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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. 267
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 205AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Paleontology V: Biostratigraphy and Taphonomy

 

Mara E. Brady and Kevin McCartney, Chairs
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1:30 PM
LITHO- AND CHEMO-STRATIGRAPHY OF THE LOWERMOST CAMBRIAN AT HONGJIACHONG, YUNNAN, SOUTH CHINA
SATO, Tomohiko1, ISOZAKI, Yukio1, KOMIYA, Tsuyoshi1, TAHATA, Miyuki2, YOSHIDA, Naohiro3 and SHU, Degan4, (1)Dept. Earth Sci. & Astronomy, Univ. Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, (2)Dept. Earth & Planet. Sci, Tokyo Inst. Tech, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8551, Japan, (3)Dept. Environment. Sci. & Tech, Tokyo Inst. Tech, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8502, Japan, (4)Early Life Inst, Northwest Univ, 229 Taibai Road, Xi'an, 710069, China, tomohiko@ea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp, tomohiko@ea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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1:45 PM
MIDDLE DEVONIAN CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPE ANALYSIS IN THE MONT PEYROUX AREA (SOUTHERN MONTAGNE NOIRE , FRANCE)
GOUWY, Sofie A., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211 and MACLEOD, Kenneth G., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, gouwys@missouri.edu, gouwys@missouri.edu
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2:00 PM
DIPLOMOCERAS MAXIMUM AND D. CYLINDRACEUM – THE GIANT UPPER CRETACEOUS HETEROMORPH AMMONITES AND THEIR STRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE
REMIN, Zbyszek, University of Warsaw, Institute of Geology, Zwirki i Wigury 93, Warsaw, 02-089, Poland, zbyh@uw.edu.pl, zbyh@uw.edu.pl
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2:15 PM
NEW CRITERIA FOR DEFINING THE BASE OF THE ALBIAN STAGE
HUBER, Brian T., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20013, PETRIZZO, Maria Rose, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, 20133, Italy, GALE, Andrew S., School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, DC PO1 3QL, United Kingdom and BARCHETTA, Alessia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, Milano, DC 20133, Italy, huberb@si.edu, huberb@si.edu
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2:30 PM
NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF LATE CRETACEOUS SILICOFLAGELLATE EVOLUTION AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY: RECENT DISCOVERIES FROM THE CANADIAN ARCTIC
MCCARTNEY, Kevin, Department of Environmental Science, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Presque Isle, ME 04769, WITKOWSKI, Jakub, Department of Historical and Regional Geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, al. Zwirki i Wigury 93, 00-927 Warszawa, Warsaw, 00-927, Poland and HARWOOD, David, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, kevin.mccartney@umpi.edu, kevin.mccartney@umpi.edu
 
2:45 PM
Break
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3:00 PM
STRANDED AND STRETCHED IN THE EDIACARA MEMBER (RAWNSLEY QUARTZITE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA): PRESERVATION OF THE TAPHONOMICALLY ELITE BODY FOSSIL, DICKINSONIA
DZAUGIS, Matthew P., School of Marine Science, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, DZAUGIS, Mary E., Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882 and RICE, Dennis, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, matthew.dzaugis@maine.edu, matthew.dzaugis@maine.edu
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3:15 PM
OCCURRENCE OF NAMA AND AVALON ASSEMBLAGE FOSSILS IN THE EDIACARA MEMBER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FACIES IN THE RECORD OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND EXTINCTION OF THE EDIACARA BIOTA
DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, DZAUGIS, Mary E., Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, RICE, Dennis, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia and DZAUGIS, Matthew P., School of Marine Science, University of Texas Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel View Drive, Port Aransas, TX 78373, droser@ucrac1.ucr.edu, droser@ucrac1.ucr.edu
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3:30 PM
SEAWATER CHEMISTRY AND THE DECLINE OF BURGESS SHALE-TYPE PRESERVATION
GAINES, Robert R., Geology, Pomona College, 185 East 6th Street Claremont, Claremont, CA 91711 and PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, robert.gaines@pomona.edu, robert.gaines@pomona.edu
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3:45 PM
MIDDLE TO LATE DEVONIAN SKELETAL CONCENTRATIONS FROM TROPICAL CARBONATE-DOMINATED SETTINGS OF NORTH AMERICA: EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF BIOCLAST INPUT AND BURIAL RATES
BRADY, Mara E., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, marabrady@uchicago.edu, marabrady@uchicago.edu
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4:00 PM
SHELL BED FORMATION, BIOTURBATION, AND SEA LEVEL RISE: DEVELOPMENT OF A REEF-LAGOON SEDIMENT PACKAGE, ST. CROIX, USVI
PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla, Geology Dept, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, karla.hubbard@oberlin.edu, karla.hubbard@oberlin.edu
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4:15 PM
Withdrawn
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4:30 PM
PRESERVATION OF MARINE VERTEBRATES IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS (CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN) TROPIC SHALE OF SOUTHERN UTAH
SCHMEISSER MCKEAN, Rebecca, Geology, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115, rebecca.schmeisser@snc.edu, rebecca.schmeisser@snc.edu
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4:45 PM
HOW IMPORTANT IS LITHOLOGY IN THE PRESERVATION OF FOSSIL INSECTS? A STUDY OF LATE EOCENE INSECTS FROM THE FLORISSANT FORMATION OF COLORADO
THOENE, Jenell, CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, NUFIO, César R., CU Museum of Natural History-Entomology, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265 and MEYER, Herb, National Park Service - Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, P.O. Box 185, 15807 Teller County Road 1, Florissant, CO 80816, Jenell.Thoene@colorado.edu, Jenell.Thoene@colorado.edu
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5:00 PM
ZIEGLER RESERVOIR AND THE SNOWMASTODON PROJECT: OVERVIEW AND GEOLOGIC SETTING OF A RECENTLY DISCOVERED SERIES OF HIGH-ELEVATION PLEISTOCENE ECOSYSTEMS NEAR SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO
JOHNSON, Kirk R.1, MILLER, Ian M.2, SERTICH, Joe2, STUCKY, Richard2, FISHER, Daniel C.3 and PIGATI, Jeffrey S.4, (1)Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (2)Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205, (3)Museum of Paleontology and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS-980, Denver, CO 80225, Kirk.Johnson@dmns.org, Kirk.Johnson@dmns.org
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