATION OF BOWIE, MD AND THE SHALLOW MARINE VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF THE UPPER CAMPANIAN-UPPER MAESTRICHTIAN OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
GARCIA, William, Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223 and HIPPENSTEEL, Scott, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, wjgarcia@uncc.edu, wjgarcia@uncc.edu
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LATE EOCENE–EARLY OLIGOCENE OSTRACODE TURNOVERS IN THE MOSSY GROVE CORE, HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuhiko, Division of Geosciece Research, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 206 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla Shore Dr. MS-0244, La Jolla, CA 92093, NORRIS, Richard D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 427 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244 and DOCKERY III, David T., Mississippi Office of Geology, Mississippi Department of Enviromental Quality, P.O. Box 2279, Jackson, MS 39225-2279, tyamaguchi@mail.ucsd.edu, tyamaguchi@mail.ucsd.edu
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REGIONAL PALEOVEGETATION RECORDS OF THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION OF MONTANA
DENNIS, Meredith E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little Building, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, dennmere@umich.edu, dennmere@umich.edu
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ECOSPACE PARTITIONING IN MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS QUATERNARY TRANSGRESSIVE-REGRESSIVE CYCLES OF PO PLAIN, ITALY
WITTMER, Jacalyn M., Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 605 E. Springfield St, Champaign, IL 61820, SCARPONI, Daniele, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, Bologna, I-40126, Italy, DEXTER, Troy A., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85716 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, jwittm2@illinois.edu, jwittm2@illinois.edu
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THE COMPLETE STEM AND HOLDFAST OF THE EARLY ORDOVICIAN CRINOID TITANOCRINUS AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and GUENSBURG, Thomas E., Sciences Division, Rock Valley College, 3301 N. Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61114, echino@jsg.utexas.edu, echino@jsg.utexas.edu
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ORIGIN OF HEMICOSMITID RHOMBIFERANS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RHOMBIFERAN PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION
SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254 and GAHN, Forest J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young University Idaho, ROM 150, Rexburg, ID 83460-0510, echino@jsg.utexas.edu, echino@jsg.utexas.edu
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RECOGNITION OF UNIVERSAL ELEMENTAL HOMOLOGIES IN CRINOIDS AND BLASTOZOANS
KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, tkammer@wvu.edu, tkammer@wvu.edu
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MORPHOLOGY AND REVISED SYSTEMATICS OF THE SOLUTE MAENNILIA ESTONICA (HOMOSTELEA, ECHINODERMATA) FROM THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN OF ESTONIA
PARSLEY, Ronald L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, ROZHNOV, Sergey V., Borrissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia and SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, parsley@tulane.edu, parsley@tulane.edu
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MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND DEVELOPMENTAL CONSTRAINTS IN CRINOID ARMS
SYVERSON, V.J., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, vsyverson@gmail.com, vsyverson@gmail.com
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FOUR NEW CRINOIDS FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF BOLIVIA
THOMPSON, Jeffrey R., Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Southern California, Columbus, OH 43235 and AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, thompson.1983@buckeyemail.osu.edu, thompson.1983@buckeyemail.osu.edu
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EVALUATING MODERN AND FOSSIL DIVERSITY IN THE COMATULID CRINOIDS
RHODES, Kristopher J.S., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2508 Ruthven Musems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, krisrhodes@gmail.com, krisrhodes@gmail.com
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THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN EOCRINOID GOGIA LONGIDACTYLUS AS A SHALLOW SEDIMENT STICKER: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHISHOLM SHALE FAUNA PALEOECOLOGY
KLOSS, Tristan J., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, DOMKE, Kirk L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, sdornbos@uwm.edu, sdornbos@uwm.edu
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TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE TRACKWAYS OF THE EARLY JURASSIC NUGGET FORMATION AT DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
