Geological Society of America

1:30 PM

Evolution of Tertiary Gulf Coast Marine Vertebrate Faunas

Mark Uhen, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

147850 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

1:45 PM

Terrestrial Vertebrates from Cretaceous and Tertiary Marine Strata In the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi

David T. Dockery, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Jackson, MS and George E. Phillips, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson, MS

144902 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

2:00 PM

New Vertebrates from the Paleogene of Eastern Texas

Thomas A. Stidham, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Tracey Janus, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

150519 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

2:15 PM

Revised Biostratigraphy of the Middle Miocene to Earliest Pliocene Goliad Formation of South Texas

Jon A. Baskin, Kingsville, TX and Richard Hulbert, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

140398 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

2:30 PM

Flora and Climate of the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian), Coahuila, Mexico: A Preliminary Report

Emilio Estrada-Ruiz, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Mexico, D.F, N/A and Garland R. Upchurch, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX and Sergio, R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Mexico, D.F, N/A

150187 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

2:45 PM

Testing for Causal Relationships Between Environmental and Evolutionary Change in the Marine Paleogene of the US Gulf Coastal Plain: The Nature of the Problem

Warren D. Allmon, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Linda Ivany, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

150416 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

3:00 PM

The Relationship Between Ecological Variability and Time Averaging In Different Habitats (Copano Bay, Texas)

Christopher A. Klug, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Thomas D. Olszewski, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

145506 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

3:15 PM

Ecospace Utilization in High-Diversity Shallow Shelf Marine Communities of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain

Heather L.B. Wall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and Linda Ivany, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

150450 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

3:30 PM

Rapid Growth of Mollusks in the Eocene Gosport Sand, US Gulf Coast

Andrew Haveles, Syracuse, NY and Linda Ivany, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

149326 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

3:45 PM

Utilizing Echinoids as Environmental Indicators from the Late Eocene Ocala Limestone

Justin Miller, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

148058 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

4:00 PM

Microbial Mats on Siliciclastic Bedding Surfaces - in the Del Rio Kinneyia Formation (Cenomanian), West Texas

Brian E. Lock, Univ Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

138826 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

4:15 PM

Growth, Character Development, Relationships and Life Habits of Belosaepia Ungula Gabb (Coleoida) In the Middle Eocene of the North American Gulf Coast

Thomas E. Yancey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Christopher L. Garvie, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX and Mary K. Wicksten, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

146791 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

4:30 PM

Two New Minute Species of Gastropods from the Middle Claibornian (Eocene ) of Texas; The First a Fossarid Genus New to the Americas and the Second An Archeogastropod with Affinities Close to Several Extinct Paleozoic Taxa

Christopher L. Garvie, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, N/A

149697 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

4:45 PM

Spectacularly Preserved, Mollusc-Dominated Fauna from a Cavity Layer In the Lower Cretaceous Edwards Formation, Central Texas

Linda McCall, Reidsville, NC and James Sprinkle, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX and Ann Molineux, Texas Natural Science Center, Austin, TX

145244 (GULF COAST ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES)

5:00 PM

The Rio Bravo Collection: Preserving a Unique Collection for Future Research in the Gulf Coast Section

Ann Molineux, New York, NY