Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

SUCCESSION OF IRON OXIDE MICROBIAL MATS IN ACIDIC GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS

Jacob P. Beam, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Zackary J. Jay, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Hans C. Bernstein, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, RIchland, WA and Steven C. Jay, Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman, MT and William P. Inskeep, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

238377 (Technical Sessions)

8:20 AM

THE PROVENANCE OF DETRITAL ZIRCONS FROM THE CAMBRIAN ADDY QUARTZITE, NORTHEAST WASHINGTON: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CENTRAL NEVADA?

Gwen M. Linde, University of Nevada, Reno, NV and James H. Trexler, University of Nevada, Reno, NV and Patricia Cashman, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV and William R. Dickinson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

238313 (Technical Sessions)

8:40 AM

CORRELATING SAPPINGTON FORMATION SEQUENCES INTRABASINALLY AND AS PROXIES TO LATE DEVONIAN GLACIATION: UTILIZING PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY

Peter E. Isaacson, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and George W. Grader, PRISEM Geoscience Consulting, Spokane, WA and Mercedes M. di Pasquo, CICYTTP-CONICET, Diamante and Audrey M. Warren, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Aaron P. Rodriguez, University of Idaho, Ojai, CA

238037 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

PENNSYLVANIAN CONODONT BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE SNAKY CANYON FORMATION, EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO

Jason M. Abplanalp, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID and Peter E. Isaacson, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID

238556 (Technical Sessions)

9:20 AM

DOES SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY CONTROL THE DIVERSITY OF CONTINENTAL FOSSILS? A GASTROPOD CASE STUDY FROM THE KAIPAROWITS FORMATION, SOUTHERN UTAH

R. Scott Kelly, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID and Leif Tapanila, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

238820 (Technical Sessions)

9:40 AM

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS AND BREAKAGE PATTERN OF MAMMALIAN BONES FROM THE CABBAGE PATCH BEDS OF WESTERN MONTANA (RENOVA FORMATION, ARIKAREEAN)

Jonathan Calede, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

238514 (Technical Sessions)

10:20 AM

LINKING CLIMATE AND FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE EARLY EOCENE: MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE WASATCHIAN/BRIDGERIAN NALMA BOUNDARY IN THE WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING, USA

Jeremy A. Riedel, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH and William Clyde, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH and Richard K. Stucky, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO and Robert G. Raynolds, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO

238676 (Technical Sessions)

10:40 AM

TAPHONOMY OF DESERT TORTOISE (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII) NESTING SITES FOR COMPARISON TO THE FOSSIL RECORD

Frankie D. Jackson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and David J. Varricchio, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Robert A. Jackson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Andrew D. Walde, Walde Research & Environmental Consulting, Atascadero, CA

238616 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

ACCELERATED BIOMECHANICAL EVOLUTION PRECEDES SHIFTS IN LOCOMOTION

Jacob D. Gardner, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and John P. Wilson, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Holley M. Flora, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT and Chris L. Organ, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

238523 (Technical Sessions)

11:20 AM

PARADOX OF THE DEVIL’S TOENAILS: TAPHONOMIC MIXING OBSCURES CRETACEOUS DRILLING PREDATION IN UTAH OYSTERS

Ashley Ferguson, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID and Leif Tapanila, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID

238703 (Technical Sessions)

11:40 AM

USE OF MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS ON CUBONAVICULAR AND ASTRAGALI TO DIFFERENTIATE BISON SPECIES

Ashley Ferguson, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID and Mary E. Thompson, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Pocatello, ID

238707 (Technical Sessions)

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