Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

INITIAL SURVIVORSHIP OF NONMARINE MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS IN END-CRETACEOUS DECCAN INTERTRAPPEAN STRATA, INDIA

Joseph H. Hartman, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Dhananjay M. Mohabey, Geological Survey of India, Nagpur, N/A and Marron Bingle, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Henning Scholz, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, N/A and Sunil Bajpai, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, N/A and Ritu Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, N/A

112451 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

PALYNOLOGY AND PALEOENVIRONMENT OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS ROCKS FROM ABU GHARADIG OIL FIELD, NORTH WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT

Mohamed I.A. Ibrahim, Faculty of Science, Alexandria, N/A and David Dilcher, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Suzan Kholeif, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, N/A

112295 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

PALEONTOLOGY OF THE CONEJO VOLCANICS, LOWER TO MIDDLE MIOCENE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Robert J. Stanton, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA and John M. Alderson, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA

109048 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

A QUANTITATIVE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY FOR THE MIOCENE OF TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA

Silane Aparecida Ferreira da Silva, CTPA/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, N/A and Carlos A. Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, N/A and Maria Lucia Absy, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, AM, N/A

115817 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

PALEOHYDROLOGY OF MIDDLE HOLOCENE LAGOONAL & LACUSTRINE DEPOSITS IN THE ENRIQUILLO VALLEY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PORE MORPHOMETRICS AND ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY OF OSTRACODA

Pamela R. Medley, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Neil Tibert, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA and William Patterson, Univ of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK and H. Allen Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Jean-Paul Colin, 3 Impasse des Biroulayres, N/A and Lisa Greer, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

109379 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

THE EFFECTS OF PROVENIENCE AND TAPHONOMY ON RARE EARTH AND TRACE ELEMENT SIGNATURES IN VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE WHITE RIVER GROUP, TOADSTOOL GEOLOGIC PARK, CRAWFORD, NE

Dennis O. Terry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and David Grandstaff, Temple Univ, Philadelphia, N/A

116280 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

DINOSAUR BIOGEOGRAPHY DURING THE MESOZOIC

Derek J. Main, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX and Christopher Scotese, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX

113779 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

VALUE OF HRXCT FOR SYSTEMATIC STUDIES OF PYRITIZED FOSSIL FRUITS

Kathleen B. Pigg, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ and Melanie L. DeVore, Georgia College & State Univ, Milledgeville, GA and Richard Ketcham, 4812 Woodview Ave Dept. Geological Sciences, Austin, TX and Paul Kenrick, Natural History Museum, London, N/A

113124 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

BIOGEOGRAPHY AND RATES OF EVOLUTION DURING A TAXIC RADIATION: CALMONIID TRILOBITES (DEVONIAN) OF THE MALVINOKAFFRIC REALM

Francine R. Abe, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Bruce Lieberman, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

113626 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

GEODISPERSAL VERSUS VICARIANCE IN THE HISTORY OF CORBULID BIVALVES: IS THERE A LINK BETWEEN BIOGEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN AND INVASIVENESS?

Audrey Aronowsky, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA and Laurie C. Anderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

114883 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

PYRITIZED SPINOSE MICROSPHERES FROM THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TULLY FORMATION OF PENNSYLVANIA: THE FIRST RECORD OF MUELLERISPHAERIDA FROM THE UNITED STATES

Michelle, T.W. Carter, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and John A. Chamberlain, Brooklyn College, New York, NY