2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 98
Monday, 2 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 319/320 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T158. Perspectives on Multi-Element Skeleton Taphonomy: Case Studies, Approaches, and Advances

Paleontological Society
Matthew B. Vrazo and James R. Thomka, Session Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPE TAPHONOMY AND THE FUTURE FOSSIL RECORD
PLOTNICK, Roy E.1, BEHRENSMEYER, Anna K.2, LYONS, S. Kathleen2 and SMITH, Felisa A.3, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, M/C 186, 845 W Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60607, (2)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (3)Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, plotnick@uic.edu
8:15 AM
VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSIL BONEBEDS AS BENCHMARKS FOR TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY AND PALEOECOLOGY THROUGH TIME
CARRANO, Matthew T., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, ROGERS, Raymond R., Geology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105, ORESKA, Matthew P.J., Department of Environmentl Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, 291 McCormick Road, P.O. Box 400123, Charlottesville, VA 22904 and CURRY ROGERS, Kristina, Biology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, carranom@si.edu
8:30 AM
DIFFERENTIAL DECAY WITHIN VERTEBRATE SKELETAL ELEMENTS
KOY, Karen A., BERRY, Justin, HANTTULA, Natassja, HOOVER, Emilie and POTTEBAUM, Salena, Biology, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, Saint Joseph, MO 64507, kkoy@missouriwestern.edu
8:45 AM
THE UTILITY OF USING FOSSIL FRESHWATER TURTLE SHELLS TO ESTIMATE PALEOFLOW IN FLUVIAL CHANNEL DEPOSITS
KNELL, Michael J., Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, knellm1@southernct.edu
9:00 AM
TRILOBITES AS ARTHROPODS: THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE ARTHRODIAL MEMBRANE FOR TRILOBITE TAPHONOMY
HEGNA, Thomas, Department of Geology, Western Illinois University, Tillman Hall 115, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, ta-hegna@wiu.edu
9:15 AM
SMALL CARBONATE BUILDUPS IN THE MIDDLE SILURIAN OF SOUTHERN INDIANA: INFLUENCES ON ECHINODERM AND TRILOBITE TAPHONOMY
THOMKA, James R., Department of Geosciences, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and BISSETT, Donald L., Dry Dredgers, P. O. Box 210013, Cincinnati, OH 45221, jthomka@uakron.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
A GIANT PTERYGOTID EURYPTERID FROM THE EARLY ORDOVICIAN FEZOUATA BIOTA OF MOROCCO
LAMSDELL, James C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, VAN ROY, Peter, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109 and BRIGGS, Derek, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, james.lamsdell@yale.edu
10:00 AM
TAPHONOMIC BIAS IN TAXONOMIC ASSIGNMENT: A SEMI-LANDMARK APPROACH TO DISTINGUISHING SPECIES OF SILURIAN EURYPTERIDS
VRAZO, Matthew B.1, HUNDA, Brenda R.2 and BRETT, Carlton E.1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Collections and Research, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, vrazomb@mail.uc.edu
10:15 AM
CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF PRESERVATION IN A JAMAICAN CAVE
DONOVAN, Stephen K., Geology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands, Steve.Donovan@naturalis.nl
10:35 AM
CRYSTALLINITY OF INORGANIC BIOMINERALS IN CRUSTACEANS IS INDEPENDENT OF THE ORGANIC FRAMEWORK
MERGELSBERG, Sebastian T. and DOVE, Patricia M., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, merges@vt.edu
10:50 AM
THE USE OF MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE FOR DINOSAUR AND OTHER VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGICAL STUDIES
STEIN, Koen H.W.1, DE WINTER, Niels J.2, SNOECK, Christophe2 and CLAEYS, Philippe2, (1)Directorate 'Earth and History of Life', Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Rue Vautier 29, Brussels, 1000, Belgium; Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, (2)Analytical, Environmental and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium, kstein@vub.ac.be
11:05 AM
SKELETAL TAPHONOMY OF CONFUCIUSORNIS AND MICRORAPTOR: INSIGHTS INTO THE FORMATION OF THE JEHOL BIOTA (LOWER CRETACEOUS, NE CHINA)
ROGERS, Christopher S.1, KEARNS, Stuart L.1, MCNAMARA, Maria E.2, ORR, Patrick J.3 and BENTON, Michael J.4, (1)School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (2)School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, xxx, Ireland, (3)UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, 4, Ireland, (4)School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, cs.rogers@bristol.ac.uk
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