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VOL. 23, SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 3 JOURNAL TO PALEONTOLOGY ABSTRACTS SEPTEMBER 2003 VERTEBRATE OF Radison Riverfront Hotel Volume 23, Supplement to Number 3 12 September 2003 UPPER LEVEL Breakout Session Room Breakout Session Room STREET LEVEL Speaker Ready Room ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA Poster SVP Sessions Registration LOWER LEVEL OCTOBER 15-18, 2003 Exhibits SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY Plenary/Breakout Session Room ISSN 0272-4634 JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY VOLUME 23, SUPPLEMENT TO NUMBER 3 September, 2003 ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING SOCIETY OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA OCTOBER 15-18, 2003 HOST COMMITTEE: Kristina Curry Rogers (Chair), Chris Brochu, Bruce Erickson, David Fox, Joe Hartman, Jackie Hoff, Ellen Holt-Werle, Ron Lawrenz, Ali Lozoff, Jessica Madole, Rebecca Newberry, Andy Redline, Ray Rogers CONVENORS OF SYMPOSIA: Jason Anderson, Hans-Dieter Sues, Marilyn Fox, Judd Case, Jaelyn Eberle, Mark Goodwin, Sandy Carlson PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Donald Prothero (Chair and Editor), Greg Buckley, Kristina Curry Rogers, David Froehlich, Mike Gottfried, and Eric Dewar PROGRAM AT A GLANCE WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 2003 SYMPOSIA EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS AMONG VERTEBRATES A Symposium in Honor of Robert Lynn Carroll MINNESOTA BALLROOM CONVENORS: JASON S. ANDERSON AND HANS-DIETER SUES 8:00 Welcome 8:05 Wilson, M.V.H., and Hanke, G.: HOMOLOGIES OF PAIRED FINS AND TEETH ACROSS THE AGNATHAN- GNATHOSTOME TRANSITION 8:25 Larsson, H.: EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION OF THE AUTOPODIUM: TESTING DEVELOPMENTAL MECHA- NISMS OF THE FIN-LIMB TRANSITION 8:45 Clack, J., Blom, H., and Ahlberg, P.E.: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE POSTCRANIAL SKELETON OF ICHTHYOSTEGA 8:55 Anderson, J. THE ORIGIN OF LISSAMPHIBIA 9:15 Reisz, R.: COTYLOSAUR PHYLOGENY AND THE INITIAL DIVERSIFICATION OF AMNIOTES 9:35 Caldwell, M.: ON THE ORIGIN OF SNAKES 9:55 BREAK 10:15 Padian, K.: EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS IN THE ORIGIN OF BIRDS 10:35 Hopson, J.: THE TRANSITION FROM NONMAMMALIAN CYNODONTS TO MAMMALS 10:55 Luo, Z.: SUCCESSIVE DIVERSIFICATION OF MESOZOIC MAMMAL CLADES AND ACCUMULATIVE EVO- LUTION OF THEIR ANATOMICAL APOMORPHIES 11:15 O’Leary, M.: THE POSITION OF WHALES AMONG MAMMALS: INCORPORATING NEW DISCOVERIES INTO CONTINUED COMBINED ANALYSIS. 11:35 Beard, K.C.: ANTHROPOID ORIGINS: MOSAIC EVOLUTION, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND THE GENESIS OF THEIR PALEOECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE PREPARATORS’ SYMPOSIUM GREAT RIVER BALLROOM 2/3 CONVENOR: MARILYN FOX 8:00 Cavin, J., Herbel, C.L., Lien, D.B., Foss, S.E., and Benton, R.C.: TEN YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AT THE BIG PIG DIG: AN IMPORTANT OLIGOCENE SITE, BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH DAKOTA 8:15 Schulp, A.: USING AN ‘OPEN PREP LAB’ IN EXHIBITION STORYLINE DEVELOPMENT 8:30 Smith, M., Fremd, T.J., and Foss, S.E.: FURNISHING A NEW PALEONTOLOGICAL CURATION AND RESEARCH FACILITY AT JOHN DAY FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT, OREGON 8:45 Masek, R.: LARGE-SCALE TRANSFER PREPARATION 9:00 Mason, J.: MECHANICAL TO CHEMICAL: THE FINAL PREPARATION OF A DICYNODONT FROM THE KINGORI SANDSTONE USING MICROSCRIBES AND DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE. 9:15 Murphy, N., Thompson, M., and Murphy, M.: PREPARATION OF FOSSILIZED SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURES IN A NEW HADROSAURIAN MUMMY FROM THE JUDITH RIVER FORMATION OF MONTANA 9:30 Wilkening, D.: FOSSIL ACQUISITION BY SCREEN WASHING 9:45 Davidson, A.: ADHESIVES AS LIQUIDS 10:00 BREAK AND POSTER SESSION (authors will be present) 10:45 Keillor, T.: NOVEL APPROACHES TO SKULL RECONSTRUCTIONS 11:00 Herbel, C.: IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING CONSERVATION AND ETHICS IN MOLD MAK- ING 11:15 Fox, M.: BASICS OF MOLDMAKING—FILLING AND MOLD DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS JVP 23(3) September 2003—ABSTRACTS 5A 11:30 Brown, G.W: THE SEAMY SIDE OF MOLD MAKING: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR SMALL MULTI-PART MOLDS 11:45 Groenke, J., and Sanders, W.J.: REPRODUCTION OF FOSSILS: FROM MOTHER MOLDS TO FULL-GROWN MOUNTED SKELETONS (AN OVERVIEW AND SUGGESTIONS) POSTERS ASSOCIATED WITH PREPARATORS’ SYMPOSIUM (Authors will be present 10:00-10:45) Booth # 1. Jabo, S.: AN INEXPENSIVE MOLD/CAST PROCEDURE SUITABLE FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS 2.Kroehler, P.A.: MOLDING AND CASTING ODOBENOCETOPS, AN UNUSUAL WHALE SKULL 3. Christopher, M.: A LIGHTWEIGHT ALTERNATIVE TO LARGE SILICONE BLOCK MOLDS 4. Burnham, D., Martin, L.D., and Walton, A.W.: UNUSUAL PRESERVATION EVEN FOR A LIAONING BIRD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HIGH-LATITUDE MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC VERTEBRATES: EVOLUTION, PALEOCLIMATE, AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY MINNESOTA BALLROOM CONVENORS: JAELYN EBERLE AND JUDD CASE 1:30 Fiorillo, A., and Gangloff, R.: PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE TAPHONOMIC AND PALEOECOLOGIC SET- TING OF A PACHYRHINOSAURUS BONEBED IN NORTHERN ALASKA 1:45 Gangloff, R., and Fiorillo, A.; THE RECORD OF ARCTIC DINOSAURS FROM NORTHERN ALASKA, PALEO- GEOGRAPHIC AND PALEOECOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS 2:00 Clemens, W.A.: LATE CRETACEOUS MAMMALS FROM THE PRINCE CREEK FORMATION, COLVILLE RIVER, ALASKA. 2:15 Brinkman, D., Tarduno, J., Friedman, M., and Currie, P.: A NON-MARINE VERTEBRATE ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS (TURONIAN-CONIACIAN) CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC 2:30 Martin, J.E., Case, J.A., Jagt, J.W.M., Schulp, A.S., and Mulder, E.W.A.: THE FIRST DIDELPHID MARSUPIAL (MAMMALIA) FROM EUROPE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE CONCERNING LATE CRETACEOUS BIOGEOGRA- PHY 2:45 Case, J., Martin, J.E., Chaney, D.S., and Reguero, M.: LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAURS FROM THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA: REMNANT OR IMMIGRANT FAUNA? 