Session No. 1
Thursday, 10 April 2014: 10:15 AM-12:15 PM
Duck Pond (Inn and Conference Center at Virginia Tech)
Paleontology
10:15 AM
EXPLORING MORPHOLOGIC TRENDS IN EARLY PALEOZOIC ECHINODERMS
DELINE, Bradley, COLLINS, Clayton and PARKER, Runeshia, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, bdeline@westga.edu, bdeline@westga.edu
10:35 AM
SCANNING ELECTRON IMAGING OF SHELL CONSTRUCTION IN THE PROBLEMATIC TUBULAR FOSSIL SPHENOTHALLUS FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN (SERIES 2) OF SOUTH CHINA
MUSCENTE, A. Drew, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, adm97@vt.edu, adm97@vt.edu
10:55 AM
PARSIMONY ANALYSIS OF ENDEMICITY (PAE) OF A LATE ORDOVICIAN FAUNAL MIGRATION EVENT: WHERE DID INVASIVE TAXA ORIGINATE, AND HOW DID THEY GET TO THE CINCINNATI BASIN?
LAM, Adriane R., Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, al211513@ohio.edu, al211513@ohio.edu
11:55 AM
PALEONTOLOGISTS OF THE SOUTHEAST: WOMEN WELCOME!
KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403 and VISAGGI, Christy C., Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 4105, Atlanta, GA 30302, kelleyp@uncw.edu, kelleyp@uncw.edu