Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy Pool

 
TAPHONOMIC CRITERIA FOR RECOGNIZING DOWNSLOPE TRANSPORT OF ECHINODERMS: NEOGENE OF THE ANTILLES
DONOVAN, Stephen K., Geology, NCB Naturalis, Postbus 9517, Leiden 2300RA Netherlands, Steve.Donovan@ncbnaturalis.nl
 
DEEP-SEA TRACE FOSSILS: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
MILLER, William III, Geology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, wm1@humboldt.edu
 
THE STATUS OF THE TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC DEEP-WATER CRINOID FAUNA
MESSING, Charles G., Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University, 8000 N Ocean Drive, Dani Beach, FL 33004, messingc@nova.edu and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
 
VALIDATION OF TAXON-SPECIFIC SAMPLING FOR STUDYING DRILLING PREDATION ON FOSSIL BIVALVES
KELLEY, Patricia H.1, HATTORI, Kelly E.1, MOORE, Nicholas O.1, SIMPSON, Sarah L.1, ZAPPULLA, Anna M.1, OTTENS, Kristina2, DIETL, Gregory P.3, and VISAGGI, Christy C.4, (1) Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944, keh8102@uncw.edu, (2) Geology, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA 52314, (3) Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, (4) Geosciences, Georgia State University, PO Box 4105, Atlanta, GA 30302
 
ANALYSIS OF A RHUDDANIAN (LLANDOVERY, LOWER SILURIAN) SCLEROBIONT COMMUNITY IN THE HILLISTE FORMATION ON HIIUMAA ISLAND, ESTONIA: A HARD SUBSTRATE-DWELLING RECOVERY FAUNA
NOVEK, Jonah M.1, WILSON, Mark A.2, EKKA, Richa N.1, AUSICH, William3, and VINN, Olev4, (1) Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, jnovek13@wooster.edu, (2) Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, (3) School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, (4) Department of Geology, University of Tartu, Ravila 14A, Tartu, 50411, Estonia
 
OSTRACODES FROM WAULSORTIAN-LIKE MUDMOUNDS OF CENTRAL TENNESSEE
VINCENT, Taylor D., Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Technological University, Box 12957, Cookeville, TN 38505, tdvincent42@students.tntech.edu and KNOX, Larry W., Department of Earth Sciences, Tennessee Technological Univ, Box 5125, Cookeville, TN 38505
 
ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCES OF FOSSIL TURTLES OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
LICHTIG, Asher, EPS, Sul Ross State University, P.O. Box C-114, Alpine, TX 79832, alichtig@sulross.edu
 
PLESIOSAUR REMAINS FROM THE ARKADELPHIA FORMATION-MIDWAY GROUP CONTACT (MAASTRICHTIAN-PALEOCENE) HOT SPRING COUNTY, NEAR MALVERN, ARKANSAS
BECKER, Martin A., Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470, MAISCH, Harry IV, Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, meghunteriv@aol.com, O'BRIEN, Andrew J., Environmental Science, William Paterson University, 300 Pompton Rd, Wayne, NJ 07470, and CHAMBERLAIN, John A. Jr, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, and Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016
 
THE ORIGINS OF FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES: TESTING THE FOUNDATIONS OF PALEOBIOLOGY
KOSNIK, Matthew A., Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109 Australia, mkosnik@alumni.uchicago.edu
 
WESTERMANN MORPHOSPACE: AMMONOID SHELLS, LOCOMOTION, AND METABOLISM
RITTERBUSH, Kathleen A. and BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, ritterbu@usc.edu
 
PRELIMINARY PATTERNS OF HERBIVORY ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY IN THE DOLOMITES REGION, SOUTHERN ALPS, ITALY
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.1, KUSTATSCHER, Evelyn2, and BAUER, Kathleen2, (1) Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, labandec@si.edu, (2) Naturmuseum Südtirol, Bindergasse 1, Bolzano, I-39100, Italy
 
MICROENDOLITHIC STRUCTURES FROM THE FORT PAYNE FORMATION (LOWER MISSISSIPPIAN), KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PALEOENVIRONMENT OF CARBONATE MUD-MOUNDS
HANNON, Jeffrey S., Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 115 Shideler Hall, 501 East High St, Oxford, OH 45056, hannonjs@gmail.com and MEYER, David L., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221
 
