2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 208 Wednesday, 31 October 2007
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: Exhibit Hall E/F

Paleontology (Posters) III: Diversity, Evolution, and Turnover

Authors will be present from 9 to 11 AM
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208-199WWW.PRICOLLECTIONSDATABASE.ORG – THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION GOES ONLINE: NAGEL-MYERS, Judith, WHALEN, Verity H., DIETL, Gregory P., and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, jn226@cornell.edu
208-2100COMPARING PATTERNS OF PHANEROZOIC GENERIC ORIGINATION AND THEIR POSSIBLE CONSTRAINTS: IS THERE A RELATIONSHIP TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE?: CÁRDENAS, Andrés L. and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, alcarden@mail.usf.edu
208-3101REVISITING RAUP: EXPLORING THE INFLUENCE OF OUTCROP AREA ON DIVERSITY IN LIGHT OF MODERN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES: WALL, Patrick D., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, pdwall@syr.edu, IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, and WILKINSON, Bruce H., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
208-4102THREE-DIMENSIONALLY SILICIFIED HORODYSKIA AND PALAEOPASCICHNUS FROM UPPER EDIACARAN CHERTS IN CENTRAL GUIZHOU OF SOUTH CHINA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EVOLUTIONARY STASIS: DONG, Lin, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Poltechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, lindong@vt.edu, XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SHEN, Bing, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, Blacksburg, VA 24061, and ZHOU, Chuanming, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China
208-5103FOSSILIFEROUS LAMINITES OF THE PROTEROZOIC CAMBRIDGE ARGILLITE, BOSTON BASIN: MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S., Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu, BEUTHIN, Jack D., Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904, ANDERSON, Evan, University of Mary Washington, 1301 College Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401, LAVARREDA, Anna, Department of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, O'DONNELL, Kenneth, Department of Geology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511, PERSONS, Walter Scott, Macalester College, 1500 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55104, and WILLIAMS, Jessica, Department of Geosciences, Southern Utah University, 351 W. University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720, jajw77@hotmail.com
208-6104HOW REAL WAS THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION OF MARINE LIFE?: RIVERA, Alexei A., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, aar2364@yahoo.com
208-7Paper Withdrawn
208-8106SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF TRILOBITE SIZE ACROSS THE LOWER PALEOZOIC: BELL, Mark A.1, BRADDY, Simon J.1, and FORTEY, Richard A.2, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, m.bell@bris.ac.uk, (2) Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Musuem, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD
208-9107APPROACHES TO CHARACTERIZING AND COMPARING STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATIONS, AS APPLIED TO ESTIMATION OF BIODIVERSITY: SHEETS, H. David1, LANZ, Colleen1, IZARD, Zachary1, FINNEY, Stanley C.2, MELCHIN, M.J.3, and MITCHELL, Charles4, (1) Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208, sheets@canisius.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, California State Univ, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90840, (3) Dept. of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier Univ, Antigonish, NS B2G 2V5, Canada, (4) Geology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260
208-10108FAUNAL TURNOVER BETWEEN TWO E.E. SUBUNITS: INVESTIGATING THE TIMING OF LARGE-SCALE FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE LATEST EIFELIAN OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA: BARTHOLOMEW, Alex, SCHRAMM, Thomas, and SCHEMM-GREGORY, Mena, Geology, S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, 1 Hawk Dr, Wooster Science Bldg, New Paltz, NY 12561, schram49@newpaltz.edu
208-11109NUTRIENTS AND DIVERSITY: δ15N AND δ13CORG COVARIATION ACROSS THE FRASNIAN/FAMMENIAN BOUNDARY IN THE APPALACHIAN BASIN OF NORTH AMERICA: TUITE, Michael L. Jr, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Clark Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903, mtuite@virginia.edu and MACKO, Stephen, Env. Sci, Univ. Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903
