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811 Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain Paleontology

Oral Session
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 351AD

Presiding:
Louis G. Zachos and Ann Molineux
1:30 PM
811-1
Evolution of Tertiary Gulf Coast Marine Vertebrate Faunas
Mark D. Uhen, University of Alabama
1:45 PM
811-2
Terrestrial Vertebrates from Cretaceous and Tertiary Marine Strata In the Gulf Coastal Plain of Mississippi
David T. Dockery III, Mississippi Department of Enviromental Quality; George E. Phillips, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
2:00 PM
811-3
New Vertebrates from the Paleogene of Eastern Texas
Thomas A. Stidham, Texas A&M University; Tracey Janus, Texas A&M University
2:15 PM
811-4
Revised Biostratigraphy of the Middle Miocene to Earliest Pliocene Goliad Formation of South Texas
Jon A. Baskin; Richard C. Hulbert, University of Florida
2:30 PM
811-5
Flora and Climate of the Olmos Formation (upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian), Coahuila, Mexico: A Preliminary Report
Emilio Estrada-Ruiz, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM; Garland R. Upchurch Jr, Texas State University; Sergio, R.S. Cevallos-Ferriz, Instituto de Geologia, UNAM
2:45 PM
811-6
Testing for Causal Relationships Between Environmental and Evolutionary Change in the Marine Paleogene of the US Gulf Coastal Plain: The Nature of the Problem
Warren D. Allmon, Paleontological Research Institution; Linda C. Ivany, Syracuse University
3:00 PM
811-7
The Relationship Between Ecological Variability and Time Averaging In Different Habitats (Copano Bay, Texas)
Christopher A. Klug, Texas A&M University; Thomas D. Olszewski, Texas A&M University
3:15 PM
811-8
Ecospace Utilization in High-Diversity Shallow Shelf Marine Communities of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain
Heather L.B. Wall, Syracuse University; Linda C. Ivany, Syracuse University
3:30 PM
811-9
Rapid Growth of Mollusks in the Eocene Gosport Sand, US Gulf Coast
Andrew Haveles; Linda C. Ivany, Syracuse University
3:45 PM
811-10
Utilizing Echinoids as Environmental Indicators from the Late Eocene Ocala Limestone
Justin Miller, University of Georgia
4:00 PM
811-11
Microbial Mats on Siliciclastic Bedding Surfaces - in the Del Rio Kinneyia Formation (Cenomanian), West Texas
Brian E. Lock, Univ Louisiana
4:15 PM
811-12
Growth, Character Development, Relationships and Life Habits of Belosaepia Ungula Gabb (Coleoida) In the Middle Eocene of the North American Gulf Coast
Thomas E. Yancey, Texas A&M University; Christopher L. Garvie, University of Texas at Austin; Mary K. Wicksten, Texas A&M University
4:30 PM
811-13
Two New Minute Species of Gastropods from the Middle Claibornian (Eocene ) of Texas; The First a Fossarid Genus New to the Americas and the Second An Archeogastropod with Affinities Close to Several Extinct Paleozoic Taxa
Christopher L. Garvie, University of Texas at Austin
4:45 PM
811-14
Spectacularly Preserved, Mollusc-Dominated Fauna from a Cavity Layer In the Lower Cretaceous Edwards Formation, Central Texas
Linda J. McCall, Paleontological Society of Austin; James Sprinkle, Jackson School of Geosciences; Ann Molineux, Texas Natural Science Center
5:00 PM
811-15
The Rio Bravo Collection: Preserving a Unique Collection for Future Research in the Gulf Coast Section
Ann Molineux, The University of Texas at Austin
5:15 PM
811-16
Preservation of Echinoid Fossils, Paleocene and Eocene of Texas
Louis G. Zachos, The University of Texas at Austin
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