176 Laws of the Grave: Advances in Taphonomy Across the Paleontologic Record
This session emphasizes the interdisciplinary and ubiquitous nature of taphonomy for analysis of the fossil record. We welcome submissions focused on understanding taphonomic processes or its impacts across any paleontologic subdiscipline, taxon, or geologic era.
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
HBGCC, 304B
Participants
- Chair Broc Kokesh
- Chair Rachel Laker
Presentations
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8:00 AMHaley Vantoorenburg, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and James Schiffbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Natalia Bykova, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Tara Selly, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and Ursula Toom, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn and Olev Vinn, University of Tartu, Tartu412297 (Technical Sessions)
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8:15 AMAndrew White, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS and Brian Platt, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS and Daniel Hembree, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN414459 (Technical Sessions)
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8:30 AMApril Cerami, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV and James Lamsdell, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV and Alexander Bradley, West Virginia University, MORGANTOWN, WV413424 (Technical Sessions)
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8:45 AMFrancesc Pérez-Peris, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Sarah Losso, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bruno Becker-Kerber, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Javier Ortega-Hernández, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts413018 (Technical Sessions)
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9:00 AMJames Schiffbauer, Mizzou Geology, Columbia, MO and Gordon Baird, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY412398 (Technical Sessions)
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9:15 AMMichelle Casey, Towson University, Towson, MD and Simon Darroch, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt and Zoe Leuba, Towson University, Towson, MD414358 (Technical Sessions)
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9:30 AMRachel Laker, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH and Sarah Keenan, South Dakota School of Mines, Rapid City, SD and Joshua Miller, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH413142 (Technical Sessions)
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9:55 AMMadeline Marshall, Albion College, Albion, MI414440 (Technical Sessions)
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10:15 AMBroc Kokesh, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Maya Samuels-Fair, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Kayli Stowe, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Ryan Yohler, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Leah Kahn, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and Seth Finnegan, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA412545 (Technical Sessions)
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10:30 AMAustin Hendy, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA and Chloe Saldaña, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA414857 (Technical Sessions)
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10:45 AMChristina Belanger, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Gael Nkwain, Texas A&M University, College Station, Tx and David Bapst, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Isabella Griffo, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Leilani Olivares, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX412589 (Technical Sessions)
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11:00 AMLuis Torres, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Hyungjoo Jang, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Pamod Liyanagedara, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Enrique Hernandez, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Roger Portell, Florida Museum Natural History, Invertebrate Paleontology, Gainesville, FL and Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL413428 (Technical Sessions)
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11:15 AMCarrie Tyler, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV and Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL412495 (Technical Sessions)
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11:30 AMSeth Finnegan, UC Berkeley Integrative Biology, Berkeley, CA414922 (Technical Sessions)
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11:45 AMSusan Kidwell, Univ Chicago, Chicago, IL and Adam Tomasovych, Earth Science Institute of Slovak Academy Sciences, Bratislava414155 (Technical Sessions)