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. 120
Monday, 10 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 205AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Paleontology II: Paleobotany and Behavior

 

Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe and Lidya G. Tarhan, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
1
1:30 PM
EXCEPTIONAL TRACE FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND ENIGMATIC SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS IN THE CAMBRIAN OF THE GREAT BASIN, WESTERN USA
TARHAN, Lidya G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, lidya.tarhan@yale.edu, lidya.tarhan@yale.edu
2
1:45 PM
EXCEPTIONAL LUNGFISH BURROWS IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS MAEVARANO FORMATION, MAHAJANGA BASIN, NORTHWESTERN MADAGASCAR
MARSHALL, Madeline S., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and ROGERS, Raymond R., Geology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105, msmarshall@uchicago.edu, msmarshall@uchicago.edu
3
2:00 PM
TRIASSIC KRAKEN: THE BERLIN ICHTHYOSAUR DEATH ASSEMBLAGE INTERPRETED AS A GIANT CEPHALOPOD MIDDEN
MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S. and SCHULTE MCMENAMIN, Dianna L., Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu
4
2:15 PM
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR FROZEN IN TIME: THREE EARLY JURASSIC ERYONID LOBSTERS IN AN AMMONOID SHELL
KLOMPMAKER, Adiël A., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242 and FRAAIJE, René H.B., Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, Boxtel, NL-5283 WB, Netherlands, adielklompmaker@gmail.com, adielklompmaker@gmail.com
5
2:30 PM
WERE EARLY JURASSIC DINOSAURS GREGARIOUS? NEW EVIDENCE FROM DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT RESERVATION IN HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
GETTY, Patrick Ryan, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-1045, Storrs, CT 06269, BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269 and JUDGE, Aaron, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, judge@ecs.umass.edu, judge@ecs.umass.edu
6
2:45 PM
THE FIREOX MODEL AND THE BASELINE FLAMMABILITY OF EARTH'S ECOSYSTEMS ESTIMATED FROM PALAEOATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN OVER THE PAST 350 MILLION YEARS
BELCHER, Claire M.1, YEARSLEY, Jonathan M.2, HADDEN, Rory M.3, MCELWAIN, Jennifer C.2 and REIN, Guillermo4, (1)School of Geosciences and BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh, The King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JN, United Kingdom, (2)School of Biology and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland, (3)BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH93JL, United Kingdom, (4)BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL, United Kingdom, belchercm@gmail.com, belchercm@gmail.com
7
3:00 PM
ASSESSING PLANT MICROENVIRONMENT AND FOREST STRUCTURE FROM FOSSIL LEAF ANATOMY
BOYCE, C. Kevin, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305 and ZWIENIECKI, Maciej A., University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, ckboyce@stanford.edu, ckboyce@stanford.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
8
3:25 PM
THE DEMISE OF ANTARCTICA'S LAST REFUGIUM: PALYNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND POTENTIAL MECHANISMS
WARNY, Sophie, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ASKIN, Rosemary, Consultant, Jackson, WY 83001, ANDERSON, John, Earth Sciences, Rice Univesity, Houston, TX 77005-1892, WELLNER, Julia, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, 312 Science & Research Building 1, Houston, TX 77204-5007 and BOHATY, Steve, Palaeoceanography and Palaeoclimate, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, swarny@lsu.edu, swarny@lsu.edu
9
3:45 PM
COUPLED PALYNOLOGICAL AND CARBON ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF NOTHOFAGUS TO QUANTIFY NEOGENE ANTARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE
GRIENER, Kathryn W., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell Geosciences Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, WARNY, Sophie, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, NELSON, David M., University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, 301 Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD 21532, RAINE, J. Ian, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, 2526, New Zealand and ASKIN, Rosemary, Louisiana State University, 1930 Bunkhouse Drive, Jackson, WY 83001, kgrien4@lsu.edu, kgrien4@lsu.edu
10
4:00 PM
PALYNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR VEGETATION CHANGE DURING THE LATE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
HARRIS, Elisha B., Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, 24 Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195 and LEOPOLD, Estella B., Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98105, ebh4145@u.washington.edu, ebh4145@u.washington.edu
11
4:15 PM
DISPERSED ORGANIC MATTER IN TWO LAKE BROWN CORES, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: DO THEY REFLECT CHANGES IN LITHOLOGY?
SANCHEZ BOTERO, Carlos, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, 1400 N.Bishop Ave, Rolla, MO 65409, OBOH-IKUENOBE, Francisca E., Geological Sciences and Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 129 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65409, STORY, Stacy, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907, BENISON, Kathleen C., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Central Michigan University, 314 Brooks Hall, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 and BOWEN, Brenda Beitler, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, casmwc@mst.edu, casmwc@mst.edu
12
4:30 PM
Withdrawn
13
4:45 PM
DIVERSITY OF A LOWER CRETACEOUS PRE-ANGIOSPERM FLORA IN THE CLOVERLY FORMATION, WY
JUD, Nathan A., Program in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, University of Maryland College Park, 4112 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD 20742, njud@umd.edu, njud@umd.edu
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5:00 PM
PALEOBOTANY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF LOCALITIES FROM THE CRETACEOUS CLOVERLY FORMATION, BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
HAIAR, Brooke, Lynchburg College, 1501 Lakeside Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24501 and LUPIA, Richard, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History / School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73072, haiar@lynchburg.edu, haiar@lynchburg.edu
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5:15 PM
PALEOBOTANICAL DIVERSITY AT THE BLUE RIM SITES OF THE EOCENE BRIDGER FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING
ALLEN, Sarah E., Department of Biology, University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Dickinson Hall, Museum Rd & Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, sa4393@ufl.edu, sa4393@ufl.edu
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