144 Paleontology (Posters) II: Environments, Ecosystems, and Interactions

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION IN CRYPTIC SCLEROBIONT COMMUNITIES FROM THE CALLOVIAN (MIDDLE JURASSIC) NEAR KRAKÓW, POLAND
  Elyse Zavar, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH and Mark A. Wilson, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH and Michal Krobicki, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, N/A
  123157 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MIOCENE COASTAL VEGETATION PRESERVED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION AT CAPE BLANCO, OREGON
  Lisa F. Emerson, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR and Gregory J. Retallack, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  124121 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ROSSELIA ICHNOFABRIC IN THE MIOCENE PULLEN FORMATION, NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF REGIONAL TECTONICS
  William Miller, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA and K.R. Aalto, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
  124970 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF MOLLUSCAN BIOFACIES OF THE PLIOCENE ETCHEGOIN GROUP, SAN JOAQUIN BASIN, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
  J. Richard Bowersox, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA and Peter J. Harries, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  125685 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PRE- AND POST-EUROPEAN FOREST COMPOSITION AND BOG FLORA CHANGES DOCUMENTED BY POLLEN FROM MAINE SPHAGNUM CORES
  C. Kittinger Clark, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Newton W. Krumdieck, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Elizabeth F. Littlefield, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and Robert E. Nelson, Colby College, Waterville, ME
  125774 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PLEISTOCENE MARINE PALEOENVIRONMENTS ON THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
  Kenneth L. Finger, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Carole S. Hickman, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Matthew J. James, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA and Jere H. Lipps, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Dawn E. Peterson, University of California, Berkeley, CA and Lois J. Pitt, Sacramento, CA and William D. Pitt, Sacramento, CA
  126052 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PALEOECOLOGY OF PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNA IN SOUTHERN NEVADA: ISOTOPIC EVIDENCE FOR BROWSING ON HALOPHYTIC PLANTS
  Lael Vetter, University of California Davis, Davis, CA and Matthew Lachniet, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Stephen Rowland, Univ Nevada - Las Vegas Dept Geoscience, Las Vegas, NV
  126386 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  DRILL HOLES IN CENOZOIC BRACHIOPODS FROM AUSTRALIA AND A TEST OF THE “LOW NUTRITIONAL VALUE” HYPOTHESIS
  Megan Tuura, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Tomasz K. Baumiller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Kenneth J. McNamara, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, N/A
  126439 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PREDATORY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ANEMONES AND BRITTLE-STARS DURING OXYGEN DEFICIENCY EVENTS IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA
  Bettina Riedel, University of Vienna, Vienna, N/A and Michael Stachowitsch, University of Vienna, Vienna and Martin Zuschin, University of Vienna, Vienna, N/A
  127041 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  AMPHIBIAN BODY IMPRESSIONS FROM THE MISSISSIPPIAN MAUCH CHUNK FORMATION, EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM and David L. Fillmore, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA and Edward L. Simpson, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Kutztown, PA
  127074 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A LATE JURASSIC LACUSTRINE BIOTA FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION OF COLORADO
  Bryan J. Small, Denver Museum of Nature and Sci, Denver, CO and Mark A. Gorman, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Jason Pardo, University of Colorado, N/A and Dena Smith, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO
  127250 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF HOST-ROCK MATRIX MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH SOFT-TISSUE PRESERVATION IN THE BURGESS SHALE AND KINZERS FORMATIONS
  Erin Morley, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY and Wayne Powell, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  127889 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  FORMATION AND TAPHONOMY OF THE SHARKTOOTH HILL BONEBED, A UNIQUE ACCUMULATION FROM THE MID-MIOCENE OF CALIFORNIA
  Nicholas D. Pyenson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA and Randall B. Irmis, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Jere H. Lipps, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  127896 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE TECOPA BASIN DURING THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE BASED ON FOSSILIZED DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES BELOW THE BISHOP TUFF
  Dave Schumaker, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
  127955 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PALEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE FOR “PLUVIAL” INTERVALS IN THE WESTERN PANGEAN TROPICS DURING THE EARLY PERMIAN
