Rocky Mountain Section - 72nd Annual Meeting - 2020

Session No. 1
Monday, 4 May 2020: 8:15 AM-12:00 PM
Cascades E (Utah Valley Convention Center)

D1. Paleontology: Education, Preservation, and Research in the Rocky Mountain Region and Beyond

 

James I. Kirkland, Landon Burgener and Brooke L. Long, Chairs
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8:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
1-1
8:20 AM
WHAT IN TARNATION? MONITORING ANIMAL ENTRAPMENTS AND PRESERVATIONS AT THE ROZEL TAR SEEPS
SANCHEZ, Mary L.1, BUTLER, Jaimi K.1, MARTIN, Cayla1 and KIMBERLY, David2, (1)Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105, (2)Department of Biology, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
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8:40 AM
SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE VERTEBRATE DECOMPOSITION RESULT IN PROTRACTED SOIL NITROGEN STABLE ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENT
KEENAN, Sarah W., Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 and DEBRUYN, Jennifer M., Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, 2506 E. J. Chapman Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996
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9:00 AM
CLIMATIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS OF LATE CRETACEOUS VERTEBRATE ENDEMISM
BURGENER, Landon1, GATES, Terry A.2, HYLAND, Ethan G.1, MITASOVA, Helena1 and ZANNO, Lindsay3, (1)Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, 2800 Faucette Dr., Rm. 1125 Jordan Hall, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, 3510 Thomas Hall, Campus Box 7614, Raleigh, NC 27695, (3)Paleontology, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 121 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601
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9:20 AM
MULTIMEDIA APPROACHES FOR USING PALEONTOLOGY TO ENGAGE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF GEOHERITAGE AND RESOURCE PRESERVATION AT FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
MEYER, Herbert W., National Park Service, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, PO Box 185, Florissant, CO 80816
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9:40 AM
PUBLIC PALEONTOLOGICAL TRACKSITES OF EASTERN UTAH
HUNT-FOSTER, ReBecca, National Park Service, Dinosaur National Monument, 11625 East 1500 South, PO Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, BREITHAUPT, Brent, Bureau of Land Managment, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009, MATTHEWS, Neffra A., Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center, Denver, CO 80225 and SCHUMACHER, Bruce A., Minerals and Geology Management, US Forest Service, 1617 Cole Blvd., Building 17, Lakewood, CO 80401-3305
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
A "PALEOCAMP" IN AN EARLY JURASSIC SAND SEA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG CITIZEN SCIENTISTS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT AND ANCIENT TRACKSITE
BREITHAUPT, Brent, Bureau of Land Managment, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009, MATTHEWS, Neffra A., Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center, Denver, CO 80225, HUNT-FOSTER, ReBecca, National Park Service, Dinosaur National Monument, 11625 East 1500 South, PO Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, MCDONALD, H. Gregory, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office, Lakewood, CO 80215 and LOCKLEY, Martin, Dinosaur Trackers Group, University of Colorado-Denver, Campus Box 172, Denver, CO 80217
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10:35 AM
CHECKING IN AT THE BLM MOCCASIN MOUNTAIN TRACKSITE, UTAH: TEN YEARS OF SCIENCE AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
MATTHEWS, Neffra A., Bureau of Land Management, National Operations Center, Denver, CO 80225 and BREITHAUPT, Brent, Bureau of Land Managment, Wyoming State Office, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, WY 82009
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10:55 AM
FOSSILS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT: INTERPRETING PALEONTOLOGY SITES IN UTAH
KIRKLAND, James I.1, HUNT-FOSTER, ReBecca2, DEBLIEUX, Donald D.3 and HAYDEN, Martha3, (1)Utah Geological Survey, 1594 W North Temple, Ste 3110, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, (2)National Park Service, Dinosaur National Monument, 11625 East 1500 South, PO Box 128, Jensen, UT 84035, (3)Utah Geological Survey, PO Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100
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