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Composite Section Formation Via Simulated Annealing of Horizon Ordination

H. David Sheets, Canisius College; John M. Willis, Canisius College; Zachary Izard, Canisius College; Charles Mitchell, University at Buffalo

303-2

90

Basal Cambrian Microfossils from the Yangtze and Tarim Blocks

Lin Dong, BP America Inc; Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bing Shen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; Chuanming Zhou, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Guoxiang Li, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; Jinxian Yao, Peking University

303-3

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Bedding Plane Co-Occurrence of Biostratigraphically Useful Conodonts and Graptolites in Ordovician Shale Sequences

S.A. Leslie, James Madison University; D. Goldman, Univ of Dayton; N.A. Williams, Univ of Dayton; L.M. DeRose, James Madison University; A.D. Hawkins, James Madison University

303-4

92

Preliminary Reassessment of Upper Ordovician (Sandbian-Katian) Conodont Biostratigraphy at Dolly Ridge, West Virginia and Its Integration with Tephrochronology and Graptolite Biostratigraphy

A.D. Hawkins, James Madison University; L.M. DeRose, James Madison University; S.A. Leslie, James Madison University; S.A. Young, Indiana University; B.K. Sell, Syracuse University; S.D. Samson, Syracuse University; C.E. Mitchell, The University at Buffalo; P.M. Sadler, University of California, Riverside

303-5

93

Very Late Frasnian (Upper Devonian) Brachiopod Fauna of the Theodossia Scopulorum Zone in the Paleoequatorial Mackenzie Shelf (Northwest Territories-Canada) - Western Laurussia

Nick Sullivan, SUNY College at Geneseo; Jed Day, Illinois State Univ

303-6

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Biostratigraphy of Crinoids from the Wymps Gap Member of the Greenbrier Formation (Mississippian, Chesterian) In Northern West Virginia

Thomas Kammer, West Virginia Univ; Gregory Springer, Ohio Univ

303-7

95

Biostratigraphic Versus Geochronologic Frameworks in the Early Permian from Paraná Basin

Roberto Iannuzzi, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

303-8

96

Capitanian (Middle Permian) Radiolarians from the Patterson Hills Sections of the Reef Trail Member of the Bell Canyon Formation, Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas

Amy L. Maldonado, University of Nevada Reno; Paula Noble, University of Nevada, Reno; Galina P. Nestell, University of Texas, Arlington; Merlynd K. Nestell, University of Texas, Arlington

303-9

97

Upper Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Ammonites from the Provincial Formation of Central Cuba: Biostratigraphic and Paleobiogeographic Implications

Ricardo Barragán-Manzo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); Reinaldo Rojas-Consuegra, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural; Ottilia Szives, Hungarian Natural History Museum

303-10

98

Three Dimensional Model of Type Section of Santonian Limestone (AustinChalk) at Ten Mile Creek, Dallas County, Texas: Applications to Paleontology of 3D Virtual Geologic Methods

Brian Burnham, The University of Texas at Dallas; Michele Kashouh, The University of Texas at Dallas; Ignacio Pujana, Univ of Texas At Dallas; Lionel White, The University of Texas at Dallas; Mohammed Alfarhan, University of Texas at Dallas; Alex Biholar, The University of Texas at Dallas; Carlos Aiken, The University of Texas at Dallas

303-11

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Geochronologic Implications of Strontium Isotopic Signatures in the Teeth of Upper Cretaceous Sharks

Martin A. Becker, William Paterson University; David E. Seidemann, Brooklyn College; John A. Chamberlain Jr, Brooklyn College; Dieter Buhl, Ruhr University Bochum

303-12

100

A Stratigraphic Model for Hydrocarbon Seep Deposits

Katherine Ketterer, California State University, Chico; Russell Shapiro, California State University, Chico

303-13

101

An Approach to the Geological Context of the New and Exceptional Upper Cretaceous Paleontological Site of "Lo Hueco", Spain

M. Segura, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares; F. Barroso-Barcenilla, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares; O. Cambra-Moo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; F. Escaso, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; F. Ortega, UNED; J.L. Sanz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

