Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

ANTARCTIC FOSSIL BRYOZOANS: AN UNEXPECTED ADDITION (ENCRUSTING CHEILOSTOME, EOCENE, USHUAIA AND SEYMOUR ISLAND)

Roger J. Cuffey, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA

122761 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SHELL SIZE SHIFTS OF A QUATERNARY HELICID FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS

Yurena Yanes, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC and Christopher S. Romanek, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC and Carolina Castillo, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, N/A and Antonio Delgado, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, Granada, N/A

123528 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CORRELATION OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER ORDOVICIAN ROCKS OF BALTOSCANDIA USING CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION (CONOP9)

D. Goldman, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH and Susan L. Klosterman, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH and Jaak Nolvak, Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, N/A and H. David Sheets, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY and Gregory C. Miller, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA

124222 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE PARADOX OF LARGE SCYLIORHINOID-TYPE SHARK VERTEBRAE IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF NEW JERSEY

Martin A. Becker, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ and John A. Chamberlain, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Rebecca B. Chamberlain, College of Staten Island, Staten Island, NY and Marlayna C. Sosna, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ and Justin W. Linteris, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

125059 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GONIODROMITES REUSS, 1858 (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: BRACHYURA: GONIODROMITIDAE): THE COCKROACH OF THE JURASSIC OCEANS

Carrie E. Schweitzer, Kent State University, North Canton, OH and Rodney M. Feldmann, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH

125684 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

IDENTIFICATION OF SCAPHITES HIPPOCREPIS III IN THE TOP ABERDEEN MEMBER (CAMPANIAN BLACKHAWK FORMATION) LAG DEPOSIT, BOOK CLIFFS, EASTERN UTAH: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORRELATION IN THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR

Simon A.J. Pattison, Brandon University, Brandon, MB

126041 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SELECTIVE BIOMINERALIZATION OF CRAB CUTICLE: THE KEY TO A PELAGIC LIFESTYLE

Rodney M. Feldmann, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH and Carrie E. Schweitzer, Kent State University, North Canton, OH and David A. Waugh, Kent State University, Kent, OH

126946 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EFFECT OF SAMPLE LOCATION AND ONTOGENY ON DECAPOD CUTICLE, A CASE STUDY OF CALLINECTES SAPIDUS

David A. Waugh, Kent State University, Kent, OH and Rodney M. Feldmann, Kent State University, Kent, OH and Angie Hull, Kent State University, Kent, OH and Kristen Hein, Kent State University, Kent, OH and Carrie E. Schweitzer, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, North Canton, OH

127037 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EXPLORING SYSTEMATICS OF THE DREISSENID BIVALVES USING THE DIVERSE ASSEMBLAGE OF LAKE PANNON

Hilary Sanders Lackey, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA and Dana H. Geary, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

127693 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TOOTH ENAMEL MICROSTRUCTURE OF SELECTED ARCHOSAURS REPTILIA: ARCHOSAURIA FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE GROUP, WESTERN USA: TAXONOMIC AND EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE

Andrew B. Heckert, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Jessica Camp, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

127709 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SPINES, SPLINES, AND SINES: MODELING THE GROWTH OF LIVING AND FOSSIL ECHINOIDS

Louis G. Zachos, University of Mississippi, University, MS

127859 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PENNSYLVANIAN [MISSOURIAN] OSTRACODES FROM THE CAMBRIDGE MEMBER, CONEMAUGH GROUP ON THE EASTERN LIMB OF THE BURNING SPRINGS ANTICLINE, RITCHIE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA

Edward L. Crisp, West Virginia Univ at Parkersburg, Parkersburg, WV and Dwayne D. Stone, Marietta College, Marietta, OH and Larry W. Knox, Tennessee Technological Univ, Cookeville, TN and Susan L. Sowards, Blennerhassett Jr. High, Parkersburg, WV

127861 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MIDDLE-EARLY UPPER DEVONIAN BRACHIOPOD SEQUENCE IN THE KAKWA PROVINCIAL PARK AREA OF EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, WESTERN CANADA

James Day, Illinois State University, Normal, IL and Michael T. Whalen, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK and D. Over, SUNY - College at Geneseo Dept Geological Sciences, Geneseo, NY

128017 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

NEW MIXED MARINE-NONMARINE MICROVERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (LATE SANTONIAN-EARLY CAMPANIAN) MENEFEE FORMATION, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO

Andrew B. Heckert, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Caleb Lewis, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Spencer Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM and Thomas Williamson, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM

128090 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EURYPTERID DISTRIBUTION AND DISPERSAL PATTERNS

O. Erik Tetlie, New Haven, CT

128700 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

OCCURRENCE OF ARTICULATE BRACHIOPODS (RHYNCHONELLIDA: ORBIRHYNCHIA? PETTITT, 1954) FROM THE UPPER BEARPAW SHALE (CRETACEOUS: LATE CAMPANIAN) OF MONTANA

William R. Wahl, BigHorn Basin Foundation, Thermopolis, WY and Mike Ross, Casper, WY

129745 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MORPHOLOGIC PATTERNS AND EVOLUTION OF THE NEOGENE SCALLOP, CHESAPECTEN, ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, USA

Ann E. Goewert, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Donna Surge, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Joseph G. Carter, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and Lauck Ward, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA

129748 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

NEW PROPODIDAE (CRUSTACEA, DECAPOD) SPECIMENS FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS BEARPAW FORMATION

Mike Ross, Casper, WY and William R. Wahl, BigHorn Basin Foundation, Thermopolis, WY and Randy Eason, Casper, WY and Gale Bishop, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

129765 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A NEW ALLOGROMIID FORAMINIFER FROM COASTAL GEORGIA, USA: FINE STRUCTURE AND GAMETOGENESIS

Deniz Z. Altin, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Andrea Habura, NY State Department of Health, Albany, NY and Susan T. Goldstein, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA

129856 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE LATE PLEISTOCENE VERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE MERRELL LOCALITY, BEAVERHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA

Robert G. Dundas, California State University, Fresno, CA

130229 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MULTIVARIATE MORPHOMETRY AND RATES OF MORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION WITHIN THE PENNSYLVANIAN FUSULINID BEEDEINA (ARDMORE BASIN, OKLAHOMA)

Stacey C. Reisdorph, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA and John R. Groves, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

130414 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

LATE DARRIWILIAN (ORDOVICIAN) GRAPTOLITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE ELNES FORMATION (S. NORWAY)

Jorg Maletz, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY and Sven Egenhoff, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and Martina Boehme, NGU, Trondheim, N/A

130632 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SILICIFIED MID-DARRIWILIAN OSTRACODS FROM QUEBEC, CANADA

Jorg Maletz, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY and Maria Jose Salas, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Cordoba, N/A

130714 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A NEW ORDOVICIAN EDRIOASTEROID FAUNA SHOWS STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN MOROCCO AND NORTH AMERICA

Colin D. Sumrall, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Samuel Zamora, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, N/A

130874 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

NEW EOCRINOIDS FROM THE LOWER ORDOVICIAN GARDEN CITY FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN UTAH AND SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO

James Sprinkle, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Forest J. Gahn, Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg, ID

131454 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS INCLUDED IN MIOCENE AMBER FROM CHIAPAS, MEXICO

Maria de Lourdes Serrano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, N/A and Francisco J. Vega, UNAM, México, DF, N/A and Marco A. Coutiño, Instituto de Historia Nat y Ecología, Tuxtla Gutierrez, N/A

131545 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF LATE CRETACEOUS AMMONITES ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

Matthew P. Garb, Brooklyn College, New York, NY and Ralph O. Johnson, Monmouth Amateur Paleontologist's Society, West Long Branch, NJ and John A. Chamberlain, Brooklyn College, New York, NY

132130 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE EAST LIBERTY QUARRY (LOGAN COUNTY, OHIO) IN THE BELLEFONTAINE OUTLIER

Keith O. Mann, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH and Cynthia Wambsgans, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH and Randy Everett, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH

132242 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ANATOMY AND FUNCTION OF DIGIT III OF THE TYRANNOSAURUS REX MANUS

Elizibeth D. Quinlan, Fort Peck Paleontology Inc, Fort Peck, MT and Kraig Derstler, Fort Peck Paleontology Inc, Fort Peck, MT and Mercedes M. Miller, Fort Peck Paleontology Inc, Fort Peck, MT

132345 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN PLEISTOCENE TO RECENT CALIFORNIA CONDORS

Valerie J. Syverson, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Donald Prothero, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

132562 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEGREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY AS A PRIMARY CONTROL ON BIOTIC DISTRIBUTION: GRADIENT ANALYSIS OF FOUR MARINE ZONES WITHIN THE GLENSHAW FORMATION (CONEMAUGH GROUP, UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN) IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN

Joseph G. Lebold, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

132663 (Technical Sessions)

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