Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

A COMPLETE SKELETON OF A BASAL SAUROPOD DINOSAUR FROM THE EARLY JURASSIC OF CHINA AND THE ORIGIN OF SAUROPODA

Sankar Chatterjee, Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX and T. Wang, Dinosaur Museum of Lufeng, Lufeng, N/A and S.G. Pan, Dinosaur Museum of Lufeng, Lufeng, N/A and Z. Dong, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology, Beijing, N/A and X.C. Wu, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, N/A and P. Upchurch, University College London, London, N/A

175675 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

THE END OF THE CRETACEOUS SAUROPOD DINOSAUR HIATUS IN NORTH AMERICA

Michael D'Emic, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Jeffrey A. Wilson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Richard Thompson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

180530 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

A VOLCANIC MAAR ORIGIN FOR THE AVIAN PALEONTOLOGICAL LOCALITY AT FOSSIL LAKE, OREGON

Katherine McCarville, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA

180356 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

FLORAL COMPOSITION AND PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A LATE NEOGENE FLORA FROM THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE, NORTHEASTERN TN: RESULTS FROM POLLEN ANALYSIS

Diana Ochoa-Lozano, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN and Yu-Sheng Liu, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN and Michael S. Zavada, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

179694 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

INTRALAKE VARIABILITY IN OSTRACODE ASSEMBLAGES FOR USE IN PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION: A CASE STUDY FROM SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS

Andrew V. Michelson, University of Akron, Akron, OH and Lisa E. Park, University of Akron, Akron, OH

181479 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

USE OF HISTORICAL AND BASELINE SPECIMENS TO TRACK RESPONSES OF MOLLUSCAN PRIMARY CONSUMERS TO THE EFFECTS OF THE 2010 DEEPWATER HORIZON HYDROCARBON SPILL

Laurie Anderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA and Peter D. Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA and David Gillikin, Union College, Schenectady, NY and Deanne Roopnarine, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL and David H. Goodwin, Denison University, Granville, OH

179365 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

USING LAKE SEDIMENT CORES TO INVESTIGATE PAST MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE OUTBREAKS

Jennifer H. Watt, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Andrea Brunelle, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

180544 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

COMPARING COMMUNITY SIGNALS USING ABUNDANCE AND BIOVOLUME MEASURES ON MODERN AND FOSSIL REEFS, SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS

Amelinda E. Webb, Yale University, New Haven, CT

179868 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

SPATIAL VARIATION OF LATE PENNSYLVANIAN PALEOCOMMUNITIES: ECOLOGICAL AND SAMPLING IMPLICATIONS

Frank L. Forcino, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI and Eilidh J. Richards, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Nikqueta Chojnacki, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Emily S. Stafford, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB and Lindsey R. Leighton, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

175705 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

SHELL-AGE EVIDENCE OF RECENT ECOLOGICAL CHANGES, LITTLE POSTMORTEM TRANSPORT, AND FLATTENING OF AGE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH TIME: INSIGHTS FROM AN URBAN SHELF

Susan Kidwell, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Adam Tomašových, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Darrell Kaufman, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

182421 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

LIVE-DEAD AGREEMENT OF MOLLUSCAN COMMUNITIES ALONG AN EUTROPHICATION GRADIENT

Michelle M. Casey, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH and Gregory Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY

181942 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

EARLY CEMENTATION OF THE BRACHIOPOD BOUCHARDIA ROSEA ON A MODERN TROPICAL SHELF

David L. Rodland, Muskingum University, New Concord, OH and Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Marcello G. Simoes, Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, N/A

181631 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

CARBONATE FACIES CONTROL ON THE FIDELITY OF SURFACE-SUBSURFACE AGREEMENT IN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL COMMUNITIES – IMPLICATIONS FOR INDEX-BASED PALEOECOLOGY

Simon A.F. Darroch, Yale University, New Haven, CT

181266 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

TAPHONOMY OF A NEARLY COMPLETE POLYCOTYLID PLESIOSAUR SKELETON FROM THE TROPIC SHALE OF SOUTHERN UTAH

Rebecca L. Schmeisser, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI and David D. Gillette, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ

181000 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

ON THE SPATIAL FIDELITY OF ARCTIC DEATH ASSEMBLAGES: CARIBOU CALVING GROUNDS AND THEIR SKELETAL INDICATORS

Joshua Miller, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH