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

Session No. 327
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 315 (Baltimore Convention Center)

Paleontology: Building the Fossil Record: Taphonomic and Paleoecological Controls on Fossilization

Victoria McCoy and Emma Locatelli, Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF THE FOSSILIZATION OF SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS
ANDERSON, Evan P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, Evan.P.Anderson@Colorado.edu
1:45 PM
A HYOLITH WITH PRESERVED SOFT PARTS FROM THE ORDOVICIAN FEZOUATA KONSERVAT-LAGERSTäTTE OF MOROCCO
MARTÍ MUS, Mónica, Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, 06006, Spain, martimus@unex.es
2:00 PM
EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED FIREWORMS FROM THE CRETACEOUS OF LEBANON IDENTIFIED FROM THREE DIMENSIONALLY PRESERVED MYOANATOMY
PARRY, Luke, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, VINTHER, Jakob, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, EDGECOMBE, Gregory D., Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 9BD, United Kingdom, SYKES, Dan, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom and WILSON, Paul, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndal Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, lp13932@bristol.ac.uk
2:15 PM
ANCIENT SPIDERS AND SALT LAKES
SELDEN, Paul A., Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045 and DOWNEN, Matthew R., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66044, mattdownen@ku.edu
2:30 PM
INVERTEBRATES OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN BEAR GULCH LIMESTONE – A TALE OF JELLIES AND TUNICATES ?
CUOMO, Carmela, ROSBACH, Stephanie and BARTHOLOMEW, Paul R., Biology & Environmental Sciences Department, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516, ccuomo@newhaven.edu
2:45 PM
TRIASSIC COPROLITES FROM THE LUNING FORMATION, CENTRAL NEVADA
MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S. and HUSSEY, Meghan C., Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, husse22m@mtholyoke.edu
3:00 PM
BEACH SAND RESTORATION PROJECT ON TOPSAIL ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA, YIELDS OLIGOCENE FAUNA WITH UNUSUAL PRESERVATION, INCLUDING COLOR RETENTION
MCCALL, Linda J., North Carolina Fossil Club, PO Box 25276, Raleigh, NC 27611; University of Texas, Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, MOLINEUX, Ann, Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, J.J.Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758 and SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, lndmccall02@yahoo.com
3:15 PM
FACIES CONTROL ON FOSSIL PRESERVATION IN THE BARSTOW FORMATION, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA
LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and BADGLEY, Catherine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, loughney@umich.edu
3:30 PM
LONG TERM HABITAT CHANGE IN POST JURASSIC NAUTILIDS - FROM WARM SHALLOWS TO DEEP, COOL, FORE REEF SLOPES
WARD, Peter D., Department Biology, University of Washington, seattle, WA 98195, ROLLOG, Mark Rollog, Geology, University of Adelaide, Mawson Hall, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia, LANDMAN, Neil H., Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024 and BARORD, Gregory J., Doctoral Program in Biology, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, gjbarord@gmail.com
3:45 PM
P/B RATIOS IN THE DEEP SEA SEDIMENTS OF THE OCEAN—A PROPOSAL FOR COUNTING ERRORS OF THE DEEP SEA BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA
KURIHARA, Kenji, 2-25-10-106 Nishiikebukuro, Toshimaku, Tokyo, 171-0021, Japan and YABUMOTO, Juna, Tokyo, 164-0003, kurihara@rikkyo.ac.jp
4:00 PM
TERRESTRIAL HABITATS IN THE LATE MIOCENE PANNONIAN BASIN SYSTEM FROM STABLE ISOTOPES IN THE HORSE HIPPOTHERIUM
JOHNSON, Michael R., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Weeks Hall, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and GEARY, Dana H., Dept. of Geoscience, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, mrjohnson23@wisc.edu
4:15 PM
THE ABSENT NICHE: SEA OTTER ECOLOGY IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE HOLOCENE
ELLIOTT SMITH, Emma A., Biology, University of New Mexico, albuquerque, NM 87131, NEWSOME, Seth D., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, TINKER, M. Tim, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, HYLKEMA, Mark G., California Department of Parks and Recreation, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 and WHISTLER, Emily L., California State University, Los Angeles, CA 90032, eaelliot@unm.edu
4:30 PM
HUNTING THE DIGITAL KRAKEN: A MULTI-PLATFORM APPROACH TO DIGITIZING AN IN-SITU GIANT ICHTHYOSAUR DEATH ASSEMBLAGE
KELLEY, Neil P.1, DEPOLO, Paige2, NOBLE, Paula J.2, PYENSON, Nicholas1, ANGSTER, Stephen3, LITTLE, Holly4 and BLUNDELL, Jon5, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20013, (2)Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering, University of Nevada, MS 172, Reno, NV 89557, (3)Center for Neotectonic Studies and Seismological Laboratory, University of Nevada, 1664 North Virginia St., Reno, NV, (4)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution - National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20560, (5)Digitization Program Office, Smithsonian Institution, Landover, MD 20785, kelleynp@si.edu
4:45 PM
MODELLING THE LITHIFICATION BIAS: UNDERSTANDING ITS CAUSES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
HAWKINS, Andrew D., 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, andrewdh@vt.edu
5:00 PM
DIAGENETIC HISTORY OF TERRESTRIAL FOSSIL BONE FROM THE PALEOGENE WHITE RIVER GROUP, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA
CONWELL, Christopher T., GRANDSTAFF, David E. and TERRY Jr., Dennis O., Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, tue72631@temple.edu
5:15 PM
WAS FROZEN MAMMOTH OR GIANT GROUND SLOTH SERVED FOR DINNER AT THE EXPLORERS CLUB?
DAVIS, Matt, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, GLASS, Jessica R., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, WALSH, Timothy J., Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT 06830, SARGIS, Eric J., Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and CACCONE, Adalgisa, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520; Institute for Biospheric Studies, Molecular Systematics and Conservation Genetics Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, matthew.davis@yale.edu
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