ELEVATED DRILLING INTENSITY IN EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN BRACHIOPODS FROM THE BIRD SPRING FORMATION OF SOUTHERN NEVADA
MONARREZ, Pedro M. and WOODS, Adam D., Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, pmonarrez@fullerton.edu
 
A REEF MOUND STRUCTURE FROM THE MIDDLE MEMBER OF THE AUGUSTA MOUNTAIN FORMATION -UPPER TRIASSIC (UPPER CARNIAN), NEW PASS RANGE, CENTRAL NEVADA
BONUSO, Nicole, Geological Sciences, California State University Fullerton, 800 N. State College Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92834-6850, nbonuso@fullerton.edu and LORENTZ, Nathaniel J., Chemistry and Earth Science, Los Angeles City College, 855 N. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
 
PREY EFFECTIVENESS? CONSPECIFIC COMPETITION LEADS TO AN INCREASE IN INCOMPLETE DRILL HOLES
HUTCHINGS, Jack A. and HERBERT, Gregory S., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, jahutch2@gmail.com
 
EVOLUTIONARY AND FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FOLD AND SULCUS IN SUBORDER PRODUCTIDINA (BRACHIOPODA)
POUNDER, Lauryn A., TWERDY, Pamela A., FUNSTON, Gregory F., TIMMER, Eric R.D., and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, pounder@ualberta.ca
 
PREDATION BY GASTROPODS ON OSTRACODES ACROSS THE PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY, SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
DANIELSEN, Erika, GROGAN, Amy, KRUEGLER, James, LINK-HARRINGTON, Agnes, LOTITO, Kimberly, MACKOWIAK, Thomas, NASH, Simon, PIVARUNAS, Anthony, TANCHYK, Benjamin, and TUSKES, Katherine, Geological Sciences, SUNY-Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454, emd13@geneseo.edu
 
POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE FOSSIL CRAB DAKOTICANCER OVERANUS
JONES, AnnMarie R., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, ajone111@kent.edu, SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720, and FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242
 
POSTMORTEM MINERALOGY OF GLADII OF THE CONIACIAN-CAMPANIAN (LATE CRETACEOUS) "SQUID" TUSOTEUTHIS LONGA (CEPHALOPODA: COLEOIDEA), NORTH AMERICA: A KEY TO THEIR ORIGINAL COMPOSITION
WEAVER, Patricia G., Geology/Paleontology, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029, trish.weaver@ncdenr.gov, LAWVER, Daniel R., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717-3480, TACKER, R. Christopher, Geology, NC Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1029, DOGUZHAEVA, Larisa A., Department of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, EVERHART, Michael J., Sternberg Museum of Natural History, 3000 Sternberg Drive, Hays, KS 67601-2006, HATCHER, Joseph, Canadian Fossil Discovery Center, 111 Gilmour Street, Morden, MB R6M 1N9, Canada, and HOGANSON, John W., North Dakota Geological Survey, 1016 East Calgary Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505-0840
 
DIVERSITY DIFFERENCES OF EOCENE DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS BETWEEN ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST, USA AND VENETO REGION, ITALY
FRANTESCU, Adina, Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, acostach@kent.edu, FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720
 
PALEOECOLOGY OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIAN VEGETATION ON A SEASONALLY DRY LANDSCAPE
BASHFORTH, Arden R., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, bashfortha@si.edu
 
DIAGENETIC IRON OXIDE CONCRETIONS ASSOCIATED WITH VERTEBRATE FOSSILS IN THE UPPER TRIASSIC CHINLE FORMATION OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOENVIRONMENTAL AND DIAGENETIC HISTORY
KOEVEN, Kimberly, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, kimkoeven@gmail.com, IRMIS, Randall B., Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0050, and CHAN, Marjorie, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of Utah, 115 S. 1460 E. Rm 383 FASB, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
 
NEW DATA ON SILICIFIED PROTEROZOIC MICROFOSSILS FROM THE JIUDINGSHAN FORMATION OF JIANGSU AND NORTHERN ANHUI, CHINA
DAI, Zhen, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, dtiger008@gmail.com, YAN, Xianqin, Geological Exploration Technology Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, 210049, China, YUAN, Xunlai, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, and YIN, Leiming, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, Nanjing, 210008, China
 
HOW TO EXPLAIN A DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN DIVERSITY HOTSPOT IN A MID-CRETACEOUS CORAL REEF
KLOMPMAKER, Adiël A., ORTIZ, Joseph D., and WELLS, Neil A., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, adielklompmaker@gmail.com
 
