Session: Paleontology/Paleobotany IV: Phylogeny and Ontogeny (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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Start Time

8:00 AM

Introductory Remarks

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8:15 AM

ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE ORDER LAGENIDA (CLASS FORAMINIFERA)

GROVES, John R., Earth Science, Univ of Northern Iowa, 124 Latham Hall, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, ALTINER, Demir, Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical Univ, Ankara, 06531, Turkey and RETTORI, Roberto, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Piazza Università, Perugia, 06123, Italy, John.Groves@uni.edu, John.Groves@uni.edu

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8:30 AM

BIASES AND BIOLOGY PRODUCE SPURIOUS EARLY MOLECULAR DIVERGENCE DATES FOR THE METAZOAN RADIATION – A TEST BY OUTGROUP COMPARISON

JACOBS, David K., Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, Univ California - Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-9000, djacobs@ucla.edu, djacobs@ucla.edu

3

8:45 AM

HOX GENES, THE AURICULARIA, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE CHORDATES

PETERSON, Kevin J., Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, North College St, Hanover, NH 03755, kevin.peterson@dartmouth.edu, kevin.peterson@dartmouth.edu

4

9:00 AM

LATE CAMBRIAN TRILOBITES (SAUKIIDAE) AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTIONS

HENDERSON, Wayne G., Univ California - Riverside, 1432 Geology Bldg, Riverside, CA 92521-0423 and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, waynehdn@citrus.ucr.edu, waynehdn@citrus.ucr.edu

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9:15 AM

ONTOGENY AND PALEOBIOLOGY OF OLENELLOID TRILOBITES

WEBSTER, Mark, Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, websterm@citrus.ucr.edu, websterm@citrus.ucr.edu

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9:30 AM

THE SEARCH FOR ROOTS: PALAEOPEMPHIX IS NOT A DECAPOD

FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ, Kent, OH 44242, SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, Canton, OH 44720 and GARASSINO, Alessandro A., Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, Milano, Italy, rfeldman@kent.edu, rfeldman@kent.edu

9:45 AM

Break

7

10:00 AM

LIKELIHOOD TESTS OF GENERAL PHYLOGENETIC HYPOTHESES: HOW MANY TIMES DID BELLEROPHONT MOLLUSCS EVOLVE?

WAGNER, Peter J., Department of Geology, Field Museum of Nat History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, pwagner@fmnh.org, pwagner@fmnh.org

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10:15 AM

SYSTEMATICS AND PHYLOGENETICS OF LATE PALEOZOIC STREPTACIDAE (GASTROPODA)

CAMPBELL, Matthew R., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana Univ - Bloomington, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405-1403, ecphora@indiana.edu, ecphora@indiana.edu

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10:30 AM

PHYLOGENY OF EARLY PALEOZOIC ECHINODERMS AND THE ORIGIN OF BLASTOIDS

KOVERMAN, Kimberly S., Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and SUMRALL, Colin D., Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, koverman@midway.uchicago.edu, koverman@midway.uchicago.edu

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10:45 AM

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11:00 AM

POST-METAMORPHIC THECAL DEVELOPMENT IN BLASTOIDS

WATERS, Johnny A., Geosciences, State Univ of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30116 and MARCUS, Sara A., Geology, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66047, jwaters@westga.edu, jwaters@westga.edu

12

11:15 AM

HOW DINOSAURS GREW: GROWTH RATES AND STRATEGIES

PADIAN, Kevin, Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, HORNER, John R., Museum of the Rockies, Montana State Univ, Bozeman, MT 59717 and DE RICQLÈ S, A.J., College de France, Paris, France, kpadian@socrates.berkeley.edu, kpadian@socrates.berkeley.edu

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11:30 AM

EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF THE RADIATION OF THE RUMINANTIA (MAMMALIA: ARTIODACTYLA)

MARCOT, Jonathan D., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, 1025 E. 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637, jmarcot@midway.uchicago.edu, jmarcot@midway.uchicago.edu

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11:45 AM

THE GROWTH RATE AND PERIOD OF THE ADULT CANINE IN SMILODON GRACILIS, AND INFERENCES ON DIET USING STABLE ISOTOPES

FERANEC, Robert S., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720, feranec@socrates.berkeley.edu, feranec@socrates.berkeley.edu