Joint 52nd Northeastern Annual Section / 51st North-Central Annual Section Meeting - 2017

Session No. 49
Tuesday, 21 March 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Monongahela, 17th Floor (Omni William Penn Hotel)

Paleontology and Stratigraphy I

 

Tamra A. Schiappa, Chair
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Start Time
8:00 AM
ORDOVICIAN “SPORE-THALLI” FROM THE KANOSH SHALE AT FOSSIL MOUNTAIN, UTAH
STROTHER, Paul K., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Road, Weston, MA 02493, strother@bc.edu, strother@bc.edu
8:20 AM
NEW EVIDENCE OF EARLY HYBOCRINID TEGMENS; PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS
GUENSBURG, Thomas E., Sciences Division, Rock Valley College, 3301 North Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61114 and SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, t.guensburg@rockvalleycollege.edu, t.guensburg@rockvalleycollege.edu
8:40 AM
PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES TO PROBLEMS IN TAPHONOMY: PROBABLE ATTACHMENT OF CONULARIIDS TO BRACHIOPODS IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN COLLINGWOOD SHALE (ONTARIO, CANADA)
VAN ITEN, Heyo1, GAGNON, Laurence2 and COURNOYER, Mario2, (1)Geology, Hanover College, Hanover, IN 47243, (2)Museum of Paleontology and Evolution, 541 Congregation Street, Montreal, QC H3k 2J1, Canada, vaniten@hanover.edu, vaniten@hanover.edu
9:00 AM
GENESIS AND PRESERVATION OF MOUNDED HARDGROUNDS IN THE LATE ORDOVICIAN (KATIAN) OF KENTUCKY AND ONTARIO: THE PERSISTENCE AND MIGRATION OF THE "KIRKFIELD FAUNA"
PATON, Timothy, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 345 Clifton Court, Cincinnati, OH 45221, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, SCHRANTZ, Richard N., Kentucky Paleontological Society, Lexington, KY 40514, KAMPOURIS, George, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH 45203 and PHELPS, Daniel J., Kentucky Paleontological Society, 2004 Sawyer Ct., Lexington, KY 40514, patontr@mail.uc.edu, patontr@mail.uc.edu
9:20 AM
DETERMINING ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS USING FAUNAL GRADIENTS IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN (KATIAN; RICHMONDIAN) ROWLAND MEMBER OF THE WAYNESVILLE FORMATION, CINCINNATI ARCH
AUCOIN, Christopher D.1, BRETT, Carlton E.2 and SCHWALBACH, Cameron E.1, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg., Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, aucoincd@mail.uc.edu, aucoincd@mail.uc.edu
 
9:40 AM
Break
9:55 AM
CALIBRATING THE OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES OF THE ROCKY INTERTIDAL GASTROPODS PATELLA CRENATA AND PHORCUS (OSILINUS) ATRATUS FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS AS PALEOCLIMATIC PROXIES
PARKER, Wesley G.1, YANES, Yurena1, SURGE, Donna2 and MESA, Eduardo3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 104 South Road, Mitchell Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, (3)Departamento de Prehistoria, Arqueología e Historia Antigua, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, 38200, Spain, Parkerwg@mail.uc.edu, Parkerwg@mail.uc.edu
10:15 AM
HEMISPHERIC-SCALE CALIBRATION OF THE OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPE COMPOSITION OF SMALL LAND SNAILS FROM NORTH AMERICA
YANES, Yurena, University of Cincinnati, Department of Geology, Cincinnati, OH 45221, AL-QATTAN, Nasser M., Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 610 Ogden court, Apt # 198, Oxford, OH 45056, RECH, Jason, Geology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, PIGATI, Jeffrey, U.S. Geological Survey, MS-980, Federal Center, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225 and NEKOLA, Jeffrey A., Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, yurena.yanes@uc.edu, yurena.yanes@uc.edu
10:35 AM
MIDDLE CAMBRIAN TIDALLY-INFLUENCED, SILICICLASTIC SHELF DEPOSITS, WESTERN OHIO (U.S.A.): SUBSURFACE FACIES ANALYSIS OF THE EAU CLAIRE FORMATION AND CONASAUGA FORMATION
LANEVILLE, Michael W. and EVANS, James E., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, evansje@bgsu.edu, evansje@bgsu.edu
10:55 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF CARBON ISOTOPE AND GAMMA-RAY RECORDS OF UPPER CAMBRIAN CARBONATE CYCLES FROM UTAH AND NEVADA
WEICHERT, Wesley Donald, Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave., Springfield, MO 65897 and EVANS, Kevin Ray, Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Ave, Springfield, MO 65897, weichert711@live.missouristate.edu, weichert711@live.missouristate.edu
11:15 AM
CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY AND ASTROCHRONOLOGY OF THE LATE DEVONIAN KELLWASSER CRISIS, NORTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN, USA
TUSKES, K., George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, katetuskes@gmail.com, katetuskes@gmail.com
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