Session: Paleontology (Rocky Mountain Section - 64th Annual Meeting (9

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8:30 AM

LATE PENNSYLVANIAN TO EARLY PERMIAN CONODONT SUCCESSION IN THE NEW WELL PEAK SECTION, HORQUILLA FORMATION, BIG HATCHET MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO

BARRICK, James E., Dept. of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053, RITTER, Scott M., Department of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and KRAINER, Karl, Institute of Geology & Paleontology, Univ of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, jim.barrick@ttu.edu, jim.barrick@ttu.edu

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8:45 AM

LATE DESMOINESIAN SILICIFIED CONIFEROPSID TREES PRESERVED IN CHANNEL MARGIN SABKHA FACIES, WHISKEY CANYON, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

ELRICK, Scott D., Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820 and NELSON, John, Illinois State Geol Survey, Champaign, IL 61820, elrick@illinois.edu, elrick@illinois.edu

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9:00 AM

VERTEBRATE FOSSILS OF THE LOWER PERMIAN ABO FORMATION, ABO PASS, NEW MEXICO

MCKEIGHEN Jr, Kenneth L., NMMNH&S, 46 Cuerro Lane, Los Lunas, NM 87031, kentheartist1@msn.com, kentheartist1@msn.com

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9:15 AM

THE GALLINA WELL LOCALITY, AN EARLY PERMIAN (MIDDLE WOLFCAMPIAN) VERTEBRATE AND TRACE FOSSIL SITE IN SOCORRO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO

CANTRELL, Amanda, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, SUAZO, Thomas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and SPIELMANN, Justin, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albquerque, NM 87104-1375, acantr5@unm.edu, acantr5@unm.edu

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9:30 AM

PREHISTORIC TRACKWAYS NATIONAL MONUMENT: A WINDOW ON A 280-MILLION-YEAR-OLD COASTAL ECOSYSTEM IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO

LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, VOIGT, Sebastian, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, KRAINER, Karl, Institute of Geology & Paleontology, Univ of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, SPIELMANN, Justin, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albquerque, NM 87104-1375, RINEHART, Larry F., Geoscience, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us

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9:45 AM

A PHOTO TOUR OF ANIMAL LIFE IN THE TRIASSIC CHINLE! A VIEW FROM THE WATER'S EDGE!

PATTERSON, Patrick E., 5212 N. Indianola Ave, Clovis, CA 93619, pepusc74@gmail.com, pepusc74@gmail.com

10:00 AM

Break

7

10:30 AM

REVISION OF THE REDONDA FORMATION (UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP) VERTEBRATE FAUNA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE APACHEAN LAND-VERTEBRATE FAUNACHRON

SPIELMANN, Justin, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albquerque, NM 87104-1375 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, justin.spielmann1@state.nm.us, justin.spielmann1@state.nm.us

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10:45 AM

EVIDENCE OF DINOSAUR HERBIVORY IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS AGUJA FORMATION, BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS

LEWIS, Caleb, Environmental Geology Bureau, New Mexico Department of Transportation, 1120 Cerrillos RD, Santa Fe, NM 87505, caleb.lewis@ttu.edu, caleb.lewis@ttu.edu

9

11:00 AM

COPROLITES ACROSS THE CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO

SUAZO, Thomas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, CANTRELL, Amanda, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, SPIELMANN, Justin, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, Albquerque, NM 87104-1375 and HUNT, Adrian P., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104-1375, tsuazo@unm.edu, tsuazo@unm.edu

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11:15 AM

THE PALEOCENE DINOSAURS OF THE OJO ALAMO SANDSTONE, SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO

FASSETT, James E., Independent Research Geologist, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501, HEAMAN, Larry M., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-23 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G2E3, Canada and SIMONETTI, Antonio, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, jimgeology@qwest.net, jimgeology@qwest.net

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11:30 AM

IN SITU GEOCHEMICAL, SR ISOTOPIC AND U-PB DATING OF DINOSAUR BONE: A RECORD OF FOSSILIZATION AND FLUID-FLOW HISTORY IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO

HEAMAN, Larry M., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, SIMONETTI, Antonio, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556 and FASSETT, James E., U. S. Geol Survey, Emeritus, 552 Los Nidos Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87501, Larry.Heaman@UAlberta.ca, Larry.Heaman@UAlberta.ca

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11:45 AM

BISON CF. B. ANTIQUUS FROM THE LATE PLEISTOCENE AIRPORT LANE FOSSIL SITE, LA GRANDE, NE OREGON

VAN TASSELL, Jay, Science Department, Eastern Oregon University, Badgley Hall, One University Boulevard, La Grande, OR 97850-2899, jvantass@eou.edu, jvantass@eou.edu

Rocky Mountain Section - 64th Annual Meeting (9–11 May 2012)

Paleontology