ICHNOLOGY AND CALCRETE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE NEOGENE OGALLALA FORMATION, HIGH PLAINS OF WESTERN KANSAS
PLATT, Brian F., Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, bfplatt@ku.edu, SMITH, Jon J., Kansas Geological Survey, 114 Parker Hall, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, and LUDVIGSON, Greg A., Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726
 
RECONCILING SPATIAL, TEMPORAL, AND TAXONOMIC SCALE IN ECOLOGICAL AND PALEOECOLOGICAL STUDIES
BENNINGTON, J. Bret, Department of Geology, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140, geojbb@hofstra.edu and ARONSON, Myla F.J., Department of Biology, Hofstra University, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140
 
NEW INSIGHTS FROM RECONSTRUCTED GONIATITE AMMONOID (CEPHALOPODA) RADULAE USING SYNCHROTRON MICROTOMOGRAPHY
KRUTA, Isabelle1, THORNE, Wells2, MAPES, Royal3, TAFFOREAU, Paul4, and LANDMAN, Neil H.1, (1) Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, ikruta@amnh.org, (2) Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06511, (3) Dept of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, (4) European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, Grenoble, 38000, France
 
COMPARING PREDATION FREQUENCY BETWEEN TWO MORPHOLOGIES OF SPISULA SP. (BIVALVIA)
TWERDY, Pamela A., STAFFORD, Emily S., and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, ptwerdy@ualberta.ca
 
THE OXYGEN AND CARBON STABLE ISOTOPE RECORD OF MODERN TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIOLOGY, SCLEROCHRONOLOGY AND (PALEO)ENVIRONMENTAL INTERPRETATIONS
WAITE, Richard, Paleontological Research Institution, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, wairic00@gmail.com, ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumanburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, and IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
 
UPSIDE-DOWN AND INSIDE-OUT: CRYPTIC SKELETOBIONT COMMUNITIES FROM THE LATE ORDOVICIAN OF OHIO, INDIANA, AND KENTUCKY
PRICE, Katherine W. and WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, kprice13@wooster.edu
 
GLACIAL JUNIPERUS FROM THE LA BREA TAR PITS SHOW SIMILAR GROWTH PATTERNS AS MODERN JUNIPERUS DESPITE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS OF LOW CO2
MO, Kris H., Biology Department, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66210, kmo@stumail.jccc.edu, GERHART, Laci, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, 8028 Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66049, WARD, Joy K., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Room 2045, Lawrence, KS 66045, and HARRIS, John M., The Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pitts, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 5801 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
 
PRESERVATION OF MICROBES IN HALITE: A COMPARISON OF PERMIAN AND MODERN EPHEMERAL ACID SALINE LAKE DEPOSITS
ZAMBITO, James J. IV, Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Street, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, james.zambito@mail.wvu.edu, CONNER, Amber J., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Central Michigan University, 314 Brooks Hall, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, and BENISON, Kathleen C., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, 98 Beechurst Street, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300
 
PHYTOLITH RECORD OF DEEP-TIME VEGETATION DYNAMICS: LATE-MIDDLE MIOCENE OF VASA PARK, WASHINGTON
JIJINA, Anthony P., Biology, University of Washington, 2009 NW 63rd st, Seattle, WA 98107, apjijina@gmail.com, STROMBERG, Caroline A.E., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, DILLHOFF, Richard, Evolving Earth/University of Washington, 1307 212th Ave NE, Sammamish, WA 98074, and DILLHOFF, Thomas, Evolving Earth/University of Washington, PO Box 2090, Issaquah, WA 98027
 
PALEOECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A MID-CRETACEOUS (ALBIAN) FOSSIL PLANT COMMUNITY FROM THE DAKOTA FORMATION OF IOWA, USA
DREHOBL, Marissa B.1, BEYDLER, Katherine1, and SIMS, Hallie2, (1) Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, marissa-drehobl@uiowa.edu, (2) Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242
 
USING ICHNOFABRICS TO STUDY BENTHIC OXYGEN THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY FOR THE DURATION OF OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT II
GROSSKOPF, Jacob, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, 202 Pineland Dr, Mandeville, LA 70471, jgross2@tigers.lsu.edu and ELLWOOD, Brooks, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E-235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
 
TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A LATE CRETACEOUS OYSTER BED AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNT LAUREL FORMATION IN MONMOUTH COUNTY NEW JERSEY: LONG TERM HIATAL CONCENTRATION, STORM DEPOSIT OR TSUNAMI?
KOPUN, Jeanne1, CASTRO, Carolina1, GARB, Matthew P.1, LARINA, Ekaterina1, and REMIN, Zbyszek2, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, jeannekopun@gmail.com, (2) University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geology, Zwirki i Wigury 93, Warsaw, 02-089, Poland
 
MOVE OVER BRACHIOPODS AND MAKE ROOM FOR MOLLUSCS: A FAUNAL CHANGE IDENTIFIED IN THE LATE CAPITANIAN REEF TRAIL MEMBER OF THE BELL CANYON FORMATION (DELAWARE BASIN, WEST TEXAS)
FALL, Leigh M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820, leigh.fall@oneonta.edu and BELL, Gorden L., National Park Service, Baker, NV 89311
 
VEGETATION RESPONSE TO THE LATE OLIGOCENE WARMING EVENT IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA BASED ON A COMBINED PHYTOLITH-CARBON ISOTOPE RECORD
FREDRICKSON, Erik K., University of Washington, 406 Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, erikfred@uw.edu, STRÖMBERG, Caroline A.E., Department of Biology & Burke Museum, University of Washington, Box 351800, 24 Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, SHELDON, Nathan D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, and SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
 
VEGETATION RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE IN SOUTHWEST MONTANA USING PHYTOLITH AND STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSES
SMITH, Kimberly J.1, STROMBERG, Caroline A.E.1, SHELDON, Nathan D.2, and SMITH, Selena Y.3, (1) Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, ksmith18@uw.edu, (2) Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3) Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
 
USING FORAMINIFERA TO RECONSTRUCT PALEODEPTHS OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA'S PLIOCENE SHELL BEDS
HERBERT, Gregory S.1, BEHARI, Anita L.2, MOHAMMAD, Farah2, BAKER, John E.B.3, and PORTELL, Roger W.4, (1) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (2) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 519, Tampa, FL 33620, abehari@mail.usf.edu, (3) Dept. Environmental Science/Geography, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, (4) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
 
GASTROPOD-DOMINATED SHELLBEDS FROM THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN ANTELOPE VALLEY LIMESTONE (IKES CANYON, TOQUIMA RANGE, NV)
DAHL, Robyn M., TARHAN, Lidya G., and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, rdahl001@ucr.edu
 
EXTENSIVE AND VARIED HERBIVORY FOR THE LOWER PERMIAN COLWELL CREEK POND SITE OF NORTH-CENTRAL TEXAS, USA
SCHACHAT, Sandra1, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.1, GORDON, Jessie1, CHANEY, Dan S.2, LEVI, Stephanie1, HALTHORE, Maya1, and ALVAREZ, Jorge3, (1) Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, schachatsr@si.edu, (2) Deptartment of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (3) Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00681
 
USING DENTAL MICROWEAR TEXTURES TO RECONSTRUCT FEEDING ECOLOGY OF BEARS
DONOHUE, Shelly L.1, DESANTIS, Larisa R.G.1, SCHUBERT, Blaine W.2, UNGAR, Peter S.3, and STYNDER, Deano D.4, (1) Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, shelly.l.donohue@vanderbilt.edu, (2) Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, (3) Anthropology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, (4) Archaeology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
 
BIASES IN THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE POSTCRANIAL RECORD OF MAMMALS: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING PALEOECOLOGY
DEBEY, Lauren Berg, Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, yoberg@uw.edu
 
ANATOMY OF A LATE TRIASSIC REEF AND CARBONATE PLATFORM FROM THE WALLOWA TERRANE, NORTHEASTERN OREGON AND WESTERN IDAHO
STANLEY, George D. Jr1, RIGAUD, Sylvain2, and MARTINI, Rossana2, (1) Geosciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, george.stanley@umontana.edu, (2) Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Geneva, Rue des Maraîchers, 13, Geneva, 1205, Switzerland
 
PRELIMINARY REPORT OF TRACE FOSSILS AND SEDIMENTOLOGY INDICATING A SHALLOW MARINE DELTAIC ENVIRONMENT FOR THE LOWER PERMIAN MACKELLAR FORMATION AT TURNABOUT RIDGE AND BUCKLEY ISLAND, BEARDMORE GLACIER, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS (CTAM), ANTARCTICA
JACKSON, Adam Matthew, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, adam.jackson@ku.edu, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, FLAIG, Peter P., Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin, Jackson School of Geosciences, 10100 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78758, and ISBELL, John L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201
 
PALEOECOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF FOSSIL-BEARING, HIGH-LATITUDE GLACIOGENIC DEPOSITS IN THE TEPUEL BASIN, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
PAULS, Kathryn N., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, kpauls@uwm.edu, FRAISER, Margaret L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, ISBELL, John L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, PAGANI, M. Alejandra, Museo Paleontológico "Egidio Feruglio, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Trelew, U9100, Argentina, and TABOADA, Arturo C., Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Evolucion y Biodiversidad (LIEB), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Esquel, U9200, Argentina
 
QUANTIFYING DECADAL-SCALE COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES IN SEAGRASS-ASSOCIATED MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES USING MULTI-YEAR CENSUS DATA FROM TWO SITES AROUND ST. CROIX, USVI
FESER, Kelsey M., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, feserkm@gmail.com and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013
 
ORGANIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MIDDLE DEVONIAN BIOFACIES WITHIN A SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK, HUNTINGDON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
DEPTOLA, Travis J. and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, tjd212@psu.edu
 
THE FOSSIL RECORD OF HYDROZOAN POLYPS
MUSCENTE, A.D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Tech Geosciences, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061, adm97@vt.edu and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumanburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
 
DAEDALUS HALLI: A FOSSIL BIOFILM HARVESTER FROM THE LOWER ARENIGIAN, MONTAGNE NOIRE, FRANCE
NOFFKE, Nora, Ocean, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Old Dominion University, 4600, Elkhorn Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23529, nnoffke@odu.edu
 
PALYNOMORPHS FROM THE JURASSIC SMACKOVER FORMATION, CONECUH EMBAYMENT ALABAMA, U.S.A.: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOCLIMATE, TECTONICS AND BASINAL HISTORY
BAGHAI-RIDING, Nina, Biological and Physical Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733, DAVIDSON, Taylor, Division of Biological and Physical Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS 38733, HOTTON, Carol L., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, HOTTONC@si.edu, NIEMEYER, Patrick W., University of Mississippi*, currently Hess Corporation, 1501 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010, and BARIA, Lawrence R., Jura-Search Inc, P.O. Box 320426, Flowood, MS 39232
 
LATE PALEOZOIC PALYNOFACIES AND CLIMATE IN THE NORTH AMERICAN MIDCONTINENT
ARMITAGE, John L., School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd Street, Norman, OK 73019, john.l.armitage-1@ou.edu and LUPIA, R., Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History / School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73072
 
STIRRED NOT SHAKEN: USING TAPHONOMY TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION AND TAPHONOMIC FEEDBACK IN A CINCINNATIAN (ORDOVICIAN, OHIO) STORM-DISTURBED SHELL BED
FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Earth & Environmental Sciences Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, rebecca.freeman@uky.edu, DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, MORSE, Aaron, Geosciences, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, BLAIR, Michael, Dept. of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2102 Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, FELTON, Steve, 5678 Biscayne Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45248, and POJETA, John Jr, U.S. Geological Survey, Dept. of Paleobiology, Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012 NHB MRC 121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012
 
EFFECT OF EXTINCTION ON DUROPHAGY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE NEOGENE OF FLORIDA
MONDAL, Subhronil and HERBERT, Gregory S., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, subhronil.m@gmail.com
 
INTENSE NATICID DRILLING PREDATION ON TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS FROM THE LATEST CRETACEOUS INDIA
MALLICK, Sumanta1, BARDHAN, Subhendu2, PAUL, Shubhabrata3, MUKHERJEE, Subham1, and DAS, Shiladri S.4, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700032, India, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Raja S C Mullik Rd, Kolkata, 700032, India, (3) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, shubhabrata2005@gmail.com, (4) Indian Statistical Institute, Geological Studies Unit, 203 Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata, 700035, India
 
IS EDGE DRILLING A PERVASIVE FACULTATIVE RESPONSE TO ENEMIES?
MONDAL, Subhronil and HERBERT, Gregory S., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, subhronil.m@gmail.com
 
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE MAMMAL BURROWS IN THE SALT WASH MEMBER OF THE UPPER JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN UTAH
RAISANEN, Derek C.W., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594, d362r808@ku.edu and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613
 
