Joint 56th Annual North-Central/ 71st Annual Southeastern Section Meeting - 2022

Session No. 40
Friday, 8 April 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
North Meeting Room 211 (Duke Energy Convention Center)

D9. Vertebrate Paleontology

 

Joshua Miller, Chair
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Start Time
1:30 PM
THE PALEOPATHOLOGICAL RECORD OF NON-AVIAN DINOSAURS: IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE AND INCIDENCE OF INJURY THROUGHOUT THE MESOZOIC
HECKERT, Andrew1, CARRANO, Matthew2, HOWELL, Logan S.1, ORE, Zachary1 and SCHNEIDER, Katie E.3, (1)Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Department of Paleobiology, Washington, NC 20013-7012, (3)Geological & Environmental Sciences, 572 Rivers St, Rankin Science West, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608-2067; Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, ASU Box 32067, Boone, NC 28608
1:45 PM
JURASSIC TAIL FIGHTERS: BRONTOSAURS AND STEGOSAURS SHOW ADAPTATIONS FOR PRECISION BLOWS
BAKKER, Robert, Morrison Natural History Museum, 501 Colorado Highway 8, PO Box 564, Morrison, CO 80465; Department of Paleontology, Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030-1799
2:00 PM
EOCENE ‘GREENHOUSE EARTH’ FISH RECORDS FROM THE CANADIAN ARCTIC PROVIDE A DEEP-TIME PERSPECTIVE ON ARCTIC BIODIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
GOTTFRIED, Michael, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane 207 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824 and EBERLE, Jaelyn, Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Colorado - Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
2:15 PM
THE EVOLUTION OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN TELEOCERAS, A NORTH AMERICAN RHINOCEROS
WARD, Clark, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and SECORD, Ross, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
2:30 PM
CARNIVORES PREFERRED HORSE OVER BISON IN PLEISTOCENE YUKON
MILLER, Joshua1, WRIGHT, William2, KELLY, Abigail1, GAETANO, Maddie1, NEALE, Bianca1, DESANTIS, Larisa3, ZAZULA, Grant D.4 and WOOLLER, Matthew J.5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 345 Clifton Court, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, (4)Yukon Palaeontology Program, P.O. Box 2703 L2A, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, (5)Water and Environmental Research Center and College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775
2:45 PM
NICHE NARROWS IN RECOVERY FROM POPULATION CRASH: A RETREAT TO THE ‘BIOLOGICAL OPTIMUM’ FOR KLONDIKE BISON PRISCUS?
KELLY, Abigail1, MILLER, Joshua1, WRIGHT, William2, DESANTIS, Larisa3, ZAZULA, Grant D.4, HALL, Elizabeth4, HEWITSON, Susan4 and WOOLLER, Matthew J.5, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 345 Clifton Court, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (3)Vanderbilt UniversityEarth & Environmental Sciences, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, (4)Yukon Palaeontology Program, P.O. Box 2703 L2A, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, (5)Water and Environmental Research Center and College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755860, Fairbanks, AK 99775
3:00 PM
SPECIALIZATION IN CONSUMPTION OF ANTLERS AND POSTCRANIA BY ARCTIC MAMMALS
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
3:15 PM
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF MICROCYSTIN (MT) AND SAXITOXIN (SXT) PRESERVATION IN FOSSIL MOLLUSKS OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS COON CREEK FORMATION LAGERSTÄTTE: IMPLICATIONS FOR A KILL MECHANISM PRODUCING POSSIBLE MARINE REPTILE DEADFALLS
GIBSON, Michael, Univ. of Tennessee - Martin Dept. of Agriculture, Geoscience, Nat. Res, 256 Brehm Hall, Martin, TN 38238, BYL, Tom, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center, US Geological Survey, 640 Grassmere Park, Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37211 and CUNNINGHAM, Champagne, Civil & Architectural Engineering, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN 37209
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