Session: Paleontology (Posters) II - Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Traces (2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008))

Poster #152

A basal Middle Cambrian, echinoderm rich, outer shelf community in the Kaili Formation (Kaili Biota), Guizhou Province, China
Ronald L. Parsley, Tulane University

249-2

Poster #153

Is the Proximal Gulf of Mexico a Modern Analog for the Middle Cambrian House Embayment?
Marty Erwin, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Steve Rowland, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

249-3

Poster #154

The Widespread Distribution of Cambrian Medusae: Scyphomedusa Strandings in the Potsdam Group of Southwestern Quebec
Mario A. Lacelle; James W. Hagadorn, Amherst College; Pierre Groulx

249-4

Poster #155

Paleobiogeography of Cincinnatian (Late Ordovician) Brachiopod Species Utilizing Ecological Niche Modeling Methods
Bradley J. Walls, Ohio University; Alycia L. Stigall, Ohio University

249-5

Poster #156

Ecological Niche Modeling of Richmondian (Late Ordovician) Brachiopods in the Cincinnati Arch: Early Stages of a Biotic Invasion
Nicole L. Dudei, Ohio University; Alycia L. Stigall, Ohio University

249-6

Poster #157

Taphonomic and paleoecologic aspects of the Early Devonian (Pragian) Tarrantine Formation near Jackman, Maine
Emily D. Colin, Colby College; Rachel G. Daly, Colby College; Catherine L. Delano, Colby College; Stephanie B. Grocke, Colby College; Caroline G. Hunt, Colby College; Taylor M. Kilian, Colby College; Sophia S. Newbury, Colby College; Amanda M. Smith; Robert A. Gastaldo, Colby College

249-7

Poster #158

What Are We Really Counting When We Enumerate Species?
Nicole Bonuso, California State Univeristy, Fullerton

249-8

Poster #159

A Conulariid Fauna from the Fort Payne Formation, (Mississippian, Osagean) of Central Tennessee
Robert C. Ford, Austin Peay State University; Daniel L. Frederick

249-9

Poster #160

New Perspectives on Faunal Analyses of the Mississippian Michigan Formation, Western Michigan
Nathan R. Noll, Grand Valley State University; Patricia E. Videtich, Grand Valley State University; William J. Neal, Grand Valley State University

249-10

Poster #161

Destruction of a (TEXAS) Pennsylvanian Goniatite Nursery-the East MOUNTAIN Shale
José G. Salinas, University of Houston-Downtown; Glen K. Merrill, University of Houston-Downtown

249-11

Poster #162

Early- to Mid-Pennsylvanian Vertebrate Fauna of An Intermontane Basin Inferred from Tracks and Trackways of the Wamsutta Formation, Southeastern New England
Richard J. Knecht, Department of Geology; Jacob S. Benner, Department of Geology

249-12

Poster #163

Evidence for Faunal Tracking of Recurrent Fossil Assemblages In Four Major Marine Zones In the Glenshaw Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian, Appalachian Basin)
Joseph G. Lebold, Louisiana State University

249-13

Poster #164

Detecting Coordinated Stasis by Model Ranking
John C. Handley, Xerox Corporation; H. David Sheets, Canisius College

249-14

Poster #165

A Taphonomic Study of Early Triassic Fossil Fishes from Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation, British Columbia, Canada
Karen A. Anderson, California State University, Fullerton; Adam D. Woods, California State University, Fullerton

249-15

Poster #166

Taphonomy In Blue Paleosols and Its Implications for the Biostratigraphy of Vertebrate Taxa In the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA
Katharine M. Loughney, University of Rhode Island; William G. Parker, Petrified Forest National Park; David E. Fastovsky, Univ of Rhode Island

249-17

Poster #168

Paleoenvironmental Settings and Characteristics of Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Footprints of San Juan Raya, Southern Mexico
Angeles Verde-Ramírez, UNAM; Gilberto Silva-Romo, UNAM; Claudia C. Mendoza-Rosales, UNAM

