North-Central Section - 46th Annual Meeting (23–24 April 2012)

Session No. 21
Tuesday, 24 April 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 203 (Dayton Convention Center)

T8. Vertebrate Paleontology

 

Jeremy L. Green, Advocates
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8:00 AM
A DUNKLEOSTEUS SUBORBITAL FROM THE CLEVELAND SHALE, NORTHEASTERN OHIO, SHOWING POSSIBLE ARTHRODIRE-INFLICTED BITE MARKS: EVIDENCE FOR AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR, OR POSTMORTEM SCAVENGING?
SCOTT, Evan E.1, CLEMENS, Matthew E.2, RYAN, Michael J.1, JACKSON, Gary1 and BOYLE, James T.3, (1)Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106, (2)2355 Murray Hill Road #310 A, Cleveland, OH 44106, (3)Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 126 Cooke Hall, North Campus, Buffalo, NY 14260, ees20@case.edu, ees20@case.edu
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8:20 AM
THE SKELETAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS HOLOCEPHALAN DELTOPTYCHIUS FROM BEARSDEN, SCOTLAND
CRISWELL, Katharine E., FINARELLI, John A. and COATES, Michael I., Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 E. 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637, kcriswell@uchicago.edu, kcriswell@uchicago.edu
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8:40 AM
EVIDENCE OF HIGHLY CONSERVED REPRODUCTIVE MODE IN HOLOCEPHALAN CHONDRICHTHYANS: A CHIMAEROID EGG CAPSULE FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF NEW ZEALAND
GOTTFRIED, Michael D., Geological Sciences and Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1045 and FORDYCE, R. Ewan, Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand, gottfrie@msu.edu, gottfrie@msu.edu
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9:00 AM
PARSIMONY ANALYSIS OF ENDEMICITY (PAE) OF LUNGFISH GENERA
NGASALA, Sifa, Michigan State University, 207 Natural Science Building, ngasalas@msu.edu, East Lansing, MI 48823, ngasalas@msu.edu, ngasalas@msu.edu
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9:20 AM
PEDAL DIGITAL AND PHALANGEAL PROPORTIONS OF THE “DINOCROC” POPOSAURUS GRACILIS
FARLOW, James O., Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue Univ, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, SCHACHNER, Emma R., Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and SARRAZIN, John C., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, farlow@ipfw.edu, farlow@ipfw.edu
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9:40 AM
A REEVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS OF CAMPANIAN-AGED CROCODYLIANS OF WESTERN CANADA
CLEMENS, Matthew E., Department of Evolutionary Biology, Case Western Reserve University, 2355 Murray Hill Road #310 A, Cleveland, OH 44106 and RYAN, Michael J., Dept. of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Dr, University Circle, Cleveland, OH 44106, mec69@case.edu, mec69@case.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:20 AM
HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF PACHYCEPHALOSAURID CRANIA
BIGALKE, Carol1, DISCHLER, Collin2, COENEN, Jason3 and PETERSON, Joseph E.1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Harrington Hall 211, Oshkosh, WI 54901, (2)Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901, (3)Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, University Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, bigalce98@uwosh.edu, bigalce98@uwosh.edu
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10:40 AM
RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSILS OF THE PIPE CREEK SINKHOLE (LATE NEOGENE, GRANT COUNTY, IN)
ROGOWSKI, Allison J., Environmental Science, Taylor University, 236 W Reade Ave, Upland, IN 46989 and FARLOW, James O., Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue Univ, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, allison_rogowski@taylor.edu, allison_rogowski@taylor.edu
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11:00 AM
ANALYSIS OF DENTAL MICROWEAR IN TREE SLOTHS AND ARMADILLOS: DOES SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY REVEAL A LINK BETWEEN DIET AND TOOTH SCARRING?
GREEN, Jeremy L., Geology, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, 330 University Dr NE, New Philadelphia, OH 446636 and RESAR, Nicholas A., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44243, jgreen72@kent.edu, jgreen72@kent.edu
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11:20 AM
USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TO RECONSTRUCT FEEDING ECOLOGY IN GROUND SLOTHS
RESAR, Nicholas A., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44243 and GREEN, Jeremy L., Geology, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, 330 University Dr NE, New Philadelphia, OH 446636, nresar1@kent.edu, nresar1@kent.edu
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11:40 AM
FEEDING AND DIET OF THE PLEISTOCENE GROUND SLOTH NEOCNUS (MAMMALIA: PILOSA: MEGALONYCHIDAE) FROM HAITI
MCAFEE, Robert K., Ohio Northern University, Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences, 525 South Main Street, Ada, OH 45810, r-mcafee@onu.edu, r-mcafee@onu.edu
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