North-Central Section–40th Annual Meeting (20–21 April 2006)

Session No. 11
Thursday, 20 April 2006: 1:20 PM-5:40 PM

All Things Paleo: Diversity, Ecology, Morphology, Phylogeny and Taphonomy

 

Dennis Hubbard and B.R. Ingalls, Chairs
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1:20 PM
MODELING TERRESTRIAL FOOD WEB COLLAPSE IN THE END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION
WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D., Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, scwang@swarthmore.edu, scwang@swarthmore.edu
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1:40 PM
HOW LAKES GOT THEIR FAUNAS: THE INITIATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PALEOZOIC LAKE FAUNAS
PARK, Lisa E., Geology, University of Akron, 252 Buchtel Commons, Crouse Hall, Akron, OH 44325-4101 and GIERLOWSKI-KORDESCH, Elizabeth, Dept Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Labs, Athens, OH 45701, lepark@uakron.edu, lepark@uakron.edu
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2:00 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF A LOWER PERMIAN LOCALITY IN NORTHERN OKLAHOMA
FOOTE, Jim, Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright-Reiman Labs, Piscataway, NJ 08854, jfoote@rutgers.edu, jfoote@rutgers.edu
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2:20 PM
PALEOENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THROMBOLITES IN THE BASAL PURBECK FORMATION (UPPER JURASSIC OF SOUTHERN ENGLAND)
CLITES, Erica Christine, Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH 44691, PALMER, Timothy J., The Palaeontological Association, c/o Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom and WILSON, Mark A., Dept of Geology, College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691-2363, eclites@wooster.edu, eclites@wooster.edu
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2:40 PM
BIOTIC AND TAPHONOMIC RESPONSE TO LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATION IN THE GREATER GREEN RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
INGALLS, B.R. and PARK, Lisa E., Geology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44304, bri1@uakron.edu, bri1@uakron.edu
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3:00 PM
RESPONSES OF LIVING (ROSE BENGAL STAINED) BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA TO CONTAMINANTS IN THE VENICE LAGOON, ITALY
KLUESNER, Jared1, RATHBURN, Tony1, PÉREZ, Elena1, BASAK, Chandranath1, GRAY, Cassie1, BROUILLETTE, Ellen1 and GIESKES, Joris2, (1)Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State Univ, Science Building 159, Terre Haute, IN 47809, (2)Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093-0236, jkluesner2@mymail.indstate.edu, jkluesner2@mymail.indstate.edu
 
3:20 PM
Break
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3:40 PM
ENVIRONMENTALLY INDUCED DIFFERENTIAL LEVELS OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY
JONES, Donna C. and GERMAN, Rebecca Z., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Johns Hopkins University, Church Home Professional Center, Rm. 409, 98 N. Broadway St, Baltimore, MD 21231, donnacjones@jhmi.edu, donnacjones@jhmi.edu
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4:00 PM
CORAL GROWTH VERSUS REEF ACCRETION: PROBLEMS OF SCALE, TAPHONOMY AND PERCEPTION
HUBBARD, Dennis K., Dept. of Geology, Oberlin College, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074 and RAMIREZ, Wilson, Dept. of Geology, University of Puerto Rico, PO Box 9017, Mayaguez, PR 00681, dennis.hubbard@oberlin.edu, dennis.hubbard@oberlin.edu
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4:20 PM
A MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF BAPTEMYS WYOMINGENSIS AND AN ANALYSIS OF ITS PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP WITHIN KINOSTERNOIDEA (TESTUDINES)
KNAUSS, Georgia E., Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52245, georgia-knauss@uiowa.edu, georgia-knauss@uiowa.edu
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4:40 PM
MORPHOMETRIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE GREEN ALGA CHAETOCLADUS (DASYCLADALES)
LODUCA, Steven T., Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 and BEHRINGER, Ernest R., Physics & Astronomy, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, sloduca@emich.edu, sloduca@emich.edu
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5:00 PM
A PHYLOGENETIC HISTORY OF THE ORDOVICIAN DIPLOGRAPTACEA: ASSESSING THE CONGRUENCE OF STRATIGRAPHIC AND CLADISTIC DATA IN GRAPTOLITE EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS
GOLDMAN, Daniel, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469, KLOSTERMAN, Susan L., Geology Dept, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH 45469-2364, MITCHELL, Charles, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 876 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260 and SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208, dan.goldman@notes.udayton.edu, dan.goldman@notes.udayton.edu
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5:20 PM
FORAMINIFERAL EVIDENCE FOR THE AGE OF THE MISSISSIPPIAN PELLA FORMATION (SOUTHEASTERN IOWA)
GROVES, John R., Department of Earth Science, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335 and BEASON, Scott R., Environmental Science Program, Univ of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0335, john.groves@uni.edu, john.groves@uni.edu