2006 Project
Participants 2005 Project Participants 2004 Project Participants
(submit updates to bodenbender@hope.edu )
Anderson*, A. K., A. L. Bylsma*, M. D. Etter*, C. J. Gray*, R. I. Ochoa*, S. D. Pels*, D. J. Riese*, K. P. Stack*, K. A. Walton*, and M. A. Wismer*. 2006. Taphonomy and paleoenvironmental analysis of the Red Canyon Ranch dinosaur site, Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Shell, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38(7): 355. (Presented at Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October, 2006.)
Educational outreach
July 20-22, 2006 (MDE, SDP, KPS, MAW, BEB, MDU) – Open access fossil preparation, visited by more than 900 museum patrons, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
July 18, 2006 - (AKA, ALB, MDE, CJG, RIO, DJR, KPS, KAW, BEB, TMD) Brown Bag presentation for 9 REACH high school summer research participants, Hope College.
Knapp, Lisa. "Students get look at fossils." Holland Sentinel, 19 July 2006, p. A5. (http://hollandsentinel.com/stories/071906/local_20060719021.shtml - free registration required)
Kara Walton - NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium, West Virginia
University: $1,000
Bodenbender, B. E., T. M. Demko, and M. D. Uhen. 2005. An REU enables intensive and extensive multidisciplinary field research: the example of an Upper Jurassic dinosaur site in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(7): 491. (Presented at Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, October 19, 2005.)
Cartwright*, A. M., T. M. Demko, B. E. Bodenbender, and G. F. Peaslee. 2006. Rare Earth Element comparison of vertebrate assemblages in the Morrison and Cloverly Formations. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38(7): 355. (Presented at Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October, 2006.)
Cartwright*, A. M., T. P. Cleland*, S. F. Derby*, E. E. Ergas*, H. I. Fay*, K. M. Loughney*, J. A. Riedel*, M.K. Rocheford*, C. L. Scott*, and K. L. Skaggs*. 2005. Aspects of the paleontology and stratigraphy of the lower Triassic-lower Cretaceous strata of the eastern Bighorn Basin, WY. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(7): 302. (Presented at Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, October 17, 2005.)
Cartwright*, A. M., T. P. Cleland*, S. F. Derby*, E. E. Ergas*, H. I. Fay*, K. M. Loughney*, J. A. Riedel*, M.K. Rocheford*, C. L. Scott*, and K. L. Skaggs*. 2005. Aspects of the paleontology and stratigraphy of the lower Triassic-lower Cretaceous strata of the eastern Bighorn Basin, WY. (Poster presentation at SURSCA: Society for Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities, University of Wisconsin River Falls, November 10, 2005.)
Derby*, S. F. 2006. An investigation of microvertebrates in the Morrison and Cloverly Formations near Shell, Wyoming. Hope College 5th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance, Abstracts: 30. Presented at Holland, Michigan, January 27, 2006.
Derby*, S. F., B. E. Bodenbender, and T. M. Demko. 2006. An investigation of microvertebrates in the Morrison Formation near Shell, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38(4): 67. (Presented at North-Central Section Meeting, Akron, April 21, 2006.)
Ergas*, E. E., B. E. Bodenbender, and T. M. Demko. 2006. Taphonomy of a sauropod quarry in the upper Morrison Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38(4): 62. (Presented at North-Central Section Meeting, Akron, April 21, 2006.)
Loughney*, K. M., T. M. Demko, and B. E. Bodenbender. 2006. Paleoenvironmental and depositional setting of two dinosaur bone-bearing quarries in the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic) of Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38(4): 75. (Presented at North-Central Section Meeting, Akron, April 21, 2006.)
Rocheford, K.*, C. L. Mathisrud*, T. M. Demko, and G. R. Upchurch, Jr. 2006. Reconstructing the late Jurassic paleoenvironment through chronostratigraphic correlation of Morrison Formation subsurface well logs, outcrops, and fossil bearing layers in the eastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 38(7): 356. (Presented at Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October, 2006.)
July 21-23, 2005 (AMC, EEE, JAR, KML, BEB, MDU) – Open-air fossil preparation, visited by more than 150 museum patrons, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Aug. 9, 2005 (BEB) – Lab visit and presentation on dinosaur research for 20 home school students and parents.
Aug. 31, 2005 (TMD, AMC, SJK, EJS) – Open-air fossil preparation at the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN.
Nov. 16, 2005 (AMC) – Presentation on fossils for 20 1st graders, Congdon Park Elementary, Duluth, MN.
Jan. 12, 2006 (AMC) - Presentation on fossils for three classes of 8th graders, Esko High School, Esko, MN
Jan. 12, 2006 (AMC) - Presentation on fossils and college science opportunities for four classes of 10th graders, Esko High School, Esko, MN
Jan. 19, 2006 (BEB) - Lab visit on dinosaur research for 24 senior citizens, Freedom Village, Holland, MI.
