Paleontology: Biostratigraphy and Taphonomy

Session No. 259
Wednesday, 7 November 2012: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
217BC (Charlotte Convention Center)

Paleontology: Biostratigraphy and Taphonomy

 

William C. Clyde and Lauren Berg DeBey, Chairs
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1:30 PM
THE POWER OF NAMES: NOMENCLATURE IN PALEONTOLOGY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
MICHEL, Ellinor, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), c/o Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom and OATES, Michael, BG Group PLC & International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, 100 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, RG6 1PT, United Kingdom, iczn-em@nhm.ac.uk, iczn-em@nhm.ac.uk
Handouts
  • GSA2012Talk-ICZN_Nomenclature&Bioinformatics-short.ppt (23.4 MB)
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    1:45 PM
    THE FOSSIL RECORD OF HYDROZOAN POLYPS
    MUSCENTE, A.D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Tech Geosciences, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, adm97@vt.edu, adm97@vt.edu
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    2:00 PM
    DIVERSE VASE-SHAPED MICROFOSSILS IN THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CALLISON LAKE DOLOSTONE, COAL CREEK INLIER, YUKON TERRITORY, CANADA
    STRAUSS, Justin V., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, KNOLL, Andrew H., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, COHEN, Phoebe, Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267 and MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, jstrauss@fas.harvard.edu, jstrauss@fas.harvard.edu
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    2:15 PM
    TWO STRANGE SHELLY FOSSILS FROM THE LOWER CAMBRIAN OF SOUTHEASTERN SHAANXI PROVINCE, CHINA
    MOORE, John L., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 and LI, Guoxiang, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu
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    2:30 PM
    NEW RECORDS OF MESOZOIC BRACHIOPODS (DIMERELLOID RHYNCHONELLIDS) FROM HYDROCARBON-SEEP DEPOSITS; ANARHYNCHIA FROM THE JURASSIC OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, USA; PEREGRINELLA FROM THE CRETACEOUS OF TIBET
    SANDY, Michael, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364 and PECKMANN, Jörn, Department for Geodynamics and Sedimentology, Vienna University, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, msandy1@udayton.edu, msandy1@udayton.edu
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    2:45 PM
    DIAGENETIC IRON OXIDE CONCRETIONS ASSOCIATED WITH VERTEBRATE FOSSILS IN THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE FORMATION OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND DIAGENETIC HISTORY
    KOEVEN, Kimberly, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, IRMIS, Randall B., Natural History Museum of Utah and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1214 and CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, Geology & Geophysics Frederick Albert Sutton Building, 115 S 1460 E, Room 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, kimkoeven@gmail.com, kimkoeven@gmail.com
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    3:00 PM
    THE BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF A NEW DREPANOSAUR FROM THE TRIASSIC-?JURASSIC NUGGET SANDSTONE OF NORTHEASTERN UTAH
    ENGELMANN, George F.1, CHURE, Daniel J.2, BRITT, Brooks B.3 and ANDRUS, Austin3, (1)Department of Geography & Geology, University of Nebraska - Omaha, 60th And Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, (2)Dinosaur National Monument, National Park Service, Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, (3)Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, gengelmann@unomaha.edu, gengelmann@unomaha.edu
     
    3:15 PM
    Break
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    3:30 PM
    BIASES IN THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE POSTCRANIAL RECORD OF MAMMALS: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING PALEOECOLOGY
    DEBEY, Lauren Berg, Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, yoberg@uw.edu, yoberg@uw.edu
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    3:45 PM
    FLUVIAL FLOATATION OF TERRESTRIALLY DERIVED BODIES, BONES, AND PARTS AND ITS PALEONTOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
    EVANS, Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, cavertevans@gmail.com, cavertevans@gmail.com
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    4:00 PM
    NEW AGE CONSTRAINTS FOR THE FOSSILIFEROUS SALAMANCA FORMATION AND LOWER RIO CHICO GROUP IN THE WESTERN SAN JORGE BASIN, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
    CLYDE, William C.1, WILF, Peter2, IGLESIAS, Ari3, BARNUM, Timothy A.4, BILJ, Peter5, HUBER, Brian T.6, IBANEZ-MEJIA, Mauricio7, JICHA, Brian R.8, KRAUSE, Marcelo9 and SCHUETH, Jonathan D.2, (1)Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)División Paleobotánica, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CONICET, Paseo del Bosque s/n, Calle 42, nº 1037, La Plata, 1900, Argentina, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, 56 College Road, James Hall, Durham, NH 03824, (5)Institute of Environmental Biology, Laboratory of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, Utrecht, 3584 CD, Netherlands, (6)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20013, (7)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building #77, 1040 E 4th St, Tucson, AZ 85721, (8)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WY 53706, (9)Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, CONICET, Av. Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, will.clyde@unh.edu, will.clyde@unh.edu
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    4:15 PM
    SCREEN WASHING ZEOLITIZED VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS FOR MICROFOSSILS AT JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT IN OREGON
    WILLIAMSON, Justin Kyle, Weber State University, Department of Geosciences, Ogden, UT 84408-2507, justinwilliamson@weber.edu, justinwilliamson@weber.edu
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    OLIGOCENE ANTHRACOTHERIIDAE (ARTIODACTYLA) FROM THE USFAN AND SHUMAYSI FORMATIONS, WESTERN SAUDI ARABIA
    ZALMOUT, Iyad S.1, GUNNELL, Gregg F.2, ALMUFARREH, Yahya A.3, ALI, Mohammed A.3, NASSER, Abdulaziz H.4, MATARI, Adel H.Y.5, JAMALALDEEN, Ammar J.A.3 and GINGERICH, Philip D.6, (1)KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia, (2)Division of Fossil Primates, Duke Lemur Center, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, (3)Paleontology Unit, Saudi Geological Survey, PO Box 54141, Jeddah, 2151, Saudi Arabia, (4)Saudi Geological Survey, PO Box 54141, Jeddah, 2151, Saudi Arabia, (5)paleontology Unit, Saudi Geological Survey, PO Box 54141, Jeddah, 2151, Saudi Arabia, (6)University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, zalmouti@umich.edu, zalmouti@umich.edu
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    4:45 PM
    TAPHONOMY OF MULTIPLE BONEBEDS IN THE ROUND MOUNTAIN SILT, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: EVIDENCE FROM STRATIGRAPHY AND A UNIQUE WHALE SKULL
    RIVIN, Meredith A., LIPPS, Jere H. and WATKINS, Brian, John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831, mrivin@fullerton.edu, mrivin@fullerton.edu
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