Session: Sedimentary Geology, Paleoclimatology, and Paleontology (Rocky Mountain (66th Annual) and Cordilleran (110th Annual) Joint Meeting (19

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8:00 AM

SUCCESSION OF IRON OXIDE MICROBIAL MATS IN ACIDIC GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS

BEAM, Jacob P.¹, JAY, Zackary J.¹, BERNSTEIN, Hans C.², JAY, Steven C.³ and INSKEEP, William P.⁴, (1)Thermal Biology Institute and Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, (2)Chemical and Biological Signature Sciences, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, RIchland, WA 99354, (3)Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman, MT 59718, (4)Thermal Biology Institute and Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 805 Leon Johnson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, jacob.beam@msu.montana.edu, jacob.beam@msu.montana.edu

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8:20 AM

THE PROVENANCE OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE CAMBRIAN ADDY QUARTZITE, NORTHEAST WASHINGTON: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CENTRAL NEVADA?

LINDE, Gwen M., Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557, TREXLER, James H., Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, MS 172, 1664 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89557, CASHMAN, Patricia H., Geological Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557 and DICKINSON, William R., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, gwenlinde@yahoo.com, gwenlinde@yahoo.com

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8:40 AM

CORRELATING SAPPINGTON FORMATION SEQUENCES INTRABASINALLY AND AS PROXIES TO LATE DEVONIAN GLACIATION: UTILIZING PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY

ISAACSON, Peter E.¹, GRADER Jr, George W.², DI PASQUO, Mercedes M.³, WARREN, Audrey M.¹ and RODRIGUEZ, Aaron P.⁴, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, (2)PRISEM Geoscience Consulting, 823 W 25th Ave, Spokane, WA 99203, (3)Laboratorio de Palinoestratigrafía y Paleobotánica, CICYTTP-CONICET, Dr. Matteri y España s/n, Diamante, E3105BWA, Argentina, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, 1260 Fierro Drive, Ojai, CA 93023, isaacson@uidaho.edu, isaacson@uidaho.edu

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9:00 AM

PENNSYLVANIAN CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE SNAKY CANYON FORMATION, EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO

ABPLANALP, Jason M. and ISAACSON, Peter E., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-3022, jabplanalp@hecla-mining.com, jabplanalp@hecla-mining.com

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9:20 AM

DOES SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY CONTROL THE DIVERSITY OF CONTINENTAL FOSSILS? A GASTROPOD CASE STUDY FROM THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, SOUTHERN UTAH

KELLY, R. Scott and TAPANILA, Leif, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, kelly.richardscott@gmail.com, kelly.richardscott@gmail.com

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9:40 AM

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND BREAKAGE PATTERN OF MAMMALIAN BONES FROM THE CABBAGE PATCH BEDS OF WESTERN MONTANA (RENOVA FORMATION, ARIKAREEAN)

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

10:00 AM

Break

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10:20 AM

LINKING CLIMATE AND FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE EARLY EOCENE: MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE WASATCHIAN/BRIDGERIAN NALMA BOUNDARY IN THE WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING, USA

RIEDEL, Jeremy A.¹, CLYDE, William C.², STUCKY, Richard K.³ and RAYNOLDS, Robert G.³, (1)Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH 44106, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO 80205, j.riedel@wildcats.unh.edu, j.riedel@wildcats.unh.edu

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10:40 AM

TAPHONOMY OF DESERT TORTOISE (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII) NESTING SITES FOR COMPARISON TO THE FOSSIL RECORD

JACKSON, Frankie D.¹, VARRICCHIO, David J.¹, JACKSON, Robert A.¹ and WALDE, Andrew D.², (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, (2)Walde Research & Environmental Consulting, 8000 San Gregorio Rd, Atascadero, CA 93422, frankiej@montana.edu, frankiej@montana.edu

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11:00 AM

ACCELERATED BIOMECHANICAL EVOLUTION PRECEDES SHIFTS IN LOCOMOTION

GARDNER, Jacob D., WILSON, John P., FLORA, Holley M. and ORGAN, Chris L., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, jdru94@gmail.com, jdru94@gmail.com

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11:20 AM

PARADOX OF THE DEVIL’S TOENAILS: TAPHONOMIC MIXING OBSCURES CRETACEOUS DRILLING PREDATION IN UTAH OYSTERS

FERGUSON, Ashley and TAPANILA, Leif, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, fergashl@isu.edu, fergashl@isu.edu

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11:40 AM

USE OF MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON CUBONAVICULAR AND ASTRAGALI TO DIFFERENTIATE BISON SPECIES

FERGUSON, Ashley, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072 and THOMPSON, Mary E., Division of Earth Sciences, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Idaho State University, Stop 8096, Pocatello, ID 83209-8096, fergashl@isu.edu, fergashl@isu.edu

Rocky Mountain (66th Annual) and Cordilleran (110th Annual) Joint Meeting (19–21 May 2014)

Sedimentary Geology, Paleoclimatology, and Paleontology