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

Session No. 167
Tuesday, 4 November 2003: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany III: Diversity Dynamics, Extinction, and Origination

 

James L. Cornette and Nicole Bonuso, Chairs
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1:30 PM
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PATTERNS IN THE EVOLUTION OF WITHIN-COMMUNITY PLANT DIVERSITY
SIMS, Hallie J., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20013-7012, REES, P. McAllister, Department of Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Building, 1040 E. Fourth St, Tucson, AZ 85721, STEIN, William E., Dept. Biological Sciences, SUNY, Binghamton, NY 13902, TIFFNEY, Bruce H., Geological Sciences, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, GENSEL, Patricia G., Dept. Biology, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 28223, WING, Scott L., Dept. Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Gelogy & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, JOHNSON, Kirk R., Department of Earth Science, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, WILF, Peter, Dept. Geosciences, Pennsylvania State Univ, University Park, PA 16802 and GASTALDO, Robert A., Geology Department, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901, sims.hallie@nmnh.si.edu, sims.hallie@nmnh.si.edu
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1:45 PM
REMOVING SAMPLING BIASES FROM DIVERSITY CURVES: THE UNEXPECTED ROLES OF ALPHA AND BETA DIVERSITY
BUSH, Andrew M. and MARSHALL, Charles R., Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, abush@fas.harvard.edu, abush@fas.harvard.edu
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2:00 PM
RECALIBRATING PHANEROZOIC DIVERSITY USING TAXONOMIC RATES
FOOTE, Michael, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, mfoote@uchicago.edu, mfoote@uchicago.edu
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2:15 PM
RANDOM WALKS IN THE HISTORY OF LIFE
CORNETTE, James L., Department of Mathematics, Iowa State Univ, 400 Carver Hall, Ames, IA 50011 and LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Geology, Univ Kansas, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, cornette@iastate.edu, cornette@iastate.edu
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2:30 PM
RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY, MANIFESTED LOCALLY: SEPKOSKI’S EVOLUTIONARY FAUNAS IN NORTH AMERICAN CAMBRIAN-ORDOVICIAN BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES
PETERS, Shanan E., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637-1434, sepeters@midway.uchicago.edu, sepeters@midway.uchicago.edu
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2:45 PM
RAPID EARLY SILURIAN RECOVERY IN LAURENTIA FROM THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
KRUG, Andrew Zachary, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State Univ, 437 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 439 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2713, akrug@geosc.psu.edu, akrug@geosc.psu.edu
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3:00 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF BIVALVES DURING THEIR INITIAL RISE TO DOMINANCE
FRAISER, Margaret L. and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, fraiser@earth.usc.edu, fraiser@earth.usc.edu
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3:15 PM
TWO LATE TRIASSIC BRACHIOPOD BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS
BONUSO, Nicole and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, nbonuso@earth.usc.edu, nbonuso@earth.usc.edu
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3:30 PM
RETHINKING THE MASS EXTINCTION AT THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY
LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, TANNER, Lawrence H., Geography and Geosciences, Bloomsburg Univ, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 and HECKERT, Andrew B., New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us, slucas@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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3:45 PM
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: SELECTIVE SURVIVORSHIP OF MOLLUSKS WITH RAPID LIFE HISTORIES ACROSS A PLIOCENE EXTINCTION BOUNDARY
HERBERT, Gregory S., Department of Geology and Center for Population Biology, Univ of California, Davis, CA 95616, herbert@geology.ucdavis.edu, herbert@geology.ucdavis.edu
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4:00 PM
RARITY AND EXTINCTION DURING BACKGROUND INTERVALS: ARE ECOLOGICAL PATTERNS PRESERVED IN THE FOSSIL RECORD?
LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Dept of Geology, The College of William and Mary, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795 and BAUGH, Heather L., 5401 Greensboro Highway, Watkinsville, GA 30677, rxlock@wm.edu, rxlock@wm.edu
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4:15 PM
COMPARING TAXONOMIC AND MORPHOLOGIC DIVERSITY DURING 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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4:30 PM
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON MAMMALIAN SPECIES DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE DURING THE TERTIARY IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS, UNITED STATES
CARRASCO, Marc A. and FERANEC, Robert S., Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, carrasco@socrates.berkeley.edu, carrasco@socrates.berkeley.edu
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4:45 PM
PARALLEL ADAPTIVE RADIATIONS IN FOUR LINEAGES OF APLODONTOID RODENTS: A CASE STUDY IN THE EVOLUTION OF HYPSODONTY
HOPKINS, Samantha, Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, shopkins@socrates.berkeley.edu, shopkins@socrates.berkeley.edu
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5:00 PM
THE TORREJONIAN-TIFFANIAN TRANSITION IN THE NACIMIENTO FORMATION, NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY AND MAMMALIAN BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
LIBED, Shirley A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Nat History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, libibinque@earthlink.net, libibinque@earthlink.net
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5:15 PM
GENERIC RICHNESS OF NON-AVIALAN DINOSAURIA
FASTOVSKY, David E.1, HUANG, Yifan2, HSU, Jason C.2, WEISHAMPEL, David B.3, MARTIN-MACNAUGHTON, Jamie4 and SHEEHAN, Peter5, (1)Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, (2)Department of Statistics, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210, (3)Cell Biology & Anatomy, The Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine, 725 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Brown Univ, Providence, RI 02912, (5)Milwakee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI, defastov@uri.edu, defastov@uri.edu