15 Paleontology, Paleoclimate, Paleoecology, and Evolution

Friday, 22 May 2015
1:00 PM - 3:45 PM
South Ballroom

Presentations

• 1:05 PM
  CLIMATE THROUGHOUT GEOLOGIC TIME HAS BEEN CONTROLLED PRIMARILY BY THE BALANCE BETWEEN COOLING CAUSED BY MAJOR EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS OF EVOLVED MAGMAS TYPICAL OF ISLAND ARCS AND WARMING CAUSED BY VOLUMINOUS EFFUSIVE ERUPTIONS OF BASALTIC MAGMA TYPICAL OF SUBAERIAL OCEAN RIDGES, ISLAND CHAINS, AND CONTINENTAL FLOOD BASALTS
  Peter Ward, Science Is Never Settled, Jackson, WY
  255214 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:25 PM
  PALEOENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OF APECTODINIUM IN THE LATE PALEOCENE OF WEST AFRICA
  Walaa K. Awad, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO
  255417 (Theme Sessions)
• 1:45 PM
  THE EARLY PALEOGENE HERREN FLORA: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EARLY CENOZOIC HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
  Anthony Jijina, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  255382 (Theme Sessions)
• 2:40 PM
  DOCUMENTING POSSIBILITIES OF REGIONAL VARIATION IN THE COLUMBIAN MAMMOTH (MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI) USING MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF CRANIAL AND DENTAL METRICS FROM SPECIMENS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
  Ashley M. Leger, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Larry D. Agenbroad, Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD., Inc., Hot Springs, SD and Maribeth H. Price, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
  255970 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  FOSSIL COMPLETENESS OF THE THALATTOSUCHIA
  Daniel Driscoll, University of Bristol, Bristol and Alexander Dunhill, University of Leeds, Leeds and Michael J. Benton, University of Bristol, Bristol
  256076 (Theme Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  THE PHYLOGENY AND EVOLUTION OF THE HETEROMORPHIC AMMONITE BACULITES IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
  Joshua S. Slattery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Brian Andres, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL and Ashley L. Sandness, Tampa, FL and Peter J. Harries, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  256145 (Theme Sessions)