1 Paleontology and Archaeological Geology

Thursday, 19 March 2015
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Exhibit Room 2

Presentations

• 8:05 AM
  A TAXONOMIC AND GEOLOGIC STUDY ON AN OREODONT SKULL EXCAVATED FROM BUFFALO GAP NATIONAL GRASSLANDS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
  Garrett Williamson, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX and T. Walsh, Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX and David Schmidt, Westminster College, Fulton, MO
  251392 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  A TAPHONOMIC COMPARISON OF BARN OWL (TYTO ALBA) PELLET REMAINS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS IN GEOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
  Heather McGuire, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK and Miriam Belmaker, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
  253242 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:45 AM
  GORHAYK, A NEW PALEOLITHIC SITE IN SYUNIK MARZ (PROVINCE) IN SOUTHERN ARMENIA: USING REGOLITH EVOLUTION TO DETERMINE SITE FORMATION PROCESSES
  Miriam Belmaker, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK and Hakob Simonyan, Ministry of Culture, Republic of Armenia, Yerevan
  253473 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:05 AM
  DIETARY VARIABILITY IN CAMELOPS, HEMIAUCHENIA, AND PALAEOLAMA OF THE AMERICAS DURING THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE
  Lindsey T. Yann, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK and Larisa DeSantis, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
  254161 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:25 AM
  TAXONONOMIC REVISION AND PALEOECOLOGY OF “THE CAPTAIN”, A UNIQUELY DERIVED TYLOSAURUS KANSANESIS SPECIMEN
  Nathan E. Van Vranken, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, The Colony, TX
  254166 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:05 AM
  ANATOMY OF A CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE EXTINCTION EVENT, HONEY CREEK FORMATION, WICHITA MOUNTAINS REGION, OKLAHOMA
  Stephen R. Westrop, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK and Sean R. Blackwell, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  254192 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:25 AM
  A PLEISTOCENE PUZZLE: A NEW OCCURRENCE OF MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI FROM THE LILY MCARTHUR GREGORY SITE OF DICKENS COUNTY TEXAS
  Matthew Boggs, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
  254198 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:45 AM
  IMPLICATION OF STABLE ISOTOPE SIGNATURE ON THE DIAGENESIS OF SANDSTONE AND ENCLOSED FOSSIL BONES; THE UPPER CRETACEOUS HELL CREEK FORMATION NEAR GLENDIVE, MONTANA
  Daigo Yamamura, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR and Celina Suarez, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
  254308 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:05 AM
  POWER OF STATISTICAL TESTS TO SUPPORT OR REFUTE THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE SPECIES OF THE SAME GENUS WHEN SAMPLE SIZES ARE SMALL
  Ian D. Browne, Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, OK
  254352 (Technical Sessions)