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

Session No. 270
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 314 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T46. Using Digitized Data in Geological and Paleontological Research II

Paleontological Society; Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections; GSA Geoinformatics Division; EarthCube C4P; iSamples
Talia S. Karim and Gil Nelson, Session Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL IMAGING AND INTEGRATION INTO PHYLOGENETIC RESEARCH IN FOSSIL SPIDERS
SELDEN, Paul A., Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, paulselden@mac.com
8:15 AM
USING DIGITIZED SPECIMENS TO UNDERSTAND THE DIVERSITY OF FOSSIL COLEOPTERA (BEETLES) FROM THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION, USA
WALKER, Lindsay J., Museum & Field Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, KARIM, Talia S., University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309 and NUFIO, César R., CU Museum of Natural History-Entomology, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, Lindsay.J.Walker@colorado.edu
8:30 AM
PALEONTOLOGICAL PROJECTS AT THE ADVANCED PHOTON SOURCE (APS)
SORIANO, Carmen, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass ave, Lemont, IL 60304, carmen.soriano@gmail.com
8:45 AM
DIGITIZED SYSTEMATICS: NEW PARADIGMS IN IMAGING, DATA SEARCHING, AND PUBLICATION TRANSFORM PALEONTOLOGICAL TAXONOMY
ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and KARIM, Talia S., University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu
9:00 AM
USING THE SILURIAN REEF ONLINE DATABASE TO COMPARE BIODIVERSITY BETWEEN FOSSIL REEF LOCALITIES IN ILLINOIS
MAYER, Paul S., Science and Education, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, MCCOMAS, Katie M., Gantz Family Collections Center, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chciago, IL 60605 and COOROUGH BURKE, Patricia, Geology Department, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, pmayer@fieldmuseum.org
9:15 AM
HIGH-THROUGHPUT IMAGING OF RECENT MICROFOSSILS FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
ELDER, Leanne E., HULL, Pincelli M., HSIANG, Allison Y. and KAHANAMOKU, Sara, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, leanne.elder@yale.edu
9:30 AM
AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF 2D AND 3D MORPHOLOGICAL DATA FROM HIGH-THROUGHPUT DARK-FIELD MICROSCOPY IMAGES OF FORAMINIFERA AND TEETH
HSIANG, Allison Y., ELDER, Leanne E. and HULL, Pincelli M., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, allison.hsiang@yale.edu
9:45 AM
PUTTING 3D MODELS TO THE TEST: QUANTIFYING THE VARIABILITY OF MINERALIZED LOPHOPHORE SUPPORT STRUCTURES IN EXTANT BRACHIOPODA (NEOARTICULATA)
LOPEZ-CARRANZA, Natalia, SCHREIBER, Holly A. and CARLSON, Sandra J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, haschultz@ucdavis.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
10:15 AM
COMPUTERIZED CARTOGRAPHY CHARTS CRETACEOUS CREATURES: PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ICHNOLOGY AND INTERPRETATION AT TRACKSITES IN THE WESTERN US
MATTHEWS, Neffra, Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center, Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 50, P.O. Box 25047, OC-534, Denver, CO 80225, BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Cheyenne, WY 82003, NOBLE, Tommy, TNPhotogrammetry, Denver, CO 80226, HUNT-FOSTER, ReBecca, Moab UT Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Moab, UT 84532, LOCKLEY, Martin, University of Colorado Denver, Dinosaur Trackers Research Group, Denver, CO 80217 and MCCREA, Richard, Peace Region Palaeontological Research Center, Tumbler Ridge, BC V0C2W0, Canada, n1matthe@blm.gov
10:30 AM
PTEROSAUR TRACKS, PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ICHNOLOGY, AND MANAGING ICHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES ON FEDERAL PUBLIC LANDS
BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Wyoming State Office, Bureau of Land Management, Cheyenne, WY 82003, MATTHEWS, Neffra A., National Operations Center, Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO 80225, CONNELY, Melissa V., Earth Science, Casper College, 125 College Dr, Casper, WY 82601 and MEYERS, Vicki L., SWCA Environmental Consultants, 2028 West 500 North, Vernal, UT 84078, Brent_Breithaupt@blm.gov
10:45 AM
DIGITIZATION OF TAPHONOMIC DATA IN A LARGE ACTIVE UPPER CRETACEOUS DINOSAUR SITE IN NORTHEASTERN WYOMING
WOODS, Justin A., Information Services, Southwestern Adventist University, 100 Magnolia, Keene, TX 76059, TURNER, Lawrence, Math and Physical Science, Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, TX 76059 and CHADWICK, Arthur V., Geology, Southwestern Adventist University, 100 Magnolia, Keene, TX 76059, justin.a.woods@gmail.com
11:00 AM
TAXONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF MAMMOTH MOLAR MORPHOLOGY AS MEASURED VIA COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT)
SMITH, Gregory J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 5703 Stevenson Center Complex, Nashville, TN 37212 and GRAHAM, Russell W., Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 116 Deike, University Park, PA 16802, gxs258@gmail.com
11:15 AM
A FOSSIL LOCALITY PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR THE EARLY CRETACEOUS CEDAR MOUNTAIN FORMATION, UTAH, USA
BURK, Daniel A., Intermountain Paleo-Consulting, 461 W 200 S, Vernal, UT 84078, daniel.a.burk@gmail.com
11:30 AM
IT IS TIME FOR AN ICHNOLOGICAL DATA BASE: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS, BENEFITS AND TESTING SAMPLE WITH EASYDB
BELVEDERE, Matteo and MALLISON, Heinrich, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10249, Germany, matteo.belvedere@mfn-berlin.de
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