249-18

Poster #169

Floating Islands as Taphonomic Agents In the Offshore Dispersal of Vertebrate Remains
Paul V. Heinrich, Louisiana State Univ

249-19

Poster #170

EVIDENCE for EARLY DIAGENESIS In PRESENCE of SOFT PARTS from Panopea Occidentalis (MOLLUSCA:PELECYPODA) In the FOX HILLS FM. (MAASTRICHTIAN:LATE CRETACEOUS), North Dakota
Mark Erickson, St. Lawrence University; Diane Burns, Eastern Illinois University; Brett Palmateer

249-20

Poster #171

Ecological Structure of the Molluscan Fauna of the Plio-Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Formation of Florida
Christy C. Visaggi, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Gregory M. Burzynski, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Julie A. Kemble, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Kaitlin M. Ofalt, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Stephanie D. White, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Patricia H. Kelley, University of North Carolina Wilmington

249-21

Poster #172

Are Museum Collections Adequate to Test the Escalation Hypothesis?: A Preliminary Case Study Using the Plio-Pleistocene Strombus Alatus Species Complex from Florida
Mary Elizabeth Kosloski, Cornell University; Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution; Gregory S. Herbert, University of South Florida

249-22

Poster #173

A New Outline Method to Identify Specialized Shell-Wedging Behavior In Gastropod Mollusks
Ursula E. Smith, Cornell University; Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution

249-23

Poster #174

Predator-Induced Shell Damage in Bivalves from the Middle Devonian
Judith Nagel-Myers, Paleontological Research Institution; Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution; Carl Brett, University of Cincinnati

249-24

Poster #175

AN Experimental Assessment of Penetration, Excavation and Consumption RATES of the Muricid Gastropod, Nucella Lamellosa
Devapriya Chattopadhyay, University of Michigan; Tomasz K. Baumiller, University of Michigan

249-25

Poster #176

One of these beaches is not like the other: Drilling frequencies in modern mollusc shells, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
Marquela Stevenson, Smith College; Sara Pruss, Smith College

249-26

Poster #177

The Microstructural Record of Predation: A New Approach for Identifying Predatory Drill Holes
James D. Schiffbauer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Yurena Yanes, University of Georgia; Carrie L. Tyler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lindsey R. Leighton, San Diego State University

249-27

Poster #178

Lacustrine Shell Accumulations in Continental Rifts: Actualistic Examples of Depositional Style and Taphonomy from the Littoral of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa
Michael M. McGlue, University of Arizona; Michael J. Soreghan, University of Oklahoma; John Mischler, Penn State University; Christine S. O'Connell, Stanford University; Oceana S. Castaneda, Dartmouth College; Richard J. Hartwell, Fayetteville Manlius High School; Ellinor Michel, The Natural History Museum; Jonathan Todd, The Nat History Museum; Andrew S. Cohen, University of Arizona; Kiram E. Lezzar, University of Arizona

249-28

Poster #179

Is It Modern on the Surface? – Time-Averaging Estimates from the West Florida Shelf Using Amino Acid Racemization from Chione (Bivalvia)
Julie Y. McKnight, University of South Florida; Eric Oches, University of South Florida; Greg Herbert, University of South Florida; Peter Harries, University of South Florida

249-29

Poster #180

Morphologic Variation in Upper Pleistocene Demosponge Biostromes, Miami, Florida: Paleoecologic Implications
Andrea L. Gohl, Smith College; Kevin J. Cunningham, U.S. Geological Survey; H. Allen Curran, Smith College

249-30

Poster #181

Bryozoan Colonial Growth Form and Habitat Selection
Steven J. Hageman, Appalachian State Univ; Frank K. McKinney, Appalachian State Univ; Andrej Jaklin, Rudjer Boskovic Institute

249-31

Poster #182

Avian Incipient “Monomorphichnus” in Modern Dune and Ephemeral Pond Environments
Fernando Muñiz, Universidad de Huelva; José A. Gámez Vintaned, Universidad de Zaragoza

249 Paleontology (Posters) II - Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Traces

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