Session: Paleontology VI: Quantitative and Analytical Morphology (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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8:00 AM

RETRODEFORMATION OF FOSSIL INSECT WINGS: A CASE STUDY

BÉTHOUX, Olivier, Geology and Geophysics, Yale Univ, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, olivier.bethoux@yale.edu, olivier.bethoux@yale.edu

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8:15 AM

PALEOBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A FUNCTIONAL DESIGN SPACE OF SINGLE VEINED LEAVES

BOYCE, C. Kevin¹, ZWIENIECKI, Maciej A.² and HOLBROOK, N. Michele², (1)Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Univ, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, ckboyce@uchicago.edu, ckboyce@uchicago.edu

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8:30 AM

GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SHARK TEETH OF THE GENUS RHIZOPRIONODON. MODERN TOOTH SHAPE ANALYSIS AND TEST OF ANCESTRAL PREDICTION METHODS BY COMPARISON TO FOSSIL SHAPES

GARRY, Aspen, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State Univ, 339 Science II, Ames, IA 50011, iasharklady@yahoo.com, iasharklady@yahoo.com

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8:45 AM

DYNAMICS OF MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE NAUTILOIDEA: A COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRIC APPROACH

LOW, Sofya, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, sofyalow@fas.harvard.edu, sofyalow@fas.harvard.edu

5

9:00 AM

IDENTIFICATION OF MAMMALIAN POSTCRANIA USING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS: CLASSIFYING ASTRAGALI OF CAMELIDAE (MAMMALIA) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF NEVADA

DAVIS, Edward, Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, daviseb@socrates.berkeley.edu, daviseb@socrates.berkeley.edu

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9:15 AM

PRELIMINARY COMPARISON OF PALEOZOIC AMMONOID SUTURE MORPHOLOGY QUANTIFIED USING A WINDOWED, SHORT-TIME FOURIER TRANSFORM TO EXTERNAL SHELL COILING

ALLEN, Emily G., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, 1025 E 57th Street, Culver 402, Chicago, IL 60637, egallen@uchicago.edu, egallen@uchicago.edu

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9:30 AM

MORPHOMETRIC AND TAPHONOMIC ANALYSES OF TANYTRACHELOS AHYNIS FROM THE LATE TRIASSIC COW BRANCH FORMATION, SOLITE QUARRY, VIRGINIA

CASEY, Michelle, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, FRASER, Nicholas, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Virginia Museum of Nat History, 1001 Douglas Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, mmcasey@vt.edu, mmcasey@vt.edu

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9:45 AM

HIERARCHICAL INTEGRATION OF MODULAR STRUCTURES IN THE EMERGENCE OF COMPLEXITY AMONG EARLY METAZOAN SKELETONS

THOMAS, Roger D.K., Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, PO Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, roger.thomas@fandm.edu, roger.thomas@fandm.edu

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10:00 AM

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN CLOSELY RELATED SPECIES WITHIN A LINEAGE: GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS OF MULINIA OF THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN, U.S.A

STEMPIEN, Jennifer A., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jstempie@vt.edu, jstempie@vt.edu

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10:15 AM

INTRASPECIES VARIATION BETWEEN TWO EXTANT POPULATIONS OF LAQUEUS CALIFORNIANUS AS MODELED BY ELLIPTICAL FOURIER ANALYSIS

SEIGLE, Amanda B., FITZGERALD, Paul C. and CARLSON, Sandra J., Geology, Univ of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, abseigle@ucdavis.edu, abseigle@ucdavis.edu

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10:30 AM

DEVELOPING INTERNAL VOLUME ESTIMATES FOR INEQUIVALVED SPECIES: TESTING CONSTRAINTS ON SHELL SHAPE AND DESIRABILITY AS A PREY ITEM IN CORBULID BIVALVES

ARONOWSKY, Audrey, Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, GOODWIN, David H., Department of Geology & Geography, Denison Univ, Granville, OH 43023 and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, audrey@geol.lsu.edu, audrey@geol.lsu.edu

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10:45 AM

MORPHOMETRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS OF INTEGRATION IN MORPHOLOGICALLY CONSERVATIVE MOLLUSCAN CLADES

ANDERSON, Laurie C.¹, ROOPNARINE, Peter D.², ARONOWSKY, Audrey³ and CALLIER, Viviane², (1)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (2)Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, (3)Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State Univ, E235 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, laurie@geol.lsu.edu, laurie@geol.lsu.edu

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11:00 AM

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11:15 AM

APPLYING GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS TO SIBLING SPECIES OF POLYSTIRA (GASTROPODA:TURRIDAE)

SMITH, Ursula, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, Snee Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, TODD, Jonathan A., Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom and MCLEOD, Norman, Dept. of Palaeontology, The Nat History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, ues4@cornell.edu, ues4@cornell.edu

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11:30 AM

HOW TO GROW A SABER-TOOTH: FELID CANINE GROWTH RATES

FERANEC, Robert S., Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, feranec@socrates.berkeley.edu, feranec@socrates.berkeley.edu

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11:45 AM

TRACING THE ANCESTRY OF THE GREAT WHITE SHARK USING MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSES OF FOSSIL TEETH

CIAMPAGLIO, Charles N.¹, NYBERG, Kevin² and WRAY, Gregory A.², (1)Geology, Wright State Univ, 7600 State Route 703, Celina, OH 45822, (2)Biology, Duke Univ, Biological Sciences BLDG, Durham, NC 27708, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu, chuck.ciampaglio@wright.edu

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

Paleontology VI: Quantitative and Analytical Morphology