183

The Paleobiogeography of the Late Cretaceous, Western Interior Basin Tepee Butte Mounds (Hydrocarbon Seeps) of North America and Possible Tectonic Factors Controlling Their Distribution

Cheryl L. Metz, Blinn College

250-2

184

A Cosmopolitan Osteichthyan Fauna from in and around the Debris Cones of Harvester Ant Nests: Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota

Martin A. Becker, William Paterson University; John A. Chamberlain Jr, Brooklyn College; Albert J. Robb III, ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd; Dennis O. Terry Jr, Jr, Temple University; Matthew P. Garb, CUNY Graduate Center; Justin W. Linteris, William Paterson University

250-3

185

Late Albian-Early Cenomanian Flooding History: Southern U.S. Western Interior

Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, Missouri University of Science and Tehnology; John M. Holbrook, University of Texas at Arlington; Robert W. scott, Precision Stratigraphy Associates & The University of Tulsa; Michael J. Evetts; Don G. Benson Jr; Stavena L. Akins; Lisa M. Pratt, Indiana Univ

250-4

186

Proposal to Establish a Type-Section for the Allocrioceras hazzardi Zone Preliminary to Establishment of a Formal Taxon-Range Zone Defining the Uppermost Ernst Member, Boquillas Formation, Big Bend National Park, Trans-Pe

Dee Ann Cooper, University of Texas-Austin; Roger W. Cooper, Lamar University; James B. Stevens, Lamar Univ; Margaret S. Stevens, Lamar State colleges - Orange and Pt. Arthur

250-5

187

Structural Geology of the Late Cretaceous Boquillas Formation, Eastern Big Bend National Park (Solis to Persimmon Gap), Trans-Pecos Texas

Roger W. Cooper, Lamar University; Dee Ann Cooper, University of Texas-Austin; James B. Stevens, Lamar Univ; Margaret S. Stevens, Lamar State colleges - Orange and Pt. Arthur

250-6

188

Felsic Columns Enclosed within Mafic Sills: An Interesting Enigma in Big Bend National Park, Trans-Pecos Texas

J. Alex Maxwell, Lamar University; Mark L. Grzovic, APOLLO Environmental Strategies, Inc; Roger W. Cooper, Lamar University

250-7

189

Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Scaphitid Ammonites from the U.S. Western Interior

Neil H. Landman, American Museum of Natural History; William James Kennedy, Oxford; William A. Cobban; Neal L. Larson, Black Hills Museum of Natural History

250-8

190

Ostracod Evidence for a Berriasian to Valanginian Maximum Age of Some Nonmarine Formations In the U.S. Western Interior Foreland Basin—Early Cretaceous Hiatus Likely to Be Shorter Than Previously Reported

Benjamin Sames, Universität Wien; Michael E. Schudack, Fachrichtung Paläontologie; Richard L. Cifelli, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

250-9

191

Three Cretaceous Euselachian Assemblages from Northern Alberta with Implications for Paleobiogeography of the Western Interior

Todd D. Cook, University of Alberta

250-10

192

Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian Faunal Dynamics in the Western Interior Seaway

Joshua S. Slattery, University of South Florida; Peter J. Harries, University of South Florida

250-11

193

Broken Windows in the Greenhouse: Testing Late Cretaceous Glacioeustasy

Svetlana Mizintseva, Rutgers University

250-12

194

Ammonoid Paleobiogeography In the Cenomanian Western Interior Seaway

Margaret M. Yacobucci, Bowling Green State University; Richard A. MacKenzie III, University of Florida

250-13

195

Was the Western Interior Seaway Stratified?: Evidence from Late Campanian and Early Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) Shipworms

Peter J. Harries, University of South Florida; Scott A. Ishler, University of South Florida; Denise D. Palmer, Golder Associates Inc

250-14

196

The Link Between Hyperpycnal Flows and Growth Faults in Steeply Dipping Delta-Front Clinoforms

Eric L. Blankenship, University of Houston; Daniel Garza, University of Houston; Janok P. Bhattacharya, University of Houston; Michael Murphy, University of Houston; Yijie Zhu, University of Houston

250-15

197

Regional Tectonic Controls on Sedimentation during the Cenomanian-Turonian Time in the Western Interior Basin (WIB), Canada

Aditya Tyagi, University of Western Ontario; David W. Eaton, University of Calgary; Guy Plint, University of Western Ontario; David McNeil

250-16

198

Foraminiferal Communities from the Upper Cretaceous Coon Creek Formation of Tennessee

Melissa K. Lobegeier, Middle Tennessee State University; Clint N. Lusk, Middle Tennessee State University

250-17

199

Depositional Environment and Taphonomy of Marine Vertebrate Biofacies in the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Thermopolis Shale, South-Central Montana

Catherine E. Lash, Montana State University; James G. Schmitt, Montana State University

250-18

200

Mid-Cretaceous Vertebrate Faunas of the Western Interior Sea of Northern North America

Stephen L. Cumbaa, Canadian Museum of Nature; Kenshu Shimada, DePaul Univ

250-19

201

Paper Withdrawn

250-20

202

Using Taphonomic Disparity to Understand Preservation Biases in the Western Interior Seaway: An Example from the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous)

Kathy A. Hollis, University of Colorado; Kevin D. Webster, University of Colorado; Dena M. Smith, University of Colorado

250-21

203

Andrew Petter, Jackson School of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin; Ronald Steel, University of Texas at Austin; David Mohrig, University of Texas

2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): The Western Interior Seaway (Posters)

250 The Western Interior Seaway (Posters)