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

Session No. 69
Monday, 8 November 2004: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology IV: Mass Extinctions and Their Consequences

 

Robert A. Gastaldo and Anne Weil, Chairs
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8:00 AM
HOW TO TEST MACROEVOLUTIONARY PROCESS HYPOTHESES: PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC SELECTIVITY AT THE END-ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION EVENT
KAPLAN, Peter, Geology Department, Univ of California @ Davis, 174 Physics/Geology Building, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 and CARLSON, Sandra J., Geology, Univ of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, pefty@aya.yale.edu, pefty@aya.yale.edu
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8:15 AM
GEOGRAPHIC RANGES OF MARINE GENERA FOLLOWING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION: DEVELOPMENT OF A STABLE DISTRIBUTION
MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU
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8:30 AM
REDUCED BIOFACIES DIFFERENTIATION IN SILURIAN TRILOBITE FAUNAS OF LAURENTIA
HEGNA, Thomas A., Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Geoscience, The University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, thomas-hegna@uiowa.edu, thomas-hegna@uiowa.edu
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8:45 AM
DOES SAMPLING ARTIFACT PLAY AN INFLUENTIAL ROLE IN THE FRASNIAN-FAMENNIAN MASS EXTINCTION EVENT ON THE NORTH AMERICAN MID-CONTINENT?
DRESSLER III, Donald L., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 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, donniespag1@aol.com, donniespag1@aol.com
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9:00 AM
ECOLOGIC CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATE DEVONIAN MASS EXTINCTION: EVIDENCE FROM FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES OF LIMESTONES FROM THE GREAT BASIN REGION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES
PHELPS, William T., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Bldg, Riverside, CA 92521, phelpw01@student.ucr.edu, phelpw01@student.ucr.edu
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9:15 AM
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9:30 AM
TAPHONOMIC TRENDS OF MACROFLORAL ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY IN THE KAROO BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA
GASTALDO, Robert A.1, ADENDORFF, Rose2, BAMFORD, Marion3, LABANDEIRA, Conrad4, NEVELING, Johann5 and SIMS, Hallie4, (1)Geology Department, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901, (2)Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, Witswatersraand Univ, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, (3)Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, Witswatersraand Univ, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg, 2050, (4)Department of Paleobiology, MRC-121, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, (5)Collections Management, Council for Geosciences, 280 Pretoria Street, Silverton, Pretoria, South Africa, ragastal@colby.edu, ragastal@colby.edu
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9:45 AM
RECOVERY PROCESS OF EARLY-MIDDLE TRIASSIC MARINE FISHES
MUTTER, Raoul J., Department of Biological Sciences and Laboratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, rmutter@ualberta.ca, rmutter@ualberta.ca
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
DECOUPLED RECOVERY OF ECHINOID DIVERSITY AND DISPARITY AFTER THE END-CRETACEOUS EXTINCTION
EBLE, Gunther J., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5561 BIOGEOSCIENCES, 6, Boulevard Gabriel, Dijon, 21000, France and ERWIN, Douglas H., Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, Gunther.Eble@u-bourgogne.fr, Gunther.Eble@u-bourgogne.fr
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10:30 AM
SURVIVAL AND ITS IMPLICATIONS: TROPICAL HONEYBEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE: MELIPONINI) AND THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY
KOZISEK, Jacqueline M., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70118, camel80@yahoo.com, camel80@yahoo.com
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10:45 AM
EARLY PALEOCENE FLORAL RECOVERY IN WEST BIJOU CREEK, EASTERN DENVER BASIN, COLORADO
BARCLAY, Richard S.1, JOHNSON, Kirk R.2, GORMAN III, Mark A.2 and STAMMER, Jane G.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern Univ, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2150, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Mus. of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, sihetun@hotmail.com, sihetun@hotmail.com
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11:00 AM
COMPARING FAUNAS AND FLORAS FROM THE LATEST CRETACEOUS AND EARLY PALEOCENE IN SOUTHWESTERN NORTH DAKOTA: A MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION
PEARSON, Dean A.1, KNAUSS, Georgia2, WILKENING, Donald1, WILKENING, Kathy1, BERCOVICI, Antoine3 and SCHUMAKER, Karew4, (1)Department of Paleontology, Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, 12 First Ave. NorthEast, Bowman, ND 58623, (2)Department of Geoscience, Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, (3)Department of Geoscience, Univ Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, (4)South Dakota School of Mines and Tech, 501 East St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, dapearson@state.nd.us, dapearson@state.nd.us
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11:15 AM
SUCCESSIVE MULTITUBERCULATE MAMMAL ASSEMBLAGES IN THE CAMPANIAN – EARLY PALEOCENE OF THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
WEIL, Anne, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke Univ, 08 Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708-0383 and WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, annew@duke.edu, annew@duke.edu
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11:30 AM
EARLIEST CENOZOIC MAMMALIAN FAUNAL SUCCESSION IN THE SAN JUAN BASIN, NEW MEXICO
WILLIAMSON, Thomas E., New Mexico Museum of Nat History and Sci, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 and WEIL, Anne, Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke Univ, 08 Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708-0383, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us, twilliamson@nmmnh.state.nm.us
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11:45 AM
EVALUATING THE HYPERDISEASE HYPOTHESIS FOR THE END-PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION USING WEST NILE VIRUS
LYONS, S. Kathleen1, SMITH, Felisa A.2, WAGNER, Peter J.3, WHITE, Ethan P.2 and BROWN, James H.2, (1)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Univ of California, Santa Barbara, 735 State St., Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (2)Department of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Geology, Field Museum of Nat History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, lyons@nceas.ucsb.edu, lyons@nceas.ucsb.edu
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