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

Session No. 226
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall (Baltimore Convention Center)

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

Paleontological Society
Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
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350
ANATOMICALLY LINKED OCCURRENCE OF CONCRETIONARY PRESERVATION OF MOSASAURS FROM THE PIERRE SHALE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
KORN, Alysia Sarah, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701 and PAGNAC, Darrin, Geology & Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, alysia.korn@mines.sdsmt.edu
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MORPHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE OF ELEMENT DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE ORGANIC AND MINERAL FRACTIONS OF THE H. AMERICANUS EXOSKELETON
ULRICH, Robert N., MERGELSBERG, Sebastian T. and DOVE, Patricia M., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, robu@vt.edu
352
EXCEPTIONAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRESERVATION OF MUSCLES IN A FOSSIL GHOST SHRIMP
KLOMPMAKER, Adiël A.1, PORTELL, Roger W.2, HYŽNÝ, Matúš3, FUSSELL, Shane S.4, KLIER, Aaron T.5 and TEJERA, Raymond4, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria; Department of Geology and Paleontology, Comenius University, Bratislava, 842 15, Slovakia, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, (5)Department of Biology, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, PO Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611, adielklompmaker@gmail.com
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UNDERSTANDING THE BIOLOGY AND PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF TRILOBITE; AULACOPLEURA KONINCKII BASED ON MODELING ITS SIZE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION
KOLENKO, Rachel L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology Building, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 1242 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521, rkole001@ucr.edu
354
STABILIZING INSTABLE SKELETONS: MAPPING PLATE CONNECTIONS AND INTERNAL SUPPORTS OF CLYPEASTEROID ECHINOIDS AND THEIR IMPLICATION FOR PRESERVATION POTENTIALS IN THE ROCK RECORD
NEBELSICK, James H.1, GRUN, Tobias B.2, STOLL, Nicolas3 and SCHAICH, Carina3, (1)University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, (2)University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Sigwartstraße 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de
355
DIAGENESIS IN ECHINODERM SKELETONS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PALEOCEAN MG/CA
GORZELAK, Przemyslaw, Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda Str. 51/55, Warsaw, 00-818, Poland, pgorzelak@twarda.pan.pl
356
TAPHONOMY OF BROKEN HEART URCHINS IN THE CLAYTON FORMATION (PALEOCENE) OF ALABAMA
PADGETT, Abbey E., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38655, ZACHOS, Louis G., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 118G Carrier Hall, Oxford, MS 38677 and PHILLIPS, George E., Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353, aepadget@go.olemiss.edu
357
TAPHONOMY OF CLYPEASTER ROSACEUS AS MODEL FOR THE PRESERVATION POTENTIALS OF 3-DIMENSIONAL MULTI-ELEMENT SKELETONS
GRUN, Tobias B., University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Sigwartstraße 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany and NEBELSICK, James H., University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, tobias.grun@uni-tuebingen.de
358
A THOUSAND YEARS OF HUMAN-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY IN THE DES MOINES RIVER, SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
CHRISTENSEN, Hilary1, BARTLEY, Julie K.2, DELMONT, Dominic2 and ROSENBERG, Brooke C.2, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, Moravian College, 1200 Main St., Bethlehem, PA 18018, (2)Geology Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 W. College Ave, St. Peter, MN 56082, christensenh@moravian.edu
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