2 Paleontological Research in Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument and Surrounding Area I

Tuesday, 7 May 2002
8:00 AM - 12:05 PM

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  LATE CRETACEOUS FRESHWATER FISH FROM SOUTHERN UTAH WITH EMPHASIS ON FOSSILS FROM GRAND STAIRCASE- ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT (GSENM)
  James I. Kirkland, Utah Geol Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Jeffrey G. Eaton, Weber State Univ, Ogden, UT
  34298 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 8:25 AM
  NEW RECORDS OF VERTEBRATES FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS TROPIC SHALE OF SOUTHERN UTAH
  L. Barry Albright, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ and David D. Gillette, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ and Alan L. Titus, Kanab, UT
  32727 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 8:45 AM
  NEW EVIDENCE OF DINOSAURS AND OTHER VERTEBRATES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS WAHWEAP AND KAIPAROWITS FORMATIONS, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTHERN UTAH
  Scott D. Sampson, Utah Museum of Nat History, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT and Mark A. Loewen, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT and Terry A. Gates, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT and Lindsay E. Zanno, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Salt Lake City, UT and James I. Kirkland, Utah Geol Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
  34003 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 9:05 AM
  DISCOVERY AND EXCAVATION OF A THERIZINOSAURID DINOSAUR FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS TROPIC SHALE (EARLY TURONIAN), KANE COUNTY, UTAH
  David D. Gillette, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ and L. Barry Albright, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ and Alan L. Titus, Bureau of Land Mgnt, Kanab, UT and Merle H. Graffam, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
  33860 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 9:25 AM
  THE DIVERSITY AND STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PRE-DINOSAURIAN COMMUNITIES FROM THE TRIASSIC MOENKOPI FORMATION, UTAH
  Debra L. Mickelson, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, Denver, CO
  34263 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 9:45 AM
  SKIN IMPRESSIONS FROM THE TAIL OF A HADROSAURIAN DINOSAUR IN THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION (UPPER CRETACEOUS), GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT
  David D. Gillette, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ and L. Barry Albright, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ and Alan L. Titus, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kanab, UT and Merle H. Graffam, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
  33475 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 10:25 AM
  MULTITUBERCULATE MAMMALS FROM THE WAHWEAP (CAMPANIAN, AQUILAN) AND KAIPAROWITS (CAMPANIAN, JUDITHIAN) FORMATIONS, GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTHERN UTAH, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC METHODS
  Jeffrey G. Eaton, Weber State Univ, Ogden, UT
  33395 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 10:45 AM
  EGGSHELL FROM THE UPPER CAMPANIAN KAIPAROWITS FORMATION
  Emily S. Bray, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  34171 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 11:05 AM
  TRACKING DINOSAURS USING LOW-ALTITUDE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE TWENTYMILE WASH DINOSAUR TRACKSITE, GRAND STAIRCASE ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH
  Neffra A. Matthews, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Denver, CO and Tom Noble, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Denver, N/A and Alan L. Titus, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Kanab, UT and John R. Foster, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO and Joshua A. Smith, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO and Brent H. Breithaupt, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Dave Kett, USDOI-Bureau of Land Managment, Denver, N/A
  34269 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 11:25 AM
  VERTEBRATE TRACK SITES IN THE CHINLE FORMATION (LATE TRIASSIC) OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, SOUTHERN UTAH
  John R. Foster, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO
  33399 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)
• 11:45 AM
  MIDDLE JURASSIC FOSSIL FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL, UTAH AND THEIR AFFINITY TO TRACKS IN THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT AND ELSEWHERE IN UTAH
  Alden H. Hamblin, Fremont Indian State Park and Museum, Sevier, UT
  34238 (SYMPOSIA SESSIONS)