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

Session No. 206
Wednesday, 19 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology VI: Partitioning Taxa—Patches, Gradients, and Regions

 

Steven M. Holland and Karen M. Layou, Chairs
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8:00 AM
VIRTUAL PALEOECOSYSTEM (VIRPE): A NEW COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR ANALYZING PALEOECOSYSTEMS AND THE ACCURACY OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES
SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608 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, schneidercl@appstate.edu, schneidercl@appstate.edu
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8:15 AM
ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX AND PATCHY PALEOECOLOGIC GRADIENTS USING FLEXIBLE SHORTEST PATH ADJUSTMENT OF ECOLOGIC DISTANCES
BUSH, Andrew M., Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3043, abush@fas.harvard.edu, abush@fas.harvard.edu
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8:30 AM
USING GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS AND GRADIENT ANALYSIS TO QUANTITATIVELY COMPARE SPATIO-TEMPORAL MORPHOLOGICAL TRENDS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
WEBBER, Andrew J., Department of Geology, Miami Univ, 1601 University Blvd, Hamilton, OH 45011 and HUNDA, Brenda R., Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, webberaj@muohio.edu, webberaj@muohio.edu
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8:45 AM
INTRASPECIFIC MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY OF CRINOID COLUMNALS IN RELATION TO WATER DEPTH IN THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN (UPPER ORDOVICIAN, 443-453 MYA)
DELINE, Bradley, Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and MEYER, David L., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, delinebl@email.uc.edu, delinebl@email.uc.edu
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9:00 AM
GRADIENT ECOLOGY DURING A MARINE BIOTIC INVASION: UPPER ORDOVICIAN OF THE CINCINNATI ARCH
HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 539 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714, stratum@gly.uga.edu, stratum@gly.uga.edu
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9:15 AM
CAN WE SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES? FAUNAL STABILITY AND SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE IN THE DEVONIAN HAMILTON GROUP, NEW YORK STATE
BAUGH, Heather L., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and IVANY, Linda C., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, hlbaugh@syr.edu, hlbaugh@syr.edu
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9:30 AM
DISCONTINUITY BUT NO STABILITY IN PERMIAN BRACHIOPOD COMMUNITIES OF WEST TEXAS
OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3115 and ERWIN, Douglas H., Paleobiology, MRC-121, National Museum of Nat History, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, tomo@geo.tamu.edu, tomo@geo.tamu.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
SHALLOW MARINE PALEOENVIRONMENTS AND BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AT THE EDGE OF THE EARLY MIOCENE CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY
LONDOÑO, Leonel Andres, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199 and COLLINS, Laurel S., Dept. Earth Sciences, Florida Int'l Univ, Miami, FL 33199, llond001@fiu.edu, llond001@fiu.edu
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10:15 AM
LATE CENOZOIC MOLLUSCAN DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY: PATTERNS FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD OF VIRGINIA
BARBOUR WOOD, Susan and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, susanwood@vt.edu, susanwood@vt.edu
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10:30 AM
ADDITIVE DIVERSITY PARTITIONING OF A MARINE BIOTIC INVASION: UPPER ORDOVICIAN OF THE CINCINNATI ARCH
PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 539 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714 and HOLLAND, Steven M., Geology, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, brachio@geosc.psu.edu, brachio@geosc.psu.edu
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10:45 AM
CORRECTING FOR THE SPECIES-AREA EFFECT WHEN ESTIMATING PALEODIVERSITY
CARRASCO, Marc A., BARNOSKY, Anthony D. and DAVIS, Edward B., Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, carrasco@berkeley.edu, carrasco@berkeley.edu
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11:00 AM
EVENNESS AND DIVERSITY OF LOWER PALEOZOIC TRILOBITE FAUNAS OF LAURENTIAN NORTH AMERICA
ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Geoscience, The University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu
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11:15 AM
MEASURING BETA DIVERSITY IN ANCIENT AND MODERN BIOTAS
SMITH, Krister T., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, krister.smith@yale.edu, krister.smith@yale.edu
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11:30 AM
BRINGING UP BETA: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF EXTINCTION ON DIVERSITY WITH AN ADDITIVE PARTITIONING MODEL
LAYOU, Karen M. and HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, klayou@uga.edu, klayou@uga.edu
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11:45 AM
TOWARDS AN ASSESSMENT OF PHANEROZOIC TRENDS IN BETA DIVERSITY: THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOGRAPHIC SCALE
MILLER, Arnold I.1, BUICK, Devin P.2, BULINSKI, Katherine V.2, FERGUSON, Chad A.2 and HENDY, Austin J.W.2, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, arnold.Miller@uc.edu, arnold.Miller@uc.edu