3:00 Malyshkina, T.: LATE PALEOCENE ELASMOBRANCHII FROM THE BASE OF SEROV FORMATION IN WESTERN PART OF THE WEST-SIBERIAN PLATE 3:15 BREAK 3:30 Albright, L.B., Woodburne, M.O., Case, J.A., and Chaney, D.S.: A LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE FROM THE EOCENE OF ANTARCTICA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANTIQUITY OF GIGANTOTHERMY IN DER- MOCHELYIDAE 3:45 Eberle, J., Dawson, M., Lee, C., Riediger, C., and Hutchison, J.H.: TOWARDS A REFINED VERTEBRATE BIOS- TRATIGRAPHY FOR EOCENE STRATA OF THE EUREKA SOUND GROUP, CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC 4:00 McKenna, M.C.: SEMI-ISOLATION AND LOWERED SALINITY OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN LATE PALE- OCENE TO EARLIEST EOCENE TIME 4:15 Dawson, M.: PHYLOGENETIC AND GEOGRAPHIC AFFINITIES OF THE EARLY MIOCENE VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF DEVON ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA 4:30 Fordyce, R.E.: EARLY CROWN-GROUP CETACEA IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN: THE TOOTHED ARCHAIC MYSTICETE LLANOCETUS 4:45 Rybczynski, N.: FOSSIL CUT-WOOD FROM THE CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC: NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF WOOD-CUTTING IN CASTORIDS 6A © 2003 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology BIOMINERALIZATION: PATTERNS, PROCESSES, AND ANALYSIS OF MODERN AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATE SKELETAL TISSUES GREAT RIVER BALLROOM 2/3 CONVENORS: MARK B. 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CARLSON 1:30 Wopenka, B., and Pasteris, J.: BIOLOGICAL APATITES: A COMPARISON OF BONE AND TOOTH MINERAL- IZATION 1:45 Barreto, C., and Marshall, C: THE EVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GROWTH PLATE 2:00 Martin, R.B.: THE IMPORTANCE OF FATIGUE FAILURE IN THE EVOLUTION OF BONE REMODELING 2:15 Skinner, H.C.W.: APATITE COMPOSITION: A SENTINEL MINERAL FOR VERTEBRATES 2:30 Kohn, M.: RATES OF ENAMEL FORMATION IN HERBIVORES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INFERRING PALE- OSEASONALITY 2:45 Hoppe, K., Muenchau, B., and Chamberlain, P.: USING ISOTOPIC ANALYSES OF HERBIVORE TEETH AS A PALEOENVIRONMENTAL PROXY: A STUDY OF ISOTOPIC PATTERNS IN MODERN GREAT PLAINS BISON 3:00 Teaford, M., Darnell, L., Weihs, T., and Weiner, M.: CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHYSICAL PROP- ERTIES OF TEETH 3:15 BREAK 3:30 von Koenigswald, W.: THREE GENERAL TYPES OF SCHMELZMUSTER IN RODENT MOLARS 3:45 Fox, D., Knurr, R., and Fisher, D.C.: COMPARISON OF ELEMENTAL AND OXYGEN ISOTOPE VARIATION PROFILES IN PROBOSCIDEAN TUSK DENTIN 4:00 Goodwin, M., and Barnes, L.: CARBON ISOTOPE ANALYSIS AND MINERALIZATION IN FOSSIL AND MOD- ERN MYSTICETE WHALE BALEEN PLATES 4:15 Stanton Thomas, K.J., and Carlson, S.J.: ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF MICROSCALE δ 13C ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF AN ONTOGENETIC SERIES OF THE HADROSAURIAN DINOSAUR EDMONTOSAURUS 4:30 de Ricqles, A., and