2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 63
Monday, 23 October 2006: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany II: Diversity, Turnover, and Extinction

 

Karen M. Layou and Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Chairs
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS A GENUS? TESTING THE ANALYTICAL UNITS OF PALEOBIOLOGY AGAINST MOLECULAR DATA
JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, FINARELLI, John A., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 and ROY, Kaustuv, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, d-jablonski@uchicago.edu, d-jablonski@uchicago.edu
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8:15 AM
CONTRASTING BIVALVE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENTS SHAPED BY CENOZOIC ORIGINATION PATTERNS
KRUG, Andrew, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave. HGS 133, Chicago, IL 60637, JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, 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, akrug@uchicago.edu, akrug@uchicago.edu
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8:30 AM
LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENTS AND THE CENOZOIC FOSSIL RECORD OF THE WESTERN ATLANTIC: CONSIDERATION OF SPATIAL SCALE AND SAMPLING ISSUES
HENDY, Austin J.W.1, BUICK, Devin P.2, BULINSKI, Katherine V.1, FERGUSON, Chad A.2 and MILLER, Arnold I.2, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, hendya@email.uc.edu, hendya@email.uc.edu
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8:45 AM
ESTIMATING LATITUDINAL EFFECTS ON PALEODIVERSITY USING THE PALEODATABASE MIOMAP
CARRASCO, Marc A., Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, carrasco@berkeley.edu, carrasco@berkeley.edu
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9:00 AM
A HIERARCHICAL VIEW OF THE SHAPE OF SURVIVORSHIP CURVES
SIMPSON, Carl, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, simpson@midway.uchicago.edu, simpson@midway.uchicago.edu
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9:15 AM
TWO POPULATIONS OF PHANEROZOIC EXTINCTION EVENTS
FOOTE, Michael, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, mfoote@uchicago.edu, mfoote@uchicago.edu
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9:30 AM
SIXTY-TWO MILLION YEAR CYCLE IN BIODIVERSITY AND ASSOCIATED GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES
ROHDE, Robert A., Physics, Univ. of California - Berkeley, LeConte Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, bobbyr@berkeley.edu, bobbyr@berkeley.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
A FACIES-PRESERVATION MODEL OF DIVERSITY: EXPLORING PRESERVATIONAL BIASES DURING THE LATE DEVONAIN BIOTIC CRISIS
O'DONNELL, Matthew J., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 408 Deike Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State Univ, 539 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714, modonnell@geosc.psu.edu, modonnell@geosc.psu.edu
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10:30 AM
PREDICTING PALEOCOMMUNITY RESISTANCE TO PERTURBATION AND EXTINCTION CASCADES
ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, HERTOG, Rachel1, ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D.2 and WANG, Steve C.3, (1)Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, (2)Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (3)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, proopnarine@calacademy.org, proopnarine@calacademy.org
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10:45 AM
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF FOOD WEB MODELS FOR PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES OF THE KAROO BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA
ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D.1, ROOPNARINE, Peter D.2, WANG, Steve C.3 and HERTOG, Rachel2, (1)Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, (3)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, k.angielczyk@bris.ac.uk, k.angielczyk@bris.ac.uk
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11:00 AM
MODELING TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEB COLLAPSE IN THE END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION
WANG, Steve C.1, ROOPNARINE, Peter D.2, ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D.3 and KARCHER, Michael D.1, (1)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (2)Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, (3)Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, scwang@swarthmore.edu, scwang@swarthmore.edu
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11:15 AM
STABILITY, COLLAPSE AND RECOVERY OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS IN EAST GREENLAND ACROSS THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC MASS EXTINCTION BOUNDARY
MCELWAIN, Jennifer, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Bellfield, Dublin 4, Dublin, D4, Ireland, POPA, Mihai, Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, 70111, Romania, HESSELBO, Stephen, Department of Geology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX13PR, United Kingdom and SURLYK, Finn, Univ Copenhagen, Oster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen, DK 1350, Denmark, jennifer.mcelwain@gmail.com, jennifer.mcelwain@gmail.com
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11:30 AM
THE CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENT OAE2 (BONARELLI EVENT) IN SOUTHERN TETHYS: PALYNOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL APPROACH, ABU GHARADIG BASIN, EGYPT
IBRAHIM, Mohamed I.A., Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Moharam Bey 21511, Alexandria, Egypt, DILCHER, David, Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Florida, Paleobotany Lab, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 and KHOLEIF, Suzan, Department of Geology, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Anfooshy, Kayet Bay, Alexandria, Egypt, dilcher@flmnh.ufl.edu, dilcher@flmnh.ufl.edu
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11:45 AM
CHEILOSTOME BRYOZOAN FAUNAL TURNOVER IN THE TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
JACKSON, Jeremy B.C.1, O'DEA, Aaron2, RODRIGUEZ, Felix2, HERRERA CUBILLA, Amalia2 and CHEETHAM, Alan H.3, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, (2)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, Panama, (3)Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Wasington, DC 20560, jbjackson@ucsd.edu, jbjackson@ucsd.edu