26 Interdisciplinary Paleontology: New approaches to solving complex paleontological problems (Posters)

Paleontology is increasingly drawing upon insight from other disciplines to solve complex problems and generate more accurate reconstructions of past life. This session will illustrate novel interdisciplinary research and provide tools to develop such approaches.

Tuesday, 19 May 2026
8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Alvarado D/E

Participants

• Chair Jason Moore
• Chair Corinne Myers

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  Reconstructing the Paleoecology and Community Structure of Late Eocene Insect and Arachnid Faunal Assemblages at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado, USA
  Jesse Easterwood, University of Wyoming, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Laramie, WY and Joshua Slattery, University of Wyoming, Cheyenne, WY and Zachary Tenney, University of Wyoming, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Laramie, WY
  410496 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Evolution of the Miocene Protolabine Camels
  Stephanie Lukowski, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque, NM and Donald Prothero, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona,, CA and Ed Welsh, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD and Kristin Watmore, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Meghan Forcellati, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
  410511 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Tooth Indentations of Microfossils from Micro Vertebrates in the Chadronian and Orellan Periods from the White River Group NE
  Elena De Santo, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Jason Moore, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  410517 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  TRACE FOSSILS FROM MARS (NASA CURIOSITY ROVER IMAGERY): EVIDENCE OF PAST MACROSCOPIC LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET
  Stephen Hasiotis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS and Thomas Bown, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and Kimberly Nichols, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO and Sandra Brake, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN and Benjamin Magnin, French Geological Survey (BRGM), Orleans, Centre-Val de Loire and Gary Johnson, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
  410522 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Identifying Sources of Bias in Modern Avian Preservation in the Paraguayan Chaco and their Implications for Future Fossil Interpretations
  Anna Wampler, University of New Mexico, Honors College, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Jason Moore, University of New Mexico, Honors College, Albuquerque, NM
  410570 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Assessing the Impact of Ontogenetic Development on the Formation and Variation of Taphonomic Signatures in Vertebrate Remains
  Patience Martinez, University of New Mexico, Rio Rancho, NM and Jason Moore, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  410580 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Using δ18O composition of a modern microvertebrate assemblage to assess spatial resolution of the fossil record
  Remilla Olivola, University of New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Science, Albuquerque, New Mexico and Jason Moore, University of New Mexico, Honors College, Albuquerque, NM and Cory Redman, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Viorel Atudorei, Univ New Mexico, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Albuquerque, NM
  410649 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  Experimentally determining the forces and sedimentary environments involved in miring crocodilians.
  Zen Menendez, University of New Mexico , Albuquerque, NM and Jason Moore, University of New Mexico, Honors College, Albuquerque, NM
  410667 (Technical Sessions)