Session: Devonian Climate and Paleoecology—Insight from Stratigraphic Studies III (Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting (20

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THE UPPERMOST FAMENNIAN HANGENBERG EXCURSION IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE SEARCH FOR THE BASE OF THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM

CRAMER, Bradley D., Kansas Geological Survey/Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, DAY II, James E., Geography and Geology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400, SALTZMAN, Matthew R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, cramerbd@gmail.com, cramerbd@gmail.com

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN EPEIRIC SUBTROPICAL PALEOCLIMATE RECORD FROM WESTERN EURAMERICA: LATE FRASNIAN-EARLIEST TOURNASIAN STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD FROM THE YELLOW SPRING-NEW ALBANY GROUPS OF THE NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS BASIN

DAY, Jed, Geography & Geology, Illinois State Univ, Normal, IL 61790-4400, WITZKE, Brian J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and ROWE, Harry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates Street, Arlington, TX 76019, jeday@ilstu.edu, jeday@ilstu.edu

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EVIDENCE FOR LATE DEVONIAN (FAMMENIAN) ALPINE GLACIATION IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN: A GRANITIC LONESTONE FROM UPPER DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY

LIERMAN, Robert Thomas, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Roark 103, Richmond, KY 40475, CLAYTON, Geoff, Geology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, D2, Ireland, ETTENSOHN, Frank R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Building, Lexington, KY 40506, MASON, Charles E., Department of Physical Sciences, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY 40351 and ANDERSON, Eric D., Earth & Env. Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Bldg, Lexington, KY 40506-0053, tom.lierman@eku.edu, tom.lierman@eku.edu

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2:30 PM

SPORE ZONATION THROUGH THE LATE DEVONIAN (STRUNIAN) CATTARAUGUS AND OSWAYO FORMATIONS OF NEW YORK AND THE HUNTLEY MOUNTAIN FORMATION OF PENNSYLVANIA: A BASIS FOR PALEOCLIMATIC INTERPRETATION

AVKHIMOVICH, V.I.¹, RICHARDSON, J.B.¹ and WOODROW, D.L.², (1)Department of Natural History, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, England, (2)41 Idaho Street, Richmond, CA 94801, cardonwoodr@comcast.net, cardonwoodr@comcast.net

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END-DEVONIAN SUCCESSIONS IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN OHIO COMPARED: REVIEW OF POTENTIAL UNIT RELATIONSHIPS TO THE HANGENBERG BIOEVENT

BAIRD, Gordon C., Geosciences, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, OVER, D.J., Geological Sciences, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454-1401, HANNIBAL, J.T., Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, Cleveland, OH 44106-1767, CARR, Robert K., Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, MCKENZIE, Scott C., Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546 and RALPH, Matthew J., Education, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, gordon.baird@fredonia.edu, gordon.baird@fredonia.edu

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THE IMPACT OF SUCCESSIVE DEVONIAN EXTINCTIONS ON CRINOID AND VERTEBRATE TROPHIC INTERACTIONS AND DIVERSITY

SALLAN, Lauren, Earth and Environmental Science & Evolution Cluster, University of Pennsylvania, 154B Hayden Hall, 3320 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398 and COOK, Lewis A., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, laurensallan@gmail.com, laurensallan@gmail.com

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3:50 PM

DEVONIAN TREES OF NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA: CAUSES OR CONSEQUENCES OF BLACK SHALES AND BIOTIC CRISES?

RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, gregr@uoregon.edu, gregr@uoregon.edu

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4:10 PM

A CLIMATE-DRIVEN MODEL AND DEVELOPMENT OF A FLOATING POINT TIME SCALE FOR THE ENTIRE MIDDLE DEVONIAN EIFELIAN STAGE USING MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY SUSCEPTIBILITY AS A CLIMATE PROXY

ELLWOOD, Brooks, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E-235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, TOMKIN, Jonathan H., School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois, 428 Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801, HASSANI, Ahmed El, Departement de Geologie, Institut Scientifique, Avenue Ibn Batouta, B. P. 703, Rabat Agdal, 36709, Morocco, BULTYNCK, Pierre, Department of Paleontology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, rue Vautier 29, Brussels, BE-1000, Belgium and WEDDIGE, Karsten, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325, Frankfurt, 16580, Germany, ellwood@lsu.edu, ellwood@lsu.edu

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MIDDLE DEVONIAN CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND STABLE OXYGEN ISOTOPES AROUND THE EIFELIAN-GIVETIAN BOUNDARY OF THE COL DES TRIBES SECTION (MONTAGNE NOIRE, FRANCE)

GOUWY, Sofie A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, 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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4:50 PM

INTRODUCING A “COMMUNITY MODULE” APPROACH TO TEST THE STABILITY OF ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS IN THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN HAMILTON FAUNA

NAGEL-MYERS, Judith, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and BRETT, Carl, Dept. of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, jn226@cornell.edu, jn226@cornell.edu

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THE PARADOX OF pO2 IN THE MIDDLE AND LATE DEVONIAN

TUITE Jr, Michael L. and MACKO, Stephen, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, mtuite@virginia.edu, mtuite@virginia.edu

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

S4. Devonian Climate and Paleoecology—Insight from Stratigraphic Studies III