GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 157
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 225AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

D20. Paleontology: Vertebrate Paleobiology I

 

Kiersten K. Formoso and C. Henrik Woolley, Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
A NEW SHORT-FACED ARCHOSAURIFORM FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC (ADAMANIAN:NORIAN) PLACERIAS/DOWNS QUARRY COMPLEX, APACHE COUNTY, ARIZONA, EXPANDS THE MORPHOSPACE OCCUPATION OF TRIASSIC ARCHOSAURIFORMES
HECKERT, Andrew B.1, HOFFMAN, Devin K.2, NESBITT, Sterling J.2, STOCKER, Michelle R.2, ZIMMER, Brian W.1 and SCHNEIDER, Vince3, (1)Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029
8:15 AM
A NEW SILESAURID DINOSAURIFORM FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE FORMATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO: INSIGHTS INTO THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF DINOSAURIFORM HERBIVORY
MARTZ, Jeffrey W., Department of Natural Sciences, University of Houston - Downtown, Houston, TX 77002 and SMALL, Bryan J., The Museum, Texas Tech University, Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 79409
8:30 AM
REASSESSMENT OF THE MOSASAUR PECTORAL GIRDLE AND ITS ROLE IN AQUATIC LOCOMOTION
FORMOSO, Kiersten K., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089, HABIB, Michael B., Integrative Anatomical Sciences, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Bishop 403, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and BOTTJER, David J., Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089
8:45 AM
QUANTIFYING THE MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF MOSASAURS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MACROEVOLUTION AND PALEOECOLOGY IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
LIVELY, Joshua R., Department of Environmental Studies, University of Illinois Springfield, One University Plaza, PAC 309, Springfield, IL 62703
9:00 AM
A PERSPECTIVE ON THE MID-CRETACEOUS FROM A DINOSAURIAN HIGH LATITUDE GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM, NORTH SLOPE, ALASKA
FIORILLO, Anthony R.1, MCCARTHY, Paul J.2, SHIMER, Grant3, KOBAYASHI, Yoshitsugu4, TSOGTBAATAR, Chinzorig5, TAKASAKI, Ryuji4 and SUAREZ, Marina6, (1)Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St, Dallas, TX 75201, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (3)Department of Physical Science, Southern Utah University, 351 W University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720, (4)Hokkaido University Museum, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan, (5)Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Paleontology and Geology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, (6)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Drive, Lawrence, KS 66045
9:15 AM
MICRORAPTOR WITH INGESTED LIZARD PRESERVED IN SITU AND PRELIMINARY RECONSTRUCTION OF THE JEHOL FOOD WEB
O'CONNOR, Jingmai Kathleen1, DONG, Liping1, ZHENG, Xiaoting2, WANG, Xiaoli3, WANG, Yan3 and ZHOU, Zhonghe1, (1)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, 142 Xizhimenwai Dajie, Box 8-5, Beijing, 100044, China, (2)Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature, Pingyi, 273300, China, (3)Lingyi University, Lingyi, 276000, China
9:30 AM
NEW SKELETONS OF CERATOPSID, HADROSAURID, AND TYRANNOSAURID DINOSAURS FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS MENEFEE FORMATION OF NEW MEXICO
MCDONALD, Andrew T., Western Science Center, 2345 Searl Parkway, Hemet, CA 92543 and WOLFE, Douglas G., Zuni Dinosaur Institute for Geosciences, 224 East Main Street, Springerville, AZ 85938
9:45 AM
PSEUDOPATHOLOGIES IN EDMONTOSAURUS ANNECTENS BONES: BIOGENETIC AND DIAGENETIC BONE ALTERATIONS FROM A MONOSPECIFIC BONE BED IN THE LANCE FORMATION, WYOMING
SIVIERO, Bethania C.T.1, REGA, Elizabeth2, CHADWICK, Arthur V.3 and BRAND, Leonard R.1, (1)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, (2)College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific & the Graduate College of Biomedical Sciences, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, (3)Geology, Southwestern Adventist University, 100 Magnolia, Keene, TX 76059
10:00 AM
SHELL HISTOLOGY OF THE STEM TRIONYCHIANS (ADOCUSIA) ADOCUS CF. BOSSI AND NANHSIUNGCHELYIDAE FROM THE CENOMANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS) ARLINGTON ARCHOSAUR SITE, WOODBINE FORMATION, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, USA
SMITH, Heather F.1, ADRIAN, Brent2, WILLIAMS, Avery2, LEE, Andrew H.3, NOTO, Christopher4 and GROSSMAN, Aryeh5, (1)Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Anatomy, 19555 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, AZ 85308, (2)Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, AZ 85308, (3)Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308, (4)Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Rd, PO Box 2000, Kenosha, WI 53141, (5)Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308
10:15 AM
THORACIC RIB HISTOLOGY AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR DOLICHORHYNCHOPS OSBORNI (SAUROPTERYGIA; PLESIOSAURIA) ONTOGENY
HOLMAN, Pike L., Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park St., Hays, KS 67601 and WILSON, Laura E., Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park St., Hays, KS 67601
10:30 AM
EVIDENCE FOR LATE MIOCENE CENTRAL ASIAN ARIDITY NEAR THE TIBETAN PLATEAU BASED ON THE FIRST FOSSIL SKELETON OF A SANDGROUSE (AVES: PTEROCLIDAE) FROM THE LINXIA BASIN IN WESTERN CHINA
STIDHAM, Thomas A. and LI, Zhiheng, Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xi Zhi Men Wai Da Jie, Beijing, 100044, China
11:00 AM
NEW VERTEBRATE LOCALITIES IN THE EARLY PERMIAN OF TEXAS REVEAL COMMUNITIES DOMINATED BY OFFSHORE CHONDRICHTHYANS
SHELL, Ryan, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45324 and CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wright State University - Lake Campus, 7600 Lake Campus Drive, Celina, OH 45822
11:15 AM
CRETACEOUS WORLD TCN: DIGITIZING THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY COLLECTIONS AT THE YALE PEABODY MUSEUM
BUTTS, Susan H., NORRIS, Christopher A. and MARTIN, Elissa, Yale University, Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520-8118
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