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Northeastern Section - 49th Annual Meeting (23–25 March)

Session No. 50
Monday, 24 March 2014: 1:30 PM-3:50 PM
Heritage Salon E (Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square)

T15. Significant 21st-Century Paleontological Discoveries in Northeastern North America

 

Roger D.K. Thomas and Roger J. Cuffey, Advocates
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
INTERSECTION OF ECOLOGICAL AND TAPHONOMIC FACTORS IN THE PRESERVATION OF DISPARATE FAUNAS, INCLUDING SOFT-BODIED TAXA (SOME NEW OR NOT PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED), CLOSELY ASSOCIATED IN THE KINZERS FORMATION, EARLY CAMBRIAN OF S.E. PENNSYLVANIA
THOMAS, Roger D.K., Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin & Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 and MATT, Kerry, 391 Redwood Drive, Lancaster, PA 17603-4232, roger.thomas@fandm.edu, roger.thomas@fandm.edu
2
1:55 PM
CRYPTOSPORES AND THE FOSSIL RECORD OF EARLY LAND PLANT EVOLUTION
STROTHER, Paul K., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493, strother@bc.edu, strother@bc.edu
3
2:15 PM
A REAPPRAISAL OF FLORA IN THE BERTIE GROUP AND THEIR POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN ANALYZING THE ENVIRONMENT OF LATE SILURIAN NEW YORK STATE AND CANADA
NOLAN, Patrick R., Geology, Mercyhurst College, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546, pnolan76@lakers.mercyhurst.edu, pnolan76@lakers.mercyhurst.edu
4
2:35 PM
FIRST FISHES FROM THE SILURIAN (PRIDOLIAN) BERTIE LAGERSTATTE OF NEW YORK STATE  
MCKENZIE, Scott C., Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546, smckenzie@mercyhurst.edu, smckenzie@mercyhurst.edu
5
2:55 PM
REPTILE TRACKWAYS PROVIDE A TRIASSIC DATE FOR ENIGMATIC ROCKS AT VALLEY QUARRIES FAIRFIELD OPERATION, PENNSYLVANIA
WEEMS, Robert E.1, VAN SCYOC, Randy2, GANIS, G. Robert3 and BENDER, Brad2, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Mail Stop 926A, Reston, VA 20192, (2)Valley Quarries, 297 Quarry Road, Chambersburg, PA 17202, (3)Consulting Geologist, Southern Pines, NC 28387, RVanScyoc@valleyquarries.com, RVanScyoc@valleyquarries.com
 
3:15 PM
Break
6
3:30 PM
NEW DISCOVERIES AND DATA FROM THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY SEQUENCE IN THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: A SUMMARY OF 21ST CENTURY RESEARCH
GALLAGHER, William B., Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Rider University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648, wgallagher@rider.edu, wgallagher@rider.edu
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