GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 38
Sunday, 22 September 2019: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Hall AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

D22. Paleontology: Paleoecology/Taphonomy (Posters)

Authors will be present from 3:30 to 5:30 PM.

 

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201
PALEOECOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF A MIDDLE JURASSIC INLAND SEAWAY: THE CARMEL FORMATION (BAJOCIAN) OF SOUTHWESTERN UTAH
WILSON, Mark A.1, JUDGE, Shelley2, COOKE, Anna M.1, SHADBOLT, Evan L.1, SCHWARTZBERG, Galen B.1 and WIESENBERG, Nick1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, The College of Wooster, 1189 Beall Ave., Wooster, OH 44691, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691
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EVIDENCE FOR MOVEMENT IN THE EDIACARAN FROND BASE ASPIDELLA FROM BOSTON BAY, MASSACHUSETTS
LAW, Nicole M., Department of Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546 and MCKENZIE, Scott C., Department of Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th St., Erie, PA 16546
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BIVALVES FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN FINIS SHALE (VIRGILIAN) OF NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS – NOTES ON TAXONOMY, LIFE HABITS AND PALAEOECOLOGY
FRIEDEL, Julia C.1, AMLER, Michael R.W.1 and SEUSS, Barbara2, (1)Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 49a, Cologne, D-50674, Germany, (2)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Section Paleobiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany
204
PREDATORY BITE MARKS ON MARINE MAMMAL BONES FROM THE MIOCENE
BALK, Meghan, Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, KIM, Sora L., Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343, JONES, Jazmin, Department of Anthropology, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA 17701 and SNUFFER, Moira, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
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FIRST REPORT OF TOOTH WEAR IN ALLOSAURUS FRAGILIS AND POTENTIAL AVENUES FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL STUDY
CONWAY, Brian, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and THOMSON, Tracy J., Department of Earth and Physical Sciences, University of California, Davis, 2119 Earth and Physical Sciences Building, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
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EVIDENCE FOR TYRANNOSAURID FEEDING BEHAVIOR FROM HADROSAURIAN DINOSAUR REMAINS IN THE AGUJA FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS), BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
MCELVOGUE, Bryce, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, 1200 Memorial Circle, Lubbock, TX 79409-1053 and LEHMAN, Thomas, Geosciences, Texas Tech Univ, 2824 23rd, Lubbock, TX 79410
Handouts
  • McElvogueGSA2019Poster.pdf (1.7 MB)
  • McElvoguePosterText.pdf (104.1 kB)
  • 207
    MORPHOLOGY AND SURFICIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL MAMMALIAN BURROWS, CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
    BULLINGTON, Hannah, MADRID, Dominic and POPLIN V, Alex, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Dr., Lawrence, KS 66045
    208
    LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAUR TRACKS FROM THE IRON SPRINGS FORMATION, IRON COUNTY, UTAH
    CROWELL, Jennifer Kailoa, Department of Physical Science, Southern Utah University, 351 West University Boulevard, Cedar City, UT 84720 and SHIMER, Grant, Department of Physical Science, Southern Utah University, 351 W University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720
    Handouts
  • 2019_GSA_Poster.pdf (2.6 MB)
  • 209
    FISH COPROLITES FROM THE NANJEMOY FORMATION, LOWER EOCENE, VIRGINIA, USA
    DENTZIEN-DIAS, Paula, Núcleo de Oceanografia Geológica, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil, HUNT, Adrian P., Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204, LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, FRANCISCHINI, Heitor, Laboratório de Paleontologia de Vertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500, Porto Alegre, NM, Brazil and GULOTTA Sr., Marco N., 4546 Whispering Woods Lane, King George, VA 22485
    210
    POLLEN-FILLED COPROLITES IN MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN CORDAITEAN CONES: EVIDENCE FOR EARLY POLLINOVORY IN CORDAITEANS?
    LAKERAM, Scott, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, RAYMOND, Anne, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, BRYANT, Vaughn, Palynology Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and COSTANZA, Suzanne, Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
    211
    COPROLITES OF BONE-CRUSHING CARNIVORES: ABUNDANT IN THE OLD WORLD, RARE IN THE NEW WORLD
    HUNT, Adrian P., Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104
    212
    ADULT ERYOPS, LARGEST SEMI-AQUATIC APEX PREDATORS OF THE TEXAS RED BEDS, LOWER CLEAR FORK, PREFERRED FAST FLOWING STREAMS, PREYING UPON EDAPHOSAURS, DIMETRODONTS AND OTHER ERYOPS
    FLIS, Chris J.1, BAKKER, Robert T.2, FLIS, James E.1, HASS, Mallori M.1 and COOK, Leigh Ann1, (1)Department of Paleontology, Whiteside Museum of Natural History, 310 N. Washington Sreet, Seymour, TX 76380, (2)Department of Paleontology, Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030-1799
    213
    THE DISTRIBUTION OF HEMPHILLIAN RHINOCEROTIDS AND EQUIDS: TAPHONOMY OR ECOLOGY?