Jan.
26, 2006 (BEB) - Lab visit on dinosaur research for 15 8th graders and 1
teacher, Holland Christian Schools, Holland, MI.
GES 295: Fossil Identification and Interpretation, Hope College.
GEMS 201: Evolution of Dinosaurs, Hope College.
2 independent research students, Hope College.
2 summer research students, University of Minnesota Duluth.
Alyson Cartwright - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of Minnesota Duluth: $1,700
Alyson Cartwright - Reactor Sharing grant award (sponsored by Department of Energy), The University of Missouri Research Reactor Center: $2,400
Sean Derby - Geological Society of America North-Central Section travel grant: $140
Emmanuel Ergas - Nassau Fund Undergraduate Research Grant, Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships, University of Pennsylvania: $750
Emmanuel Ergas - Geological Society of America North-Central Section travel grant: $140
Katie Loughney - Geological Society of America North-Central Section travel grant: $140
Kat Rocheford - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of Minnesota Duluth: $3,400
Crystal Scott - Undergraduate Research Grant, North Central Section of the Geological Society of America: $300
Crystal Scott Mathisrud - "Dispersed Plant Cuticle of the Jurassic Morrison Formation
from the Big Horn Basin, WY," USDA/CAFES Summer Research Experience,
University of Wisconsin River Falls: $3,000
Bodenbender,
B. E., and T. M. Demko. 2005. Multidisciplinary field investigations: using shared logistics to
increase research productivity. CUR
Quarterly 25(4): 156-161.
Baar, E. E.*, M. Yonovitz*, T. M. Demko, and B. E. Bodenbender.
2005. Description of paleosols in the Upper Jurassic Morrison and Lower
Cretaceous Cloverly Formations near a dinosaur site in the Bighorn Basin,
WY.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(5): 33.
Presented at North-Central Section meeting, Minneapolis, May 19,
2005.
Demko, T. M., B. E. Bodenbender, E. E. Baar*, C. W. Holbrook*, S. J. Kubarek*, J. Murphy*, E. M. Ramirez*, J. E. Scott*, E. Swor*, M. Yonovitz*, E. C. Clites*, and C. J. Thomason*. 2004. Paleoenvironmental analysis of a Morrison Formation dinosaur site, Bighorn Basin, WY: conducting an interdisciplinary field study through disciplinary tasks. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 36(5):233. Presented at Annual Meeting, Denver, November 8, 2004.
Kubarek, S.*, E. Swor*, E.
Ramirez*, B. E. Bodenbender, and T. M. Demko. 2005. Taphonomy, taxonomy, and anatomy
of sauropod and theropod dinosaur remains from the Upper Jurassic Morrison
Formation near Shell, WY. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(5): 33.
Presented at North-Central Section meeting, Minneapolis, May 19,
2005.
Murphy, J. C.*, E. C. Clites*, T. M. Demko, and B. E. Bodenbender.
2005. Fluvial sedimentology and plant taphonomy of a dinosaur site and
associated strata, Upper Jurassic Morrison and Lower Cretaceous Cloverly
Formations, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(5): 32.
Presented at North-Central Section meeting, Minneapolis, May 19,
2005.
Scott,
J.*, C. W. Holbrook*, T. M. Demko, and B. E. Bodenbender.
2005. Development of a stratigraphic column and geologic map of a Morrison
Formation dinosaur site, Bighorn Basin, WY.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
37(5): 32.
Presented at North-Central Section meeting, Minneapolis, May
19, 2005.
Thomason, C.* 2005.
Microprobe analysis of apatite in dinosaur bone. Hope College 4th
Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance,
Abstracts: 18. Presented at Holland, Michigan, January 20, 2005.
July 29-31, 2004 (EJS, SJK, EMR, BEB, MDU) – Open-air fossil preparation, visited by more than 250 museum patrons, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Sept. 17-19, 2004 (BEB) – Created the exhibit, “Dinosaur Fossils from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming,” for the Tulip City Gem and Mineral Show, Holland Civic Center, Holland, Michigan.
Sept. 25, 2004 (BEB) – Radio interview, WFUR-FM, Holland, Michigan.
Nov. 4, 2004 (BEB) – Hope College Science Day presentation, “Dinosaurs, so what?”, to 40 high school students.
Feb. 15, 2005 (BEB) – Presented on fossils to 25 1st graders, Vanderbilt Charter Academy, Holland, Michigan.
May 11, 2005 (BEB) – Presented on paleontology to 20 1st graders, West Elementary, Coopersville, Michigan.
GEMS 201: Evolution of Dinosaurs, Hope College.
1 independent research student, Hope College.
2 independent research students, University of Minnesota Duluth.
Sara Kubarek - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Grant, University of Minnesota Duluth: $5,100
Emily Swor - Undergraduate Research
Opportunities Program Grant, University of Minnesota Duluth: $5,100