Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting (20–22 March 2011)

Session No. 40
Monday, 21 March 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Frick (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T2. Mesozoic/Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology

Eastern Section, SEPM

 

Michael J. Ryan and Matthew C. Lamanna, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF ANUROGNATHID PTEROSAURS
HABIB, Michael B., Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Bishop 403, Los Angeles, CA 90089, biologyinmotion@gmail.com, biologyinmotion@gmail.com
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1:55 PM
A BRAIN THE SIZE OF A WALNUT: NEW STUDIES OF BRAIN AND INNER EAR STRUCTURE IN STEGOSAURUS (DINOSAURIA: ORNITHISCHIA) BASED ON CT SCANNING AND 3D VISUALIZATION
MORHARDT, A.C., Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, RIDGELY, Ryan C., Biomedical Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 and WITMER, Lawrence M., College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, am159410@ohio.edu, am159410@ohio.edu
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2:10 PM
EXPLORATORY EVALUATION OF ABNORMAL EROSIVE STRUCTURES IN PACHYCEPHALOSAURID CRANIA
PETERSON, Joseph E., Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Harrington Hall 211, Oshkosh, WI 54901, petersoj@uwosh.edu, petersoj@uwosh.edu
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2:25 PM
EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN HORNED DINOSAURS: NEW EVIDENCE FROM ASIAN BASAL NEOCERATOPSIANS
RYAN, Michael J., Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106, LEE, Yuong-Nam, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 305-350, South Korea and KOBAYASHI, Yoshitsugu, Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan, mryan@cmnh.org, mryan@cmnh.org
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2:55 PM
BREATHING LIFE BACK INTO DINOSAURS: COMPUTER MODELING OF NASAL AIRFLOW IN DINOSAURS AND THEIR EXTANT RELATIVES
BOURKE, Jason, Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 and WITMER, Lawrence, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, jb513009@ohio.edu, jb513009@ohio.edu
 
3:10 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
VASCULAR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IN EXTANT AND EXTINCT THEROPOD DINOSAURS
PORTER, William R., Biological Sciences, Ohio University, 107 Irvine Hall, Athens, OH 45701 and WITMER, Lawrence, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, wp298308@ohio.edu, wp298308@ohio.edu
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3:45 PM
A NEW SUBADULT TYRANNOSAURUS REX AND A REASSESSMENT OF ONTOGENETIC AND PHYLOGENETIC CHANGES IN TYRANNOSAUROID FORELIMB PROPORTIONS
WILLIAMS, Scott, Burpee Museum of Natural History, 737 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103, BRUSATTE, Stephen, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JW, United Kingdom, MATHEWS, Joshua C., Geology, Augustana College, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201, CURRIE, Philip J., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, 11759 Groat Road NW, Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6, Canada, CARR, Thomas, Assistant Professor of Biology, Carthage College, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha, WI 53140 and ERICKSON, Gregory, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306, scott.williams@burpee.org, scott.williams@burpee.org
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4:00 PM
PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CRETACEOUS CONTINENTAL VERTEBRATES FROM ANTARCTICA AND AUSTRALIA
LAMANNA, Matthew C., Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080 and SALISBURY, Steven W., School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia, lamannam@carnegiemnh.org, lamannam@carnegiemnh.org
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4:15 PM
FOSSIL VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGES AND IRIDIUM ANOMALY IN THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE SECTION OF NEW JERSEY
GALLAGHER, William B.1, MILLER, Kenneth G.2, SHERELL, R.M.3, BROWNING, James V.3, FIELD, Paul4, OLSSON, Richard K.3, SUGARMAN, Peter J.5, TUORTO, Steven4 and WAHYUDI, Hendra3, (1)Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, (2)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (4)Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, (5)New Jersey Geol Survey, P.O. Box 427, Trenton, NJ 08625, wgallagher@rider.edu, wgallagher@rider.edu
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4:30 PM
EXAMINING THE TORREJONIAN (To2-To3) BOUNDARY IN THE NACIMIENTO FORMATION, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
TREMAINE, Katie, Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115 and WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, paleogirl85@yahoo.com, paleogirl85@yahoo.com
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4:45 PM
INFLUENCE OF HAVERSIAN SYSTEMS ON INCORPORATION OF RARE EARTH AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN LATE EOCENE BRONTOTHERES
DREWICZ, Amanda E.1, TERRY Jr, Dennis O.2, GRANDSTAFF, David E.2 and ASH, Richard3, (1)Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, 326 Beury Hall, 1901 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (3)Department of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, amandadrewicz@u.boisestate.edu, amandadrewicz@u.boisestate.edu
 
5:00 PM
Discussion
 
5:20 PM
Concluding Remarks
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