2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)
Session No. 196 Wednesday, 25 October 2006
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Pennsylvania Convention Center: 105 AB

T112. Extinction, Dwarfing and the Lilliput Effect

Richard J. Twitchett and Bridget S. Wade, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
196-18:00 AM SPECIES DWARFING BY DETERMINISTIC NATURAL SELECTION: WITTING, Lars, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, P. O. Box 570, Nuuk DK-3900 Greenland, lawi@natur.gl
196-28:20 AM WHAT DOES THE “LILLIPUT EFFECT” MEAN?: HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, harries@shell.cas.usf.edu and KNORR, Paul O., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620
196-38:35 AM SIZE, EXTINCTION, SURVIVORSHIP AND PHYLOGENY IN FORAMINIFERA: MACLEOD, N., Department of Palaeontology, The Nat History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, N.MacLeod@nhm.ac.uk
196-48:55 AM ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON BODY SIZE IN THE PERMIAN AND EARLY TRIASSIC: TWITCHETT, Richard J., School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA United Kingdom, richard.twitchett@plymouth.ac.uk
 9:10 AM Break
196-59:25 AM TRENDS IN BODY SIZE ACROSS THE END-CRETACEOUS AND EARLY CENOZOIC EXTINCTIONS IN VENEROID BIVALVES: LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, The College of William and Mary, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, rxlock@wm.edu
196-69:45 AM QUANTIFICATION OF PLANKTON SIZE AND FLUX CHANGES ACROSS THE CRETACEOUS/PALEOCENE EXTINCTION: BRALOWER, Timothy J., GELESKIE, Sara, ARTHUR, Michael A., and ECCLES, Laurie, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, bralower@geosc.psu.edu
196-710:00 AM PHYLOGENY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY OF PLATYSIAGIFORM STEM ACTINOPTERYGIANS: MUTTER, Raoul Josua, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD United Kingdom, R.Mutter@nhm.ac.uk
196-810:15 AM DWARFING AND EXTINCTION IN EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA: WADE, Bridget S., Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 71 Dudley Rd, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-852, bwade@rci.rutgers.edu
 10:30 AM Break
196-910:45 AM CALIFORNIA ISLANDS PYGMY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS EXILIS): THEIR ORIGIN, AGE, SIZE AND EXTINCTION: AGENBROAD, Larry D., Profesor Emeritus Geology Department, Northern Arizona University; Director, Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD, PO Box 692, Hot Springs, SD 57747, Larry4mammoth@mammothsite.com
196-1011:00 AM EMPTY HOUSE: IS THE LILLIPUT EFFECT IN EARLY TRIASSIC AND EARLY JURASSIC GASTROPODS A CONSEQUENCE OF REDUCED SPECIES-RICHNESS WITHIN GENERA?: PAYNE, Jonathan L., Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, jlpayne@stanford.edu, NÜTZEL, Alexander, Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany, and CHANG, Ellen T., Northern California Cancer Center and Stanford University, 2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300, Fremont, CA 94538
196-1111:15 AM CLIMATICALLY-DRIVEN MACROEVOLUTIONARY TRAJECTORIES IN THE SIZE OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON: FINKEL, Zoe V., Evironmental Science Program, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1A5 Canada, zfinkel@mta.ca
196-1211:30 AM HOW UNUSUAL IS THE EARLY TRIASSIC SHALLOW MARINE FAUNA?: TAYLOR, Paul D.1, SMITH, Andrew B.2, and MCGOWAN, Alistair J.2, (1) Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, pdt@nhm.ac.uk, (2) Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, a.mcgowan@nhm.ac.uk
196-1311:45 AM K/T MASS EXTINCTION AND THE LILLIPUT EFFECT: CONSEQUENCES OF IMPACTS, VOLCANISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE: KELLER, Gerta, Geosciences, Princeton Univ, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, gkeller@princeton.edu

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