208-12110INFLUENCE OF PALEOECOLOGY, PALEOCLIMATE, AND SEA LEVEL ON LATE PALEOZOIC TRILOBITE EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS: BREZINSKI, David K., Maryland Geological Survey, 2300 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, dbrezinski@dnr.state.md.us
208-13111ARE PALEOZOIC WIND-POLLINATED GYMNOSPERMS LESS DIVERSE AND LONGER RANGING THAN INSECT-POLLINATED GROUPS?: RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, raymond@geo.tamu.edu and COSTANZA, Suzanne, Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
208-14112LOCAL BRACHIOPOD DIVERSITY IN THE PINERY AND RADER MEMBERS OF THE BELL CANYON FORMATION, GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, WEST TEXAS: FALL, Leigh M., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, lfall@geo.tamu.edu, OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3115, and MARCUS, Sara A., Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512
208-15113RECOVERY OF FORAMINIFERAN COMMUNITIES COINCIDENT WITH CARBON CYCLE STABILIZATION AFTER END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION: SUMMERS, Mindi, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, mindisummers@stanford.edu, PAYNE, Jonathan L., Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, ALTINER, Demir, Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical Univ, Ankara, 06531, Turkey, LEHRMANN, Daniel J., Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901, and WEI, Jiayong, Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Bagongli, Guiyang, 550011, China
208-16114MICROFACIES AND PALEONTOLOGICAL DATA OF THE JURASSIC – CRETACEOUS TRANSITION AT SIERRA DE LOS ÓRGANOS, PINAR DEL RÍO PROVINCE, WESTERN CUBA: BARRAGÁN-MANZO, Ricardo1, COBIELLA-REGUERA, Jorge2, VILLASEÑOR-MARTÍNEZ, Ana Bertha1, and CEDILLO-VILLARREAL, Emmanuel1, (1) Departamento de Paleontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Instituto de Geología, Cuidad Universitaria, México, D. F, 04510, Mexico, ricardor@geologia.unam.mx, (2) Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Pinar del Río, Martí 270, Pinar del Río, 20100, Cuba
208-17115CHONDRICHTHYAN DIVERSITY AT THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY, WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY, NEW JERSEY: MIELNIK, Kinga, Geology, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY 11210, brooklynkinga@yahoo.com, CHAMBERLAIN, John A. Jr, Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, and Doctoral Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, GARB, Matthew P., Geology, Brooklyn College, and Doctoral Program in Earth & Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, and BECKER, Martin A., Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ 07470
208-18Paper Withdrawn
208-19117AGE AND PALEOENVIRONMENT OF DECCAN VOLCANISM AND THE K-T MASS EXTINCTION: KELLER, Gerta1, ADATTE, Thierry2, GARDIN, Silvia3, BARTOLINI, Annachiara3, and BAJPAI, Sunil4, (1) Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, gkeller@princeton.edu, (2) Institut de Géologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Neuchâtel, 2007, Switzerland, (3) CNRS-UMR 5143 "Paléobiodiversité et Paléoenvironnement", Paris 6 University, 4, Place Jussieu, Paris, 75252, France, (4) Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal, Roorkee, 247667, India
208-20118DOCUMENTING PALEOCENE-AGE DECCAN INTERTRAPPEAN MOLLUSKS, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA: HARTMAN, Joseph H.1, BINGLE, Marron1, and BAJPAI, Sunil2, (1) Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, joseph_hartman@und.edu, (2) Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal, Roorkee, 247667, India
208-21119CLIMATICALLY INDUCED FLORAL CHANGE ACROSS THE EOCENE-OLIGOCENE TRANSITION IN THE JOHN DAY AND CLARNO FORMATIONS, EASTERN OREGON: DUNN, Regan E., John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, 32651 Highway 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, regan_dunn@nps.gov
208-22120CROSS-SCALE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DIVERSITY AND STRUCTURE OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNAS FROM THE PLIOCENE ETCHEGOIN GROUP, SAN JOAQUIN BASIN, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA: BOWERSOX, J. Richard, Department of Geography and Geosciences, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 400 East Second St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301, rickbsox@deloro.net and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620

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