Session: Paleontology/Paleobotany I: Phylogeny and Evolutionary Patterns (2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2

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8:00 AM

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF A LIKELY PRODUCTIDE FROM THE TRIASSIC, AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SURVIVAL THROUGH THE PERMO-TRIASSIC EXTINCTION

JAECKS, Glenn S.¹, LEIGHTON, Lindsey R.², KOLAR-JURKOVSEK, Tea³, JURKOVSEK, Bogdan³ and JELASKA, Vladimir⁴, (1)Geology, Univ of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, (3)Geol Survey of Slovenia, Dimiceva ulica 14, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia, (4)Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Sciences, Univ of Zagreb, Ulica Kralja Zvonimira 8, Zagreb, HR-10000, Croatia, jaecks@geology.ucdavis.edu, jaecks@geology.ucdavis.edu

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8:15 AM

PHYLOGENY OF THE GONIASTERIDAE (ASTEROIDEA): PHYLOGENY, FOSSILS, AND MACROEVOLUTION

MAH, Christopher, Department of Geology, Univ of Illinois, 245 NHB, 1301 W. Green, Urbana, IL 61801, mah@uiuc.edu, mah@uiuc.edu

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8:30 AM

THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION AND MORPHOLOGICAL REINTERPRETATION OF TWO ENIGMATIC EDRIOASTEROIDS FROM CANADA

SUMRALL, Colin D., Geological Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and GAHN, Forest J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ – Idaho, Rexburg, ID 83460-0510, sumralcd@email.uc.edu, sumralcd@email.uc.edu

4

8:45 AM

DETERMINING CONODONT DIVERSITY: RELATIONAL DATABASES, BAYESIAN HYPOTHESES OF SPECIES APPARATUSES, AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS

ROOPNARINE, Peter D., California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, MURPHY, Michael A., 2324 Oakenshield Rd, Davis, CA 95616-2952 and ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth, Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 94118, proopnarine@calacademy.org, proopnarine@calacademy.org

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9:00 AM

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS AND FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY SUGGEST AN ALTERNATIVE KEY INNOVATION FOR THE RADIATION OF NATICID GASTROPODS

ARONOWSKY, Audrey, Integrative Biology, Univ of California at Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, aaronows@socrates.berkeley.edu, aaronows@socrates.berkeley.edu

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9:15 AM

HOMOLOGY AND HOMOPLASY IN CONUS (NEOGASTROPODA) SHELL CHARACTERS: A TEST OF PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL USING MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA

HENDRICKS, Jonathan R., Geological Sciences, Cornell Univ, 4120 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, jrh42@cornell.edu, jrh42@cornell.edu

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9:30 AM

LIKELIHOOD TESTS OF CONTINUOUS VERSUS SPECIATIONAL CHARACTER CHANGE

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

9:45 AM

Break

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10:00 AM

INFERRING EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD USING BAYESIAN INVERSION: AN APPLICATION TO SYNTHETIC STRATOPHENETIC DATA

HANNISDAL, Bjarte, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, bhannis@geosci.uchicago.edu, bhannis@geosci.uchicago.edu

9

10:15 AM

A STRATOCLADISTIC APPROACH FOR EVALUATING HYPOTHESES OF CLADOGENESIS, ANAGENESIS, AND BUDDING APPLIED TO THE MISSISSIPPIAN CRINOID BARYCRINUS

GAHN, Forest J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young Univ - Idaho, Rexburg, ID 83460-0510, gahnf@byui.edu, gahnf@byui.edu

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10:30 AM

MACROEVOLUTIONARY TREND MECHANISMS IN CAMERATE CRINOID CUP ORGANIZATION

SIMPSON, Carl, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, simpson@midway.uchicago.edu, simpson@midway.uchicago.edu

11

10:45 AM

OLENELLOID TRILOBITES OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN, U.S.A., AND A REFINEMENT OF UPPERMOST DYERAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY

WEBSTER, Mark, Earth and Space Sciences, Univ of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, mwebster@ess.ucla.edu, mwebster@ess.ucla.edu

12

11:00 AM

MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN FLEXICALYMENE (TRILOBITA) FROM THE CINCINNATIAN SERIES: GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY AND THE EFFECTS OF TEMPORAL AVERAGING ON MICROEVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS

HANKE, Brenda R., Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92507 and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, brendahu@citrus.ucr.edu, brendahu@citrus.ucr.edu

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11:15 AM

EARLY STRATIGRAPHIC RECORD AND MAJOR EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES OF THE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA AND DINOFLAGELLATES IN THE MESOZOIC: HINTS OF COEVOLUTION

KOUTSOUKOS, Eduardo A.M., CENPES, PETROBRAS, Cidade Universitária, Quadra 7 - Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21949-900 and RIDING, James B., British Geol Survey, Keyworth, NG12 5GG, United Kingdom, koutsoukos@cenpes.petrobras.com.br, koutsoukos@cenpes.petrobras.com.br

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11:30 AM

SPECIES INDIVIDUALITY, PUNCTUATED EQULIBRIUM, AND GOULD'S PARADOX

ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D., Dept. of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720 and DAYRAT, Benoît, Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, etranger@socrates.berkeley.edu, etranger@socrates.berkeley.edu

2003 Seattle Annual Meeting (November 2–5, 2003)

Paleontology/Paleobotany I: Phylogeny and Evolutionary Patterns