12 Contextualizing the Importance of the Newark Supergroup to Understanding the Biotic Change in the Early Mesozoic

Thursday, 10 April 2014
1:00 PM - 4:40 PM
Assembly Hall

Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF THE BIOTIC ASSEMBLAGES OF THE DAN RIVER-DANVILLE AND DEEP RIVER BASINS (NEWARK SUPERGROUP, VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, USA)
  Paul Olsen, Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Dennis V. Kent, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and Jessica H. Whiteside, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton and Jeffrey C. Reid, N.C. Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC and Kenneth B. Taylor, N.C. Geological Survey, Raleigh, NC
  237388 (Symposia Sessions)
• 1:20 PM
  NEW GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ALLOW COMPARISONS BETWEEN LATE TRIASSIC BIOTA AND PALEOENVIRONMENT FROM WESTERN AND EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
  Randall Irmis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Roland Mundil, Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, CA and George E. Gehrels, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and John Geissman, Univ of Texas - Dallas Geosciences, ROC 21, Richardson, TX and Dennis V. Kent, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ and Paul E. Olsen, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Jessica H. Whiteside, University of Southampton, Southampton, N/A and William G. Parker, Petrified Forest National Park, Petrified Forest, AZ
  237547 (Symposia Sessions)
• 1:40 PM
  TRIASSIC INSECT REMAINS FROM THE VIRGINIA SOLITE QUARRY - HOW FAR DID THEY SINK?
  Nicholas C. Fraser, Edinburgh and Andrew Heckert, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and David A. Grimaldi, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY and Dena M. Smith, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO and Brian J. Axsmith, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
  236868 (Symposia Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  TINY TRIASSIC FISH FROM THE NEWARK SUPERGROUP: WHAT DO SMALL SHARKS AND LITTLE LUNGFISH SAY ABOUT PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF NORTH AMERICA’S TRIASSIC RIFT BASINS?
  Andrew Heckert, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Vincent Schneider, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Eric J. Sload, Kent State University, Kent, OH and Paul Olsen, Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Phillip Huber, Faribault, MN
  237073 (Symposia Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  THE ACTINOPTERYGIAN FISHES OF THE NEWARK SUPERGROUP AND CHINLE FORMATION, NORTH AMERICA: NEW DISCOVERIES AND COMMENTS ON THE DIVERSITY OF FISHES FROM THE EARLY MESOZOIC
  Sarah Z. Gibson, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
  237473 (Symposia Sessions)
• 2:55 PM
  SMALL DIAPSID SKELETONS FROM THE LOCKATONG FORMATION (UPPER TRIASSIC) OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE SYSTEMATICS OF EARLY SAURIAN REPTILES
  Adam Pritchard, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
  237503 (Symposia Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  PHYLOGENETIC SIGNALS IN PHYTOSAUR TOOTH ENAMEL MICROSTRUCTURE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NEWARK SUPERGROUP PHYTOSAURS
  Devin K. Hoffman, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC and Jessica A. Miller-Camp, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA and Andrew Heckert, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
  237098 (Symposia Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  THE PHYTOSAURS FROM THE NEWARK SUPERGROUP AND EQUIVALENT STRATA: NEW INFORMATION AND INTERPRETATIONS FOR PHYTOSAUR EVOLUTIONARY MORPHOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS
  Michelle R. Stocker, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  237232 (Symposia Sessions)
• 3:55 PM
  A LARGE-BODIED CROCODYLOMORPH WITH EXTENSIVE CRANIAL ORNAMENTATION FROM THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHATHAM GROUP OF NORTH CAROLINA
  Susan Drymala, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and Lindsay Zanno, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Sterling Nesbitt, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Vincent Schneider, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
  237540 (Symposia Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF CROCODYLOMORPHA: NEARLY COMPLETE SKELETONS FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC OF NORTH CAROLINA DEMONSTRATE CONSERVATION IN THE EARLY BODY PLAN OF A SUCCESSFUL CLADE
  Sterling Nesbitt, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and Vince Schneider, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Randall Irmis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Lindsay Zanno, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC and Julia Clarke, The University of Texas Austin, Austin, TX
  237515 (Symposia Sessions)