GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Session No. 81
Monday, 16 October 2023: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
301 / 302 (David L Lawrence Convention Center)

T74. Laws of the Grave: Advances in Taphonomy across the Paleontologic Record

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Broc Kokesh and Rachel Laker, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL BONES FROM THE PALEOGENE WHITE RIVER GROUP OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA: INFLUENCE OF APATITE CRYSTALLINITY ON SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION
KIBELSTIS, Brian1, TERRY Jr., Dennis1 and ULLMANN, Paul2, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (2)Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Rd, Glassboro, NJ 08028
8:20 AM
NITROGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF ENAMEL-BOUND ORGANIC MATTER PRESERVES TROPHIC INFORMATION IN MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES
SCHER, Mason1, LEICHLITER, Jennifer N.2, MARTÍNEZ-GARCÍA, Alfredo2, TÜTKEN, Thomas3, LÜDECKE, Tina2, LYSON, Tyler R.4, FRICKE, Henry5, HIGGINS, John1 and SIGMAN, Daniel1, (1)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, (3)Insitut für Geowissenschaften, AG für Angewandte und Analytische Paläontologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany, (4)Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205, (5)Geology Department, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
8:35 AM
WHERE HAVE ALL THE SMALL SHELLY FAUNAS GONE? A MULTI-PROXY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE ABSENCE OF FOSSILS FROM THE TYPICALLY FOSSILIFEROUS MERNMERNA FORMATION OF SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA
SPEIR, Eury, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and JACQUET, Sarah, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
8:50 AM
DISSOLVING THE FUTURE RECORD: A NEGATIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN PRE-MORTEM DECALCIFICATION OF MOLLUSKS AND DEAD-SHELL DENSITIES IN PUGET SOUND
KOKESH, Broc, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
9:05 AM
POTENTIAL DIATOM-INFLUENCED FOSSIL PRESERVATION PATHWAY ACROSS THE CENOZOIC (Invited Presentation)
OLCOTT, Alison1, DOWNEN, Matthew R.1, SCHIFFBAUER, James2 and SELDEN, Paul3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Ritchie Hall, Rm 256, 1414 Naismith Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (2)X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom; Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
9:25 AM
CALCITE CASTS OF NON-BIOMINERALIZED TISSUES IN PALEOZOIC FOSSILS: RE-EVALUATING THE TAPHONOMY OF THE ORDOVICIAN WALCOTT-RUST QUARRY
LOSSO, Sarah R.1, THINES, Jennifer E.2 and ORTEGA-HERNANDEZ, Javier1, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003
9:40 AM
FINDING AND DESCRIBING THE EXCEPTIONAL: A MODERN DEFINITION OF FOSSIL-LAGERSTÄTTEN
KIMMIG, Julien, Palaeontology and Evolution, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, PA 76133, Germany and SCHIFFBAUER, James, X-ray Microanalysis Lab, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211
 
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CONTROLS ON THE SINKING AND DECAY OF INSECTS
SORRENTINO, Johnathan, PIUNNO, Paul A.E., GIBSON, Brandt M. and LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada
10:25 AM
BIOSTRATINOMY/TAPHONOMY OF CHARCOAL (WOOD) CLASTS AND A RECORD OF MIOCENE WILDFIRES IN TURBIDITE SEQUENCES OF THE MILL CREEK/POTATO SANDSTONE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
LEATHAM, W. and FOWLER, Ashton, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407
10:40 AM
RESHAPING THE PAST: INVESTIGATING GEOLOGICAL DEFORMATION IN †DIICTODON USING 3D GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS
HOOKER, William, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 112 Hollister Drive, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504
10:55 AM
A BLUEPRINT FOR PALEOBIOLOGICAL INQUIRY AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAPHONOMY AND PHYLOGENETICS
WOOLLEY, Charles, Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA 90089; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, CORSETTI, Frank, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, ZHS 119, Los Angeles, CA 90089 and SMITH, Nathan D., Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007
11:10 AM
PREDICTING FOSSIL PRESERVATION USING RATES OF ROCK ACCUMULATION: A CASE STUDY IN THE EOCENE WASHAKIE FORMATION, WY
WOOD, Melissa, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
11:25 AM
QUANTIFYING THE IMPACTS OF PRESERVATION ON PALEOBIOLOGICAL PATTERNS: A LITERATURE-BASED SURVEY OF BODY SIZE IN CRETACEOUS AND PALEOGENE GASTROPODS
CRESTOHL, Yettive, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 and BUSH, Andrew, Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269
11:40 AM
ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A MIXED WETLAND-TO-XEROMORPHIC PLANT ASSEMBLAGE AND ASSOCIATED ARTHROPOD DAMAGE IN THE BASHKIRIAN OF NEW ENGLAND, USA
KNECHT, Richard, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138; Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, SWAIN, Anshuman, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, BENNER, Jacob, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-1526, AZEVEDO-SCHMIDT, Lauren, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Dept. 3165, Laramie, WY 82071, LABANDEIRA, Conrad, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, EBLE, Cortland, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107, KNOLL, Andrew H., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, NC 02138 and PIERCE, Naomi E., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
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