    DELPLANCHE, Rémy A., Biology, 502 E Boone Ave, Spokane, WA 99258 and ORCUTT, John D., Department of Biology, Gonzaga University, 502 E Boone Ave, AD Box 5, Spokane, WA 99258
    214
    ISOTOPIC ECOLOGY OF SMILODON FATALIS FROM NORTHERN KANSAS
    WIDGA, Chris, Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, 1212 Suncrest Dr, Gray, TN 37615, WALKER, J. Douglas, Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1414 Naismith Blvd, Ritchie Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, WANAMAKER Jr., Alan D., Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, ASHER, Brendon, Blackwater Draw Museum, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 88130 and HOLEN, Steven, Center for American Paleolithic Research, 1120 S. Summit View Dr, Fort Collins, CO 80524
    215
    A STONE'S THROW THROUGH TIME: TAPHONOMIC VARIATION BETWEEN PITS AT RANCHO LA BREA
    NORIEGA, Nicolas L.1, PITCHER, Ellie1, COHEN, Joshua E.2, MORADO, Melissa2, YAGER, Anna2, LINDSEY, Emily3, MEACHEN, Julie4, O'KEEFE, F. Robin5, DESANTIS, Larisa R.G.6 and BINDER, Wendy J.2, (1)Biology Department, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, (2)Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 Loyola Maryomount University Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90045, (3)La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036, (4)Anatomy Department, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA 50312, (5)Department of Biology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, (6)Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
    216
    AGE-MORTALITY PROFILES IN LA BREA BISON: INSIGHTS INTO POPULATION DYNAMICS AND TAPHONOMY
    GALVEZ, Saul, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768 and PROTHERO, Donald, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
    217
    ASSESSING VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSIL CONTENT OF ANTHILL SEDIMENTS IN PARK COUNTY, WY
    PEACH, Lulu R., CASEY, Clinton, FELDMAN, Hannah and TUMARKIN-DERATZIAN, Allison R., Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Beury Hall, 1901 N 13th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122
    218
    MAMMOTH MYSTERY
    EL SROUJI, Esmeralda1, GENOVA, Mihaela G.1, PARRY, Lauren E.2 and ROWLAND, Stephen M.1, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, (2)Department of Conservation and Research, Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101; Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
    219
    PALEOECOLOGY OF THE MID-MIOCENE TONOPAH LOCAL FAUNA OF SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA
    JONES, AnnMarie, Geosciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154 and ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
    220
    THE HISTORIC RESPONSE OF GREY WOLVES TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A CASE STUDY FROM NORTHERN ALBERTA
    TRAYLER, Robin, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, 5200 N Lake Road, Merced, CA 95343, FRASER, Danielle, Palaeobiology, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443 Stn “D”, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada and KIM, Sora L., Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343
    221
    DETERMINING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOUND IN FOSSIL PLANTS VERSUS FOSSIL ANIMALS VIA RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
    WIEMANN, Jasmina, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, NY 06520 and THEURER, Mallory Anne, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431
    222
    THE IDENTIFICATION OF A PLIOCENE (LOWER BLANCAN), MULTI-TAXIC BONEBED IN THE PANACA FORMATION OF LINCOLN COUNTY, SOUTHEAST NEVADA
    PARRY, Lauren E.1, HUMPHREY, Rebecca L.1 and BONDE, Joshua W.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010; Department of Conservation and Research, Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101, (2)Department of Conservation and Research, Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101
    223
    TAPHONOMIC COMPARISON OF VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSIL BONEBEDS FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS JUDITH RIVER AND HELL CREEK FORMATIONS OF MONTANA
    ZIMMERMANN, Peter K.1, LANG, Asha D.2, ROAT, Gabriela E.3, VELASQUEZ, Kaylee R.4, TUN, Sun M.5, IRVING, Katherine I.5, GOMEZ, Sedalia P.6, CLARK, Nolan D.7, CURRY ROGERS, Kristina A.8 and ROGERS, Raymond R.5, (1)Geology Department, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, (2)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (3)Geology Department, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, (4)Geology Department, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, (5)Geology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105, (6)Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, (7)Geology Department, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, (8)Biology and Geology Departments, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
    224
    TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A MOSASAUR SPECIMEN FROM CRETACEOUS, MS: INITIAL RESEARCH RESULTS
    MOFFITT, Joseph, Geosciences, Mississippi State University, 75 B. S. Hood Road, Mississippi State, MS 39762 and CLARY, Renee M., Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762
