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Southeastern Section - 63rd Annual Meeting (10–11 April 2014)

Session No. 12
Thursday, 10 April 2014: 1:00 PM-4:40 PM
Assembly Hall (Inn and Conference Center at Virginia Tech)

S1. Contextualizing the Importance of the Newark Supergroup to Understanding the Biotic Change in the Early Mesozoic

 

Sterling Nesbitt and Paul Olsen, Conveners
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1:00 PM
CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF THE BIOTIC ASSEMBLAGES OF THE DAN RIVER-DANVILLE AND DEEP RIVER BASINS (NEWARK SUPERGROUP, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, USA)
OLSEN, Paul1, KENT, Dennis V.2, WHITESIDE, Jessica H.3, REID, Jeffrey C.4 and TAYLOR, Kenneth B.4, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom, (4)N.C. Geological Survey, 1612 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1612, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu, polsen@ldeo.columbia.edu
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1:20 PM
NEW GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ALLOW COMPARISONS BETWEEN LATE TRIASSIC BIOTA AND PALEOENVIRONMENT FROM WESTERN AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
IRMIS, Randall B., Natural History Museum of Utah and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1214, MUNDIL, Roland, Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Rd, Berkeley, CA 94709-1211, GEHRELS, George E., Arizona LaserChron Center, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, GEISSMAN, John W., Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 W. Campbell Rd, ROC21, Richardson, TX 75080, KENT, Dennis V., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, OLSEN, Paul E., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000, WHITESIDE, Jessica H., Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom and PARKER, William G., Division of Resource Management, Petrified Forest National Park, P.O. Box 2217, 1 Park Rd, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, irmis@umnh.utah.edu, irmis@umnh.utah.edu
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1:40 PM
TRIASSIC INSECT REMAINS FROM THE VIRGINIA SOLITE QUARRY - HOW FAR DID THEY SINK?
FRASER, Nicholas C., National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF, United Kingdom, HECKERT, Andrew B., Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, LIUTKUS-PIERCE, Cynthia M., Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, GRIMALDI, David A., Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265 and AXSMITH, Brian J., Biology Department, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, nick.fraser@nms.ac.uk, nick.fraser@nms.ac.uk
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2:00 PM
TINY TRIASSIC FISH FROM THE NEWARK SUPERGROUP: WHAT DO SMALL SHARKS AND LITTLE LUNGFISH SAY ABOUT PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF NORTH AMERICA’S TRIASSIC RIFT BASINS?
HECKERT, Andrew B., Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, SCHNEIDER, Vincent, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029, SLOAD, Eric J., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, OLSEN, Paul, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964-1000 and HUBER, Phillip, Geoscience Books, PO Box 1036, Faribault, MN 55021, heckertab@appstate.edu, heckertab@appstate.edu
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2:20 PM
THE ACTINOPTERYGIAN FISHES OF THE NEWARK SUPERGROUP AND CHINLE FORMATION, NORTH AMERICA: NEW DISCOVERIES AND COMMENTS ON THE DIVERSITY OF FISHES FROM THE EARLY MESOZOIC
GIBSON, Sarah Z., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, KU Natural History Museum, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, szgibson@ku.edu, szgibson@ku.edu
 
2:40 PM
Break
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2:55 PM
SMALL DIAPSID SKELETONS FROM THE LOCKATONG FORMATION (UPPER TRIASSIC) OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE SYSTEMATICS OF EARLY SAURIAN REPTILES
PRITCHARD, Adam, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794, adam.pritchard@stonybrook.edu, adam.pritchard@stonybrook.edu
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3:15 PM
PHYLOGENETIC SIGNALS IN PHYTOSAUR TOOTH ENAMEL MICROSTRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NEWARK SUPERGROUP PHYTOSAURS
HOFFMAN, Devin K.1, MILLER-CAMP, Jessica A.2 and HECKERT, Andrew B.1, (1)Dept. of Geology, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Dept. of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, hoffmandk@appstate.edu, hoffmandk@appstate.edu
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3:35 PM
THE PHYTOSAURS FROM THE NEWARK SUPERGROUP AND EQUIVALENT STRATA: NEW INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATIONS FOR PHYTOSAUR EVOLUTIONARY MORPHOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS
STOCKER, Michelle R., Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, stockerm@vt.edu, stockerm@vt.edu
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3:55 PM
A LARGE-BODIED CROCODYLOMORPH WITH EXTENSIVE CRANIAL ORNAMENTATION FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHATHAM GROUP OF NORTH CAROLINA
DRYMALA, Susan1, ZANNO, Lindsay2, NESBITT, Sterling3 and SCHNEIDER, Vincent2, (1)Biolo, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, (2)North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029, (3)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, sdrymala@gmail.com, sdrymala@gmail.com
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4:15 PM
THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF CROCODYLOMORPHA: NEARLY COMPLETE SKELETONS FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF NORTH CAROLINA DEMONSTRATE CONSERVATION IN THE EARLY BODY PLAN OF A SUCCESSFUL CLADE
NESBITT, Sterling1, SCHNEIDER, Vince2, IRMIS, Randall B.3, ZANNO, Lindsay2 and CLARKE, Julia4, (1)Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, (2)North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029, (3)Natural History Museum of Utah and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1214, (4)The University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712, sjn2104@vt.edu, sjn2104@vt.edu
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