2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

Session No. 203
Wednesday, 30 October 2002: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T84. Seafood Through Time—The Ecologic Context of the History of Life I: In Honor of Richard K. Bambach

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Andrew M. Bush and Roderic Brame, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks: Bambach through Time
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8:15 AM
EVENNESS, RICHNESS, AND THE CAMBRIAN-PALEOZOIC FAUNAL TRANSITION
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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8:30 AM
EVALUATING THE TAXONOMIC DISPERSION OF ORDOVICIAN PALEOCOMMUNITIES OF THE GREAT BASIN: A NEW APPROACH TO THE ESTIMATION OF ECOSPACE UTILIZATION
FINNEGAN, Seth and DROSER, Mary L., Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, sfinn@citrus.ucr.edu, sfinn@citrus.ucr.edu
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8:45 AM
PALEOECOLOGY OF TRILOBITES FROM THE VIOLA GROUP OF OKLAHOMA: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHANGES IN ORDOVICIAN MARINE COMMUNITIES
AMATI, Lisa, School of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, lamati@ou.edu, lamati@ou.edu
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9:00 AM
MICROSTRATIGRAPHY OF AN AMALAGAMATED STORM BED: SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
BARBOUR WOOD, Susan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420 and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, susanwood@vt.edu, susanwood@vt.edu
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9:15 AM
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHANEROZOIC MIXED LAYER: IMPLICATIONS OF INCREASED SEAFOOD UNDER THE SEDIMENT FOR THE PRESERVATION OF EVENT BEDS
DROSER, Mary L.1, JENSEN, Soren1 and GEHLING, James G.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)South Australian Museum, Div of Nat Sciences, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, droser@ucrac1.ucr.edu, droser@ucrac1.ucr.edu
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9:45 AM
ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL CONCENTRATIONS WITHIN THE PINYON PEAK LIMESTONE, GREAT BASIN, U.S.A.: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION
PHELPS, Willian T. and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, phelps@citrus.ucr.edu, phelps@citrus.ucr.edu
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10:00 AM
LATE DEVONIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY IN THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BASIN: CHANGES IN SEAFOOD AT THE FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN EXTICTION
BRAME, Roderic I.1, BUSH, Andrew M.2 and COATES, John1, (1)Wright State Univ, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435-0001, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univesity, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, roderic.brame@wright.edu, roderic.brame@wright.edu
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10:15 AM
CHANGING THE MENU IN THE LATE DEVONIAN APPALACHIAN SEA: STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF THE FRASNIAN/FAMENNIAN EXTINCTION IN VIRGINIA
BUSH, Andrew M., Dept. of Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Univesity, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and BRAME, Roderic I., Wright State Univ, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435-0001, abush@fas.harvard.edu, abush@fas.harvard.edu
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10:30 AM
SUDDEN, GRADUAL, OR STEPWISE? EXPANDING THE NULL HYPOTHESIS IN STATISTICAL TESTS OF MASS EXTINCTION
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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10:45 AM
DECOUPLING OF ECOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMIC SEVERITIES OF PHANEROZOIC BIODIVERSITY CRISES
MCGHEE Jr, George R., Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, SHEEHAN, Peter M., Geology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and DROSER, Mary L., Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, sheehan@uwm.edu, sheehan@uwm.edu
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11:00 AM
A NEW STATE OF THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM DURING THE LATE PALEOZOIC GLACIAL INTERVAL
STANLEY, Steven M., Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218 and POWELL, Matthew G., Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218, stanley@jhu.edu, stanley@jhu.edu
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11:15 AM
WHY ARE EXTINCTION PROBABILITIES OF PALEOZOIC TEREBRATULIDES HIGHER IN THE TROPICS?
FITZGERALD, Paul C.1, LEIGHTON, Lindsey R.2 and CARLSON, Sandra J.1, (1)Geology, Univ of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Geology, San Diego State Univ, MC-1020, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182, fitzgerald@geology.ucdavis.edu, fitzgerald@geology.ucdavis.edu
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11:30 AM
SEARCHING FOR AN EQUILIBRIUM POINT IN GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY: AN EXAMPLE USING A STROPHOMENATE BRACHIOPOD GUILD THROUGH THE PALEOZOIC
LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu
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11:45 AM
SEAFOOD THROUGH LIME: SECULAR CHANGES IN FOOD AVAILABILITY IN CARBONATE ENVIRONMENTS DURING THE PALEOZOIC ERA
MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU
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