Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

AN EARLY CRETACEOUS THEROPOD FOOT FROM SOUTHWESTERN ARKANSAS AS A POSSIBLE TRACK MAKER IN CENTRAL TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN UTAH

ReBecca Kathleen Hunt, Univ of Arkansas - Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR

35925 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ARTICULATED SPONGES FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN HETANG FORMATION IN SOUTH CHINA

Jie Hu, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, N/A and Shuhai Xiao, Tulane Univ, New Orleans, LA and Xunlai Yuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Nanjing, N/A

36148 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

COLORADO PALEOCENE SILICIFIED GYMNOSPERM YEILDS FIRST IN SITU STYRENE—A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PARTIAL, CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION

Paul T. Kay, Denver, CO

37347 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A NEW OCCURRENCE OF THE REPTILE TRACKWAY NOTALACERTA MISSOURIENSIS FROM WESTERN INDIANA

Joe Monks, Purdue Univ, West Lafayette, IN

37452 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MEMBRANA TESTACEA OF TITANOSAURID EGGS FROM AUCA MAHUEVO (ARGENTINA): DESCRIPTION, SIGNIFICANCE, IMPLICATIONS, AND PRESERVATIONAL INTERPRETATION

Gerald Grellet-Tinner, (1)USC and (2) Nat History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA

37744 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PHYLOGENETIC INTEGRITY AND RELATIONSHIPS OF TRICONODONTIDAE (MAMMALIA)

Brooke K. Wilborn, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Richard L. Cifelli, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

37750 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

NEW LATEST ORDOVICIAN (RAWTHEYAN AND HIRNANTIAN) CRINOID FAUNAS FROM ANTICOSTI ISLAND, QUEBEC, CANADA

W.I. Ausich, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH and P. Copper, Laurentian Univ, Sudbury, ON

37751 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A NEW PELECANIFORM BIRD FROM THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION (EOCENE) OF WYOMING

Bonnie Electra Gulas-Wroblewski, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL and Seaghan UiBreaslain, Univ of Wyonimg, Larimie, WY

38563 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CLIMATE AND ECOLOGY OF AN EOCENE PLANT-HERBIVORE ASSEMBLAGE

Jamie Hodgkins, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Dena Smith, Univ of Colorado, Boulder, CO

38928 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEVELOPING ESR DATING FOR SHARKS' TEETH: TOWARDS A NEW GEOCHRONOLOGICAL METHOD FOR SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND PALEONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Donovan A. Chaderton, Flushing, NY and Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Joel I.B. Blickstein, Flushing, NY and Anne R. Skinner, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and John G. Maisey, American Museum of Nat History, New York, NY and Mimi N. Divjak, Flushing, NY

38949 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF CAMARASAURUS (DINOSAURIA, SAUROPODA) FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION

Takehito Ikejiri, Fort Hays State Univ, Hays, KS

39706 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A SURVEY OF NON-TOOTH CHONDRICHTHIAN HARD-PARTS FROM THE LOWER NAVESINK FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN) IN MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

Martin A. Becker, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ and Ryan J. Earley, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and John A. Chamberlain, Brooklyn College and Graduate School of the City Univ, Brooklyn, NY

39773 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE TIMING OF VALLEY INCISEMENT AND DEPOSITION OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN BLACK HAND SANDSTONE OF OHIO

Thomas W. Kammer, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV and David L. Matchen, West Virginia Geol and Economic Survey, Morgantown, WV

40057 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CD-ROM ARCHIVES- "REPORT UPON THE EXTINCT VERTEBRATA OBTAINED IN NEW MEXICO BY PARTIES OF THE EXPEDITION OF 1874," BY EDWARD D. COPE, WITH MULTIMEDIA ANNOTATIONS

Kevin C. McKinney, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Dan S. Chaney, National Museum of Nat History, DC and Thomas E. Williamson, New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, Albuquerque, NM and Richard H. Tedford, American Museum of Nat History, New York, NY

40225 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

DEVELOPING PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE MONITORING STRATEGIES FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Alison L. Koch, N/A, Kemmerer, WY and Vincent L. Santucci, N/A, Kemmerer, WY and H. Gregory McDonald, National Park Service, Denver, CO

40313 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC UTILITY OF THE CRETACEOUS SHARK GENUS PTYCHODUS

Sally C. Johnson, New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, Albuquerque, NM and Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, Albuquerque, NM and Virginia Friedman, Univ of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX

40905 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

FOSSIL FISHES FROM THE LOWERMOST GREENHORN LIMESTONE (UPPER CRETACEOUS: MIDDLE CENOMANIAN) IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

Jennifer A. Parkin, DePaul Univ, Chicago, IL and Jaclyn M. Palermo, DePaul Univ, Chicago, IL and Kenshu Shimada, DePaul Univ, Chicago, IL and Bruce A. Schumacher, USDA Forest Service, La Junta, CO

41138 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A NEW FOSSIL RODENT FROM THE HOLOCENE OF BONAIRE, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Donald A. McFarlane, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA and Joyce Lundberg, Carleton Univ, Ottawa, N/A

41156 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PROSPECTING FOSSILS FROM A DISTANCE: A STRATEGY FOR PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND EDUCATION

