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Joint 118th Annual Cordilleran/72nd Annual Rocky Mountain Section Meeting - 2022

Session No. 15
Wednesday, 16 March 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
WRI 148 (UNLV Wright Hall)

D4. Recent Advances in Paleontology, Paleoecology, and Paleoclimatology

 

Susan Hertfelder, Chair
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
15-1
8:05 AM
SMALL MAMMALS CAN TELL BIG STORIES: MESOCARNIVORE INSIGHTS ON RANCHO LA BREA
BALISI, Mairin, Department of Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90036
15-2
8:25 AM
NOVEL RANCHO LA BREA FOSSIL DEPOSIT PRESERVES EVIDENCE OF FAULTING
RICE, Karin1, KELTY, Clay2, GONZALEZ, Tania2, CAMPBELL, Sean C.1, WALL, Laura1, DUNN, Regan1 and LINDSEY, Emily1, (1)La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036, (2)Earth Consultants International, Inc., 1642 East Fourth Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701-5148
15-3
8:45 AM
TAR AR: RESEARCHING HOW AUGMENTED REALITY ACTIVITIES CAN FACILITATE VISITOR LEARNING AT LA BREA TAR PITS
DENEVE WEEKS, Danaan, PhD1, LINDSEY, Emily2, DAVIS, Matt3, KENNEDY, Alana4, NYE, Benjamin5, NELSON, David5, PORTER, Molly3, SWARTOUT, William5 and SINATRA, Gale4, (1)Research & Collections, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 W Expedition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036, (2)La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036, (3)Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (4)Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (5)Institute for Creative Technologies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90094
15-4
9:05 AM
GROUND-BREAKING TECHNIQUES: MATERIALS & METHODS OF HISTORICAL EXCAVATION AT RANCHO LA BREA, CALIFORNIA
TEWKSBURY (AKA WALL), Laura, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 and MORLEY, Stevie, Research and Collections, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
 
9:25 AM
Break
15-5
9:40 AM
TAXONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF A LATE MIOCENE LOCALITY NEAR WELLS NV
LODISE, Augustine, MCLAUGHLIN, Win, BENOY, Russell and BUDD, Susannah, Geology, Pomona College, 185 E. Sixth Street, Claremont, CA 91711
15-6
10:00 AM
FOSSIL PRESERVATION IN THE LAS VEGAS FORMATION: TAPHONOMIC MODES AND DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
HERTFELDER, Susan, Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154 and SPRINGER, Kathleen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 980, Denver, CO 80225
15-7
10:20 AM
GIANT ICHTHYOSAURS PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO LATE TRIASSIC MARINE ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE
IRMIS, Randall1, KELLEY, Neil P.2, DEPOLO, Paige E.3, MCGAUGHEY, Gary4, NOBLE, Paula4, FASIG, Nadine4 and FASIG, Forrest4, (1)Natural History Museum of Utah and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-1214, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (3)School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom, (4)Geological Sciences & Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557
15-8
10:40 AM
LIFE IN THE LAVA TUBES: PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC COMMUNITIES IN A MARS ANALOG ENVIRONMENT
DEVLIN, Molly1, MOSER, Duane P.1, NORTHUP, Diana2, HATHAWAY, Jennifer J.M.2, BRIGGS, William C.2 and BLANK, Jennifer G.3, (1)Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119, (2)Biology Department, University of New Mexico, MSC03-2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)NASA Ames Research Center, MS 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035
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