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

Session No. 237
Wednesday, 5 November 2003: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany VII: Macroecology, Sampling Issues, and Preservational Bias

 

Philip M. Novack-Gottshall and Peter Kaplan, Chairs
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1:30 PM
ASSESSING ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD
JAMET, Catherine M.1, BOTTJER, David1, BONUSO, Nicole1, CLAPHAM, Matthew E.1, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.1, FRAISER, Margaret L.1, MARENCO, Pedro J.2 and PRUSS, Sara B.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, jamet@usc.edu, jamet@usc.edu
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1:45 PM
PHANEROZOIC TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE
CLAPHAM, Matthew E.1, BOTTJER, David1, PRUSS, Sara B.1, MARENCO, Pedro J.1, JAMET, Catherine M.2, FRAISER, Margaret L.2, DORNBOS, Stephen Q.2 and BONUSO, Nicole1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, clapham@usc.edu, clapham@usc.edu
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2:00 PM
QUANTIFYING ECOLOGICAL DISPARITY: COMPARATIVE PALEOECOLOGY OF ORDOVICIAN AND RECENT MARINE ASSEMBLAGES
NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M. and MCSHEA, Daniel W., Biology, Duke Univ, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708, pn2@duke.edu, pn2@duke.edu
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2:15 PM
THE SIGNATURES OF PATCHES AND GRADIENTS IN ECOLOGICAL ORDINATIONS
HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, stratum@gly.uga.edu, stratum@gly.uga.edu
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2:30 PM
CAPTURING BIOTICALLY-MEDIATED SPATIAL COMPLEXITY IN PENNSYLVANIAN NON-REEF COMMUNITIES: A BAFFLING CASE STUDY FROM TEXAS AND KANSAS
SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Geological Sciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences and Allison Center for Marine Research, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu, c.schneider@mail.utexas.edu
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2:45 PM
PROVIDING PALEOECOLOGICAL CONTEXT FOR MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGE: NEOGENE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES
TANG, Carol M.1, ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, ZAVALA, Marisol1, CHAN, Jamie1, PANTEL, Jelena1 and ARONOWSKY, Audrey2, (1)California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, (2)Integrative Biology, Univ of California at Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, ctang@CalAcademy.org, ctang@CalAcademy.org
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3:00 PM
A NEW APPROACH TO EVOLUTIONARY PALEOECOLOGY RESEARCH: BUILDING SUBSTANTIAL DATASETS THROUGH THE INVOLVEMENT OF PRECOLLEGE STUDENTS
HARNIK, Paul G., Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, harnik@museumoftheearth.org, harnik@museumoftheearth.org
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3:15 PM
CAN "COMMUNITY STRUCTURE" ARISE TAPHONOMICALLY? EVALUATING HUTCHINSONIAN RATIOS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
KAPLAN, Peter, Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, Univ of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences and Allison Center for Marine Research, San Diego State Univ, MC-1020, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, pefty@aya.yale.edu, pefty@aya.yale.edu
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3:30 PM
PRESERVATIONAL QUALITY AND ITS IMPACT ON DIVERSITY METRICS
ROTHFUS, Thomas A., Geophysical Sciences, Univ Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, tarothfu@uchicago.edu, tarothfu@uchicago.edu
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3:45 PM
FIELD METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE SAMPLING IN PALEOECOLOGY: STRATEGIES FOR THE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE DATA
BENNINGTON, J. Bret, Department of Geology, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140, geojbb@hofstra.edu, geojbb@hofstra.edu
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4:00 PM
COMPARISON OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COLLECTING METHODS AT THE IN SITU CASTLE ROCK RAINFOREST SITE, COLORADO
ELLIS, Beth1, JOHNSON, Kirk1 and DUNN, Regan E.2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (2)John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, National Park Service, 32651 Highway 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, bellis@dmns.org, bellis@dmns.org
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4:15 PM
THE TAPHONOMIC FIDELITY OF SEED SIZE IN FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES: A LIVE-DEAD CASE STUDY
CASSARA, Jason A., Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 and SIMS, Hallie J., Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, paleo618@yahoo.com, paleo618@yahoo.com
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4:30 PM
A SEA CHANGE IN SMUGGLER’S COVE: COMPOSITIONAL DYNAMICS OF SUBFOSSIL MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES
FERGUSON, Chad A., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, ferguscd@email.uc.edu, ferguscd@email.uc.edu
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4:45 PM
TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION IN THE GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, SOUTHERN UTAH
ROBERTS, Eric M.1, CHAN, Marjorie A.1 and SAMPSON, Scott D.2, (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 South 1460 East, Room 719, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Utah Museum of Natural History and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 1390 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, haulbag@hotmail.com, haulbag@hotmail.com
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5:00 PM
RECOGNITION AND EVALUATION OF PATTERNING AND BIAS IN PREDATOR-DERIVED SMALL-VERTEBRATE DEATH ASSEMBLAGES
TERRY, Rebecca C., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, rcterry@uchicago.edu, rcterry@uchicago.edu
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5:15 PM
AN EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED BIOTA FROM UPPER SILURIAN SUBMARINE CHANNEL DEPOSITS, WELSH BORDERLAND, UK
GLADWELL, David J, Department of Geology, Univ of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, djg15@le.ac.uk, djg15@le.ac.uk