7 Paleoenvironments and Paleoecology of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western U.S.

Monday, 23 May 2005
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  RECENT DISCOVERIES FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION OF NORTH EAST WYOMING
  Craig A. Sundell, Midwest Paleontological Institute, Lawrence, KS
  87480 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:15 PM
  STRATIGRAPHY OF THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, CHAMA BASIN, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
  Adrian P. Hunt, New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, Albuquerque, NM and Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, Albuquerque, NM
  86910 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:30 PM
  MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE MORRISON FORMATION, NORTHERN BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
  Brooke K. Wilborn, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  86790 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 1:45 PM
  CLAY MINERALOGY OF THE MORRISON FORMATION: UTILITY IN PALEOENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS AND TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS
  Kelli C. Trujillo, Laramie County Community College, Laramie, WY
  87496 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:15 PM
  VERTEBRATE ICHNOFOSSILS FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC STUMP TO MORRISON FORMATIONAL TRANSITION--FLAMING GORGE RESERVOIR, UT
  Sue Ann Bilbey, Uinta Paleontological Associates Inc, Vernal, UT and Debra L. Mickelson, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, Denver, CO and J. Evan Hall, Uinta Paleontological Associates Inc, Vernal, UT and Scott K. Madsen, Dinosaur National Monument, Jensen, UT and Chauncie Todd, Vernal, UT and James I. Kirkland, Utah Geol Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
  87371 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:30 PM
  PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF AUTHIGENIC CLAY DISTRIBUTIONS IN MORRISON FORMATION DEPOSITS, BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING
  Debra S. Jennings, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  87610 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 2:45 PM
  DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM OF THE UPPER JURASSIC BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION, FOUR CORNERS REGION, USA
  Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, Albuquerque, NM and Lawrence H. Tanner, Bloomsburg Univ, Bloomsburg, PA
  86601 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:00 PM
  USING ICHNOFOSSILS AND ICHNOCOENOSES TO INTERPRET PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND PALEOECOLOGICAL SETTINGS OF THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN, USA
  Stephen Hasiotis, Univ KansasDept Geology, 116 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS
  87131 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 3:15 PM
  DISTRIBUTION OF PTEROSAUR SPECIMENS IN THE MORRISON FORMATION (LATE JURASSIC) OF NORTH AMERICA
  Lorin King, Louisiana Delta Community College, Monroe, LA and John Foster, Louisiana Delta Community College, Monroe, LA
  85920 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:00 PM
  A PARTIAL SKELETON OF GONIOPHOLIS FROM THE BRUSHY BASIN MEMBER OF THE MORRISON FORMATION
  Kent M. Hups, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, N/A and John Foster, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, N/A and Martin Lockley, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, N/A
  86578 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:15 PM
  PALEOECOLOGY OF PTEROSAURS FROM THE LOWER MORRISON FORMATION IN CENTRAL WYOMING
  Melissa V. Connely, Casper College, Casper, WY
  87151 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:30 PM
  ONTOGENETIC CHANGE IN THE MANDIBLE OF LATE JURASSIC NORTH AMERICAN GONIOPHOLIS (NEOSUCHIA, CROCODYLIFORMES)
  John R. Foster, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO
  87029 (THEME SESSIONS)
• 4:45 PM
  A REVIEW OF MORRISON FORMATION PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND TESTS FOR TIME-TRANSGRESSION AND FAUNAL PROVINCIALISM
  Jerald D. Harris, Dixie State College, St. George, UT
  86832 (THEME SESSIONS)