2006 Philadelphia Annual Meeting (22–25 October 2006)

Session No. 212
Wednesday, 25 October 2006: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology/Paleobotany X: Marine Ecological Dynamics

 

Ann Molineux and Seth Finnegan, Chairs
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
LIFE HISTORY EVOLUTION OF TROPICAL AMERICAN CUPULADRIID BRYOZOANS
O'DEA, Aaron1, JACKSON, Jeremy B.C.2, RODRIGUEZ, Felix1 and HERRERA CUBILLA, Amalia1, (1)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, Panama, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244, odeaa@si.edu, odeaa@si.edu
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1:45 PM
USING MG/CA RATIOS TO INVESTIGATE GROWTH AND LONGEVITY IN CRANIID BRACHIOPODS
JAECKS, Glenn S., Institute of Paleontology, Slovenian Academy of Sciences, Novi trg 2, Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia and CARLSON, Sandra J., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, Glenn@zrc-sazu.si, Glenn@zrc-sazu.si
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2:00 PM
BODY SIZE TRENDS AND ENERGETIC CONSTRAINTS PREDICT DECLINING ABUNDANCE OF TRILOBITES IN THE ORDOVICIAN OF NORTH AMERICA
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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2:15 PM
A TEST OF AMBOCOELIID (BRACHIOPODA) SPINOSITY AS AN ADAPTATION FOR SOFT SUBSTRATES USING ABUNDANCE PATTERNS THROUGH TRANSGRESSIVE-REGRESSIVE CYCLES AND WITHIN PYRITIC SHALE BEDS
ZAMBITO IV, James J., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 0013, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, zambitjj@email.uc.edu, zambitjj@email.uc.edu
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2:30 PM
HALF-BORINGS AND MISSING ENCRUSTERS ON BRACHIOPODS IN THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SCLEROBIONTS
WILSON, Mark A.1, DENNISON-BUDAK, W. Cordelia1 and BOWEN, Jeffrey C.2, (1)Dept of Geology, College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691-2363, (2)Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, mwilson@wooster.edu, mwilson@wooster.edu
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2:45 PM
IMPLICATIONS OF BORING AND ENCRUSTATION OF LATE CRETACEOUS RUDISTS
MOLINEUX, Ann, Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas at Austin, 2400 Trinity, Austin, TX 78712, annm@mail.utexas.edu, annm@mail.utexas.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
THE PLEISTOCENE ENCRUSTER SCENE: COMPARISON OF EPIBIONTS ON GASTROPOD AND BIVALVE SHELLS
VON DASSOW, Yasmin, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, yasmin.rahman@email.ucr.edu, yasmin.rahman@email.ucr.edu
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3:30 PM
DISCRETE EPIBIOFACIES ON EXPERIMENTALLY-DEPLOYED SKELETAL HARDPARTS, ANALOGS FOR PHOTIC-ZONE DEPTH DETERMINATIONS IN CARBONATE ENVIRONMENTS
WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, PARSONS-HUBBARD, Karla, Geology Dept, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074, BRETT, Carl, Dept. of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and POWELL, Eric N., Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers Univ, 6959 Miller Ave, Port Norris, NJ 08349, swalker@gly.uga.edu, swalker@gly.uga.edu
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3:45 PM
ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE OF THE PRIAPULID WORM CRICOCOSMIA IN A MAOTIANSHAN SHALE BIOTA COMMUNITY
DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 and CHEN, Junyuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China, sdornbos@uwm.edu, sdornbos@uwm.edu
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4:00 PM
MONOSPECIFIC ASSEMBLAGES OF PHYLOGENETICALLY DISPARATE TAXA IN DEVONIAN BLACK SHALES
BOYER, Diana L., Earth Science, Univ of California, Riverside, Dept. Of Earth Sciences-036, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, diana.boyer@email.ucr.edu, diana.boyer@email.ucr.edu
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4:15 PM
PALEOECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MESOZOIC HYDROCARBON SEEP FAUNAL COMMUNITIES, GREAT VALLEY GROUP, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA
HEPPER, Kristin, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, kristin.hepper@email.ucr.edu, kristin.hepper@email.ucr.edu
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4:30 PM
CORAL REEFS AND PATCH REEFS AT DEAD MAN'S BONES: RAPID BURIAL OR SLOW SEDIMENT STRESS
JAMES, Sherene A., STEMANN, Thomas A. and MITCHELL, Simon F., Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Kingston, 0007, Jamaica, sherene.james@uwimona.edu.jm, sherene.james@uwimona.edu.jm