Rocky Mountain (63rd Annual) and Cordilleran (107th Annual) Joint Meeting (18–20 May 2011)

Session No. 27
Friday, 20 May 2011: 8:00 AM-1:00 PM
Elm (Riverwoods Conference Center)

T9. The Mammalian Fossil Record of Utah

 

Beth Townsend, Paul C. Murphey and Anthony Friscia, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
FIRST MAMMALS AND OSTRACODES FROM THE PALEOGENE CLARON FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
EATON, Jeffrey G., Department of Geosciences, Weber State University, Ogden, UT 84408-2507, TIBERT, Neil E., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Mary Washington, Jepson Science Center, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 and BIEK, Robert F., Utah Geol Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, jeaton@weber.edu, jeaton@weber.edu
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8:25 AM
THE TYPE AREA FOR THE BRIDGER FORMATION, UINTA COUNTY, WYOMING
EVANOFF, Emmett, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, emmett.evanoff@unco.edu, emmett.evanoff@unco.edu
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8:45 AM
MAMMALIAN FAUNAL CHANGE DURING THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM AT RAVEN RIDGE IN THE UINTA BASIN, COLORADO AND UTAH
DUTCHAK, Alex R., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada, dutchak@colorado.edu, dutchak@colorado.edu
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9:05 AM
MODERN FIELD WORK IN THE UINTA BASIN
FRISCIA, Anthony, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025, TOWNSEND, Beth, Midwestern University, Glendal, AZ 85308 and MURPHEY, Paul C., Paleontology, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, tonyf@ucla.edu, tonyf@ucla.edu
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9:25 AM
THE FAUNA AND AGE OF THE UINTA “A,” UINTA FORMATION (MIDDLE EOCENE), NORTHEASTERN UTAH, USA
MURPHEY, Paul C., Paleontology, San Diego Natural History Museum, 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, pmurphey@sdnhm.org, pmurphey@sdnhm.org
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
BULKING-UP THE SAMPLE SIZE OF THE FIRST UINTA C MICRO-MAMMAL FAUNA FROM THE UINTA BASIN
WESTGATE, James W., Earth & Space Sciences, Lamar University, PO Box 10031, Beaumont, TX 77710, COPE, Dana, Sociology & Anthropology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424 and WESTGATE, Jeffrey C., Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, james.westgate@lamar.edu, james.westgate@lamar.edu
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10:35 AM
SMALL RODENTS OF THE UINTA FORMATION
TOWNSEND, Beth, Anatomy, Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, 19555 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, btowns@midwestern.edu, btowns@midwestern.edu
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10:55 AM
FOSSIL MAMMALS FROM THE LATE EOCENE BRENNAN BASIN MEMBER OF THE DUCHESNE RIVER FORMATION IN UTAH
BURGER, Benjamin John, 965 N. 2250 W, Vernal, UT 84078, benjamin.burger@colorado.edu, benjamin.burger@colorado.edu
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11:15 AM
NEW EOCENE FOSSIL PERISSODACTYLS FROM THOUSAND LAKE MOUNTAIN, CENTRAL UTAH
DEBLIEUX, Donald D.1, FOSS, Scott E.2, BIEK, Robert F.1, KUEHNE, Paul1 and WILLIS, Grant C.1, (1)Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (2)Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office, PO Box 45155, Salt Lake City, UT 84145, dondeblieux@utah.gov, dondeblieux@utah.gov
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11:35 AM
THE MIDDLE-EOCENE MAMMALIAN FAUNAL SUCCESSION IN SAN DIEGO AREA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TOMIYA, Susumu, University of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, stomiya@berkeley.edu, stomiya@berkeley.edu
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11:55 AM
A PRELIMINARY STABLE ISOTOPE ECOLOGY BASED ON TOOTH ENAMEL FOR LATEST EOCENE AND EARLIEST OLIGOCENE PERISSODACTYLS (MAMMALIA) FROM THE WHITE RIVER GROUP OF NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
BOARDMAN, Grant S., Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, PO Box 880340, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and SECORD, Ross, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Nebraska, 200 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, grant128@hotmail.com, grant128@hotmail.com
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