A CAST OF THOUSANDS: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF A WESTERN HARVESTER ANT NEST CAST IN ALUMINUM FROM WESTERN KANSAS AND COMPARISONS WITH ICHNOFOSSILS OF PURPORTED FORMICIDAE CONSTRUCTION
SMITH, Jon Jay1, PLATT, Brian F.2, THOMASSON, Joseph R.3, PACKAUSKAS, Richard4, FLORES, Tobias5, LEIKER, James3, WALTERS, Gregory3, BARRICK, Reese3, and LUDVIGSON, Greg A.6, (1) Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, jjsmith@ku.edu, (2) Stratigraphic Research Section, Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726, (3) Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, 3000 Sternberg Dr, Hays, KS 67601, (4) Department of Biological Sciences, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS 67601, (5) Department of Art and Design, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS 67601, (6) Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, 1930 Constant Ave, Lawrence, KS 66047-3726
 
EARLY CAMBRIAN MICROBURROW NESTS AND THE ORIGIN OF PARENTING SKILLS
MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S., Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu
 
CONTRASTING TAXONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CHANGE ACROSS THE MID-LATE DEVONIAN INTERVAL
CHRISTIE, Max, Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 434 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, mchristie09@gmail.com, HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269
 
A NEW TYPE OF VERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSIL FROM THE LOWER JURASSIC PORTLAND FORMATION OF SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
HUGHES, Whitney A., Department of Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College Street, South Hadley, MA 01075, hughe22w@mtholyoke.edu and MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S., Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075
 
A DIVERSE HIGH-LATITUDE ICHNOFAUNA FROM THE PERMIAN PAGODA AND MACKELLAR FORMATIONS (BEACON SUPERGROUP), SHACKLETON GLACIER AREA, CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS, ANTARCTICA
WILDERMUTH, Sarah C., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66046, wilderms87@yahoo.com, HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, ISBELL, John L., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, MILLER, Molly F., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, VU Sta B #351805, Nashville, TN 37235, and BABCOCK, Loren E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
 
PALYNOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTIONS OF EARLY EOCENE FLORA OF THE WIND RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
SCHROEDER, Melissa L., Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, lightma@muohio.edu
 
ETHOLOGICAL REINTERPRETATION OF STIALIA PILOSA BASED ON NEOICHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS WITH JUMPING BRISTLETAILS (ARCHAEOGNATHA)
GETTY, Patrick Ryan, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-1045, Storrs, CT 06269, patrick.getty@uconn.edu
 
RESTRUCTURING OF MARINE COMMUNITIES DURING LATE PALEOZOIC CLIMATE CHANGE IN BOLIVIA
BADYRKA, Kira A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, kbadyrka@ucsc.edu and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
 
INSECT TAPHONOMY IN THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION OF COLORADO: PRESERVATION AS CARBONACEOUS COMPRESSIONS AND IRON OXIDES
ANDERSON, Evan P., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, Evan.P.Anderson@Colorado.edu and SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265
 
FISH AND SWIMMING REPTILES: ICHNOFAUNA OF THE BASAL MAHOGANY MEMBER OF THE TRIASSIC ANKAREH FORMATION IN CENTRAL, UTAH
AHERN, Alexandra, HOOD, Steven, and BRITT, Brooks B., Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S-389 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, alexandra.ahern@gmail.com
 
TIME-AVERAGED ACCUMULATION OF LATE CRETACEOUS (CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN) OYSTERS (PYCNODONTE NEWBERRYI) IN THE TROPIC SHALE OF SOUTHERN UTAH
HAMBY, Amanda L. and SCHMEISSER MCKEAN, Rebecca L., Department of Geology, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115, amy.hamby@snc.edu
 
NEOICHNOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS WITH MEIO- AND MACROFAUNA IN FINE-GRAINED MEDIA: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
RIESE, David J., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, djriese@indiana.edu and SCHIEBER, Juergen S., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
 
GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CENTRAL BASIN FACIES OF THE BEAR GULCH LIMESTONE
RADER, Robert, Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812, robert.rader@umontana.edu, SINGER, Amy, Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296, and STANLEY, George D. Jr, Geosciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
 
REGIONALLY CONSERVED SWIM TRACK MORPHOTYPES FROM THE EARLY TRIASSIC OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA
THOMSON, Tracy J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521, tracy.thomson@email.ucr.edu
 
