GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Session No. 58
Tuesday, 6 November 2001: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology I: Assessing Biodiversity

 

Lisa E. Park and Peter J. Harries, Chairs
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8:00 AM
ARCHAEOCYATHS: A HISTORY OF PHYLOGENETIC INTERPRETATION
ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, Univ Nevada, Las Vegas, PO Box 454010, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, srowland@nevada.edu, srowland@nevada.edu
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8:15 AM
THE EVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION OF CYANOBACTERIA: PALENOTOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-PHYLOGENETIC PERSPECTIVES
TOMITANI, Akiko, Dept. of Geololy & Mineralogy, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, 6068502, Japan, CAVANAUGH, Colleen M., Dept. of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138 and KNOLL, Andrew H., Botanical Museum, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, tomitani@kueps.kyoto-u.ac.jp, tomitani@kueps.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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8:30 AM
LITERATURE-BASED CHARACTERS AS A SOURCE OF NON-RANDOM BIAS IN PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES
MARCUS, Sara A., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, current: Indiana University Dept. of Geological Sciences, 1001 E. 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, samarcus@indiana.edu, samarcus@indiana.edu
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8:45 AM
PHYLOGENETIC CONGRUENCE BETWEEN HARD AND SOFT PART DATA SETS: HOW TAPHONOMY AFFECTS PHYLOGENETIC RESOLUTION OF AN OSTRACODE CLADE
PARK, Lisa E., Univ Akron, 252 Buchtel Commons, Akron, OH 44325-4101, lepark@uakron.edu, lepark@uakron.edu
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9:00 AM
BIOGEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG NEOGENE CORBULIDAE OF TROPICAL AMERICA
ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe-Russell, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4101 and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, laurie@geol.lsu.edu, laurie@geol.lsu.edu
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9:15 AM
A REAPPRAISAL OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEA LEVEL AND SPECIES RICHNESS
HARRIES, Peter J., Dept. of Geology, Univ. of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620-5201, harries@chuma.cas.usf.edu, harries@chuma.cas.usf.edu
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9:30 AM
THE EVENNESS AND RICHNESS COMPONENTS OF TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY
PETERS, Shanan E., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, sepeters@midway.uchicago.edu, sepeters@midway.uchicago.edu
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9:45 AM
THREE PROVOCATIVE PATTERNS IN HIERARCHICAL EVOLUTION
MCSHEA, Daniel W., Biology Dept, Duke Univ, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338, dmcshea@duke.edu, dmcshea@duke.edu
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10:00 AM
DETERMINING THE LINE OF CORRELATION USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS
ZHANG, Tao, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 and PLOTNICK, Roy E., Univ Illinois - Chicago, 845 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607-7056, plotnick@uic.edu, plotnick@uic.edu
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10:15 AM
IS THERE A SEPARATE CLASS OF "MASS" EXTINCTIONS?
BAMBACH, Richard K. and KNOLL, Andrew H., Botanical Museum, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford street, Cambridge, MA 02138, bambach@oeb.harvard.edu, bambach@oeb.harvard.edu
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10:30 AM
INCREASED LONGEVITIES OF GENERA THAT ORIGINATED IN SUBSTAGES FOLLOWING MASS EXTINCTIONS
MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45220, Arnold.Miller@uc.edu, Arnold.Miller@uc.edu
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10:45 AM
OPTIMAL METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION OF A MASS EXTINCTION BOUNDARY
WANG, Steve C., Department of Statistics, Harvard Univ, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, scwang@stat.harvard.edu, scwang@stat.harvard.edu
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11:00 AM
KILLER VOLCANISM AT THE GUADALUPIAN-LOPINGIAN BOUNDARY (PERMIAN): NOT BASALTIC BUT ACIDIC
ISOZAKI, Yukio, Univ Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153, Japan, isozaki@chianti.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp, isozaki@chianti.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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11:15 AM
GEOBIOLOGY OF MASS EXTINCTION RECOVERY INTERVAL ANACHRONISTIC FACIES: MICROBIAL REEFS IN THE EARLY TRIASSIC
PRUSS, Sara, Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90254, spruss@earth.usc.edu, spruss@earth.usc.edu
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11:30 AM
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE BIOTIC RECOVERY FROM THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION, LOWER JURASSIC SUNRISE FORMATION, NEW YORK CANYON, WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA
HANKINS, Karina G., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, hankins@earth.usc.edu, hankins@earth.usc.edu
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11:45 AM
EXTINCTIONS IN TIME AND SPACE: SURVIVORSHIP AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE IN LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLY CENOZOIC VENEROID BIVALVES
LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, rxlock@wm.edu, rxlock@wm.edu