Gray Fossil Site
Links
Links, from the Geological Society of America, Southeast Section meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 24, 2006, session on the paleontology, paleoecology, and paleoenvironments of the Gray Fossil Site, Gray, Tennessee:
ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF FOSSIL SALAMANDERS AND SNAKES: A CASE STUDY FROM THE MIO-PLIOCENE GRAY FOSSIL SITE OF TENNESSEE SCHUBERT, Blaine W http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006SE/finalprogram/abstract_102213.htm
EVIDENCE OF A FOREST REFUGIUM AT A NEOGENE FOSSIL SITE, GRAY, TN DESANTIS, Larisa R. Grawe http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006SE/finalprogram/abstract_102006.htm
STRATIGRAPHY AND PALYNOLOGY OF THE MIO-PLIOCENE GRAY FOSSIL SITE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, EAST TENNESSEE WHITELAW, Michael J. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006SE/finalprogram/abstract_102008.htm
A PALEOECOLOGY COMPARISON STUDY OF ANURANS FROM THE GRAY FOSSIL SITE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, TN, AND THE PIPE CREEK SINKHOLE, GRANT COUNTY, IN SHEETS, Hope A., http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006SE/finalprogram/abstract_102387.htm
A NEW POPULATION OF TELEOCERAS (MAMMALIA: RHINOCEROTIDAE) FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS (GRAY, TENNESSEE) WALLACE, Steven C. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006SE/finalprogram/abstract_102341.htm
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND MORPHOLOGY OF TAPIRUS POLKENSIS (OLSEN) FROM THE LATE NEOGENE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES HULBERT, Richard C. Jr http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2006SE/finalprogram/abstract_101862.htm
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High-resolution Gravity study of the Gray Fossil Site. Whitlaw, et al 2008 (abstract) new link Jan. 2008
http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=GPYSA7000073000002000B25000001&idtype=
cvips&gifs=yesInformation and pictures from ETSU and the museum. http://www.etsu.edu/grayfossilsite/Rhino/newpics.asp and linked pages under "LEARN MORE" These are not linked from the grayfossilmuseum.com website as of Aug. 2008.
Gray Fossil Site Museum, opened Aug 31, 2007; Splash page http://www.grayfossilmuseum.com/
Dr. Mike Clark's Gray site work, picture of the trench dug for sampling: http://rocks.gg.utk.edu/Faculty/clark/research4.htm
Aaron Shunk's poster, 2003 Geological Society of America meeting, Seattle. Proposes gray clay / black clay boundary represents climate change from dry to humid. Abstract. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003AM/finalprogram/abstract_61898.htm
Chris Whisner's poster, 2001 Southeast Section GSA meeting, Raleigh. Proposes site may have been localized by E-W strike-slip faulting. Abstract. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2001SE/finalprogram/abstract_4779.htm
Vaughn and Melton, designers for the Gray Site Museum and Visitor Center http://www.vaughnmelton.com/news-2003-2.html
"Official" version of this site, placed on the Tennessee State server February 26, 2001. Originally a "mirror" of this one, but with official State links, it was radically restructured in April, 2006, and many of the pictures made smaller. The one here at Graysite1.net now has much more information. http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tdg/gray/
Local Knoxville paper, ran series of articles, June and July, 2000. Use search button on left, for "fossil" or "Gray Site." Articles kept online for 30 days. http://www.knoxnews.com/
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/, search for "fossil" to get recent articles.
Photos, early activities, newsletter: http://s261953682.onlinehome.us/graysitefriends/index.html
News items and links to media coverage, on-line in Knoxville and Kingsport, TN, as of mid-September, 2000. http://www.mtsu.edu/~kesmith/TNARCHNET/ArchNews.html
Tennessee Department of Transportation news items. Several large impressive pictures, year 2000, June, and September. http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/information-office/press.htm
Information and conservation status of living tapirs. http://www.tapirs.org/
Modern tapirs, information on all aspects of these animals, and their endangered status worldwide. http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/
Tapir morphology and evolution. http://digimorph.org/resources/tapirs.phtml
Tenn. Dept. of Transportation geologist Harry Moore's discussion and paper on the site:
http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/Chief_Engineer/assistant_engineer_operations/materi~1/geotech/GrayFossilSite.htmStable isotope geochemistry and Teleoceras habitat. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/11/001120073119.htm
University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Website:
Tapirs; details of skull for the Brazilian Tapir includes rotating view; link "technical characters" shows enlargement.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/perissodactyla/tapiridae.html
Rhinos; http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/perissodactyla/rhinocerotidae.html
Mustelids; (weasels, otters, skunks, badgers,...) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/carnivora/mustelidae.htmlThomas Farm, Florida: The most significant vertebrate site in eastern North America, probable sinkhole. Early Miocene horses, reptiles, bats, many others. Discovered 1931. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fossilhall/FLPaleo/ThomasFarm/ThomasFarm.htm
Possible analogous feature, the Mammoth Site, near Hot Springs, South Dakota: http://www.mammothsite.com/. Geological explanation: http://www.mammothsite.com/geology.html
Fossil preparation and conservation. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/resources/prep.htm
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