2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 219 Wednesday, 21 October 2009
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Oregon Convention Center: Portland Ballroom 256

Paleontology: Environment & Evolution

S. Bruce Archibald and C. Kevin Boyce, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
219-18:00 AM AMMONOID MACROEVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS TRACK EPISODES OF CHAOTIC CARBON CYCLING DURING THE EARLY MESOZOIC: WHITESIDE, Jessica H., Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, Jessica_Whiteside@Brown.edu and WARD, Peter D., Departments of Biology and Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98125
219-28:15 AM SANTONIAN-MAASTRICHTIAN ANTARCTIC AMMONITES: DIVERSITY CHANGES, SEDIMENTARY CYCLES, AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC EVENTS: OLIVERO, Eduardo B., Laboratorio de Geología Andina, Centro Austral de Investigaciones Cientificas (CADIC-CONICET), Houssay 200, Ushuaia (9410) Argentina, emolivero@gmail.com
219-38:30 AM GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERAL RESPONSE – BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS IN THE LATE CAMPANIAN - MAASTRICHTIAN OF THE TETHYS: ABRAMOVICH, Sigal1, ALMOGI-LABIN, Ahuva2, and BENJAMINI, Chaim1, (1) Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben Gurion University, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel, chaim@bgu.ac.il, (2) Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malchei Israel St, Jerusalem, 95501, Israel
219-48:45 AM CONNECTIONS BETWEEN PALEOGENE CLIMATE CHANGE AND EVOLUTION: VENERICARD BIVALVES FROM THE U.S. GULF COASTAL PLAIN: LOCKWOOD, Rowan1, FENLON, Erin E.1, MCCLURE, Kate J.2, and OHMAN, Karin A.3, (1) Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, rxlock@wm.edu, (2) Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, (3) Geology, The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
219-59:00 AM CHANGES IN BIVALVE FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE CARIBBEAN NEOGENE: LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill S.1, JACKSON, Jeremy B.C.1, and O'DEA, Aaron2, (1) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92023-0244, jsleonar@ucsd.edu, (2) Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843 - 03092, Panama, 03092, Panama
219-69:15 AM THE ESTUARY EFFECT: ENVIRONMENTAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON MOLLUSCAN DIVERSIFICATION: MOTZ, Gary, PARK, Lisa, and HORVATH, Kimmaree, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, University of Akron, 302 Buchtel Ave, Akron, OH 44325, gjm18@zips.uakron.edu
219-79:30 AM WHAT HAPPENED TO GRAY WHALES DURING THE PLEISTOCENE? EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL CHANGES ON FEEDING HABITAT IN THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN: PYENSON, Nicholas D., Zoology, University of British Columbia, 2370-6270 University Boulevard, Vancouver, CA V6H1N8, Canada, pyenson@zoology.ubc.ca and LINDBERG, David R., Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 3060 VLSB, Berkeley, CA 94610-3140
219-89:45 AM QUATERNARY RANGE AND POPULATION VARIATION SHIFTS IN PACIFIC-COAST MICROTUS SPECIES IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES: MCGUIRE, Jenny L., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, CA 94720, mcguire@berkeley.edu
219-910:00 AM STASIS IN LATE PLEISTOCENE BIRDS AND MAMMALS FROM LA BREA TAR PITS OVER THE LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE: PROTHERO, Donald R.1, RAYMOND, Kristina2, MOLINA, Sarah3, SUTYAGINA, Anastasiya1, SYVERSON, Valerie J.4, and GAGE, Gina4, (1) Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, prothero@oxy.edu, (2) Biology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, (3) Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (4) Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, c/o Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences, MC 170-25, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125
219-1010:15 AM TRIASSIC FLORAS OF ANTARCTICA: PALEOBIOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF POLAR LATITUDE COMMUNITIES: ESCAPA, Ignacio H., DECOMBEIX, Anne-Laure, RYBERG, Patricia E., SCHWENDEMANN, Andrew B., SERBET, Rudolph, TAYLOR, Edith L., and TAYLOR, Thomas N., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, aldecomb@ku.edu
219-1110:30 AM EVOLUTION OF FLOWERING PLANT PHYSIOLOGY TRIGGERED EXPANSION OF TROPICAL RAINFOREST: BOYCE, C. Kevin and LEE, Jung-Eun, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, ckboyce@uchicago.edu
219-1210:45 AM WERE MOUNTAIN PASSES HIGHER IN THE EOCENE?: PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF INSECT BETA DIVERSITY ACROSS THE OKANAGAN HIGHLANDS: ARCHIBALD, S. Bruce1, MATHEWES, Rolf W.1, and GREENWOOD, David2, (1) Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, sba48@sfu.ca, (2) Brandon Univ, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada
219-1311:00 AM FLORAL DIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL COLORADO DURING THE EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE: BARTON, Melissa A., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265, melissa.barton@colorado.edu and SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265
219-1411:15 AM THE RECORD OF ELONGATE, CYLINDRICAL, DEEP-SEA FORAMINIFERA IN THE MIDDLE MIOCENE (15-13 MA) SUBTROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN: JOHNSON, Katherine, Department of Geology-Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 600 Lincoln Ave, Charleston, IL 61920, kjohnson4@eiu.edu, HAYWARD, Bruce W., Geomarine Research, 49 Swainston Rd, St Johns, Auckland, New Zealand, and HOLBOURN, Ann, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Olshausenstrasse 40, Kiel, 24118, Germany
219-1511:30 AM PLIOCENE GLACIATIONS SEND PLANKTONIC SNOWBIRDS TO THE TROPICS: WICKS, Travis Z., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Mail stop 0244, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, twicks@ucsd.edu and NORRIS, Richard D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 308 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244
219-1611:45 AM RECONSTRUCTING PALEO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS USING THE BIVALVE SEMELE CASALI FROM UBATUBA BAY, BRAZIL: DEXTER, Troy A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, tdexter@vt.edu, YANES, Yurena, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, HUNTLEY, John W., GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany, KRAUSE, Richard A. Jr, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, KAUFMAN, Darrell S., Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, ROMANEK, Christopher S., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, SIMOES, Marcello, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Distrito de Rubiao Junior, CP. 510, 18.610-000, Botucatu, Brazil, and BARBOUR WOOD, Susan L., Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, 331 Stillwell Building, Cullowhee, NC 28723

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