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North-Central Section - 50th Annual Meeting - 2016

Session No. 7
Monday, 18 April 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Humanities Room (I Hotel and Conference Center)

T30. The Contribution of Taphonomy for Understanding the Fossil Record

 

Thomas Hegna, Advocates
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Start Time
7-1
8:00 AM
SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN LAND-SNAIL ASSEMBLAGES RECOVERED FROM A PLEISTOCENE CINDER CONE
BULLARD, Elizabeth M., University of Cincinnati, Department of Geology, 345 Clifton Ct., Cincinnati, OH 45221, YANES, Yurena, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, bullarem@mail.uc.edu, bullarem@mail.uc.edu
7-2
8:20 AM
ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS CAUSE DETECTABLE COMPOSITIONAL VARIATIONS IN LAND SNAIL DEATH ASSEMBLAGES
WALL, Alexander F., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, YANES, Yurena, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, alexfwall@gmail.com, alexfwall@gmail.com
7-3
8:40 AM
DRILLING PREDATION AND TAPHONOMY OF GASTROPODS ALONG ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS, SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS
SELLY, Tara, SCHIFFBAUER, James D. and HUNTLEY, John Warren, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, tlsvzb@mail.missouri.edu, tlsvzb@mail.missouri.edu
7-4
9:00 AM
COMPARATIVE TAPHONOMY AND MORPHOLOGY OF TUBULAR FAUNAS FROM THE DEEP SPRING FORMATION, NEVADA, AND THE GAOJIASHAN LAGERSTÄTTE, SHAANXI, CHINA
O'NEIL, Gretchen R., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1714 Mizzou Pl, Columbia, MO 65201 and SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, gro7wb@mail.missouri.edu, gro7wb@mail.missouri.edu
 
9:20 AM
Break
7-5
9:35 AM
WRITING THE FOSSIL RECORD OF EARLY ANIMAL LIFE: PRESERVATION ACROSS THE EDIACARAN–CAMBRIAN TRANSITION
SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu
7-6
9:55 AM
NEW ENIGMAS IN THE PATTERNS OF SILICIFICATION FROM THE CAMBRIAN WEEKS FORMATION LAGERSTäTTE
HEGNA, Thomas, Department of Geology, Western Illinois University, Tillman Hall 115, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455, GAINES, Robert, Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. 6th St, Claremont, CA 91711, ORTEGA-HERNÁNDEZ, Javier, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom and LEROSEY-AUBRIL, Rudy, Division of Earth Sciences, School of Environmental & Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia, ta-hegna@wiu.edu, ta-hegna@wiu.edu
7-7
10:15 AM
WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG RAFINESQUINA GONE? GONE TO TAPHONOMIC PROCESSES EVERY ONE (MOSTLY)
DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, PETERS, Winifried S., Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E Colliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 and BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, dattilob@ipfw.edu, dattilob@ipfw.edu
7-8
10:35 AM
WHAT THE WILD THINGS ATE: ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF AN EXTINCT GIANT SLOTH TOOTH FROM CARA BLANCA, BELIZE
LARMON, Jean T.1, AMBROSE, Stan1, MCDONALD, H. Gregory2, FOUKE, Bruce W.3, WANG, Hong4 and LUCERO, Lisa J.1, (1)Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 607 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Utah State Paleontologist, Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, (3)Geology, Microbiology, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, (4)Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 61820, larmon2@illinois.edu, larmon2@illinois.edu
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