2 Cenozoic Paleontology of the Mid-Atlantic

Thursday, 30 March 2017
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Roanoke Room

Presentations

• 8:20 AM
  LONG IN THE TOOTH: TUSK MORPHOLOGY OF LATE PLEISTOCENE PROBOSCIDEANS FROM THE DIAMOND VALLEY LAKE LOCAL FAUNA, INLAND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  Kathlyn M. Smith, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA and Alton C. Dooley, Western Science Center, Hemet, CA and Trevor Hanfland, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
  290063 (Theme Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  NEW MYSTICETE WHALE SPECIMEN COULD REPRESENT FIRST OF ITS KIND FROM MIDDLE MIOCENE SITE IN CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
  R. Courtland Lyle, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA and R. Courtland Lyle, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA and Alexander K. Hastings, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA and Alton C. Dooley, Western Science Center, Hemet, CA
  291511 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  SHARK DIVERSITY AND WATER DEPTH ESTIMATION AT THE MIDDLE MIOCENE CARMEL CHURCH QUARRY ECOSYSTEM (CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA)
  Alexander K. Hastings, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA and Lucy Treado, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA and R. Courtland Lyle, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA and Alton C. Dooley, Western Science Center, Hemet, CA
  291057 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  MOLLUSCAN FAUNA OF THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE WANDO FORMATION, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
  Matthew R. Campbell, Erskine College, Due West, SC
  290387 (Theme Sessions)
• 9:40 AM
  COMPARISONS OF COMMUNITY AND PREDATION BETWEEN LARGE AND SMALL GASTROPODS IN THE MIOCENE ST. MARY’S FORMATION, MARYLAND
  Emily S. Stafford, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Leslie Marie Montoya, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC and Frank Forcino, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
  291135 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ASTARTE (BIVALVIA: ASTARTIDAE) FROM THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
  R. Philip Roberson, Murray State University, Murray, KY and Michelle M. Casey, Murray State University, Murray, KY
  290566 (Theme Sessions)
• 10:40 AM
  TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN EDGE- AND WALL-DRILLING PREDATION ON OLIGOCENE THROUGH PLEISTOCENE BIVALVES OF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
  Patricia Kelley, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC and Thor A. Hansen, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA
  290187 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:00 AM
  MOLLUSKS AS A PROXY FOR ASSESSING ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF ARTIFICIAL REEFS: A COMPARISON OF DEAD AND LIVING MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES IN THE SUWANNEE REGIONAL REEF SYSTEM, FLORIDA
  Shamindri Dinusha Tennakoon, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Shamindri Dinusha Tennakoon, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and William Lindberg, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Michał Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Michał Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
  290586 (Theme Sessions)
• 11:20 AM
  MOLLUSKS AS ARCHIVES OF SPATIAL BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS IN MARINE BENTHIC COMMUNITIES: AN EXAMPLE FROM COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA, USA
  Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Carrie Tyler, Miami University, Oxford, OH
  290887 (Theme Sessions)