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
Sandy Ebersole and Melanie L. DeVore, Conveners
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
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
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. Sean
2, (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
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
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
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