Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre-West 221/222

 

Matthew B. Vrazo and Jesse S. Broce, Chairs
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Start Time
1:00 PM
THE IMPORTANCE OF VERTEBRATE TRACE FOSSILS TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOSSIL RECORD: EXAMPLES FROM THE OUTSTANDING ICHNOFAUNAS OF NEW MEXICO
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, spencer.lucas@state.nm.us and HUNT, Adrian P., Flying Heritage Collection, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204
1:15 PM
THE VERTEBRATE BROMALITE RECORD IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
HUNT, Adrian P., Flying Heritage Collection, 3407 109th St. SW, Everett, WA 98204, adrianhu@vulcan.com and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104
1:30 PM
SEDIMENT PERMEABILITY, DECAY AND CONCRETION PRECIPITATION
MCCOY, Victoria E.1, YOUNG, Robert T.1, and BRIGGS, Derek E.G.2, (1) Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, victoria.mccoy@yale.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520
1:45 PM
PALEOECOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF THE BEAR GULCH LIMESTONE, CENTRAL MONTANA: HOW DEPOSITION AND TAPHONOMY MAY BE DRIVING DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE
SINGER, Amy, Geosciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive #1296, Missoula, MT 59812-1296, amy.singer@umontana.edu and STANLEY, George D. Jr, Geosciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
2:00 PM
TAPHONOMIC BIAS OF SELECTIVE SILICIFICATION REVEALED BY PAIRED PETROGRAPHIC AND INSOLUBLE RESIDUE ANALYSIS OF THE LOWER TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER, WESTERN US
PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, spruss@smith.edu, PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, and WESTACOTT, Sophie, Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01027
 
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
SOFT-BODIED TAPHONOMY AND MINERAL ASSOCIATIONS IN CAMBRIAN LAGERSTÄTTEN FROM THE HOUSE RANGE EMBAYMENT
BROCE, Jesse S., University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 24060, jsbvf6@mail.missouri.edu, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, SELLY, Tara, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 1405 Court St, Columbia, MO 56082, and LODUCA, Steven T., Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 205 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
2:45 PM
THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA: EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF A BOX JELLYFISH FROM A LATE CARBONIFEROUS LAGERSTÄTTE IN THE MIDCONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA
YOUNG, Graham A., The Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0N2, Canada, gyoung@manitobamuseum.ca and HAGADORN, James W., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
3:00 PM
TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF SILURIAN ALGAL-LAGERSTÄTTEN
LODUCA, Steven T., Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 205 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, sloduca@emich.edu, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211, and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
3:15 PM
TAPHONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON EURYPTERID LAGERSTäTTEN: A MODEL FOR PRESERVATION IN THE MID-PALEOZOIC
VRAZO, Matthew B., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, vrazomb@mail.uc.edu, CIURCA, Samuel J. Jr, 2457 Culver Road, Rochester, NY 14609, and BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013
 
3:30 PM
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235-10
 
A GIGANTIC EDIACARAN FOSSIL FROM SIBERIA (Withdrawn)
4:00 PM
QUANTITATIVE TAPHONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF ANOMALOCARIS FROM MIDDLE CAMBRIAN SHALES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
SELLY, Tara1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.2, and HUNTLEY, John Warren2, (1) Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 1405 Court St, Columbia, MO 56082, tlsvzb@mail.missouri.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geology Building, Columbia, MO 65211
4:15 PM
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNAL ANATOMY AND TAPHONOMIC HISTORY OF TRILOBITES REVEALED THROUGH CT SCANNING
RUTANA, Michael A., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, rutana.2@buckeyemail.osu.edu and BABCOCK, Loren E., The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
4:30 PM
MODELING SIZE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS OF TRILOBITES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR TRILOBITE BIOLOGY AND PRESERVATION POTENTIAL
KOLENKO, Rachel L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Geology Building, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, rkole001@ucr.edu and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 1242 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521
4:45 PM
A SYSTEMATIC NEOICHNOLOGIC LABORATORY STUDY OF THE LIFE STAGES AND AGES OF LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS
CUOMO, Carmela and STANKYE, Timothy P., Biology & Environmental Sciences Department, The University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516, ccuomo@newhaven.edu
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