GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 229
Wednesday, 12 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4B (Colorado Convention Center)

T119. Laws of the Grave: Advances in Taphonomy across the Paleontologic Record

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Broc Kokesh and Rachel Laker, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
THE UPPER CRETACEOUS FOSSIL RECORD OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN OF NORTH AMERICA IS A MEGALAGERSTÄTTE
HUNT, Adrian, Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204 and LUCAS, Spencer, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104
8:20 AM
LIFE AND DEATH ON THE EDGE: THE BIODIVERSITY, PALEOECOLOGY, AND TAPHONOMY OF ROCKY INTERTIDAL INVERTEBRATES
HENDY, Austin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
8:35 AM
TAPHONOMY OF MARINE REPTILES AND DINOSAURS OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS MORENO FORMATION, CALIFORNIA
LYMAN, Theophan, Earth and Enviornmental Sciences, California State University Fresno College of Science and Mathematics, 5048 N. Jackson Ave. M/S LS 125, Fresno, CA 93710
9:05 AM
BEAVER DECOMPOSITION LEAVES LONG-LASTING BIOGEOCHEMICAL IMPACTS ON SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE SOILS (Invited Presentation)
KEENAN, Sarah W.1, BEELER, Scott R.2, DEBRUYN, Jennifer M.3 and MASON, Allison R.3, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, (2)Engineering and Mining Experiment Station, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, (3)Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, 2506 E. J. Chapman Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996
 
9:25 AM
Break
9:40 AM
DO BITE MARKS ON ASSEMBLAGES OF CARIBOU CALF BONES RECORD DIFFERENTIAL PREDATION PRESSURE BY MAMMALIAN AND AVIAN PREDATORS?
GAETANO, Maddie1, MILLER, Joshua1, WALD, Eric2 and DRUCKENMILLER, Patrick3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 345 Clifton Court, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks, AK 99701, (3)University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK 99775
9:55 AM
A PALEOZOIC LEAF MINE FROM THE RHODE ISLAND FORMATION OF MASSACHUSETTS, USA; ITS EVOLUTIONARY IMPLICATIONS AND A REEXAMINATION OF THE ORIGIN OF ENDOPHYTIC HERBIVORY
KNECHT, Richard1, EMMA, Steve2, BENNER, Jacob3, PIERCE, Naomi E.1 and ORTEGA-HERNANDEZ, Javier4, (1)Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138; Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)241 Huxley Ave., Providence, RI 02908, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, (4)Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138; Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
10:10 AM
CRYPTIC AGE-MIXING WITHIN ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (EDNA) COMPLICATES ESTIMATES OF MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION
MILLER, Joshua, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 345 Clifton Court, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and SIMPSON, Carl, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309
229-9
10:25 AM
Withdrawn
10:40 AM
CALCITE COATS ON ARAGONITIC BIVALVE SHELLS IN SHALLOW MARINE SEABEDS: FERRETING OUT THE EARLY DIAGENETIC PROCESSES THAT PERMIT PROLONGED TIME AVERAGING
KIDWELL, Susan, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, MEADOWS, Caitlin A., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and EDELMAN-FURSTENBERG, Yael, Geological Survey of Israel, 32 Yishayahu Leibowitz St., Jerusalem, 9692100, Israel
10:55 AM
RARE HERBIVOROUS DINOSAUR COPROLITES AND WHAT THEY CAN TELL US ABOUT THE ROLE OF BACTERIA IN FOSSILIZATION AND CARBONATE PRECIPITATION
JORN, Eva, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, CHIN, Karen, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309; Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 and BORSA, Tomoko, Colorado Shared Instrumentation in Nanofabrication and Characterization - Characterization Facility (COSINC-CHR), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
11:10 AM
METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF FLUORESCENCE IN FOSSILIZED PLANTS
STONEMAN, Michael R., Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, MCCOY, Victoria, Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211; School of Geography, Geology, and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom and RAICU, Valerica, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211; Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211
11:25 AM
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON PRESERVED TURDS: APPLICATIONS OF X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY IN THE STUDY OF COPROLITES AND OTHER BROMALITES
JACQUET, Sarah M.1, WEBB, Jeremy-Louis1, SELLY, Tara2, HUNTLEY, John3 and SCHIFFBAUER, James4, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211-0001; X-ray Microanalysis Lab, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (4)University of MissouriGeological Sciences, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211-0001; X-ray Microanalysis Lab, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211-0001
11:40 AM
FOSSILS PREPARED TWO WAYS: ADVANTAGES AND SHORTCOMINGS OF MICRO-CT AND ACID MACERATION IN COMPLEMENT
JACOBS, Gabriel, Geology, Cornell College, Norton Geology Center, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, JACQUET, Sarah M., X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, SELLY, Tara, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211-0001, SCHIFFBAUER, James, X-ray Microanalysis Lab, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and HUNTLEY, John, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211-0001
See more of: Technical Sessions