Yans, Y.: BERNISSART’S IGUANODON: THE CASE FOR “FRESH” VERSUS “OLD” DINOSAUR BONE 4:45 Curry Rogers, K., Erickson, G., and Norell, M.: DINOSAURIAN LIFE HISTORY STRATEGIES, GROWTH RATES, AND CHARACTER EVOLUTION: NEW INSIGHTS GARNERED FROM BONE HISTOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENTAL MASS EXTRAPOLATION 5:00 Sander, M.: LONG AND GIRDLE BONE HISTOLOGY IN SAUROPOD DINOSAURS: METHODS OF STUDY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR GROWTH, LIFE HISTORY, TAXONOMY, AND EVOLUTION 5:15 Jackson, F., Garrido, A., Schmitt, J.G., Chiappe, L.M., Dingus, L., and Loope, D.B.: ABNORMAL, MULTILAY- ERED TITANOSAUR (DINOSAURIA: SAUROPODA) EGGS FROM IN SITU CLUTCHES AT THE AUCA MAHUEVO LOCALITY, NEUQUEN PROVINCE, ARGENTINA 5:30 Schweitzer, M., Channing, A., Horner, J.R., and Chiappe, L.M.: MICROBIAL BIOMINERALIZATION AND EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION OF VERTEBRATE FOSSILS 5:45 Trueman, C., Behrensmeyer, A.K., Tuross, N., and Weiner, S.: BIOMINERALIZATION, FOSSILIZATION, AND BIOCHEMISTRY: HOW THE ORIGINAL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF BONE DICTATE ITS PRESERVATION JVP 23(3) September 2003—ABSTRACTS 7A THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 2003 PLENARY ROMER PRIZE SESSION MINNESOTA BALLROOM MODERATORS: MATT CARRANO AND LANCE GRANDE 8:00 Welcome 8:15 Hill, R.: RECONSTRUCTING AMNIOTE PHYLOGENY USING MORPHOLOGY OF THE SKELETON, INTEGU- MENT, AND OSTEODERMS 8:30 Sato, T: EFFECT OF DATA SELECTION IN PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE ELASMOSAURIDAE (REP- TILIA: SAUROPTERYGIA) 8:45 Tumarkin-Deratzian, A: EVALUATION OF TEXTURAL AGING AS A METHOD FOR DETERMINING RELA- TIVE ONTOGENETIC
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    University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository Graduate Studies The Vault: Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2013-01-25 Investigating Sexual Dimorphism in Ceratopsid Horncores Borkovic, Benjamin Borkovic, B. (2013). Investigating Sexual Dimorphism in Ceratopsid Horncores (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26635 http://hdl.handle.net/11023/498 master thesis University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY Investigating Sexual Dimorphism in Ceratopsid Horncores by Benjamin Borkovic A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CALGARY, ALBERTA JANUARY, 2013 © Benjamin Borkovic 2013 Abstract Evidence for sexual dimorphism was investigated in the horncores of two ceratopsid dinosaurs, Triceratops and Centrosaurus apertus. A review of studies of sexual dimorphism in the vertebrate fossil record revealed methods that were selected for use in ceratopsids. Mountain goats, bison, and pronghorn were selected as exemplar taxa for a proof of principle study that tested the selected methods, and informed and guided the investigation of sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs. Skulls of these exemplar taxa were measured in museum collections, and methods of analysing morphological variation were tested for their ability to demonstrate sexual dimorphism in their horns and horncores.
