Session: Vertebrate Paleontology from the Appalachians to the Rockies (North-Central Section

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Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

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1:40 PM

TAPHONOMY OF A PARTIAL HADROSAURID SKELETON POSSESSING SUBADULT TYRANNOSAUR FEEDING TRACES

PETERSON, Joseph E., Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Harrington Hall 211, Oshkosh, WI 54901 and RIENTS, Kelsey, Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901, petersoj@uwosh.edu, petersoj@uwosh.edu

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2:00 PM

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SPECIMEN PRESERVATION IN THE ARIKAREEAN-AGED CABBAGE PATCH BEDS OF WESTERN MONTANA (RENOVA FORMATION)

CALEDE, Jonathan, Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195, caledj@uw.edu, caledj@uw.edu

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2:20 PM

NEW VERTEBRATE TRACKWAYS FROM THE HELL CREEK (LATE MAASTRICHTIAN) OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

HANKS, H. Douglas, Paleontology, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 West Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, ERICKSON, Bruce R., Paleontology, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102 and HAIRE, Scott A., Biology, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, hanks.douglas@gmail.com, hanks.douglas@gmail.com

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2:40 PM

LATE MIOCENE (HEMPHILLIAN) RODENT BURROWS FROM EAST-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, USA: A SNAPSHOT OF BEHAVIOR UNDER THE EMERGING GREAT PLAINS

TUCKER, Shane T., University of Nebraska State Museum and Nebraska Highway Paleontology Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, W436 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514 and JOECKEL, R.M., CSD, School of Natural Resources and Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583, stucker3@unl.edu, stucker3@unl.edu

3:00 PM

Break

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3:20 PM

MAMMALIAN PALEOECOLOGY THROUGH THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM: AN ISOTOPIC PERSPECTIVE

SECORD, Ross¹, BLOCH, Jonathan I.², BOYER, Doug M.³, CHESTER, Stephen G.B.⁴, MORSE, Paul² and KRIGBAUM, John⁵, (1)University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 200 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, (3)Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, 130 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708, (4)Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Brooklyn College, 3301 James Hall, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (5)Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7305, rsecord2@unl.edu, rsecord2@unl.edu

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3:40 PM

PALEOCLIMATIC EFFECTS ON PLEISTOCENE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE GREAT PLAINS INFERRED FROM STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS

BALDVINS, Tom D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 214 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340 and SECORD, Ross, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 200 Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68583, tbaldvins@huskers.unl.edu, tbaldvins@huskers.unl.edu

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4:00 PM

ARE TROCHLEAE THE KEY TO UNRAVELING THE RIDDLE OF KANSAS' "MAXIMUM CAT?"

ORCUTT, John D. and PERPER, Laurel, Department of Geology, Cornell College, 600 1st St. SW, Mt. Vernon, IA 52314, jorcutt@cornellcollege.edu, jorcutt@cornellcollege.edu

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4:20 PM

A RARE AND DIVERSE LATE MIOCENE (HEMPHILLIAN) CARNIVORE FAUNA FROM NORTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, USA

TUCKER, Shane T., University of Nebraska State Museum and Nebraska Highway Paleontology Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, W436 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514, stucker3@unl.edu, stucker3@unl.edu

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4:40 PM

NEWLY ACQUIRED MIOCENE VERTEBRATES FROM WEBSTER COUNTY, SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, USA

CORNER, R. George, University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, W436 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514, rcorner1@unl.edu, rcorner1@unl.edu

North-Central Section - 48th Annual Meeting (24–25 April)

T3. Vertebrate Paleontology from the Appalachians to the Rockies