GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 193
Tuesday, 27 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4C (Colorado Convention Center)

T139. High-Precision Geochronological Constraints on the Geologic History of Dinosaur Evolution

Paleontological Society; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); GSA Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division; Paleontological Research Institution
Jahandar Ramezani and David E. Fastovsky, Advocates
8:00 AM
REVISED MAGNETIC POLARITY STRATIGRAPHY FOR THE LOWER CHINLE FORMATION (UPPER TRIASSIC) AT PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
ZEIGLER, Kate E., Zeigler Geologic Consulting, LLC, 13170 Central Ave SE, Suite B #137, Albuquerque, NM 87123, PARKER, William G., Division of Resource Management, Petrified Forest National Park, P.O. Box 2217, 1 Park Rd, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028 and MARTZ, Jeffrey W., Department of Natural Sciences, University of Houston - Downtown, Houston, TX 77002, zeiglergeo@gmail.com
8:15 AM
TRIASSIC CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU (SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES) AND THE PROBLEM OF FIRST APPEARANCE OF DINOSAURS IN NORTH AMERICA
FASTOVSKY, David E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhodes Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, RAMEZANI, Jahandar, EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139 and BOWRING, Samuel A., EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, defastov@uri.edu
8:30 AM
GEOCHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE TRIASSIC RISE OF DINOSAURS
RAMEZANI, Jahandar1, FASTOVSKY, David E.2, LANGER, Max C.3 and BOWRING, Samuel A.1, (1)EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Rhodes Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, (3)Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Bandeirantes 3900, Sao Paulo, 14040-901, Brazil, ramezani@MIT.EDU
8:45 AM
CALIBRATING THE EVOLUTIONARY TREE OF SAUROPODOMORPH DINOSAURS IN THE JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS OF SOUTH AMERICA (Invited Presentation)
POL, Diego1, CUNEO, N. Ruben2, RAMEZANI, Jahandar3, KRAUSE, Marcelo4 and CARBALLIDO, José Luis1, (1)Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, CONICET, Av Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, (2)Paleobotany, MEF, Av. Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, (3)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, (4)Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, CONICET, Av. Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, dpol@mef.org.ar
 
9:05 AM
Break
9:20 AM
CONTROLS ON THE STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF NON-MARINE FOSSILS: A CASE STUDY IN THE JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, WESTERN USA
MCMULLEN, Sharon K., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, skmcmullen@wisc.edu
9:35 AM
HIGH-PRECISION AGE CONSTRAINTS ON THE JURASSIC RISE OF FEATHERED DINOSAURS AND EUTHERIAN MAMMALS: U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE YANLIAO BIOTA FROM JIANCHANG (WESTERN LIAONING PROVINCE, CHINA)
CHU, Zhuyin1, RAMEZANI, Jahandar2, HE, Huaiyu1 and BOWRING, Samuel A.2, (1)State Key Laboratory of Lithospheric Evolution, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China, (2)EAPS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, zhychu@mail.iggcas.ac.cn
9:50 AM
DINOSAUR SKELETON OCCURRENCE IN THE LATEST CRETACEOUS (LATE MAASTRICHTIAN) HELL CREEK FORMATION OF SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA 
LYSON, Tyler R.1, ROSSETTO, Gabriella1, EVANS, Erica S.J.2, BERCOVICI, Antoine3, JOHNSON, Kirk4 and PEARSON, Dean5, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, (2)Colorado College, 14 E Cache la Poudre Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (3)Department of Paleobiology MRC-121, National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian institution, 10th Street and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20560, (4)National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013, (5)Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 First Street NE, P.O. Box 78, Bowman, ND 58623, tyler.lyson@dmns.org
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10:20 AM
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10:05 AM
Break
10:40 AM
TESTING CORRELATIONS AND REFINING FRAMEWORKS FOR PALEOBIOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TWO MEDICINE AND JUDITH RIVER FORMATIONS, MONTANA, USING NEW CA-TIMS U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY
ROGERS, Raymond R.1, RAMEZANI, Jahandar2, ROBERTS, Eric M.3, EBERTH, David A.4, SPANJERS, Mary C.5 and BOWRING, Samuel A.5, (1)Geology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105, (2)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Geosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, (4)Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Box 7500, Drumheller, AB T0J0Y0, Canada, (5)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Bldg. 54-1126, Cambridge, MA 02139, rogers@macalester.edu
10:55 AM
NEW CA-TIMS U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY FROM THE BELLY RIVER GROUP (UPPER CRETACEOUS) AT DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DINOSAUR BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN
EBERTH, David A., Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Box 7500, Drumheller, AB T0J0Y0, Canada, RAMEZANI, J., Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, ROBERTS, Eric M., Geosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia and BOWRING, Sam, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, david.eberth@gov.ab.ca
11:10 AM
THE JOSE CREEK TUFF FLORA- AN EXCEPTIONAL LATE CAMPANIAN FLORA FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
CONTRERAS, Dori L., Integrative Biology & University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720, LOOY, Cindy V., Integrative Biology & University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, UPCHURCH Jr., Garland R., Department of Biology, Texas State University - San Marcos, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666 and MACK, Greg H., Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, dorilynne@berkeley.edu
11:25 AM
HIGH-PRECISION U-PB CA-TIMS GEOCHRONOLOGY FOR CORRELATION OF UPPER CAMPANIAN CONTINENTAL FAUNAS ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN: AN UPDATE ON THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, SOUTHERN UTAH
ROBERTS, Eric M.1, RAMEZANI, Jahandar2, EBERTH, David A.3, ROGERS, Raymond R.4 and BEVERIDGE, Tegan1, (1)Geosciences, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, (2)Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, (3)Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Box 7500, Drumheller, AB T0J0Y0, Canada, (4)Geology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105, eric.roberts@jcu.edu.au
 
11:45 AM
Discussion
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