  • Dinosaurs British Isles

    Dinosaurs British Isles

    DINOSAURS of the BRITISH ISLES Dean R. Lomax & Nobumichi Tamura Foreword by Dr Paul M. Barrett (Natural History Museum, London) Skeletal reconstructions by Scott Hartman, Jaime A. Headden & Gregory S. Paul Life and scene reconstructions by Nobumichi Tamura & James McKay CONTENTS Foreword by Dr Paul M. Barrett.............................................................................10 Foreword by the authors........................................................................................11 Acknowledgements................................................................................................12 Museum and institutional abbreviations...............................................................13 Introduction: An age-old interest..........................................................................16 What is a dinosaur?................................................................................................18 The question of birds and the ‘extinction’ of the dinosaurs..................................25 The age of dinosaurs..............................................................................................30 Taxonomy: The naming of species.......................................................................34 Dinosaur classification...........................................................................................37 Saurischian dinosaurs............................................................................................39 Theropoda............................................................................................................39
  • Sankey, J.T. 2002. Vertebrate Paleontology And

    Sankey, J.T. 2002. Vertebrate Paleontology And

    SANKEY - GLENNS FERRY AND BRUNEAU FORMATIONS. IDAHO Table 2. Stratigraphic level and geologic unit of fossils discussed in this paper. See Systematic Paleontology section (this paper) for referenced specimens and their corresponding IMNH locality. GF, upper Glenns Ferry Formation (normal polarity, upper Olduvai subchron); B, lower Bruneau Formation (lowest Bruneau Formation, normal polarity, uppermost Olduvai subchron; remaining Bruneau Formation, reversed polarity; Fig. 5). IMNH 158 and 159 (collected by the John Tyson family) have imprecise locations, and a wide range of elevations are shown for these two localities. xxxx x x ¥f XX x X XXX a mw Eiychocheilus arcifems Mcheilus --Gila milleri ~u~yes&us -sp. cf. & tierinurn cf. WQsp. &ma SP- d. && sp. cf. *lopolus sp. Colubridae-indeterminate cf. Qm sp. d. sp. d. & sp. sp. cf. M.kptc-stomus param"lodon Taxidea taxus htimiun pid~nrn sp. d. C. &xg&gs Q& sp. cf. c. priscolatrans Felis lacustrjs EAk SP. -v Jhnlwu SP. fdbQmy3Q.1 patus sbdaka- lYlkmV3- I3Ywmu .SP. d-LsEia Leporidae-indeterminate sp. cf. E. sirn~licidm I3aY!ws- cf. Qglntocamelus Sp. '3. QE%!Qps sp. cf. J-Iemiauche0Ul sp. QdQQihsSP. saYs SP. d-- AND WHEREAS.. Honoring John A. White T.3S. Fo Snake River (5 km) Figure 3. Tyson Ranch. Topographic map with locations of the three measured sections (Sinker Butte 7.5' U.S.G.S. Quadrangle). Photograph of TRl (view to Sinker Butte) with arrow pointing to the phreatic tuff near the Glenns Ferry-Bruneau Formational contact. SANKEY - GLENNS FERRY AND BRUNEAU FORMATIONS, IDAHO Figure 4. Three Mile East. Topographic map with locations of measured section (Silver City 4 NE and Sinker Butte 7.5' U.S.G.S.
  • Downloaded from Brill.Com10/11/2021 06:41:35AM Via Free Access 268 Ge Et Al

    Downloaded from Brill.Com10/11/2021 06:41:35AM Via Free Access 268 Ge Et Al

    Contributions to Zoology, 84 (4) 267-284 (2015) Geometric morphometric analysis of skull morphology reveals loss of phylogenetic signal at the generic level in extant lagomorphs (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) Deyan Ge1, Lu Yao2, Lin Xia1, Zhaoqun Zhang3, Qisen Yang1, 4 1 Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China 2 Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois 60605, USA 3 Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China 4 Email: [email protected] Key words: centroid size, Leporidae, morphometry, Ochotonidae, phylogeny, skeletal features Abstract Discussion ...................................................................................... 278 Phylogenetic signals in skull shape evolution of lagomorphs at the generic level The intergeneric phylogeny of Lagomorpha had been controver- ......................................... 278 Morphological adaptation in the skull of lagomorphs sial for a long time before a robust phylogeny was reconstructed .. 278 based on seven nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. How- Acknowledgements ...................................................................... 279 ever, skull morphology of several endemic genera remained References ...................................................................................... 280 poorly understood. The morphology of supraorbital processes in Appendices ....................................................................................