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

Session No. 161
Tuesday, 29 October 2002: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany V: Diversity Dynamics and Extinctions

 

Margaret M. Yacobucci and Rowan Lockwood, Chairs
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1:30 PM
INTEROPERABILITY OF DATABASES FOR FOSSIL AND LIVING ORGANISMS: CORALS AS A PROTOTYPE SYSTEM
BUDD, Ann F.1, FAUTIN, Daphne G.2, BUDDEMEIER, Robert W.3 and FOSTER Jr, C.T.1, (1)Department of Geoscience, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Kansas Geological Survey, Univ. of Kansas, 1930 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66047, ann-budd@uiowa.edu, ann-budd@uiowa.edu
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1:45 PM
A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MACROEVOLUTIONARY ORIGINATION RATES AND PHANEROZOIC PCO2 LEVELS
CORNETTE, James L., LIEBERMAN, Bruce S. and GOLDSTEIN, Robert H., Geology, Univ of Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, cornette@ku.edu, cornette@ku.edu
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2:00 PM
THE EVOLUTION OF WITHIN-COMMUNITY PHANEROZOIC LAND PLANT DIVERSITY
SIMS, Hallie J.1, STEIN, William E.2, WING, Scott L.1, GENSEL, Patricia G.3, TIFFNEY, Bruce H.4, GASTALDO, Robert A.5, REES, P. McAllister6, RAYMOND, Anne7, WILF, Peter8 and JOHNSON, Kirk R.9, (1)Dept. Paleobiology (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (2)Dept. Biological Sciences, SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902, (3)Dept. Biology, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 28223, (4)Dept. Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (5)Dept. Geology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901, (6)Dept. Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, (7)Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX, (8)Dept. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, PA, (9)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205, sims.hallie@nmnh.si.edu, sims.hallie@nmnh.si.edu
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2:15 PM
ANALYSIS OF FLORAL DIVERSITY THROUGH THE FIRST 1.4 MA OF THE PALEOCENE, EASTERN DENVER BASIN, COLORADO
BARCLAY, Richard S., Earth Science Department, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, sihetun@hotmail.com, sihetun@hotmail.com
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2:30 PM
THE SCOTTY’S PALM FLORA: A DIVERSE MEGAFLORA WITHIN 300,000 YEARS AFTER THE K-T BOUNDARY ON THE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE DENVER BASIN, COLORADO
REYNOLDS, Michele L., Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, JOHNSON, Kirk R., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO 80205 and THOMASSON, Joseph R., Fort Hays State Univ, Hays, KS 67601-4099, mlreynolds@dmns.org, mlreynolds@dmns.org
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2:45 PM
PALEOSOL AND VERTEBRATE EXTINCTION ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY IN THE KAROO BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA
RETALLACK, Gregory J., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, SMITH, Roger M.H., Department of Earth Sciences, South African Museum, P.O. Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa and WARD, Peter D., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Washington, Geology; Mailstop 351310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, gregr@darkwing.uoregon.edu, gregr@darkwing.uoregon.edu
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3:00 PM
DICYNODONT THERAPSIDS AND THE PERMO-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION
ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D., Dept. of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720, etranger@socrates.berkeley.edu, etranger@socrates.berkeley.edu
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3:15 PM
END-PERMIAN DOUBLE-PHASED MASS EXTINCTION AND KILLER VOLCANISM
ISOZAKI, Yukio, Univ Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan, isozaki@ea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp, isozaki@ea.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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3:30 PM
ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF DINOSAURS: NEW ECOSYSTEMS, NOT THE SAME OLD "EXTINCTIONS"
HECKERT, A.B., LUCAS, S.G. and HUNT, A.P., New Mexico Museum of Nat History & Sci, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, AHeckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us, AHeckert@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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3:45 PM
STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS OF THE BASAL LUDLOW FORMATION (FORT UNION GROUP) IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
PEARSON, Dean A., Department of Paleontology, Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 First Ave NE, Box 78, Bowman, ND 58623, HUNTER, John, Department of Anatomy, NY College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, BARROW, Erica, Department of Geology, Univ of Indiana, Bloomington, IN 47408 and BERCOVICI, Antoine, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie, 7 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75006, France, erbarrow@indiana.edu, erbarrow@indiana.edu
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4:00 PM
SLOW BURN, BLAZING FINALE, OR SOMETHING ELSE? THREE-PHASE MODEL FOR DINOSAURIAN EXTINCTION IN THE NORTH AMERICAN WESTERN INTERIOR
WROBLEWSKI, Anton Franz-Josef, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3006, franz_josef1@hotmail.com, franz_josef1@hotmail.com
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4:15 PM
THE RE-DIVERSIFICATION OF BRYOZOANS AFTER THE PERMO-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION
JAMET, Catherine, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and PACHUT Jr, Joseph F., Department of Geology, Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ, 723 W. Michigan St, SL 118, Indianapolis, IN 46202, cjamet@iupui.edu, cjamet@iupui.edu
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4:30 PM
CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF ORIGINATION AND EXTINCTION AMONG GRAPTOLITE SPECIES DURING THE END-ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
MITCHELL, Charles E.1, SHEETS, H. David2, MELCHIN, Michael J.3, CHEN, Xu4 and FAN, Jun-xuan4, (1)Geology, Univ at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, (2)Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208, (3)Dept. Earth Sciences, St. Fancis Xavier Univ, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada, (4)Nanjing Inst Geology & Palaeontology, Chi-Ming-Ssu, Nanjing, 210008, China, cem@geology.buffalo.edu, cem@geology.buffalo.edu
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4:45 PM
A MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF DIVERSITY CRISES ON TRIASSIC AMMONOID EVOLUTION
MCGOWAN, Alistair J., Department of Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, bigal@geosci.uchicago.edu, bigal@geosci.uchicago.edu
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5:00 PM
AMMONOIDS ARE TAXA TOO: DIVERSITY DYNAMICS IN JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS AMMONOIDEA AND WHY SCALE MATTERS
YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State Univ, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, mmyacob@bgnet.bgsu.edu, mmyacob@bgnet.bgsu.edu
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5:15 PM
OF MICE, MASTODONS, AND MEN: HUMAN CAUSED EXTINCTIONS ON FOUR CONTINENTS
LYONS, S. Kathleen, SMITH, Felisa A. and BROWN, James H., Department of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, sklyons@unm.edu, sklyons@unm.edu