303-14

102

Magnetostratigraphy of the Lower Miocene Sandstone of Floras Lake and the Cape Blanco Flora, Oregon

Kristina R. Raymond, Occidental College; Donald Prothero, Occidental College; Lisa Emerson, University of Oregon; Gregory Retallack, University of Oregon

303-15

103

Paleomagnetic Constraints on the Western Louisiana Miocene Vertebrate Sites of Fort Polk and Their Paleoenvironments

Wulf A. Gose, University of Texas at Austin; Judith A. Schiebout, Louisiana State Univ; Suyin Ting, Lousiana State University; Travis L. Atwood, Louisiana State Univ; Michael J. Williams, Louisiana State Univ

303-16

104

Morphological and Chemical Analyses of Sphenothallus from the Early Cambrian Shuijingtuo Formation, China

Michael Nakagaki, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Shuhai Xiao, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

303-17

105

Morphological Reevaluation and Revision of the Cleiocrinidae S. A. Miller 1890

Forest J. Gahn, Brigham Young University - Idaho; James Sprinkle, Jackson School of Geosciences; Thomas E. Guensburg, Rock Valley College

303-18

106

Peculiar and Novel Morphologies in Paleozoic Brittle Stars (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate of Germany

Alexander Glass, Duke University

303-19

107

Fate Mapping the Ontogenetic Series of Oral Cover Plates In the Edrioasteroid Neoisorophusella Lanei

Michael L. Latham, University of Tennessee; Colin D. Sumrall, Univ of Tennessee

303-20

108

A Morphometric Analysis of the Highly Variable Clypeasteroid, Periarchus Lyelli

Lauren E. Williamson, Wright State University; Charles N. Ciampaglio, Wright State University

303-21

109

Quantifying Shape: Streamlining the Process of Outline Morphometrics

Devin P. Buick, Univ of Cincinnati

303-22

110

Really Cool High Resolution 3D Reconstruction of Internal Structures of Paleozoic and Mesozoic Brachiopods

Mena Schemm-Gregory, Senckenberg Research Institute; Mark D. Sutton, Imperial College; Howard R. Feldman, American Museum of Natural History; James, E. Day, Illinois State University

303-23

111

Bennettitaleans (cycadeoids) of the Early Jurassic Navajo Sandstone

Nathan D. Wilkens, Arizona State University; Kathleen B. Pigg, Arizona State University; Jack D. Farmer, Arizona State University

303-24

112

NEW Crab SPECIES and Genera from Jurassic (OXFORDIAN) Coral Reefs and Comparison of Decapod Abundance Between Coral and Sponge Environments In Dobrogea, Romania

Ovidiu D. Frantescu, Kent State University; Carrie E. Schweitzer, Kent State Univ Stark Campus; Rodney M. Feldmann, Kent State University

303-25

113

Standardized Terminology for Description of Diverse Morphology of Late Jurassic Galatheoid Squat Lobsters (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea)

Cristina M. Robins, Kent State University; Rodney M. Feldmann, Kent State University; Carrie E. Schweitzer, Kent State Univ Stark Campus

303-26

114

Cuticle Microstructure from the Late Jurassic Shrimp Aeger Sp

David A. Waugh, Kent State University; Rodney M. Feldmann, Kent State University; Güenter Schweigert, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde; Carrie E. Schweitzer, Kent State Univ Stark Campus

303-27

115

First Report of a Pre-Molt Isopod (Crustacea) from the Cretaceous of Lebanon

Rodney M. Feldmann, Kent State University; David A. Waugh, Kent State University

303-28

116

Distinguishing Dactyls of Crab Species Using Relational Machine Learning

Mark H. Goadrich, Centenary College of Louisiana; Jeffrey G. Agnew, Centenary College of Louisiana

303-29

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Katian (Upper Ordovician) Radiolarians from the Malongulli Formation, Lachlan Fold Belt, New South Wales Australia, and the Hanson Creek Formation, Nevada USA

Paula J. Noble, University of Nevada; Barry D. Webby, Macquarie University

2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Paleontology (Posters) IV - Stratigraphy and Morphology

303 Paleontology (Posters) IV - Stratigraphy and Morphology