2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)

Session No. 198
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T100. Whole-Organism Paleoecology and the Relationship of Form, Function, and Ecological Interactions I: In Memory of Richard Alexander

Paleontological Society

 

Lindsey Leighton, Gregory Dietl and Patricia H. Kelley, Advocates
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8:00 AM
RICHARD ALEXANDER 1946-2006 – PALEOAUTECOLOGIST EXTRAORDINAIRE
DODD, J. Robert, Department of Geology, Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405, dodd@indiana.edu, dodd@indiana.edu
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8:15 AM
"SAND CORALS" FROM THE EARLY CAMBRIAN OF SWEDEN
SAVAZZI, Enrico, Dept. of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, 10405, Sweden, enrico5@savazzi.net, enrico5@savazzi.net
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8:30 AM
OPHIUROID ADAPTATIONS TO ANTARCTIC WATERS LINKED TO TAPHONOMIC LOSS, POOR FOSSIL RECORD
RUIZ-YANTIN, Maria, Dept of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 35-1805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235, MILLER, Molly F., Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 35-1805, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235 and BOWSER, Samuel S., Wadsworth Ctr, P.O. Box 509, Albany, NY 12201, mara.ruiz@vanderbilt.edu, mara.ruiz@vanderbilt.edu
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8:45 AM
IMPORTANCE OF MUTABLE COLLAGENOUS TISSUE TO CRINOID BIOMECHANICS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LOCOMOTION
BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, tomaszb@umich.edu, tomaszb@umich.edu
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9:00 AM
THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM: PALEOECOLOGY OF DISTINCTIVE CRINOID ATTACHMENT STRUCTURES FROM THE SILURIAN (WENLOCK) OF GOTLAND
DONOVAN, Stephen K., Department of Geology, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis, Postbus 9517, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, HARPER, David A.T., Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, Copenhagen K, DK-1350, Denmark and HÅKANSSON, Eckart, Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, Copenhagen K, DK-1350, Denmark, donovan@naturalis.nnm.nl, donovan@naturalis.nnm.nl
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9:15 AM
FOULING FILTRATION FANS: HOW CHANGING SEDIMENTOLOGICAL REGIMES CHANGED FAN ORIENTATION IN BOTTOM DWELLING BLASTOIDS
WATERS, Johnny, Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608, watersja@appstate.edu, watersja@appstate.edu
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9:30 AM
THE ROLE OF AUTECOLOGY, NICHE TRADEOFFS AND SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY IN COEXISTENCE OF BRACHIOPODS WITH MODERN BIOTA IN SHALLOW HABITATS
TOMAŠOVÝCH, Adam, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, tomasovych@uchicago.edu, tomasovych@uchicago.edu
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9:45 AM
THE INFLUENCE OF SPIRIFERIDE MICRO-ORNAMENT ON DEVONIAN EPIZOANS
SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Geology, University of California at Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, schneider@geology.ucdavis.edu, schneider@geology.ucdavis.edu
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10:00 AM
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10:15 AM
A MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH TO ANALYZING COMPETITION AND INVASION DYNAMICS IN ORDOVICIAN BRACHIOPODS
TYLER, Carrie L. and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, ctylersa@yahoo.com, ctylersa@yahoo.com
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10:30 AM
INTEGRATION OF PLIOCENE TRANS-ARCTIC MOLLUSCAN INVADERS AS TRACKED BY CHANGES IN NATICID GASTROPOD PREDATION ON THE TJÖRNES PENINSULA, ICELAND
MCCOY, Michelle and KELLEY, Patricia H., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944, mlm8778@uncw.edu, mlm8778@uncw.edu
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10:45 AM
EVOLUTION AND COEVOLUTION OF ODOR LANDSCAPES AND CHEMORECEPTION
PLOTNICK, Roy E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Ilinois at Chicago, 845 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607-7056 and KOY, Karen A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607, plotnick@uic.edu, plotnick@uic.edu
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11:00 AM
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRILLING PREDATION AND SHELL MORPHOLOGY OF PATELLID LIMPETS FROM SOUTHWESTERN ENGLAND
VISAGGI, Christy C., Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403 and KELLEY, Patricia H., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944, ccv9261@uncw.edu, ccv9261@uncw.edu
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11:15 AM
MODERN INTENSITIES OF DRILLING PREDATION IN THE NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA: A POOR PALEOZOIC AND CRETACEOUS ANALOGUE
SAWYER, Jennifer A. and ZUSCHIN, Martin, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, jennifer.sawyer@univie.ac.at, jennifer.sawyer@univie.ac.at
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11:30 AM
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE EOCENE COLEOID BELOSEPIA
WICKSTEN, Mary K., Dept. Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, YANCEY, Thomas E., Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and GARVIE, Christopher L., Texas Natural Science Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78713, Wicksten@mail.bio.tamu.edu, Wicksten@mail.bio.tamu.edu
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11:45 AM
THE IDENTIFICATION AND INTERPRETATION OF MILLIPEDE-PRODUCED ICHNOFOSSILS USING ACTUALISTIC STUDIES
HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu, hembree@ohio.edu
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