50 Significant 21st-Century Paleontological Discoveries in Northeastern North America

Monday, 24 March 2014
1:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Heritage Salon E

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  INTERSECTION OF ECOLOGICAL AND TAPHONOMIC FACTORS IN THE PRESERVATION OF DISPARATE FAUNAS, INCLUDING SOFT-BODIED TAXA (SOME NEW OR NOT PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED), CLOSELY ASSOCIATED IN THE KINZERS FORMATION, EARLY CAMBRIAN OF S.E. PENNSYLVANIA
  Roger D.K. Thomas, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA and Kerry Matt, Lancaster, PA
  236258 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:55 PM
  CRYPTOSPORES AND THE FOSSIL RECORD OF EARLY LAND PLANT EVOLUTION
  Paul K. Strother, Boston College, Weston, MA
  236407 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  A REAPPRAISAL OF FLORA IN THE BERTIE GROUP AND THEIR POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANCE IN ANALYZING THE ENVIRONMENT OF LATE SILURIAN NEW YORK STATE AND CANADA
  Patrick R. Nolan, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
  235201 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  FIRST FISHES FROM THE SILURIAN (PRIDOLIAN) BERTIE LAGERSTATTE OF NEW YORK STATE  
  Scott McKenzie, Erie, PA
  235847 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  REPTILE TRACKWAYS PROVIDE A TRIASSIC DATE FOR ENIGMATIC ROCKS AT VALLEY QUARRIES FAIRFIELD OPERATION, PENNSYLVANIA
  Robert E. Weems, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Randy Van Scyoc, Chambersburg, PA and G. Robert Ganis, Consulting Geologist, Southern Pines, NC and Brad Bender, Chambersburg, PA
  235415 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  NEW DISCOVERIES AND DATA FROM THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY SEQUENCE IN THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN: A SUMMARY OF 21ST CENTURY RESEARCH
  William B. Gallagher, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ
  236128 (Theme Sessions)