  Kristopher J.S. Rhodes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI and Neil J. Tabor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and William DiMichele, Smithsonian Inst Dept Paleobiology, Washington, DC and Dan S. Chaney, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  128306 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ONCOID GROWTH STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO FLUCTUATING DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS DURING THE LATE EARLY CAMBRIAN OF EASTERN CALIFORNIA
  Emre Unal, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and William J. Zinsmeister, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  128756 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CORAL RECRUITS ON SUBMERGED CULTURAL ARTIFACTS, 1724 GUADALUPE UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRESERVE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Claudia Johnson, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Charles D. Beeker, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Anna T. Budziak, Project AWARE Foundation, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA and Joshua D. Stewart, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN and Erle G. Kauffman, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  128771 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CLUMPING BEHAVIOR: AN ANTI-PREDATORY STRATEGY AGAINST DRILLING PREDATION
  Michelle Casey, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur
  128962 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE TAPHONOMIC SIGNATURE OF BIVALVES INHABITING HYDROCARBON SEEPS
  Robyn Dahl, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Karla Parsons-Hubbard, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
  129020 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES IN SUBSTRATE CONDITIONS IN THE NEOGENE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA
  Cassandra E. Ornell, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Susan L. Barbour Wood, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Gwen M. Daley, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
  129045 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UP IN ARMS: ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO ARM DISARTICULATION IN AN OPHIUROID MASS MORTALITY BED IN THE TIRABUZÓN FORMATION, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR
  René A. Shroat-Lewis, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Patricia Kelley, Southport, NC
  129407 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  USING OXYGEN ISOTOPES IN TOOTH ENAMEL AND BONE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC ANIMALS
  Philip M. Bottrell, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Mark T. Clementz, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  129596 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  COMPARING THREE GEOCHEMICAL METHODS OF ASSESSING TROPHIC DIVERSITY IN ANCIENT MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
  Stephanie Peek, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Mark T. Clementz, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  129678 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  WHY ARE THE MOLLUSKS FROM THE EOCENE GOSPORT SAND SO BIG?
  Andrew W. Haveles, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and Linda C. Ivany, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  129931 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TAPHONAMY AND DEPOSITION OF THE HOUND ISLAND VERETBRATE FAUNA FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF SOUTHEAST ALASKA
  Thomas L. Adams, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX
  129973 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A 50 MILLION YEAR RECORD OF ECOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY FOR SIRENIANS FROM THE TETHYS-MEDITERRANEAN AND WEST ATLANTIC-CARIBBEAN REGIONS
  Mark T. Clementz, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Daryl P. Domning, Howard University, Washington, DC and Silvia Sorbi, Universita di Pisa, Pisa, N/A
  130234 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MN UPTAKE IN FOSSIL TEETH: SIMULATING FOSSIL DIAGENESIS IN CROCODYLIAN AND MAMMALIAN TEETH
  Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and James J.S. Leung, Glenwood Landing, NY and Amy J. Ortega, Glenwood Landing, NY and Anne R. Skinner, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Joel I.B. Blickstein, RFK Science Research Institute, Glenwood Landing, NY
  130335 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PREY-SIZE SELECTIVITY IN THE BIVALVE CHIONE IN THE FLORIDA PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE: A REEVALUATION
  Shubhabrata Paul, University of Souith Florida, Tampa, FL and Gregory Herbert, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Gregory Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  130365 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CARBON-ISOTOPE ANALYSES OF FOSSIL PLANTS IN TRIASSIC ISCHIGUALASTO FORMATION (ARGENTINA): PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
  Carina E. Colombi, Universidad National de San Juan, San Juan and Isabel Montanez, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA and Judith Parrish, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID
  130609 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  USING POORLY PRESERVED HELL CREEK FORMATION MUSSELS TO INTERPRET PALEOENVIRONMENTS
  Tanya P. Justham, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Joseph H. Hartman, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND and Scott F. Korom, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
