Bulletin no. 7

Dr. Robert D. McCord and Debra Boaz, eds.

Produced as a companion volume to the Southwest Paleontological Symposium in 2000, the book is a compilation of papers and abstracts of presentations given at the meeting. In addition to papers authored by professional scientists, Bulletin number 7 features many papers by motivated students and Southwest Paleontological Society (SPS) members. 125 pages.

Southwest Paleontological Symposium Proceedings

Mesa Southwest Museum Bulletin No. 7

Table of Contents

A New Antiarch (class placodermi) from Arizona (abstract)

Heidemarie G. Johnson, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Plant Fossil Distribution within Stratigraphic and Lithologic Zones of the Supai Formation near Promontory Butte, Arizona (abstract)

Kenneth Mastre and Carol Tang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Examining Differential Preservation and Mineralization: Understanding Taphonomic and Diagenetic Processes in the Supai Flora of Northern Arizona (abstract)

Matthew Baillie and Carol Tang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Trace Fossils as Paleoclimatic Indicators from the Kaibab Formation (Middle Permian) of Northern Arizona

Tom j. Olson, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Correlating Population Dynamics of Different Brachiopod Species: Implications for Reconstructing Paleobiology and Life Strategies (abstract)

Dawn Ashbridge and Carol Tang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

A Preliminary Report on New Vertebrate Fossil Sites, including a Microsite from the Holbrook Member of the Moenkopi Formation, Holbrook, Arizona

Sterling J. Nesbitt, Avocationist, Southwest Paleontological Society, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ

The First Trematosaurid Amphibian from the Middle Triassic of the United States

Adrian P. Hunt, Mesalands Dinosaur Museum, Mesa Technical College, Tucumcari, NM Vincent L. Santucci, Fossil Butte Nat. Monument, Kemmerer, WY T. Olson, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Phytosaurs (Archosauria: Crocodylotarsi) from the Upper Triassic Owl Rock Formation, Arizona, and their Biochronological Significance (abstract)

Andrew B. Heckert, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM

Is "Metopo-Dog" an Important Specimen?

T. L. Ford, Avocationist, Poway, CA

Late Triassic Phytosaur Skulls from Arizona in the USNM Collection and their Biostratigraphic Significance (abstract)

Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM Andrew B. Heckert, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

A Giant, Incomplete Redondasa urus Skull from the Redonda Formation (Upper Triassic: Apachean) of East- Central New Mexico (abstract)

Andrew B. Heckert, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM Jerald D. Harris, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM Spencer G. Lucas, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM

Paleo-Upwelling and the Distribution of Mesozoic Marine Reptiles (abstract)

Danielle Montague-Judd and Judith Totman Parrish, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ J. Michael Parrish, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL

Paleoecological and Taphonomic Implications of Differential Colonization Patterns on Jurassic Gryphaea (abstract)

Janice Adams and Carol Tang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Cretaceous Rudist Reef Mounds of Southern Arizona: An Educational Opportunity for Active Learning

Carol Tang, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Peter Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA

Site Stratigraphy and Depositional Environment for Sonorasaurus thompsoni in the Whetstone Mountains, Pima County, Arizona

Robert Scarborough, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ

The Axial Skeleton of Sonorasaurus thompsoni Ratkevich 1998

Brian Curtice, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, Arizona

Preliminary Observations Regarding the Taphonomy and Paleoenvironments of Zuniceratops and Contemporaneous Vertebrate Fossils of the Mid-Cretaceous Moreno Hill Formation, Zuni Basin, (Arizona-New Mexico)

Douglas G. Wolfe, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ

Chevrons for Tyrannosaurus bataar

Philip R. Platt, Avocationist, Southwest Paleontological Society, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, AZ

Proboscidean Fossils from the San Simon River Vallev, Graham and Cochise Counties, Arizona.

B. J. Tegowski, Avocationist, Southwest Paleontological Society, Southern Chapter, Tucson, AZ

Richard S. White, Curator, International Wildlife Museum,Tucson, AZ

Glyptodonts and Other Fossils of the San Simon Valley, Graham County, Arizona

Lawrence C. Thrasher, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Safford, AZ

Fossil Discoveries at Porcupine Cave (abstract)

Louis H. Taylor, Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO