Southeastern Section - 67th Annual Meeting - 2018

Session No. 15
Thursday, 12 April 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 301 B (Knoxville Convention Center)

T12. Taphonomy: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Paleontological Society

 

Rebecca L. Freeman, Linda J. McCall and Simon A.F. Darroch, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
COMPARATIVE TAPHONOMIC PETROGRAPHY: A CLOSER LOOK AT SHELL BEDS FROM THE CINCINNATI, OHIO AREA ORDOVICIAN (KATIAN)
FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 and DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
1:50 PM
UNUSUAL PRESERVATION OF SILURIAN HOLOCYSTITIDS (DIPLOPORITA: BLASTOZOA): IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS
SHEFFIELD, Sarah L., School of Geosciences, The University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, NES 207, Tampa, FL 33620 and SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410
Handouts
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  • 2:10 PM
    CRETACEOUS TO MODERN TRENDS IN DRILLING PREDATION AND PARASITISM ON ECHINOIDS
    PETSIOS, Elizabeth, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Rd., Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, TYLER, Carrie L., Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, PORTELL, Roger W., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and KOWALEWSKI, MichaƂ, Department of Biology, University of Florida, 220 Bartram Hall, P.O. Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611
    Handouts
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  • 2:50 PM
    PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF GEOGRAPHIC RANGE SIZE IN DEEP TIME
    DARROCH, Simon A.F., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, SAUPE, Erin E., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom and CASEY, Michelle M., Geosciences, Murray State University, 334 Blackburn Science Building, Murray, KY 42071
     
    3:10 PM
    Break
    3:30 PM
    MASTODONS, VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY AND NUTRIENT CYCLING AT THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE
    WIDGA, Chris1, HAUGRUD, Shawn1, SCHUBERT, Blaine1, WALLACE, Steven C.1, COMPTON, Brian1 and MEAD, Jim2, (1)Don Sunquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, 1212 Suncrest Dr, Gray, TN 37615, (2)The Mammoth Site and Museum, 1800 US 18 Bypass, PO Box 692, Hot Springs, SD 57747
    3:50 PM
    RECONSTRUCTING NUTRIENT HOTSPOTS IN TIME: INSIGHTS FROM THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE, TENNESSEE
    KEENAN, Sarah W.1, DEBRUYN, Jennifer M.1 and WIDGA, Chris2, (1)Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, 2506 E. J. Chapman Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Don Sunquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, 1212 Suncrest Dr, Gray, TN 37615
    4:10 PM
    LACK OF TAPHONOMIC BIAS IN THE RECORD OF DRILLING PREDATION FOR PLEISTOCENE BIVALVES FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND THE GASTROPOD CREPIDULA FROM BEACH ASSEMBLAGES ALONG THE U.S. EAST COAST
    KELLEY, Patricia H.1, COOKE, Kimberly A.1, KELLY, Bridget T.2 and VISAGGI, Christy C.3, (1)Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, (2)Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521, (3)Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 3965, Atlanta, GA 30302
    4:30 PM
    WOOD BIOEROSION IMPLANT EXPERIMENT, MOBILE BAY AREA, ALABAMA: AN UPDATE
    BRUNDIN, Junstin Nathaniel, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 2050 BEMC, Auburn, AL 36849 and SAVRDA, Charles E., Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, 2050 Beard-Eaves Coliseum, Auburn, AL 36849
    4:50 PM
    POST-COLLECTION TAPHONOMY: A CAUTIONARY TALE FROM A WORKING DISSERTATION COLLECTION
    DALEY, Gwen M., TUCKER, Nicholas M. and PIERCE, Timothy D., Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29732
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