Southeastern Section - 67th Annual Meeting - 2018

Session No. 30
Friday, 13 April 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 301 B (Knoxville Convention Center)

D12. Paleontological Potpourri

 

Selina R. Cole and Timothy Paton, Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
TERMINAL NEOPROTEROZOIC BIOTURBATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EXTINCTION OF THE EDIACARA BIOTA
CRIBB, Alison T.1, KENCHINGTON, Charlotte G.2 and DARROCH, Simon A.F.1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF A1B 3X5, Canada
1:50 PM
SUSPENSION FEEDING IN THE GREGARIOUS EDIACARAN ORGANISM ERNIETTA PLATEAUENSIS
GIBSON, Brandt M.1, RAHMAN, Imran A.2, MALONEY, Katie3, RACICOT, Rachel4, LAFLAMME, Marc3 and DARROCH, Simon A.F.1, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (2)Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, (3)Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, (4)The Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA 90007; Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240
2:10 PM
A CAMBRIAN ODYSSEY: GOGIID (EOCRINOIDEA; ECHINODERMATA) DISPERSAL IN CAMBRIAN STAGES 4 AND 5 BETWEEN SOUTH CHINA AND WESTERN LAURENTIA
PARSLEY, Ronald, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118; Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, SUMRALL, Colin, Earth and Planetary Science, The Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and ZHAO, Yuanlong, School of Resource and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China
2:30 PM
TWO NEW RARE ORDOVICIAN ECHINODERMS FROM CENTRAL TENNESSEE
PATON, Timothy, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996 and SUMRALL, Colin D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996
2:50 PM
A NORTHERN PALEOLATITUDE ECHINODERM FAUNA FROM THE MISSISSIPPIAN LISBURNE GROUP OF ARCTIC ALASKA: PRELIMINARY PALEONTOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION
COLE, Selina R. and WRIGHT, David F., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012
3:10 PM
A STATISTICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY IN AN UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) ECHINODERM-RICH UNIT ACROSS FOUR CONTIGUOUS LITHOFACIES, CARTER COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
HARRIS, Ann W., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, ETTENSOHN, Frank R., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 121 Washington Ave, Lexington, KY 40506 and CARNAHAN-JARVIS, Jill, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475
3:30 PM
100 YEARS OF PALEONTOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA
SCHUBERT, Blaine W., Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, Gray, TN 37615, WIDGA, Christopher C., Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70357, Johnson City, TN 37614, MEAD, Jim, The Mammoth Site and Museum, 1800 US 18 Bypass, PO Box 692, Hot Springs, SD 57747, COMPTON, Brian, Don Sunquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, 1212 Suncrest Dr, Gray, TN 37615 and GUNNIN, R. Davis, Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37604
3:50 PM
NEW MAMMALS FROM THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE IN TENNESSEE; PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND A REFINED AGE ESTIMATE FOR THE SITE
SAMUELS, Joshua Xavier1, ZAKRZEWSKI, Richard J.2, BREDEHOEFT, Keila E.3, CROWE, Cheyenne1, OBERG, Danielle1, SCHAP, Julia1, SCHUBERT, Blaine W.1, WALLACE, Steven C.1 and WIDGA, Christopher C.3, (1)Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70357, Johnson City, TN 37614; Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70357, Johnson City, TN 37614, (2)Department of Geosciences, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS 67601, (3)Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70357, Johnson City, TN 37614
4:10 PM
A SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CASE FOR ALLIGATOR GASTROLITHS AT THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE, EAST TENNESSEE
JONES, Michael L., retired teacher, P O Box 8082, Gray, TN 37615 and WIDGA, Chris, Don Sunquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, 1212 Suncrest Dr, Gray, TN 37615
4:30 PM
FLESHING OUT A LOST WORLD: MID-CRETACEOUS DIVERSITY IN APPALACHIA WITH INSIGHTS FROM THE ARLINGTON ARCHOSAUR SITE
DRUMHELLER, Stephanie K., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996, ADAMS, Thomas, The Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209 and NOTO, Christopher, Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Rd, PO Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141
4:50 PM
ASSESSING HOW POSSUMS RECORD THEIR LOCAL DIET AND ENVIRONMENT VIA STABLE ISOTOPES AND DENTAL MICROWEAR TEXTURES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSES
BIEDRON, Eva M. and DESANTIS, Larisa R.G., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1805
5:10 PM
CRANIAL EVOLUTION OF COMMON RACCOON (PROCYON LOTOR) IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
ANDERSON, Peter M., Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, 2012 Heritage Place, Johnson City, TN 37604
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