153 Paleontology (Posters) III: Diversity, Extinction, Origination

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  THE “AGE OF CRINOIDS”: A MISSISSIPPIAN BIODIVERSITY SPIKE COINCIDENT WITH WIDESPREAD CARBONATE RAMPS
  Thomas Kammer, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV and William I. Ausich, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH
  73694 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TURTLE GRAVEYARD: A NEW DIVERSE BIRD FAUNA FROM THE EARLY EOCENE WASATCH FORMATION, WYOMING
  Thomas A. Stidham, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX and Patricia A. Holroyd, Univ California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  74342 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SEA-LEVEL CONTROL OF MOLLUSCAN DIVERSITY AND EXTINCTION IN THE PLIOCENE SAN JOAQUIN BASIN, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
  J. Richard Bowersox, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  75459 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG MOLLUSK COMMUNITY CHANGE AND THE TEMPO AND MODE OF SPECIATION IN THE UPPER GURABO FORMATION (NEOGENE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
  Maria Harvey, City Univ of New York, The City College, New York, NY and Ross H. Nehm, City Univ of New York, The City College, New York, NY and Novia Jarrett, City Univ of New York, The City College, New York, NY
  76852 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF SAMPLING METHOD AND EFFORT ON ESTIMATES OF SPECIES RICHNESS AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF NEOGENE BENTHIC MARINE MOLLUSKS (CIBAO VALLEY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)
  Novia Jarrett, City Univ of New York, The City College, New York, NY and Ross H. Nehm, City Univ of New York, The City College, New York, NY and Yulissa Hidalgo, Mott Hall School, New York, NY and Isamara Cabrera, Mott Hall School, New York, NY
  76853 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  BOTTOM DWELLING BLASTOIDS
  Johnny A. Waters, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC
  77539 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NEOPROTEROZOIC CARBONACEOUS FOSSILS CHUARIA AND TAWUIA
  Lin Dong, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA
  78858 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MOLECULAR DATA AND COMPUTERS IN SYSTEMATICS: AN EXAMINATION OF GEOCHELONE (TESTUDINATA)
  K. Hauser, Fachhochschule Ansbach, Ansbach, N/A
  79845 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  COMPARISON OF ANTHILL MICROFOSSILS BETWEEN THE UPPER HELL CREEK FORMATION AND TULLOCK MEMBER OF THE FORT UNION FORMATION OF EASTERN MONTANA
  Kristen E. Newman, PaleoWorld Rsch Foundation, Bozeman, MT and Joseph Hatcher, PaleoWorld Rsch Foundation, Englewood, FL
  79948 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UPPER MARJUMAN (UPPER CAMBRIAN) SHALLOW WATER TRILOBITE FAUNAS, GREAT BASIN, WESTERN USA
  Tin-Wai Ng, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Jonathan M. Adrain, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  80143 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UTILIZING THE FOSSIL RECORD OF RUGOSE AND SCLERACTINIAN CORALS AS INDICATORS FOR MODERN REEF EXTINCTIONS
  Leigh M Fall, Texas A&M, College Station, TX
  80299 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  LOWER ORDOVICIAN TRILOBITES OF THE COW HEAD GROUP, WESTERN NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA
  Talia S. Karim, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Jonathan M. Adrain, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  80351 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TAXONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY EOCENE MAMMALIAN FAUNA OF THE BIG HORN BASIN
  Michael R. Smith, Indiana Univ~Purdue Univ, Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
  80415 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SEM IMAGING STUDY OF RARE ARTHROPODS FROM THE BARSTOW FORMATION, CALICO MTS., CALIFORNIA
  Amanda Thorpe, Univ of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR and Ben Waggoner, Univ of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
  80792 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DEVELOPMENT OF A CONODONT ELEMENT MORPHOSPACE AND A METRIC THAT CAN BE USED TO ANALYZE PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTION OF CONODONT COMPLEXITY AT TWO LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION
  Matthew B. Unterman, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
  80972 (Technical Sessions)