2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 3
Sunday, 16 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology I: Paleoecology—Energetics, Environment, and Evolution

 

Chad Allen Ferguson and Philip M. Novack-Gottshall, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS IN PENNSYLVANIAN NEAR-SHORE SHALES: EFFECTS OF MOLLUSCAN INVASION INTO "NORMAL" MARINE HABITATS
SAWYER, Jennifer A., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1020 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, sawyer@rohan.sdsu.edu, sawyer@rohan.sdsu.edu
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8:15 AM
PREDATION PATTERNS ON THE GASTROPODS OF THE RED AND CORALLINE CRAG DEPOSITS OF EAST ANGLIA, ENGLAND
SMITH, Ursula, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell Univ, Snee Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, ues4@cornell.edu, ues4@cornell.edu
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8:30 AM
DRILLING PREDATION AND DIVERSITY IN CRETACEOUS AND CENOZOIC TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS OF THE U.S. GULF AND ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN
KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398 and HANSEN, Thor A., Geology, Western Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225, kelleyp@uncw.edu, kelleyp@uncw.edu
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8:45 AM
DILUTION, DECLINE, OR DIFFERENT ENERGETIC STRUCTURE? BODY SIZE, TROPHIC LEVEL, AND THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF POST-CAMBRIAN TRILOBITES
FINNEGAN, Seth and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, CA 92521, finnes01@ucr.edu, finnes01@ucr.edu
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9:00 AM
ASSEMBLAGE-WIDE, BODY-SIZE TRENDS IN CAMBRIAN-DEVONIAN MARINE BIOTAS: WHAT DO WE LEAVE OUT BY EMPHASIZING INDIVIDUAL LINEAGES?
NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118-3100, pnovackg@westga.edu, pnovackg@westga.edu
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9:15 AM
BRACHIOPOD AND BIVALVE SIZE DURING THE ORDOVICIAN: INTERPRETING GENERAL TRENDS
STEMPIEN, Jennifer A.1, KRAUSE Jr, Richard A.1, KOWALEWSKI, Michal1 and MILLER, Arnold I.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, jstempie@vt.edu, jstempie@vt.edu
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9:30 AM
THE PALEOECOLOGIC, PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC, AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EARLY CRETACEOUS RHYNCHONELLID BRACHIOPOD PEREGRINELLA FROM THE SOUTHERN CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS, ROMANIA
LAZÃR, Iuliana, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, University of Bucharest, 1 N. Balcescu Street, Bucharest, 010041, Romania, SANDY, Michael R., Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-2364 and CAMPBELL, Kathleen A., Geology, Univ of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, iulia_lazar@k.ro, iulia_lazar@k.ro
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
MIDDLE AND LATE DEVONIAN RHYNCHONELLID DOMINATED ASSEMBLAGES AS A SENSITIVE TOOL TO DELINEATE THE DYSAEROBIC BIOFACIES
BOYER, Diana L., Earth Science, Univ of California, Riverside, Dept. Of Earth Sciences-036, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of California, Riverside, 1432 Geology Bldg, Riverside, CA 92521, diana.boyer@email.ucr.edu, diana.boyer@email.ucr.edu
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10:15 AM
CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT IN PRODUCTOID BRACHIOPODS FROM THE LATE PENNSYLVANIAN OF CENTRAL TEXAS
WEBB, Amelinda E., Geology, Cornell College, 810 Commons Circle #369, Mount Vernon, IA 52314 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, a-webb@cornellcollege.edu, a-webb@cornellcollege.edu
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10:30 AM
CONTROLS ON THE INITIATION AND GROWTH OF A MIDDLE TRIASSIC (ANISIAN) REEF COMPLEX ON THE GREAT BANK OF GUIZHOU, GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA
PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, LEHRMANN, Daniel J.2, CHRISTENSEN, Shannon2, WEI, Jiayong3 and KNOLL, Andrew4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, Botanical Museum, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901, (3)Guizhou Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Bagongli, Guiyang, 550011, China, (4)Botanical Museum, Harvard Univ, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, jpayne@fas.harvard.edu, jpayne@fas.harvard.edu
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10:45 AM
WOOD FALLS, COLD SEEPS, AND IMMIGRATION INTO TRANSIENT DEEP-SEA HABITATS
KIEL, Steffen, Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, MRC 121, Washington, DC 20013-7012, kiels@si.edu, kiels@si.edu
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11:00 AM
INSECT LEAF-MINING IN LATE TRIASSIC GYMNOSPERMOUS FLORAS FROM THE MOLTENO FORMATION OF SOUTH AFRICA
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 and ANDERSON, John M., Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa, labandec@si.edu, labandec@si.edu
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11:15 AM
HOLOCENE AMINOCHRONOLOGY AND TIME-AVERAGING FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY MULINIA
EDWARDS, A. L.1, WEHMILLER, J.1, LOCKWOOD, R.2, KAUFMAN, D.3, BRIGHT, J.3, CRONIN, T.4 and WILLARD, D.4, (1)Department of Geology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, (2)College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185, (3)Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, (4)U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, aledwa@udel.edu, aledwa@udel.edu
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11:30 AM
THE APPEARANCE OF CHANGE: SEARCHING FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION IN AN ACCUMULATING SUBFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE
FERGUSON, Chad Allen, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, ferguscd@email.uc.edu, ferguscd@email.uc.edu