South-Central Section - 47th Annual Meeting (4-5 April 2013)

Session No. 32
Friday, 5 April 2013: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Classroom 105 (AT&T Center)

T4. The Paleontology of Texas II: A Session in Honor of Wann Langston, Jr.

GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Michelle R. Stocker, William G. Parker, Ernest Lundelius and Christopher Brochu, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
DINOFLAGELLATE CYST PALYNOFACIES AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE MAASTRICHTIAN AND BASAL DANIAN, BRAZOS RIVER SECTION, TEXAS
AYDIN, Tuba, Geology&Geophysics, Texas A&M University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, FIRTH, John, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station, TX 77845-9547 and YANCEY, Thomas E., Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, tbaydn@gmail.com
1:50 PM
QUETZALCOATLUS AND THE SIZE LIMITS OF VERTEBRATE FLYERS
HABIB, Michael B., Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Bishop 403, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and HALL, Justin, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Dinosaur Institute, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, biologyinmotion@gmail.com
2:10 PM
CENOZOIC DINOSAURS IN SOUTH AMERICA REVISITED
MOLNAR, Ralph E., University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Ralph.Molnar@gmail.com
2:30 PM
SYSTEMATICS OF EOCENE ZIPHODONT CROCODYLIFORMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN WESTERN INTERIOR
BROCHU, Christopher, Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, chris-brochu@uiowa.edu
2:50 PM
UPDATE ON THE FIRST UINTA C MICRO-MAMMAL FAUNA FROM THE UINTA BASIN AND ITS COMPARISON WITH A UINTA C MICRO-MAMMAL COMMUNITY FROM LAREDO, TEXAS
GARTNER, Christine1, WESTGATE, James W.2, TOWNSEND, Beth3 and WESTGATE, Jeffrey1, (1)Earth & Space Sciences, Lamar University, POB 10031, Earth & Space Sciences, Beaumont, TX 77710, (2)Earth & Space Sciences, Lamar University, PO Box 10031, Beaumont, TX 77710, (3)Midwestern University, Glendal, AZ 85308, Ponygirl678@hotmail.com
 
3:10 PM
Break
3:30 PM
PLEISTOCENE HORSES FROM TEXAS AND ALASKA: ARE THEY THE SAME?
BASKIN, Jon A., Biological and Health Sciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, LUNDELIUS, Ernest, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin and SCOTT, Eric, Division of Geological Sciences, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, kfjab02@tamuk.edu
3:50 PM
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION SUPPORTS REINTERPRETATION OF THE FOSSIL RECORD OF THE EASTERN BOX TURTLE (TERRAPENE CAROLINA)
VITEK, Natasha S., Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, nsvitek@utexas.edu
4:10 PM
CAVE DEPOSITS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
LUNDELIUS, Ernest, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, erniel@utexas.edu
4:30 PM
A NEW PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM CROCKETT COUNTY, TEXAS
BELL, Christopher J. and LUNDELIUS, Ernest, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, cjbell@jsg.utexas.edu
4:50 PM
THE FOSSIL LABORATORY IN AUSTIN: A HISTORY OF PREPARATION AND CONSERVATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
BROWN, Matthew A., Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, matthewbrown@utexas.edu
5:10 PM
NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY IN TEXAS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE DEGOLYER LIBRARY, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
JACOBS, Louis L., Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Ave, Dallas, TX 75205, jacobs@smu.edu
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