Geological Society of America

1:30 PM

ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY AS A TOOL FOR ASSESSING TAPHONOMIC BIAS IN PROTEROZOIC ACRITARCHS

Julie Bartley, Gustavus Adolphus College Geology Department, Saint Peter, MN and Phillip M. Cole, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA

95097 (Technical Sessions)

1:45 PM

A NEW SOFT-BODIED MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN FAUNA FROM THE ST. PETER SANDSTONE IN NORTHEAST IOWA

Huaibao P. Liu, N/A, Iowa City, IA and Robert M. McKay, N/A, Iowa City, IA and Jean N. Young, Luther College, Decorah, IA and Brian J. Witzke, N/A, Iowa City, IA and Kathlyn J. McVey, Luther College, Decorah, IA and Xiuying Liu, N/A, Iowa City, N/A

92083 (Technical Sessions)

2:00 PM

TAPHONOMY, CONTINUED ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS OR PROLONGED MASS EXTINCTION RECOVERY PROCESSES: MYSTERY OF THE EARLY TRIASSIC MARINE FOSSIL RECORD RESOLVED

David Bottjer, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

92314 (Technical Sessions)

2:15 PM

TAPHONOMY OF CONCHOSTRACAN-DOMINATED LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS IN THE KIRKPATRICK BASALT (JURASSIC, ANTARCTICA)

Alycia L. Stigall Rode, Ohio University, Athens, OH and Derek E. Briggs, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Stephen A. Leslie, Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR and Loren E. Babcock, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH

92941 (Technical Sessions)

2:30 PM

MICROTAPHOFACIES OF PALEOGENE LIMESTONES: THE ROLE OF TAPHONOMY IN SHAPING AND INTERPRETING CARBONATE FACIES ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL BOUNDARIES

James H. Nebelsick, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, N/A and Michael Rasser, Stuttgart, N/A and Davide Bassi, University of Ferrara, Ferrera, N/A

95193 (Technical Sessions)

2:45 PM

BONE DISTRIBUTION AND DIAGENETIC MODIFICATIONS AT THE MAMMOTH SITE OF HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, USA

Kristine M. Thompson, Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, S.D, Hot Springs, SD and Larry D. Agenbroad, Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, S.D, Hot Springs, SD

93257 (Technical Sessions)

3:00 PM

THE DEATH ASSEMBLAGE OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: A LIVE-DEAD ANALYSIS OF A TEMPERATE MAMMALIAN COMMUNITY

Joshua H. Miller, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

97762 (Technical Sessions)

3:30 PM

WERE FOSSILS EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED IN UNUSUAL TIMES?

Gregory J. Retallack, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR

91523 (Technical Sessions)

3:45 PM

DID ALPHA DIVERSITY TRIPLE BETWEEN THE PALEOZOIC AND CENOZOIC?

John Alroy, Paleobiology Database, The, Santa Barbara, CA and Austin J.W. Hendy, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

94573 (Technical Sessions)

4:00 PM

MESO-CENOZOIC INCREASE IN SAMPLE-LEVEL DIVERSITY IN THE MARINE BENTHIC FOSSIL RECORD: SHIFT IN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES, LOSS OF ARAGONITE, OR GAIN IN GASTROPODS?

Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA and Wolfgang Kiessling, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, N/A and Martin Aberhan, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, N/A and Franz Fürsich, Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, N/A and Daniele Scarponi, Univ of Bologna, Bologna, N/A

91151 (Technical Sessions)

4:15 PM

THE ROLE OF CLIMATE IN DETERMINING VERTEBRATE FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS

Christopher R. Noto, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

93865 (Technical Sessions)

4:30 PM

LITHIFICATION AND THE MEASUREMENT OF BIODIVERSITY – IS MISSING ALPHA STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE?

Austin J.W. Hendy, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

96308 (Technical Sessions)

4:45 PM

BRACHIOPOD VERSUS BIVALVE RADIOCARBON AGES: IMPLICATIONS FOR PHANEROZOIC TRENDS IN TIME-AVERAGING AND PRODUCTIVITY

Susan M. Kidwell, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL