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

Session No. 169
Tuesday, 18 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology V: Extinction—Theory and Observation

 

Leigh M. Fall and Paul C. Fitzgerald, Chairs
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF PALEOCOMMUNITY COLLAPSE DURING MASS EXTINCTIONS
ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, WANG, Steve C.2 and ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D.1, (1)Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, (2)Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, proopnarine@calacademy.org, proopnarine@calacademy.org
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1:45 PM
CLOSING THE GAP: MASS EXTINCTIONS AND THE DURATIONS OF SEDIMENTARY HIATUSES
PETERS, Shanan, Department of Geological Sciences and Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, shananp@umich.edu, shananp@umich.edu
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2:00 PM
BAYESIAN MODELING OF THE DURATION OF A MULTI-STAGE MASS EXTINCTION EVENT
WANG, Steve C., Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, scwang@swarthmore.edu, scwang@swarthmore.edu
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2:15 PM
EXTINCTION SELECTIVITY FOR PALEOZOIC AMMONOID SUTURE MORPHOLOGY
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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2:30 PM
SAMPLING STANDARDIZED REGIONAL DIVERSITY AND TURNOVER PATTERNS DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
KRUG, Andrew, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 437 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark, Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, 539 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, akrug@geosc.psu.edu, akrug@geosc.psu.edu
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2:45 PM
FAMENNIAN RUGOSE CORALS LIVE IT UP: INCREASED LONGEVITY OF RUGOSE CORALS FOLLOWING THE END-FRASNIAN EXTINCTION
FALL, Leigh M., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, MS 3115, College Station, TX 77843, lfall@geo.tamu.edu, lfall@geo.tamu.edu
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3:00 PM
TAXONOMIC VERSUS PHYLOGENETIC ESTIMATES OF EXTINCTION SEVERITY IN DEVONIAN TEREBRATULIDE BRACHIOPOD GENERA
FITZGERALD, Paul C., Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, fitzgerald@geology.ucdavis.edu, fitzgerald@geology.ucdavis.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
SELECTIVITY OF THE LATE MISSISSIPPIAN MASS EXTINCTION FOR BRACHIOPOD GENERA FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN BASIN: RESOLVING AN APPARENT PARADOX
POWELL, Matthew G., Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD 21218, powell@jhu.edu, powell@jhu.edu
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3:45 PM
THE INFLUENCE OF SUCCESSION ON EXTINCTION SURVIVORSHIP -- LOCAL PROCESS WITH A BIG PUNCH
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 and SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu
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4:00 PM
SMALL TAXONOMIC AND LARGE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE END-GUADALUPIAN EXTINCTION (LATE PERMIAN)
CLAPHAM, Matthew E. and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, clapham@usc.edu, clapham@usc.edu
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4:15 PM
END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION OF LAGENIDE FORAMINIFERS IN THE SOUTHERN ALPS (NORTHERN ITALY)
GROVES, John R., Department of Earth Science, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335, RETTORI, Roberto, Dipartimento Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Piazza Università, Perugia, 06123, Italy, BOYCE, Matthew D., School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019 and ALTINER, D., Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical Univ, Ankara, Turkey, john.groves@uni.edu, john.groves@uni.edu
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4:30 PM
THE FIRST METAZOAN BUILD-UPS FOLLOWING THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, PAYNE, Jonathan, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard Univ, Botanical Museum, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, spruss@fas.harvard.edu, spruss@fas.harvard.edu
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4:45 PM
ABUNDANCE CORRELATES WITH EXTINCTION RATE: BIOLOGICAL SIGNAL DECOUPLED FROM SAMPLING EFFECTS IN POST-PALEOZOIC BIVALVE GENERA
HARNIK, Paul Gwion, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and SIMPSON, Carl, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, pharnik@uchicago.edu, pharnik@uchicago.edu
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5:00 PM
A NEW LOOK AT BUFFERS TO EXTINCTION FOLLOWING LOSS OF PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AFTER THE K/T IMPACT
SHEEHAN, Peter M., Geology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, sheehan@uwm.edu, sheehan@uwm.edu
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5:15 PM
TRANSIENT INSECT REBOUND LESS THAN 2 MYR AFTER THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY: DIVERSE INSECT DAMAGE ON A LOW-DIVERSITY EARLY PALEOCENE FLORA FROM SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA
WILF, Peter, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 and JOHNSON, Kirk R., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, pwilf@psu.edu, pwilf@psu.edu