2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)
Session No. 69 Monday, November 8, 2004
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 702/704/706

Paleontology IV: Mass Extinctions and Their Consequences

Robert A. Gastaldo and Anne Weil, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
69-18:00 AM HOW TO TEST MACROEVOLUTIONARY PROCESS HYPOTHESES: PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC SELECTIVITY AT THE END-ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION EVENT: KAPLAN, Peter, Geology Department, Univ of California @ Davis, 174 Physics/Geology Building, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, pefty@aya.yale.edu and CARLSON, Sandra J., Geology, Univ of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
69-28:15 AM GEOGRAPHIC RANGES OF MARINE GENERA FOLLOWING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION: DEVELOPMENT OF A STABLE DISTRIBUTION: MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU.
69-38:30 AM REDUCED BIOFACIES DIFFERENTIATION IN SILURIAN TRILOBITE FAUNAS OF LAURENTIA: HEGNA, Thomas A., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, thomas-hegna@uiowa.edu and ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
69-48:45 AM DOES SAMPLING ARTIFACT PLAY AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE IN THE FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN MASS EXTINCTION EVENT ON THE NORTH AMERICAN MID-CONTINENT?: DRESSLER, Donald L. III, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182, donniespag1@aol.com and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences and Allison Center for Marine Research, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020
69-59:00 AM ECOLOGIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION: EVIDENCE FROM FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES OF LIMESTONES FROM THE GREAT BASIN REGION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: PHELPS, William T., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521, phelpw01@student.ucr.edu and DROSER, Mary L., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Bldg, Riverside, CA 92521
69-69:15 AM Paper Withdrawn
69-79:30 AM TAPHONOMIC TRENDS OF MACROFLORAL ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY IN THE KAROO BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA: GASTALDO, Robert A.1, ADENDORFF, Rose2, BAMFORD, Marion2, LABANDEIRA, Conrad3, NEVELING, Johann4, and SIMS, Hallie3, (1) Geology Department, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901, ragastal@colby.edu, (2) Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, Witswatersraand Univ, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, (3) Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (4) Collections Management, Council for Geosciences, 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa
69-89:45 AM RECOVERY PROCESS OF EARLY-MIDDLE TRIASSIC MARINE FISHES: MUTTER, Raoul J., Department of Biological Sciences and Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, rmutter@ualberta.ca.
 10:00 AM Break
69-910:15 AM DECOUPLED RECOVERY OF ECHINOID DIVERSITY AND DISPARITY AFTER THE END-CRETACEOUS EXTINCTION: EBLE, Gunther J., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5561 BIOGEOSCIENCES, 6, Boulevard Gabriel, Dijon, 21000, France, Gunther.Eble@u-bourgogne.fr and ERWIN, Douglas H., Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013
69-1010:30 AM SURVIVAL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: TROPICAL HONEYBEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE: MELIPONINI) AND THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY: KOZISEK, Jacqueline M., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70118, camel80@yahoo.com.
69-1110:45 AM EARLY PALEOCENE FLORAL RECOVERY IN WEST BIJOU CREEK, EASTERN DENVER BASIN, COLORADO: BARCLAY, Richard S.1, JOHNSON, Kirk R.2, GORMAN, Mark A. III2, and STAMMER, Jane G.2, (1) Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern Univ, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, sihetun@hotmail.com, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Mus. of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
69-1211:00 AM COMPARING FAUNAS AND FLORAS FROM THE LATEST CRETACEOUS AND EARLY PALEOCENE IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA: A MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION: PEARSON, Dean A.1, KNAUSS, Georgia2, WILKENING, Donald1, WILKENING, Kathy1, BERCOVICI, Antoine3, and SCHUMAKER, Karew4, (1) Department of Paleontology, Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 First Ave. NorthEast, Bowman, ND 58623, dapearson@state.nd.us, (2) Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, (3) Department of Geoscience, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, (4) South Dakota School of Mines and Tech, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701
69-1311:15 AM SUCCESSIVE MULTITUBERCULATE MAMMAL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE CAMPANIAN – EARLY PALEOCENE OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO: WEIL, Anne, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke Univ, 08 Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708-0383, annew@duke.edu and WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
69-1411:30 AM EARLIEST CENOZOIC MAMMALIAN FAUNAL SUCCESSION IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO: WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us and WEIL, Anne, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke Univ, 08 Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708-0383
69-1511:45 AM EVALUATING THE HYPERDISEASE HYPOTHESIS FOR THE END-PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION USING WEST NILE VIRUS: LYONS, S. Kathleen1, SMITH, Felisa A.2, WAGNER, Peter J.3, WHITE, Ethan P.2, and BROWN, James H.2, (1) National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, 735 State St., Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, lyons@nceas.ucsb.edu, (2) Department of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3) Department of Geology, Field Museum of Nat History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605

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