ANDERSON, Jacob L., Department of Geography/Geology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68106, MELSTROM, Keegan M., University of Michigan, 5083 S. 45 1/2 rd, Cadillac, MI 49601 and PANOSKY, Joanna M., 4400 S Quebec st. Apt. W 206, Denver, CO 80237, jacobanderso1@unomaha.edu, jacobanderso1@unomaha.edu
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COMPARATIVE OSTEOHISTOLOGY OF RAPETOSAURUS KRAUSEI (SAUROPODA: TITANOSAURIA) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR
SORENSEN, Daniel W., BALLEWSKE, Lauren and CURRY ROGERS, Kristina, Biology and Geology Departments, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105, dsorense@macalester.edu, dsorense@macalester.edu
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COMMISSURE ORIENTATION AND ASSESSMENT OF PALEOCURRENT DIRECTION FROM OYSTER DEPOSITS OF THE FERRON SANDSTONE
KING, M. Ryan1, GINGRAS, Murray2, PEMBERTON, S. George3 and WALISSER, Brett A.3, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, (2)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (3)Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Science Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mrking@ualberta.ca, mrking@ualberta.ca
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FINICKY FORAMS: HETEROGENEITIES IN RECRUITMENT ON EXPERIMENTAL SUBSTRATES, ROSS SEA, ANTARCTICA
JOHNSON, K.A. Burke1, HADDEN, Carla S.2, WALKER, Sally E.1 and BOWSER, Samuel S.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (3)Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, eolian88@uga.edu, eolian88@uga.edu
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CHANGES IN ABUNDANCE OF PREDATORY GASTROPOD FAMILIES IN NEOGENE CARIBBEAN MOLLUSCAN COMMUNITIES
LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill S. and JACKSON, Jeremy B.C., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92023-0244, jsleonar@ucsd.edu, jsleonar@ucsd.edu
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DRILL HOLE PREDATION ON FOSSIL SERPULID POLYCHAETES, WITH NEW DATA FROM THE PLIOCENE OF THE NETHERLANDS
KLOMPMAKER, Adiël A., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, adielklompmaker@gmail.com, adielklompmaker@gmail.com
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A STANDARDIZED TEST OF THE INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRILLING AND REPAIR FREQUENCIES
HENDRICKS, Jonathan R., Department of Geology, San José State University, Duncan Hall 321, One Washington Square, San José, CA 95192 and DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, jonathan.hendricks@sjsu.edu, jonathan.hendricks@sjsu.edu
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THE ELABORATE SKELETON OF CLOUDINA, ONE OF THE EARLIEST BIOMINERALIZED METAZOANS
CORTIJO, Iván, MARTÍ MUS, Mónica, JENSEN, Sören and PALACIOS, Teodoro, Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, 06006, Spain, ivancortijo@unex.es, ivancortijo@unex.es
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FOSSIL CHITONS AND MONOMORPHICHNUS FROM THE EDIACARAN CLEMENTE FORMATION, SONORA, MEXICO
MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S., Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu
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CONULARIID TESTS: MICROSTRUCTURE, ORGANIC MATRIX, AND MINERALOGY
FORD, Robert C., Geology, Kansas State University, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 and CLARK, George R., Kansas State University, Department of Geology, 108 Thompson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, rcford79@ksu.edu, rcford79@ksu.edu
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FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF SWIMMING ABILITY IN PLANISPIRALLY COILED NAUTILOID MOLLUSKS
RIVERA, Alexei A., 20404 Peridot Lane, Germantown, MD 20876, alexei.a.rivera@gmail.com, alexei.a.rivera@gmail.com
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SYSTEMATICS OF THE PARASPIRIFERIDAE TERMIER & TERMIER, 1949
SCHEMM-GREGORY, Mena, Geosciences Centre and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, Largo Marquês do Pombal, Coimbra, P-3000-272, Portugal and FELDMAN, Howard R., Biology Department, Touro College, 227 W. 60th Street, New York, NY 10023, feldspar4@optonline.net, feldspar4@optonline.net
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MIDDLE TRIASSIC LOBSTERS FROM THE LUOPING BIOTA IN CHINA: MORPHOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PROVIDE NEW PERSPECTIVES ON PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION
FELDMANN, Rodney M.1, SCHWEITZER, Carrie E.2, HU, Shixue3 and ZHANG, Qiyue3, (1)Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, (2)Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720, (3)Chengdu Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, No. 2, N-3 section, 1st Ring Road, Chengdu, 610081, China, rfeldman@kent.edu, rfeldman@kent.edu
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OLDEST KNOWN MEMBERS OF MUNIDIDAE (DECAPODA, ANOMURA, GALATHEOIDEA) DISCOVERED FROM LATE JURASSIC
ROBINS, Cristina M., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, PO BOX 117800, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242 and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720, crobins@flmnh.ufl.edu, crobins@flmnh.ufl.edu
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