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T142. Topics in Paleoecology: Predation/Biotic Interactions, Fidelity/Taphonomy, and Community Ecology/Whole Organism Paleoecology II

 
A MULTI-TAXIC EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE FOSSIL RECORD BASED ON MARINE BENTHIC ASSOCIATIONS OF COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA
KOWALEWSKI, Michal and TYLER, Carrie L., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, kowalewski@ufl.edu
 
PRESERVATION BIAS OR HISTORICAL SIGNALS: VARIANCE IN MOLLUSCAN LIVE-DEAD AGREEMENT WITH WATER DEPTH OFF OF THE OREGON COAST
VOORHIES, Kristen Jenkins, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Hinds 273, Chicago, IL 60637, kristenj14@uchicago.edu, KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, and HENKEL, Sarah K., Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, 2030 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365
 
LIVE-DEAD FIDELITY OF MULTI-TAXIC ASSEMBLAGES: RELATIVE TAPHONOMIC BIASES ACROSS MAJOR BENTHIC MARINE INVERTEBRATE GROUPS (NORTH CAROLINA, USA)
TYLER, Carrie L. and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, ctylersa@vt.edu
 
EXPLORATION OF POTENTIALLY PRESERVED AND TRANSPORTED ROCKY INTERTIDAL COMMUNITIES
FRIEND, Dana S., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, dsf88@cornell.edu
 
HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH? EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF TIME-AVERAGING ON PALEO-COMMUNITY DATA
WEBB, Amelinda E., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, amelinda.webb@gmail.com
 
TEMPORAL MEGABIAS: LATITUDINAL CONTROLS ON TIME-AVERAGING OF TERRESTRIAL LARGE-MAMMAL DEATH ASSEMBLAGES
MILLER, Joshua H., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, miller@flmnh.ufl.edu
 
THE L-SHAPED DISTRIBUTION OF SHELL AGES: PRESERVATION OF DIVERSITY IS FACILITATED BY STOCHASTIC BURIAL THAT RESETS THE LOSS RATES OF INDIVIDUALS
TOMASOVYCH, Adam, Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 84005, Slovakia, geoltoma@savba.sk, KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, and FOYGEL, Rina, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, 5734 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
 
TAPHONOMY OF SCAPHOPOD ASSEMBLAGES FROM SHALLOW-WATER, CARBONATE ENVIRONMENTS OF SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS
ROTHFUS, Thomas A.1, KOWALEWSKI, Michal2, SMITH, Dena3, and ROTHFUS, Zipper L.1, (1) Gerace Research Centre, San Salvador, Bahamas, tarothfu@gmail.com, (2) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3) CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309
 
DISSOLUTION OF OPHIUROID OSSICLES ON THE SHALLOW ANTARCTIC SEAFLOOR: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FOSSIL RECORD AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
WALKER, Beverly J., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB Box 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, MILLER, Molly F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, molly.miller@vanderbilt.edu, BOWSER, Samuel S., Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201, FURBISH, David Jon, Earth and Environmental Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B #351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1805, and GUALDA, Guilherme A.R., Earth & Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
 
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PALEOECOLOGY AND TAPHONOMY OF CLYPEASTEROID MASS ACCUMULATIONS IN THE OLIGO-MIOCENE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND PARATETHYS
NEBELSICK, James H., University of Tübingen, Institute of Geosciences, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, nebelsick@uni-tuebingen.de, BELAÚSTEGUI, Zain, Universitat de Barcelona, Departament d'Estratigrafía, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Martí i Franquès s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, DE GIBERT, Jordi Maria, Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Geologia, Martí Franquès s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, MANCOSU, Andrea, Universita' degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, via Trentino, 51, Cagliari, 09127, Italy, and KROH, Andreas, Naturhistorisches Museum, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria
 
TAPHONOMY OF MULTIPLE BONEBEDS IN THE ROUND MOUNTAIN SILT, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: EVIDENCE FROM STRATIGRAPHY AND A UNIQUE WHALE SKULL
RIVIN, Meredith A., LIPPS, Jere H., and WATKINS, Brian, John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, California State University, Fullerton, CA 92831, mrivin@fullerton.edu
 
ECHINOID PRESERVATION IN A MIDDLE JURASSIC SHALLOW MARINE EQUATORIAL ENVIRONMENT: TESTING MODELS OF TAPHONOMY AND ENCRUSTATION
WILSON, Mark A., Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691, mwilson@wooster.edu, BORSZCZ, Tomasz, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Powstańców Warszawy 55, Sopot, PL-81-712, Poland, and ZATON, Michal P., Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Bedzinska 60, Sosnowiec, PL-41-200, Poland
 
ASSESSING THE PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF GECARCINID LAND CRABS (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA, GECARCINIDAE) FROM SAN SALVADOR, THE BAHAMAS
LOCATELLI, Emma Rose, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, emma.r.locatelli@gmail.com
 
A NEW DATASET OF PHANEROZOIC MARINE KONSERVAT-LAGERSTӒTTEN: PATTERNS IN SECULAR DISTRIBUTION
ANDERSON, Brendan M. and OLCOTT MARSHALL, Alison, Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, b416a288@ku.edu
 
TAPHONOMIC EPIBOLES GENERATED BY DISTAL TEMPESTITES FROM THE MAQUOKETA SHALE (RICHMONDIAN) OF PIKE COUNTY, MISSOURI
DEVERA, Joseph, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute, 5776 Coal Drive, Suite 121, Carterville, IL 62918, j-devera@illinois.edu
 
ICHNOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN OF THE MAIN FOSSILIFEROUS LAYER, NEW JERSEY
WIEST, Logan A.1, GRANDSTAFF, David E.1, TERRY, Dennis Jr1, LACOVARA, Kenneth J.2, and BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.1, (1) Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, logan.wiest@temple.edu, (2) Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104
 
COMPLEX BURROWS OF SOIL DETRITIVORES: THE NEOICHNOLOGY OF THE MILLIPEDE NARCEUS GORDANUS
BOWEN, Jared J., Geology, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, jb836611@ohio.edu and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701
 
RATES AND STYLES OF BIOTURBATION BY SHALLOW-WATER ANTARCTIC EPIFAUNA (SCALLOPS AND BRITTLE STARS): IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD
BROACH, Kyle H., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, kyle.h.broach@vanderbilt.edu and MILLER, Molly F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, PMB 351805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235
 
SKINKS BENEATH THE SUBSTRATE: NEOICHNOLOGY OF THE GOLDEN SKINK MABUYA MULTIFASCIATA
CATENA, Angeline and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, Angeline.Catena@gmail.com
 
THE AFON GAM BIOTA – AN EARLY ORDOVICIAN BURGESS SHALE-TYPE FAUNA FROM WALES
BOTTING, Joseph P.1, MUIR, Lucy A.1, and UPTON, Christopher2, (1) State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, acutipuerilis@yahoo.co.uk, (2) 1 Hamilton Terrace, Shoscombe, Bath, BA2 8ND, United Kingdom
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