Student Poster Competition
Paleontological Society Student Poster Award
Current Chair (2010---)
Dr. Peter J. Harries
Dept. of Geology
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528
Tampa, FL 33620-5201
email: harries@cas.usf.edu
phone: (813) 974-4974
fax: (813) 974-2654
Past Chair (2007 — 2009)
Dr. Lisa M. Amati
Department of Geology
SUNY Potsdam
Potsdam, NY 13676
email: amatilm@potsdam.edu
phone: (315) 267-3482
2011 PS Poster Award Recipients
Winner:
Pedro M. Monarrez
Department of Geological Sciences
California State University, Fullerton
LATE MISSISSIPPIAN BRACHIOPOD COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE ONSET OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC ICE AGE, ARROW CANYON, NV
Runner Ups:
James R. Thomka
Department of Geology
University of Cincinnati
PELMATOZOAN ATTACHMENT STRUCTURES FROM A MICROBIOHERMAL HARDGROUND IN THE MIDDLE SILURIAN OSGOOD FORMATION, SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA
Scott A. Mata
Department of Earth Sciences
LARGE EARLY CAMBRIAN SEA ANEMONE BURROWS FROM THE UPPER MEMBER OF THE WOOD CANYON FORMATION, DEATH VALLEY REGION, UNITED STATES
2010 PS Poster Award Recipients
First Place
PALEONTOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF THE WACCAMAW FORMATION AT NEILS EDDY LANDING, ACME, NORTH CAROLINA
MCGREGOR, Daren A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, daren.mcgregor@gmail.com
Second Place
SAND PSEUDOMORPHS OF DINOSAUR BONES: IMPLICATIONS FOR (NON-) PRESERVATION OF SKELETAL MATERIAL IN THE HARTFORD BASIN, USA
GETTY, Patrick Ryan, Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road U-2045, Storrs, CT 06269, patrick.getty@uconn.edu
2009 PS Poster Award Recipients
First Place
GENUS-LEVEL TAPHONOMIC VARIATION WITHIN CLADID CRINOIDS, UPPER PENNSYLVANIAN BARNSDALL FORMATION, NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA
THOMKA, James R., Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, jrt0006@auburn.edu, MOSHER, Daniel, Biology Department, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, 43050, LEWIS, Ronald D., Geology and Geography, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5305, PABIAN, Roger K., School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583-0961, and HOLTERHOFF, Peter, Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409
Two Runners-Up
EVOLUTION AND DIVERSIFICATION OF DUGONGINAE (SIRENIA; DUGONGIDAE) IN THE WEST ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN REGION
VELEZ-JUARBE, Jorge, Department of Anatomy, Howard University, 520 W Street, NW, Washington, DC 20059, jorgefossilhunter@hotmail.com and DOMNING, Daryl P., Department of Anatomy, Howard University, 520 W St. NW, Washington, DC 20059
MIOCENE FORAMINIFERAL BIOFACIES ALONG THE CARIBBEAN COAST OF NORTHWEST PANAMA
GARCIA INGUANTI, Carla1, GUROCAK-ORHUN, Ozlem1, MATTHEWS, Francis Alex1, COLLINS, Laurel S.2, and O'DEA, Aaron3, (1) Dept. of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, cgarc003@fiu.edu, (2) Dept. of Earth and Environment, and Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, (3) Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843 - 03092, Panama, 03092, Panama
2008 PS Poster Award Recipients
First Place
A NEW OUTLINE METHOD TO IDENTIFY SPECIALIZED SHELL-WEDGING BEHAVIOR IN GASTROPOD MOLLUSKS
SMITH, Ursula E., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and DIETL, Gregory, P., Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY 14850
Two Runners-Up
THE INFLUENCE OF TAXONOMIC LEVEL ON BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS
REDMAN, Cory M., Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115
PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY OF CINCINNATIAN (LATE ORDOVICIAN) BRACHIOPOD SPECIES UTILIZING ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING METHODS
WALLS, Bradley J., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701

