Southeastern Section - 60th Annual Meeting (23–25 March 2011)

Session No. 3
Thursday, 24 March 2011: 8:00 AM-12:05 PM
Salon B (Wilmington Convention Center)

S4. Significant Fossil Sites in the Southeast: Why They Are Important and How They Contribute to Our Knowledge of the Fossil Record I

Southeastern Section of The Paleontological Society

 

Sandy Ebersole and Melanie L. DeVore, Conveners
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
SIGNIFICANCE OF EDIACARAN FOSSILS FROM STANLY COUNTY NC: GEOLOGICAL AND PEDOLOGICAL
GIBSON, Gail, Natural Sciences, Florida State College at Jacksonville, 1154 Morgan Circle East, Orange Park, FL 32073 and TEETER, Steven, 9987 Richard Sandy Road, Oakboro, NC 28129, ggibson@fscj.edu, ggibson@fscj.edu
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8:25 AM
RINGGOLD GAP, GEORGIA: A CLASSIC LOCALITY FOR ORDOVICIAN AND SILURIAN TRACE FOSSILS
RINDSBERG, Andrew K., Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Station 7, The University of West Alabama, Livingston, AL 35470 and MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, arindsberg@uwa.edu, arindsberg@uwa.edu
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8:45 AM
EXTRAORDINARILY PRESERVED TERRESTRIAL BIOTA IN THE INGERSOLL SHALE, A COMPACT ESTUARINE CLAY LENS IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS EUTAW FORMATION, EASTERN ALABAMA
SAVRDA, Charles E.1, LEWIS, Ronald D.1, KNIGHT, Terrell K.1 and BINGHAM, P. Sean2, (1)Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, (2)Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, savrdce@auburn.edu, savrdce@auburn.edu
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9:05 AM
THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TOMBIGBEE SAND AT THE BENTONITE MINES NEAR ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI
PHILLIPS, George E., Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353, george.phillips@mmns.state.ms.us, george.phillips@mmns.state.ms.us
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9:25 AM
AN UPPER CRETACEOUS BONE BED AT THE SOUTH ATLANTIC-EASTERN GULF JUNCTION
SCHWIMMER, David R., Earth and Space Sciences, Columbus State Univ, 4225 Univ. Ave, Columbus, GA 31907, schwimmer_david@colstate.edu, schwimmer_david@colstate.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:05 AM
PHOSPHATIC DECAPOD LAGERSTÄTTEN OF THE SOUTHEAST
BISHOP, Gale A., St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Program, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, gbishop@geotrec.org, gbishop@geotrec.org
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10:25 AM
A LATE CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) MICROVERTEBRATE SITE IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
CRANE, Cynthia Danielle, CULVER, Stephen J. and RIGSBY, Catherine A., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, cranecd@hotmail.com, cranecd@hotmail.com
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10:45 AM
PRELIMINARY NOTE ON MIDDLE CAMPANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS) VERTEBRATES FROM DARLINGTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
CICIMURRI, David J., Campbell Geology Museum, Clemson University, 140 Discovery Lane, Clemson, SC 29634, dcheech@clemson.edu, dcheech@clemson.edu
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11:05 AM
COON CREEK FORMATION LAGERSTÄTTE (LATE CRETACEOUS) OF WESTERN TENNESSEE – STATUS OF CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH EFFORTS
GIBSON, Michael A., Agriculture, Geoscience, & Natural Resources, University of Tennessee at Martin, 256 Brehm Hall, Martin, TN 38238, mgibson@utm.edu, mgibson@utm.edu
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11:25 AM
GEOLOGY OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AREA--THE CLASSIC STANDARD FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
WARD, Lauck, Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112, Lauck.Ward@vmnh.virginia.gov, Lauck.Ward@vmnh.virginia.gov
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11:45 AM
THE CLAIBORNE AND CATAHOULA FORMATIONS, SIGNIFICANT FLORAS FROM THE MISSISSIPPIAN EMBAYMENT
DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061 and PIGG, Kathleen B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, melanie.devore@gcsu.edu, melanie.devore@gcsu.edu
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