    225
    PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATION OF LOWER-MIDDLE UNIT OF THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION USING THEROPOD TEETH FROM THE RAINBOW AND UNICORN QUARRY FROM THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT
    YAMAMURA, Daigo1, SUAREZ, Celina2, TITUS, Alan3, MANLOVE, Hunter Michelle4 and JACKSON, Thea2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Arkansas, 216 Gearhart Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (2)Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 216 Gearhart Hall, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (3)Bureau of Land Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, 669 S. Highway 89A, Kanab, UT 84741, (4)Geosciences, University of Arkansas, 976 S Bacardi Ave Apt 976-103C, Fayetteville, AR 72701
    226
    FACE DOWN IN THE SEDIMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ONSHORE-OFFSHORE DISTRIBUTION OF ENCRUSTING FORAMINIFERA IN THE BAHAMAS
    LEWIS, Ronald, Department of Geosciences, Auburn University, Beard Eaves Memorial Coliseum, Room 2063, Auburn, AL 36449-5305, EUBANKS, Eric M., Wood PLC, Blue Bell, PA 19422, SMITH, Christopher W., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St, Athens, GA 30602 and TICHENOR, Hal Ray, Tetra Tech, Orlando, FL 32801
    227
    UTILIZING THE ICHNOLOGICAL SIGNATURE OF REPRODUCTIVE STYLES OF TEREDOLITES TO QUANTIFY SALINITY-SIZE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ROCK RECORD
    BUNTIN, Rogers C.C., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045 and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
    228
    INSECT TRACE FOSSILS AND THEIR PALEONTOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE IN THE TWO MEDICINE FORMATION (CAMPANIAN), CHOTEAU, MONTANA
    BRADFORD, Maya Y.1, MARTIN, Anthony J.1 and VARRICCHIO, David J.2, (1)Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717
    229
    A SPIDER-EATING SPIDER (ARANEAE: PALPIMANIDAE) FROM THE CRETACEOUS CRATO FORMATION OF BRAZIL
    DOWNEN, Matthew R., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 and SELDEN, Paul A., Geology Dept., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
    230
    EARLY EOCENE INSECT HERBIVORY AND PALEOCLIMATE OF MID-LATITUDE WHIPSAW CREEK, ALLENBY FORMATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
    VACHON, Janelle M., Biology, Brandon University, J.R. Brodie Science Center, 270 18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada, GREENWOOD, David R., Dept. of Biology, Brandon University, J.R. Brodie Science Centre, 270-18th Street, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada and CURRANO, Ellen, Depts. of Botany and Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070
    231
    GALL-FORMING PARASITISM ON CIDAROID ECHINOID SPINES: RECENT BEHAVIORAL INNOVATION OR TAPHONOMIC ARTIFACT?
    PETSIOS, Elizabeth1, PORTELL, Roger W.2, TYLER, Carrie L.3, FARRAR, Lyndsey4, GRUN, Tobias B.5 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal2, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy Zumberge Hall of Science, University Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (4)Department of Geology and Earth Sciences, Miami University, 118 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, (5)Florida Museum, Invertebrate Paleontology, Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32618
    232
    NON-LETHAL TRACES OF PREDATION IN TESTS OF RECENT AND FOSSIL ECHINOIDS
    TENNAKOON, Shamindri1, JAMAL, Fatemah2, GRUN, Tobias B.3, PORTELL, Roger W.2, KOWALEWSKI, Michal2, PETSIOS, Elizabeth4 and TYLER, Carrie L.5, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611; Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611; University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)University of Florida, Invertebrate Paleontology, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, (4)Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, 101 Bagby Ave., Baylor Sciences Building, Waco, TX 76706, (5)Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
    233
    FROM MOUNDS OF DUST TO CACHE: MAKING THE CASE FOR A STRUCTURED PALEONTOLOGICAL EDUCATION COLLECTION
    HUNT, Molly Elizabeth, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
    234
    BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THE INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY COLLECTION OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES
    ESTES-SMARGIASSI, Kathryn and SESSA, Jocelyn A., Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103
    235
    RESIDUES VERSUS RADIOGRAMS: BIASES IN DIAGENESIS AND PREPARATION OF SILICIFIED FOSSILS IN LIMESTONE
    JACOBS, Gabriel, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Office 101 Geological Sciences, Columbia, MO 65211, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, SELLY, Tara, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and HUNTLEY, John Warren, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211
    236
    PALEOSALINITY OF EDIACARAN DICKINSONIA AND OTHER FOSSILS INFERRED FROM BORON CONTENT
    RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, 1275 E. 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403
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