TAPHONOMY OF VERTEBRATE MICROFOSSIL BONEBEDS IN THE UPPER CRETACEOUS (CAMPANIAN) JUDITH RIVER FORMATION OF CENTRAL MONTANA
ROGERS, Raymond R.1, CARRANO, Matthew T.2, CURRY ROGERS, Kristina3, FAULKNER, Benjamin1, LAWRENCE, Alexandra1, MARSHALL, Madeline S.1, and PEREZ, Magaly1, (1) Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, rogers@macalester.edu, (2) Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, NHB, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (3) Biology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105
 
DECIPHERING THE ROLE(S) OF ECOLOGICAL PATCHINESS VS. TAPHONOMIC CONTROLS ON THE FORMATION OF CONCRETIONARY ASSEMBLAGES: A CASE STUDY OF FOSSILIFEROUS CONCRETIONS FROM THE KREMMLING PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCE AREA IN COLORADO
SLATTERY, Joshua S.1, CÁRDENAS, Andrés L.2, SAVA, Lanora Ann3, HARRIES, Peter J.1, and CICARELLI, Jon R.4, (1) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, dinohyus@gmail.com, (2) Center for Tropical Palaeontology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, (3) Tampa, FL 33629, (4) Cheyenne, WY 82001
 
MICROSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF BURROW-REWORKED DINOSAUR TRACK BED AT JOANNA'S TRACK SITE, CRETACEOUS GLEN ROSE FORMATION, GLEN ROSE, TEXAS
BLAIR, Michael, Dept. of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2102 Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, blaimg01@students.ipfw.edu, DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, and FARLOW, James O., Department of Geosciences, Indiana-Purdue Univ, Fort Wayne, IN 46805
 
WILDFIRE PALEOECOLOGY ALONG THE CRETACEOUS COAST OF APPACLACHIA, THE INFLUENCE OF PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOCLIMATE AT THE ARLINGTON ARCHOSAUR SITE, TEXAS
MAIN, Derek J., Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates St, Arlington, TX 76019, maindinos@msn.com, NOTO, Christopher R., Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State University, 223 Padnos Hall, Allendale, MI 49401, and SCOTESE, Christopher, PALEOMAP Project, 700 Tanglewood, Arlington, TX 76012
 
RELATIONSHIP OF DRILLING PREDATION TO MOLLUSCAN ESCALATION AS INDICATED BY ANTI-PREDATORY CHARACTERISTICS IN THE CHOPTANK AND ST. MARYS FORMATIONS, MARYLAND MIOCENE
STANFORD, Samantha D. and KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944, sdh7931@uncw.edu
 
NEW RECORDS OF MESOZOIC BRACHIOPODS (DIMERELLOID RHYNCHONELLIDS) FROM HYDROCARBON-SEEP DEPOSITS; ANARHYNCHIA FROM THE JURASSIC OF OREGON AND CALIFORNIA, USA; PEREGRINELLA FROM THE CRETACEOUS OF TIBET
SANDY, Michael, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, msandy1@udayton.edu and PECKMANN, Jörn, Department für Geodynamik und Sedimentologie, Erdwissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Wien, Wien, 1090, Austria
 
DID LATE CRETACEOUS HYPSODONT GONDWANATHERIAN MAMMALS COEXIST WITH GRASSES?: PHYTOLITH RECORDS FROM THE INTERTRAPPEAN NASKAL LOCALITY, CENTRAL INDIA
STROMBERG, Caroline A.E.1, WILSON, Gregory P.1, and MOORE, Jason R.2, (1) Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, caestrom@u.washington.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, HB 6105 Fairchild Hall, Hanover, NH 03755
 
FLUVIAL FLOATATION OF TERRESTRIALLY DERIVED BODIES, BONES, AND PARTS AND ITS PALEONTOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
EVANS, Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, cavertevans@gmail.com
 
THE COLLECTION AND PRESENTATION OF TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL BONE ORIENTATION DATA
EVANS, Thomas, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, PO Box 173480, Bozeman, MT 59717, cavertevans@gmail.com
 
PATCHINESS AND ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE IN A MIDDLE JURASSIC EQUATORIAL CRINOID-BRACHIOPOD COMMUNITY (MATMOR FORMATION, CALLOVIAN, SOUTHERN ISRAEL)
TORMA, Melissa M., Geology, College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, mtorma13@wooster.edu, WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, and FELDMAN, Howard R., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
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