Jaclyn M. Palermo, DePaul Univ, Chicago, IL and Jennifer A. Parkin, DePaul Univ, Chicago, IL and Kenshu Shimada, DePaul Univ, Chicago, IL and Bruce A. Schumacher, USDA Forest Service, La Junta, CO

41206 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MICROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PALYNOMORPHS OF THE MIOCENE CLARKIA LAKE SEDIMENTS, CLARKIA, IDAHO

Jesse White, Univ of Idaho, Moscow, ID and William Rember, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Thomas J. Williams, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID

41818 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF A WEB-BASED PALEONTOLOGIC DATABASE FOR FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT

Herbert W. Meyer, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, CO and Linda Lutz-Ryan, National Park Service Intermountain Region, Denver, CO and Matthew S. Wasson, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, CO and Amanda Cook, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, CO and April E. Kinchloe, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, CO and Boyce A. Drummond, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO

41989 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AND PRESERVATION OF EDIACARAN-LIKE FOSSILS IN THE BOSTON BAY GROUP, MASSACHUSETTS

Richard H. Bailey, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA and Kathryn E. Fletcher, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA

43183 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A REVISED ORDOVICIAN GRAPTOLITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHI KAPPA FORMATION AT TRAIL CREEK, CENTRAL IDAHO

Miles Cone, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY and Charles E. Mitchell, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY and Daniel Goldman, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH and Jörg Maletz, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY and Hilary Janousek, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH

43346 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

UPPER TRIASSIC PALEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY IN THE ALEXANDER TERRANE, KEKU STRAIT, SOUTHEAST ALASKA

Erik C. Katvala, Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT and George D. Stanley, Univ of Montana, Missoula, MT and Robert B. Blodgett, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR

43350 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

THE IRATI FORMATION OUTCROP IN PASSO SÃO BORJA (UPPER PERMIAN, PARANÁ BASIN, SOUTHERN BRAZIL): PALEOBOTANY, PALYNOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHY

Laureen Sally da Rosa Alves, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, N/A

43408 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

CARNIVORE BREEDING DEN, WHITE RIVER OLIGOCENE

Joseph N. DiBenedetto, Univ of Texas, El Paso, El Paso, TX

43787 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

A NEW OCCURRENCE OF VERTEBRATE TRACKWAYS FROM THE LATE PALEOCENE (BULLION CREEK FORMATION) OF WANNAGAN CREEK, NORTH DAKOTA

H. Douglas Hanks, Marmarth Research Foundation, Marmarth, ND and Tyler R. Lyson, Marmarth Research Foundation, Marmarth, ND and Emily S. Tremain, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN and Jennifer E. Roberts, SDSMT, Rapid City, SD and Bruce R. Erickson, Sci Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Scott A. Haire, Sci Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

43878 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

UPPER DEVONIAN CRAWLING TRACE PRODUCED BY LOBE-FINNED FISH, CATSKILL FORMATION, WYALUSING, PA

Jennifer M. Elick, Susquehanna Univ, Selinsgrove, PA and Jon D. Inners, Middletown, PA

44201 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

MIDDLE CAMBRIAN TO UPPER ORDOVICIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEONTOLOGY ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, WESTERN MARYLAND

David K. Brezinski, Maryland Geol Survey, Baltimore, MD and John E. Repetski, US Geol Survey, Reston, VA and John F. Taylor, IUP, Indiana, PA

44516 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

TRILOBITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY ACROSS THE BASE OF THE WHITEROCKIAN SERIES (ORDOVICIAN) FOR THE PROPOSED GSSP AT WHITEROCK CANYON, NEVADA

James D. Loch, Central Missouri State Univ, Warrensburg, MO

44573 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ABNORMAL ACRITARCHS: A TERATOLOGICAL CASE FROM THE LLANDOVERY/WENLOCK BOUNDARY IN THE AMAZON BASIN, NORTHERN BRAZIL

Tereza Regina Cardoso, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-Faculdade de Geologia, Rio de Janeiro, N/A and Maria Antonieta Rodrigues, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-Faculdade de Geologia, Rio de Janeiro, N/A

44698 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

SILURIAN ACRITARCHS FROM THE AMAZON BASIN, NORTHERN BRAZIL

Tereza Regina Cardoso, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro-Faculdade de Geologia, Rio de Janeiro, N/A

45094 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

PALYNOFACIES AND THERMAL MATURATION OF EARLY PALEOZOIC ROCKS IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI: PRELIMINARY COMPARISON BETWEEN THE REELFOOT RIFT AND ADJACENT PLATFORM

Michael E. Corbett, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO and Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO and Jay M. Gregg, Univ of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO

45242 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK PALEONTOLOGICAL SURVEY

Krisha Hansel Tracy, Georgia College & State Univ, Milledgeville, GA

45386 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

REGIONALLY EXTENSIVE MASS KILL OF LARGE ORTHOCONE NAUTILOIDS, REDWALL LIMESTONE (LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN), GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA

Steven A. Austin, Institute for Creation Rsch, Santee, CA and Kurt P. Wise, Bryan College, Dayton, TN

45610 (Technical Sessions)

8:00 AM

ONTOGENETIC DEPTH AS A COMPLEXITY METRIC FOR THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION

Marcus R. Ross, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Paul A. Nelson, The Discovery Institute, Glenview, IL