John W Williams, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Jessica Blois, University of California Merced, School of Natural Sciences, Merced, CA, United States, Simon J Goring, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States, Eric C Grimm, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Alison J Smith, Kent State University Kent Campus, Department of Geology, Kent, OH, United States, Mark D Uhen, George Mason University Fairfax, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, Fairfax, VA, United States and Neotoma Leadership Council