238 Paleontology: Trace Fossils, Taphonomy, and Exceptional Preservation

Tuesday, 21 October 2014
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Presentations

• 1:00 PM
  THE IMPORTANCE OF VERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOSSIL RECORD: EXAMPLES FROM THE OUTSTANDING ICHNOFAUNAS OF NEW MEXICO
  Spencer Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM and Adrian P. Hunt, Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, WA
  244559 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:15 PM
  THE VERTEBRATE BROMALITE RECORD IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
  Adrian P. Hunt, Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, WA and Spencer Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM
  244748 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:30 PM
  SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY, DECAY AND CONCRETION PRECIPITATION
  Victoria E. McCoy, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Robert T. Young, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Derek E.G. Briggs, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  247976 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  PALEOECOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE BEAR GULCH LIMESTONE, CENTRAL MONTANA: HOW DEPOSITION AND TAPHONOMY MAY BE DRIVING DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE
  Amy Singer, University of Montana, Missoula, MT and George D. Stanley, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
  249344 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  TAPHONOMIC BIAS OF SELECTIVE SILICIFICATION REVEALED BY PAIRED PETROGRAPHIC AND INSOLUBLE RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER, WESTERN US
  Sara Pruss, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Jonathan Payne, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Sophie Westacott, Smith College, Northampton, MA
  244396 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  SOFT-BODIED TAPHONOMY AND MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN CAMBRIAN LAGERSTÄTTEN FROM THE HOUSE RANGE EMBAYMENT
  Jesse S. Broce, Columbia, MO and James Schiffbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Tara Selly, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Steven T. LoDuca, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
  244973 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA: EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF A BOX JELLYFISH FROM A LATE CARBONIFEROUS LAGERSTÄTTE IN THE MIDCONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA
  Graham A. Young, Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB and James W. Hagadorn, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
  246867 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF SILURIAN ALGAL-LAGERSTÄTTEN
  Steven T. LoDuca, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI and James Schiffbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  244913 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  TAPHONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON EURYPTERID LAGERSTäTTEN: A MODEL FOR PRESERVATION IN THE MID-PALEOZOIC
  Matthew B. Vrazo, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Samuel J. Ciurca, Rochester, NY and Carlton E. Brett, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  248209 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:45 PM
  QUANTITATIVE TAPHONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF ANOMALOCARIS FROM MIDDLE CAMBRIAN SHALES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
  Tara Selly, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and James Schiffbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and John Huntley, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
  244081 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:00 PM
  NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNAL ANATOMY AND TAPHONOMIC HISTORY OF TRILOBITES REVEALED THROUGH CT SCANNING
  Michael A. Rutana, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH and Loren E. Babcock, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
  249771 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:15 PM
  MODELING SIZE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRILOBITES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TRILOBITE BIOLOGY AND PRESERVATION POTENTIAL
  Rachel L. Kolenko, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA and Nigel C. Hughes, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
  247530 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:30 PM
  A SYSTEMATIC NEOICHNOLOGIC LABORATORY STUDY OF THE LIFE STAGES AND AGES OF LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS
  Carmela Cuomo, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT and Timothy P. Stankye, The University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
  250178 (Technical Sessions)