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

Session No. 23
Friday, 25 April 2014: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Hawthorne (Cornhusker Marriott)

T6. New Insights into the White River Chronofauna

 

Clint A. Boyd, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:35 PM
FRESHWATER PULMONATE GASTROPODS AS INDICATORS OF LITTORAL ZONATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE OVER EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION
DUNN, Colin R., Geology and Geologic Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, Colin.Dunn@mines.sdsmt.edu, Colin.Dunn@mines.sdsmt.edu
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1:55 PM
A NEW EARLY ORELLAN FAUNA FROM THE BLOOM BASIN AT BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CHADRON-BRULE CONTACT IN SOUTH DAKOTA
BOYD, Clint A., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, WELSH, Ed, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750 and EVANOFF, Emmett, Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Campus Box 100, Greeley, CO 80639, clintboyd@stratfit.org, clintboyd@stratfit.org
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2:15 PM
RE-EVALUATION OF THE MAMMALIAN COMPONENT OF THE CEDAR PASS LOCAL FAUNA: ASSESSING THE WHITNEYAN-ARIKAREEAN TRANSITION WITHIN BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA
PAGNAC, Darrin, Geology & Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, BOYD, Clint A., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 and WELSH, Ed, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750, darrin.pagnac@sdsmt.edu, darrin.pagnac@sdsmt.edu
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2:35 PM
THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE OLIGOCENE HERPETOFAUNA FROM THE WHITE RIVER GROUP OF SOUTH DAKOTA, REPRESENTED IN THE CEDAR PASS LOCAL FAUNA
STARCK, Ellen N.1, WELSH, Ed1 and BOYD, Clint A.2, (1)Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750, (2)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, Ellen_Starck@nps.gov, Ellen_Starck@nps.gov
 
2:55 PM
Break
5
3:15 PM
IN WITH SOME OLD, OUT WITH SOME NEW:  AN UPDATE ON THE WHITE RIVER GROUP OF NORTH DAKOTA
WEILER, Matthew W. and SCHUMAKER, Karew K., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell St. Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, matthew.weiler@my.und.edu, matthew.weiler@my.und.edu
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3:55 PM
WELL PRESERVED AUDITORY OSSICLES IN A JUVENILE SPECIMEN OF NIMRAVUS BRACHYOPS
SPEARING, Kurt D., Department of Biology and Chemistry, Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106, spearingk@morningside.edu, spearingk@morningside.edu
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