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North-Central Section (36th) and Southeastern Section (51st), GSA Joint Annual Meeting (April 3–5, 2002)

Session No. 10
Wednesday, 3 April 2002: 1:20 PM-5:00 PM

S12. Evolutionary Morphology

Sponsored by the NC Section of the Paleontological Society

 

Steven T. LoDuca and Tomasz K. Baumiller, Conveners
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1:20 PM
EVOLUTION OF HERBIVORY, NECK ELONGATION, AND LOCOMOTION IN SAUROPOD DINOSAURS
WILSON, J. A., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, wilsonja@umich.edu, wilsonja@umich.edu
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1:35 PM
PHALANGEAL MORPHOLOGY OF PALEOCENE PLESIADAPIFORMES (MAMMALIA: ?PRIMATES): EVALUATION OF THE GLIDING HYPOTHESIS AND THE FIRST EVIDENCE FOR GRASPING IN A POSSIBLE PRIMATE ANCESTOR
BLOCH, Jonathan I. and BOYER, Doug M., Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, carpo@umich.edu, carpo@umich.edu
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1:50 PM
BOOTSTRAP COMPARISONS OF VERTEBRAL MORPHOLOGY OF PALEOCENE PLESIADAPIFORMS (MAMMALIA: ?PRIMATES): FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
BOYER, Doug M. and BLOCH, Jonathan I., Geological Sciences, Univ of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, dmboyer@umich.edu, dmboyer@umich.edu
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2:05 PM
IMPLICATIONS OF LUMBOSACRAL VERTEBRAL MORPHOLOGY IN CATARRHINE PRIMATES FOR AUSTRALOPITHECINE SPINAL FUNCTION AND POSITIONAL BEHAVIOR
SANDERS, William J., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, wsanders@umich.edu, wsanders@umich.edu
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2:20 PM
EXPLORING THE EVOLUTIONARY MORPHOLOGY OF DASYCLADALEAN ALGAE: ADAPTIVE WALKS IN THE R LANDSCAPE
LODUCA, Steven T., Dept Geography & Geology, Eastern Michigan Univ, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 and BEHRINGER, Ernest R., Dept Physics & Astronomy, Eastern Michigan Univ, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, geo_loduca@online.emich.edu, geo_loduca@online.emich.edu
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2:35 PM
THE ROLE OF CONSTRAINTS AND CHARACTER INTERDEPENDENCE IN FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY WITH AN EXAMPLE FROM PRODUCTIDE MUSCLE SYSTEMS
LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Dept. of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA 92182 and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu
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2:50 PM
ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THEORETICAL MORPHOLOGIC DISTRIBUTIONS OF ARCHIMEDES COLONY MORPHOLOGIES
MCKINNEY, Frank K., Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608 and MCGHEE Jr, George R., Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, mckinneyfk@appstate.edu, mckinneyfk@appstate.edu
 
3:05 PM
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3:25 PM
EXTINCTION AND INFAUNALITY: ECOMORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS 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, rxlock@wm.edu, rxlock@wm.edu
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3:40 PM
HOW DEVELOPMENTAL DIVERSITY GENERATES MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY
KAPLAN, Peter, Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, pefty@aya.yale.edu, pefty@aya.yale.edu
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3:55 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC TRENDS IN MORPHOLOGY: THE EVOLUTION OF BRISTOLIA (TRILOBITA, CAMBRIAN)
WEBSTER, Mark, Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, websterm@citrus.ucr.edu, websterm@citrus.ucr.edu
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4:10 PM
A REVIEW AND REASSESSMENT OF PREDATION-DRIVEN EVOLUTIONARY TRENDS IN CRINOIDS IN LIGHT OF NEW DATA ON PALEOZOIC PREDATION INTENSITIES
GAHN, Forest J., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, fgahn@umich.edu, fgahn@umich.edu
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4:25 PM
RECOGNIZING SIBLING SPECIES AMONG REEF-DWELLING COMATULID CRINOIDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGICAL PARTITIONING AND TAXONOMY
CORNETT, Allison M. and MEYER, David L., Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, ML013, Cincinnati, OH 45221, cornetam@email.uc.edu, cornetam@email.uc.edu
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4:40 PM
PHYLOGENETIC IMPLICATIONS AND FUNCTIONAL INTERPRETATION OF GLYPTOCYSTITOID RHOMBIFERAN STEM MORPHOLOGY
SUMRALL, Colin D., Cincinnati Museum Ctr, Geier Collections and Research Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, sumralcd@email.uc.edu, sumralcd@email.uc.edu
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