2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 4
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology I: Macroevolution from Genotype to Phenotype

 

Jonathan Marcot and David Goodwin, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
THE FIVE CAUSES OF MORPHOLOGICAL INNOVATION
MARSHALL, Charles R., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, cmarshall@oeb.harvard.edu, cmarshall@oeb.harvard.edu
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8:15 AM
THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEXITY WITHOUT NATURAL SELECTION
MCSHEA, Daniel W., Department of Biology, Duke Univ, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338, dmcshea@duke.edu, dmcshea@duke.edu
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8:30 AM
PHYLOGENETIC TESTS OF DIRECTIONAL BIAS IN HIERARCHICAL EVOLUTION
MARCOT, Jonathan D. and MCSHEA, Daniel W., Department of Biology, Duke Univ, Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338, marco039@tc.umn.edu, marco039@tc.umn.edu
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8:45 AM
EVOLUTIONARY DECELERATION: THE ROLES OF CLADOGENESIS AND ANAGENESIS
FERNALD, Erin M., Dept. Earth Sciences, Univ. New Hampshire, 56 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824 and CLYDE, William C., Dept. Earth Sciences, Univ. New Hampshire, 56 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824-3589, efernald@cisunix.unh.edu, efernald@cisunix.unh.edu
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9:00 AM
SURVIVAL OF THE MORPHOLOGICALLY SPECIAL OR ORDINARY? THE STORY AS TOLD BY FOSSIL CRINOIDS
LIOW, Lee Hsiang, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, lhliow@midway.uchicago.edu, lhliow@midway.uchicago.edu
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9:15 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF A NEW HIERARCHICAL BRANCHING MODEL FOR LEVELS OF SELECTION AND THE LAW OF CONSTANT EXTINCTION
SIMPSON, Carl, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, simpson@midway.uchicago.edu, simpson@midway.uchicago.edu
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9:30 AM
ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MACROECOLOGY AND MACROEVOLUTION
MADIN, J.1, ALROY, J.2, ABERHAN, M.3, FÜRSICH, F.4, KIESSLING, W.3, KOSNIK, M.5 and WAGNER, P.6, (1)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Univ of California, 735 State Street, Suite 202, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (2)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Univ of California, 735 State Street, Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (3)Institute of Paleontology, Humboldt Univ, Museum of Natural History, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, (4)Institute of Paleontology, Univ of Wuerzburg, Pleicherwall 1, Wuerzburg, 97070, Germany, (5)Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook Univ, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia, (6)Department of Geology, Field Museum of Nat History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, madin@nceas.ucsb.edu, madin@nceas.ucsb.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HIERARCHY IN THE BRYOZOAN ELECTRA PILOSA L
HAGEMAN, Steven J., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608 and TODD, Christopher D., Gatty Marine Laboratory, School of Biology, Univ of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 8LB, United Kingdom, hagemansj@appstate.edu, hagemansj@appstate.edu
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10:15 AM
INTRA VERSUS INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN LARVAL SHELL SIZE AND THEIR MACROEVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE
SMITH, J. Travis and JACKSON, Jeremy B.C., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, j8smith@ucsd.edu, j8smith@ucsd.edu
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10:30 AM
OSTEOLOGICAL AND ONTOGENETIC VARIATION IN CAIMAN CROCODILUS
TRICHE, Nina E., Department of Geology, Univ of Texas at Austin, 4400 Sinclair Ave, Austin, TX 78756, ninat@mail.utexas.edu, ninat@mail.utexas.edu
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10:45 AM
HETEROCHRONIC EVOLUTION IN TROPICAL AMERICAN CORBULIDS
GOODWIN, David H., Department of Geology and Geography, Denison Univ, P.O. Box M, Granville, OH 43023, ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 and ARONOWSKY, Audrey, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, goodwind@denison.edu, goodwind@denison.edu
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11:00 AM
MICROMORPHOLOGY AND TRACE METAL CONTENT AS INDICATORS OF BLEACHING IN SKELETONS OF MODERN AND HOLOCENE CORALS
BURR, Sande A., Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, sab45@cornell.edu, sab45@cornell.edu
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11:15 AM
TESTING ADAPTIVE HYPOTHESES FOR HYPSODONTY IN SMALL MAMMALS USING PHYLOGENETIC AND PALEOECOLOGICAL DATA
HOPKINS, Samantha, Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, shopkins@socrates.berkeley.edu, shopkins@socrates.berkeley.edu
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11:30 AM
TRILOBITE LIFE-HISTORY STAGES IN THE CONTEXT OF ARTHROPOD SEGMENTATION AND SEGMENT DIFFERENTIATION
HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0423, FUSCO, Giuseppe, Dept. of Biology, Univ of Padova, via Ugo Bassi 58/B, Padova, I-35131, Italy and MINELLI, Alessandro, Department of Biology, Univ of Padova, via Ugo Bassi 58/B, Padova, I-35131, Italy, nigel.hughes@ucr.edu, nigel.hughes@ucr.edu