2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
Session No. 340 Thursday, 9 October 2008
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, George R. Brown Convention Center: 330B

T54. Integrative Systematic Paleontology for a New Century: Advancing Evolutionary, Phylogenetic, Biogeographic, and Ecologic Theory with Specimen-Based Studies (Paleontological Society)

Alycia L. Stigall and Jonathan Hendricks, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
340-18:00 AM New Insight into Diversity Dynamics from Specimen-Based Studies: Analyzing the Late Devonian Speciation Crisis: STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and OHIO Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, stigall@ohio.edu
340-28:15 AM Specimens to Macroevolution to Specimens Again: Deciphering Macroevolutionary Trends: AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, ausich.1@osu.edu and KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300
340-38:30 AM Specimen-Based Research Results in Recognition of AN Explosive Radiation of Jurassic Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda): SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue, North Canton, OH 44720, cschweit@kent.edu and FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242
340-48:45 AM The Role of Museum Collections in Specimen-Based Research and the Challenges for the Future: CUNDIFF, Jessica D., Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, jcundiff@oeb.harvard.edu
340-59:00 AM Comparing Extinction Selectivity among Terebratulide Brachiopod Clades: Using Phylogenetic Methods to Test Macroevolutionary Hypotheses: CARLSON, Sandra J., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, carlson@geology.ucdavis.edu and FITZGERALD, Paul C., Department of Biology, Northern Virginia Community College, 1000 Harry Flood Byrd Highway, Sterling, VA 20164-8699
340-69:15 AM Phylogenetic Reconstruction of a Freshwater Radiation: Corbulidae In the Miocene of Western Amazonia: ANDERSON, Laurie C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, glande@lsu.edu, WESSELINGH, Frank P., Department of Palaeontology, Naturalis, PO Box 9517, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, and HARTMAN, Joseph, Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202-8358
340-79:30 AM Fossil Specimens, Data Integration, and Phylogeny Reconstruction of Long-Lived, Modern Clades: HENDRICKS, Jonathan, Department of Geology, San José State University, Duncan Hall 321, San José, CA 95192, jrhendri@ku.edu and SMITH, Ursula, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504
340-89:45 AM Eocene Insight into the Origins of Avian Biodiversity: CLARKE, Julia A., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, julia_clarke@ncsu.edu
340-910:00 AM The Flight Performance of the Crested Pterodactyloid Tapejara from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil: CHATTERJEE, Sankar, Geosciences, Texas Tech Univ, MS Box 41053, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191, sankar.chatterjee@ttu.edu and TEMPLIN, R. Jack, 2212 Aster Street, Ottawa, ON K1H 6R6, Canada, jtemplin@magma.ca
340-1010:15 AM Preparation and Analysis of Mesoproterozoic Acritarch Ultrastructure: Novel Techniques In Focused Ion Beam Electron Microscopy: SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jdschiff@vt.edu and XIAO, Shuhai, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061
340-1110:30 AM The Oldest Horseshoe Crabs (Early Ordovician, Morocco) and the Origins of the Xiphosurid Thoracetron: VAN ROY, Peter, School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Science Centre West, Belfield, Dublin 4 Ireland, peter.vanroy@ucd.ie
340-1210:45 AM Quantitative Paleobiogeographic Analysis of Habitat Tracking Patterns in the Cincinnati Arch Following the Late Ordovician Richmondian Invasion: SWISHER, Robert E., Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, rs224407@ohio.edu and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701
340-1311:00 AM Biogeographic and Phylogenic Patterns of Trilobites during the End Ordovician Mass Extinction: CONGREVE, Curtis R., Geology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, oldjack327@yahoo.com
340-1411:15 AM Studying Tempo and Mode in Evolutionary Radiations: An Integrated, Quantitive Approach: ABE, Francine R., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, fabe@ku.edu and LIEBERMAN, Bruce, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045
340-1511:30 AM Assessing Intraspecific Variation in the Fossil Record: A Key to Understanding the Pace of Evolution: POLIZZOTTO, Kristin and EINHORN, Moishe, Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, kpolizzotto@kingsborough.edu
340-1611:45 AM Naticid Predation and Community Structure in the Late Miocene of the Dominican Republic: HERTOG, Rachel, Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, rhertog@calacademy.org and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118

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