Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

Lacustrine Shell Accumulations in Continental Rifts: Actualistic Examples of Depositional Style and Taphonomy from the Littoral of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa

Michael McGlue, University of Kentucky Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lexington, KY and Kiram E. Lezzar, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Michael J. Soreghan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and John Mischler, Penn State University, University Park, PA and Christine S. O'Connell, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Oceana S. Castaneda, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and Richard J. Hartwell, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY and Ellinor Michel, The Natural History Museum, London, N/A and Jonathan A. Todd, The Natural History Museum, London and Andrew Cohen, Department of Geosciences Dept Geosciences, Tucson, AZ

143261 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A Basal Middle Cambrian, Echinoderm Rich, Outer Shelf Community in the Kaili Formation (Kaili Biota), Guizhou Province, China

Ronald L. Parsley, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

143496 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Taphonomic and Paleoecologic Aspects of the Early Devonian (Pragian) Tarrantine Formation near Jackman, Maine

Emily D. Colin, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Rachel G. Daly, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Catherine L. Delano, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Stephanie B. Grocke, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Caroline G. Hunt, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Taylor M. Kilian, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Sophia S. Newbury, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Amanda M. Smith, N/A and Robert A. Gastaldo, Colby College, Waterville, ME

143569 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

One of These Beaches Is Not Like the Other: Drilling Frequencies in Modern Mollusc Shells, San Salvador Island, Bahamas

Marquela Stevenson, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Sara Pruss, Smith College Geosciences, Northampton, MA

143851 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Taphonomy In Blue Paleosols and Its Implications for the Biostratigraphy of Vertebrate Taxa In the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

Katharine M. Loughney, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI and William G. Parker, University of Texas, Austin, TX and David Fastovsky, 153 Dockray St. Department of Geosciences, Wakefield, RI

144741 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A Taphonomic Study of Early Triassic Fossil Fishes from Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation, British Columbia, Canada

Karen A. Anderson, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Adam D. Woods, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

145537 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

The Microstructural Record of Predation: A New Approach for Identifying Predatory Drill Holes

James D. Schiffbauer, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Yurena Yanes, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX and Carrie L. Tyler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA and Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA and Lindsey R. Leighton, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

146062 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Floating Islands as Taphonomic Agents In the Offshore Dispersal of Vertebrate Remains

Paul Heinrich, Louisiana Geological Survey, Baton Rouge, LA

146094 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Destruction of a (Texas) Pennsylvanian Goniatite Nursery-the East Mountain Shale

José G. Salinas, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX and Glen K. Merrill, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX

146608 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Evidence for Faunal Tracking of Recurrent Fossil Assemblages In Four Major Marine Zones In the Glenshaw Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian, Appalachian Basin)

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

147531 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A New Outline Method to Identify Specialized Shell-Wedging Behavior In Gastropod Mollusks

Ursula E. Smith, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY

147585 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Morphologic Variation in Upper Pleistocene Demosponge Biostromes, Miami, Florida: Paleoecologic Implications

Andrea L. Gohl, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Kevin J. Cunningham, Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL and H. Curran, Smith College Dept Geosciences, Northampton, MA

147911 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

The Widespread Distribution of Cambrian Medusae: Scyphomedusa Strandings in the Potsdam Group of Southwestern Quebec

Mario A. Lacelle, Laval, QC and James W. Hagadorn, Amherst College, Amherst, MA and Pierre Groulx, Valleyfield, QC

148123 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A Conulariid Fauna from the Fort Payne Formation, (Mississippian, Osagean) of Central Tennessee

Robert C. Ford, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS and Daniel L. Frederick, N/A

148212 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Paleobiogeography of Cincinnatian (Late Ordovician) Brachiopod Species Utilizing Ecological Niche Modeling Methods

Bradley J. Walls, Ohio University, Athens, OH and Alycia Stigall, Ohio University, Athens, OH

148216 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

New Perspectives on Faunal Analyses of the Mississippian Michigan Formation, Western Michigan

Nathan R. Noll, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and Patricia E. Videtich, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI and William J. Neal, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI

148437 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Ecological Niche Modeling of Richmondian (Late Ordovician) Brachiopods in the Cincinnati Arch: Early Stages of a Biotic Invasion

Nicole L. Dudei, Ohio University, Athens, OH and Alycia Stigall, Ohio University, Athens, OH

148508 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

What Are We Really Counting When We Enumerate Species?

Nicole Bonuso, California State Univeristy, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

148683 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Detecting Coordinated Stasis by Model Ranking

John Handley, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and H. David Sheets, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY

149116 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Early- to Mid-Pennsylvanian Vertebrate Fauna of An Intermontane Basin Inferred from Tracks and Trackways of the Wamsutta Formation, Southeastern New England

Richard J. Knecht, Department of Geology, Medford, MA and Jacob S. Benner, Department of Geology, Medford, MA

149302 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Predator-Induced Shell Damage in Bivalves from the Middle Devonian

Judith Nagel-Myers, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Carl Brett, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

149987 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Paleoenvironmental Settings and Characteristics of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Footprints of San Juan Raya, Southern Mexico

Angeles Verde-Ramírez, UNAM, Mexico City, N/A and Gilberto Silva-Romo, UNAM, Mexico City, N/A and Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales, UNAM, Mexico City, N/A

150566 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Bryozoan Colonial Growth Form and Habitat Selection

Steven Hageman, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC and Frank K. McKinney, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC and Andrej Jaklin, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Rovinj, N/A

150638 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Ecological Structure of the Molluscan Fauna of the Plio-Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida

Christy C. Visaggi, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Gregory M. Burzynski, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Julie A. Kemble, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Kaitlin M. Ofalt, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Stephanie D. White, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Patricia Kelley, Southport, NC

150717 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Is the Proximal Gulf of Mexico a Modern Analog for the Middle Cambrian House Embayment?

Marty Erwin, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV and Steve Rowland, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

150832 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Is It Modern on the Surface? – Time-Averaging Estimates from the West Florida Shelf Using Amino Acid Racemization from Chione (Bivalvia)

Julie Y. McKnight, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Eric Oches, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Greg Herbert, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Peter J. Harries, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

150974 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Evidence for Early Diagenesis in Presence of Soft Parts from Panopea Occidentalis (Mollusca:Pelecypoda) in the Fox Hills Fm. (Maastrichtian:Late Cretaceous), North Dakota

Mark Erickson, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY and Diane Burns, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL and Brett Palmateer, Denver, CO

151591 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

Are Museum Collections Adequate to Test the Escalation Hypothesis?: A Preliminary Case Study Using the Plio-Pleistocene Strombus Alatus Species Complex from Florida

Mary Elizabeth Kosloski, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY and Gregory S. Herbert, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

151660 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

An Experimental Assessment of Penetration, Excavation and Consumption Rates of the Muricid Gastropod, Nucella Lamellosa

Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur and Tomasz K. Baumiller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

152292 (Technical Sessions)

249 Paleontology (Posters) II - Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Traces

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