  130951 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF ORDOVICIAN PYRITIZED DEEP-WATER TRILOBITE FAUNAS FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK
  Úna C. Farrell, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Derek E.G. Briggs, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  130978 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TWO-WAY CLUSTERING OF TAXON ABUNDANCE DATA: SEARCHING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AFFINITIES USING LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS
  John Handley, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Linda C. Ivany, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
  131274 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  HABITAT OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS HETEROMORPHIC AMMONOID DIDYMOCERAS IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
  Joshua S. Slattery, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Mark T. Clementz, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Michael R. Johnson, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  131336 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA IDENTIFY SOURCE AREA OF EARTHQUAKE- AND STORM-INDUCED TURBIDITE EVENTS, MONTEREY SUBMARINE CANYON, CALIFORNIA
  Mary McGann, US Geol Survey, Menlo Park, CA
  131367 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF OYSTER SHELLS: A TECHNIQUE TO INTERPRET THE HOLOCENE HISTORY OF COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
  Amanda Booth, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL and Michael Savarese, Florida Gulf Coast Univ Department of Marine & Earth Sciences, Fort Myers, FL
  131413 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CINCINNATIAN ESCARGO: GASTROPOD-BRYOZOAN TAPHONOMY DEMONSTRATES PRESENCE OF AN UNDEFINED, LATE ORDOVICIAN, SHELL-PEELING PREDATOR
  J. Mark Erickson, St. Lawrence Univ, Canton, NY
  131415 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  EVIDENCE FOR SPECIALIZED SHELL-BREAKING CRAB CLAWS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MEXICO
  Francisco J. Vega, UNAM, México, DF, N/A and Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Jose F. Ventura, Saltillo, N/A
  131425 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TAPHONOMY OF EARLY TRIASSIC GANOID FISH FOSSILS OF VEGA-PHROSO SILTSTONE MEMBER OF THE SULPHUR MOUNTAIN FORMATION NEAR WAPITI LAKE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
  Karen A. Anderson, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Adam D. Woods, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  131458 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ANATOMICALLY PRESERVED CATERPILLAR COPROLITES FROM THE MIDDLE MIOCENE YAKIMA CANYON FLORA OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE, USA
  Nathan D. Wilkens, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN and Melanie L. DeVore, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA and Everette Barman, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA and Kathleen Pigg, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  131533 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ESTIMATING EXTENT OF DIAGENETIC OVERPRINTING AND STABLE ISOTOPE VALUES OF LATE CRETACEOUS VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSIL ENAMELOID: EVIDENCE FOR PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
  David G. DeMar, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Mark T. Clementz, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Brent H. Breithaupt, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  131714 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PREFERENCES OF CORNULITES FOR ANTHRACOSPIRIFER VERSUS PUNCTOSPIRIFER IN THE CHESTERIAN BANGOR LIMESTONE, ALABAMA, USA
  Chris L. Schneider, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA and Johnny A. Waters, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
  132004 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  “GHOST” FACIES: HOW CHANGES IN LIVING COMMUNITIES CAN INFLUENCE THE COMPOSITION AND DIVERSITY OF MOLLUSCAN DEATH ASSEMBLAGES (COPANO BAY, TEXAS)
  Thomas D. Olszewski, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Christopher A. Klug, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Adam Horbaczewski, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
  132129 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TAPHONOMY OF TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS AT THE BIG PLATTE LOCALITY, SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN
  Matthew Kuchta, University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie, WI and Dana Geary, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI and Bridget Garnier, SERC, Northfield, MN and Richard Slaughter, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  132287 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TAPHONOMY OF THE MYGATT-MOORE QUARRY, A LARGE DINOSAUR BONEBED IN THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION OF WESTERN COLORADO
  John R. Foster, Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, CO and ReBecca K. Hunt, Dinosaur National Park, Jensen, UT and Lorin King, Western Nebraska Community College, Scottsbluff, NE
  132579 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  EFFECTS OF VALVE MICROSTRUCTURE ON STRENGTH AND PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF TWO MODERN CHITON (MOLLUSCA, POLYPLACOPHORA) SPECIES
  Stephaney S. Puchalski, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and Claudia C. Johnson, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN and Bruce J. Douglas, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  132658 (Technical Sessions)