Session No. 235
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
221/222 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)
Paleontology: Trace Fossils, Taphonomy, and Exceptional Preservation
Matthew B. Vrazo and Jesse S. Broce, Chairs
1:00 PM
THE IMPORTANCE OF VERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOSSIL RECORD: EXAMPLES FROM THE OUTSTANDING ICHNOFAUNAS OF NEW MEXICO
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and HUNT, Adrian P., Flying Heritage Collection, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204
1:15 PM
THE VERTEBRATE BROMALITE RECORD IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
HUNT, Adrian P., Flying Heritage Collection, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104
1:30 PM
SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY, DECAY AND CONCRETION PRECIPITATION
MCCOY, Victoria E.1, YOUNG, Robert T.1 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G.2, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520
1:45 PM
PALEOECOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE BEAR GULCH LIMESTONE, CENTRAL MONTANA: HOW DEPOSITION AND TAPHONOMY MAY BE DRIVING DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE
SINGER, Amy, Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296 and STANLEY Jr, George D., Geosciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
2:00 PM
TAPHONOMIC BIAS OF SELECTIVE SILICIFICATION REVEALED BY PAIRED PETROGRAPHIC AND INSOLUBLE RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER, WESTERN US
PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305 and WESTACOTT, Sophie, Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01027
2:30 PM
SOFT-BODIED TAPHONOMY AND MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN CAMBRIAN LAGERSTÄTTEN FROM THE HOUSE RANGE EMBAYMENT
BROCE, Jesse S.1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.2, SELLY, Tara2 and LODUCA, Steven T.3, (1)University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 24060, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 203 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
2:45 PM
THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA: EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF A BOX JELLYFISH FROM A LATE CARBONIFEROUS LAGERSTÄTTE IN THE MIDCONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA
YOUNG, Graham A., Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0N2, Canada and HAGADORN, James W., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
3:00 PM
TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF SILURIAN ALGAL-LAGERSTÄTTEN
LODUCA, Steven T., Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 203 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
3:15 PM
TAPHONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON EURYPTERID LAGERSTäTTEN: A MODEL FOR PRESERVATION IN THE MID-PALEOZOIC
VRAZO, Matthew B., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, CIURCA Jr., Samuel J., 2457 Culver Road, Rochester, NY 14609 and BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013
4:15 PM
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNAL ANATOMY AND TAPHONOMIC HISTORY OF TRILOBITES REVEALED THROUGH CT SCANNING
RUTANA, Michael A., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and BABCOCK, Loren E., The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
4:30 PM
MODELING SIZE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRILOBITES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TRILOBITE BIOLOGY AND PRESERVATION POTENTIAL
KOLENKO, Rachel L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology Building, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
4:45 PM
A SYSTEMATIC NEOICHNOLOGIC LABORATORY STUDY OF THE LIFE STAGES AND AGES OF LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS
CUOMO, Carmela, Biology & Environmental Sciences Department, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516 and STANKYE, Timothy P., Biology & Environmental Sciences Department, The University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516
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