Mosasaur Conference (2nd Try)

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Date:   5/8/04 10:58:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time    
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I thought some of you might be interested in the list of presentations at 
this coming week's mosasaur conference in Maastricht. DV:

9:45: Polyphyly of Mosasauridae: the growing body of evidence Gorden L. Bell, 
Jr. & Michael J. Polcyn 
10:05: A new late Middle Turonian Mosasauroid from Texas Michael J. Polcyn & 
Gorden L. Bell, Jr. 
10:20: New data from Opetiosaurus bucchichi and an examination of Aigialosaur 
systematics Alex Dutchak 
11:00: Second session. Session moderator: John W.M. Jagt 
11:00: On the squamate relationships of Mosasauroids and Dolichosaurs: are 
they really varanoids? Michael W. Caldwell 
11:15: Age, environment, and habitat of Dolichosaurs and primitive 
Mosasauroids. ÂLouis L. Jacobs, Michael J. Polcyn, Kurt Ferguson, Christine 
Rennison & 
Louis H. Taylor 
11:30: Tooth morphology and species determination in North American 
Mosasaurus. ÂTakehito Ikejiri 
11:45: A new look at the morphology and distribution of Mosasaurus conodon in 
North America. ÂTakehito Ikejiri & Spencer G. Lucas 
13:30: Third session. Session moderator: Anne S. Schulp 
13:30: Recent Campanian and Maastrichtian Mosasaur discoveries from New 
Jersey and Delaware, USA: implications for mosasaur extinction 
William B. Gallagher 
13:50: An intercontinental mosasaur extinction event at the Early / Late 
Campanian boundary. ÂJohan Lindgren 
14:10: Additional records of Clidastes Cope 1868 in the Upper Campanian from 
NW Germany Michael W. Caldwell & Cajus Diedrich 
15:30: Poster session and opportunity to exchange offprints 
Â> Mosasaurids from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco: ÂNathalie 
Bardet, Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Mohamed Iarochene, Baadi Bouya & Mbarek 
Amaghzaz 
> Preliminary catalogue of marine squamates (Reptilia) from the Upper 
Cretaceous of Northeastern Mexico Marie-CÃline Buchy, Krister T. Smith, 
Eberhard 
Frey, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Arturo H. GonzÃlez GonzÃlez, Christina Ifrim, 
Josà 
Guadalupe LÃpez-Oliva & Hector Porras-Muzquiz 
> A review of Australian mosasaur occurrences and their related vertebrate 
assemblages Benjamin P. Kear, John A. Long & James E. Martin 
> New record of the mosasaur Prognathodon from the Upper Cretaceous of 
Colorado and the distribution of the genus in North America Spencer G. Lucas &
 
Takehito Ikejiri 
> Mosasaur fossils from the Upper Cretaceous Izumi Group of Southwest Japan 
Masahiro Tanimoto 
> Maastrichtian mosasaurid reptiles from North and Central Bulgaria Plamen 
Tzankov Ivanov 
Tuesday 11 May: Sessions 
9:40: First session. Session moderator: Michael W. Caldwell 
9:40: Revisions to the anatomy and systematics of North American tylosaurine 
mosasaurs Timon Bullard 
10:00: Tylosaurus novum sp.: an update on an unnamed species of basal 
tylosaurine. Michael J. Everhart 
10:25: The tylosaurine Hainosaurus in the Campanian and Maastrichtian of 
Central Poland? John W.M. Jagt, Johan Lindgren, Marcin Machalski & Andrzej 
Radwanski 
11:10: Second session. Session moderator: William B. Gallagher 
11:10: A gravid mosasaur (Plioplatecarpus) from South Dakota Gorden L. Bell, 
Jr. & Amy M. Sheldon 
11:25: Feeding the Mechanical Mosasaur: what did Carinodens eat? Anne S. 
Schulp 
11:45: âTyrannosaurusâ of the sea: the huge mosasaur, Prognathodon, from 
Israel, a preliminary functional analysisÂÂ Per Christiansen & Niels Bonde 
12:10: A forked mosasaur tongue: fact or fiction? Anne S. Schulp & Eric W.A. 
Mulder 
13:50: Third session. Session moderator: Michael J. Everhart 
13:50: Is Mosasaurus lemonnieri a juvenile Mosasaurus hoffmanni? A discussion 
Eric W.A. Mulder, Dirk Cornelissen & Louis Verding 
14:10: Refining global mosasaur biostratigraphy ÂÂÂMarcus R. Ross 
14:30: The biostratigraphy of mosasaurs in the extended type area of the 
Maastrichtian Stage. John W.M. Jagt
15:20: Kiwiâs and trappists: a New Zealand mosasaur in Belgium and France 
Michael W. Caldwell, Gorden L. Bell, Jr. & Robert Holmes 
15:40: The utility of isolated teeth in mosasaur taxonomy ÂJohan Lindgren 
16:00: The discovery, excavation, preparation and presentation of 
Prognathodon saturator (âBÃrâ) (video) Rudi W. Dortangs