Session No. 44
Friday, 29 March 2019: 1:40 PM-3:00 PM
Calhoun Room (Francis Marion Hotel)
T4. Marine Vertebrate Paleontology of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains II
Robert W. Boessenecker, Rachel Racicot, Sarah J. Boessenecker, Matthew Gibson and N. Adam Smith, Advocates
2:00 PM
A COMPARISON OF BRITTLE STAR (OPHIUROIDEA: ECHINODERMATA) BIODIVERSITY FROM THE UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN (CHESTERIAN) BIG CLIFTY FM. IN SULPHUR, IN AND GLEN DEAN FM. IN HOPKINSVILLE, KY
SMITH, Nicholas S., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Ave, Knoxville, TN 37996 and SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996
2:20 PM
MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION OF THE SPIRALING PIVOT POINTS IN THE PROXIMAL STEM OF GLYPTOCYSTITOID RHOMBIFERAN ECHINODERMS
SWEENEY, Aidan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996
2:40 PM
SUBSTRATE AVAILABILITY IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OYSTER EXOGYRA SAY (OSTREIDA: GRYPHAEIDAE): A CASE STUDY IN THE MAASTRICHTIAN OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA
PHILLIPS, George E., Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353 and KUNATH, Marvin, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762