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

Session No. 240
Wednesday, 19 October 2005: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology VII: Life's Responses to Climate Change

 

Margaret L. Fraiser and Anne Raymond, Chairs
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1:30 PM
ELEVATED ATMOSPHERIC CO2 AND THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BIOTIC CRISIS
FRAISER, Margaret and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90254, fraiser@usc.edu, fraiser@usc.edu
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1:45 PM
BODY SIZE EVOLUTION ON A COOLING PLANET
HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and ROY, Kaustuv, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, hunte@si.edu, hunte@si.edu
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2:00 PM
GEOLOGICALLY LONG-RANGING OSTRACODES: INFLUENCES OF VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL RANGES
LIOW, Lee Hsiang, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, lhliow@midway.uchicago.edu, lhliow@midway.uchicago.edu
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2:15 PM
CORAL COMMUNITIES IN THE LATEST MAASTRICHTIAN OF JAMAICA
STEMANN, Thomas A.1, MITCHELL, Simon F.1 and GUNTER, Gavin C.2, (1)Department of Geography & Geology, Univ of the West Indies, Mona Kingston 7, Jamaica, (2)Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, 36 Trafalgar Rd, Kingston, 7, Jamaica, thomas.stemann@uwimona.edu.jm, thomas.stemann@uwimona.edu.jm
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2:30 PM
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2:45 PM
DYNAMICS OF THE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT: ANALYSES OF MARINE BIVALVES
JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, ROY, Kaustuv, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 and VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, d-jablonski@uchicago.edu, d-jablonski@uchicago.edu
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3:00 PM
PHYTOGEOGRAPHY AND LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENTS OF LATE SILURIAN LAND PLANTS
RAYMOND, Anne, Dept. of Gelogy & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, raymond@geo.tamu.edu, raymond@geo.tamu.edu
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3:15 PM
MIDDLE TRIASSIC FOSSIL PLANT IMPRESSIONS FROM FREMOUW PEAK, ANTARCTICA
METZGER, Christine A., Environmental Science, Whittier College, 13406 Philadelphia Street, P.O. Box 634, Whittier, CA 90608 and RETALLACK, Gregory, Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, cmetzger@whittier.edu, cmetzger@whittier.edu
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3:30 PM
EXCEPTIONAL PALEOBOTANICAL REMAINS PRESERVED IN NAVAJO SANDSTONE INTERDUNE DEPOSITS NEAR MOAB, UTAH
WILKENS, Nathan D.1, FARMER, Jack D.1 and PIGG, Kathleen2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, (2)School of Life Sciences, Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ 85287, nathan.wilkens@asu.edu, nathan.wilkens@asu.edu
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3:45 PM
PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGY OF OLIGOCENE STRATA AT CHILGA, NORTHWESTERN ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU
JACOBS, Bonnie F.1, PAN, Aaron D.2 and TABOR, Neil2, (1)Environmental Science Program, Southern Methodist Univ, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, P.O. Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275-0395, bjacobs@mail.smu.edu, bjacobs@mail.smu.edu
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4:00 PM
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4:15 PM
EVIDENCE FOR FIRES, ARIDITY, DINOSAUR BABIES, AND EGGS IN LATE CRETACEOUS OF BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, TEXAS
SANKEY, Julia T., Dept of Physics, Physical Sciences, and Geology, California State Univ, Stanislaus, 801 West Monte Vista Ave, Turlock, CA 95382, julia@geology.csustan.edu, julia@geology.csustan.edu
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4:30 PM
RAPTORS, RODENTS, AND PALEOECOLOGY: TESTING PALEOECOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS USING TAPHONOMIC DAMAGE PATTERNS AT HOMESTEAD CAVE, UTAH
TERRY, Rebecca C., Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, rebecca.terry@science.oregonstate.edu, rebecca.terry@science.oregonstate.edu
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4:45 PM
CAN ANIMALS ADAPT TO EXPECTED RATES OF ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE? EVIDENCE FROM PALEOMIDDEN STUDIES ON NEOTOMA
SMITH, Felisa A., Department of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, 167 Castetter Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, fasmith@unm.edu, fasmith@unm.edu