North-Central Section - 49th Annual Meeting (19-20 May 2015)

Session No. 20
Wednesday, 20 May 2015: 8:00 AM-9:45 AM
Hall of Ideas J (Monona Terrace Convention Center)

General Paleontology

 

Christopher Noto and Joseph E. Peterson, Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
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8:05 AM
THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EPISODE: ORGANIC MICROFOSSILS FROM PLATTEVILLE FORMATION CARBONATES PROVIDE NEW INSIGHT INTO TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
GRAHAM, Linda, Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, CARDONA-CORREA, Christopher, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR 00716 and KODNER, Robin, Biology, Western Washington University, Mail Stop 9160, Bellingham, WA 98225, lkgraham@wisc.edu, lkgraham@wisc.edu
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8:25 AM
HINDLIMB PROPORTIONS AND RELATIVE STRIDE LENGTH IN BIPEDAL AND POTENTIALLY BIPEDAL DINOSAURS
FARLOW, James O., Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue University, 2101 East Coliseum Boulevard, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, farlow@ipfw.edu, farlow@ipfw.edu
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8:45 AM
PYRITIZED IN SITU TRILOBITE EGGS FROM THE ORDOVICIAN OF NEW YORK (LORRAINE GROUPE): IMPLICATIONS FOR TRILOBITE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
HEGNA, Thomas, Department of Geology, Western Illinois University, Tillman Hall 115, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, MARTIN, Markus, 371 Pawling Street, Watertown, NY 13601 and SORIANO, Carmen, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, 9700 S Cass ave, Lemont, IL 60439, ta-hegna@wiu.edu, ta-hegna@wiu.edu
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9:05 AM
FOSSILS IN THE BATCAVE: DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF BAT GUANO ON TAPHONOMIC PROCESSES IN CAVE ENVIRONMENTS
BOBLITT, Caitlin, PLOTNICK, Roy E., KENIG, Fabien and MEYER-DOMBARD, D'Arcy, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, M/C 186, 845 W Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60607, cbobli2@uic.edu, cbobli2@uic.edu
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9:25 AM
NEW MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL DATA FROM THE WISSARD PROJECT, WHILLANS ICE STREAM, ANTARCTICA
COENEN, Jason, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, University Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, SCHERER, Reed P., Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, POWELL, Ross D., Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL 60115 and TULACZYK, Slawek, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156, High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, JCoenen@niu.edu, JCoenen@niu.edu
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