Session No. 11
Thursday, 24 March 2011: 1:30 PM-2:50 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 II
Sandy Ebersole and Melanie L. DeVore, Conveners
1:30 PM
THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE, NORTHEASTERN TENNESSEE: MULTIPLE DEPOCENTERS, MULTIPLE ASSEMBLAGE AGES
WHITELAW, Michael J., Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, 325 Treasure Lane, Johnson City, TN 37614, whitelaw@etsu.edu, whitelaw@etsu.edu
1:50 PM
AGING THE FOSSIL DWARF TAPIR, TAPIRUS POLKENSIS, BASED ON COMPARISONS TO EXTANT TAPIR DENTAL ERUPTION AND WEAR
GIBSON, Matthew L., Dept. of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, 1704 Buccaneer Dr, Apt 504, Johnson City, TN 37604 and WALLACE, Steven C., Dept. of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70357, Apt 504, Johnson City, TN 37614, gibsonml@goldmail.etsu.edu, gibsonml@goldmail.etsu.edu
2:30 PM
FIRST RECORD OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN A FOSSIL TAPIR (T. POLKENSIS) FROM THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE, NORTHEASTERN TN, USA
ABERNETHY, Aaron R., Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37601 and WALLACE, Steven C., Dept. Of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70357, Apt 504, Johnson City, TN 37614, aberneta@goldmail.etsu.edu, aberneta@goldmail.etsu.edu