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

Session No. 136
Tuesday, 30 October 2007: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T98. Selectivity of Ancient and Modern Extinctions: Bridging the Gap Between Neontological Prediction and Paleontological Observation

Paleontological Society

 

Jonathan L. Payne and Seth Finnegan, Advocates
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8:00 AM
MOVING BEYOND BIAS: A MODEL FOR THE COMMON CAUSE OF EVOLUTIONARY AND STRATIGRAPHIC PATTERNS, BASED ON HUBBELL'S UNIFIED THEORY
HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, stratum@uga.edu, stratum@uga.edu
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8:15 AM
ARE SEPKOSKI'S EVOLUTIONARY FAUNAS EVOLUTIONARY LITHOFACIES?
PETERS, Shanan E., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, peters@geology.wisc.edu, peters@geology.wisc.edu
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8:30 AM
ADJUSTING EXTINCTION RATES FOR TAXONOMIC SUSCEPTIBILITY
WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081 and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, scwang@swarthmore.edu, scwang@swarthmore.edu
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8:45 AM
WHY ARE GENUS EXTINCTIONS AGE-BIASED IN THE MARINE FOSSIL RECORD?
FINNEGAN, Seth, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305 and WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, sethf@stanford.edu, sethf@stanford.edu
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9:00 AM
SELECTIVITY OF HOLOCENE AVIFAUNAL EXTINCTIONS IN THE TROPICAL PACIFIC
BOYER, Alison G., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, aboyer@unm.edu, aboyer@unm.edu
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9:15 AM
ABUNDANCE AND SELECTIVE EXTINCTION: MODELING THE EFFECTS ON EVENNESS
LAYOU, Karen M., Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, kmlayou@wm.edu, kmlayou@wm.edu
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9:30 AM
EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN RARITY AND MOLLUSCAN EXTINCTION IN THE CENOZOIC RECORD OF THE U.S. COASTAL PLAIN
LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187 and BARBOUR WOOD, Susan L., Geosciences and Natural Resources, Western Carolina University, 331 Stillwell Building, Cullowhee, NC 28723, rxlock@wm.edu, rxlock@wm.edu
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9:45 AM
MULTIPLE FACTORS IN EXTINCTION RISK: TESTING MODELS OF EXTINCTION SELECTIVITY IN EOCENE BIVALVES USING PATH ANALYSIS
HARNIK, Paul G., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, pharnik@uchicago.edu, pharnik@uchicago.edu
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10:00 AM
EXTINCTION SELECTIVITY IN PERMIAN AND TRIASSIC GASTROPODS: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES OF GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, SPECIES RICHNESS, BODY SIZE, AND ABUNDANCE
PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, NÜTZEL, Alexander, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard Wagner Strasse 10, Munich, D-80333, Germany and CHANG, Ellen T., Northern California Cancer Center and Stanford University, 2201 Walnut Avenue, Suite 300, Fremont, CA 94538, jlpayne@stanford.edu, jlpayne@stanford.edu
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10:15 AM
TESTING HYPOTHESES OF SURVIVORSHIP WHEN PSEUDOEXTINCTION GETS IN THE WAY: TEREBRATULIDE GENERA AT THE PERMO-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY
FITZGERALD, Paul C., Department of Biology, Northern Virginia Community College, One Shields Ave1000 Harry Flood Byrd Highway, Sterling, VA 20164 and CARLSON, Sandra J., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, pfitzgerald@nvcc.edu, pfitzgerald@nvcc.edu
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10:30 AM
EARLY TRIASSIC FOSSIL COLLECTIONS REFLECT TRUE PALEOECOLOGICAL PATTERNS FOLLOWING THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
FRAISER, Margaret, Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211, CLAPHAM, Matthew, Geological Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90254, mfraiser@uwm.edu, mfraiser@uwm.edu
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10:45 AM
DOES EXTINCTION RESISTANCE EXPLAIN CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES?
ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D., Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103-3009, ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 and WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, kangielczyk@calacademy.org, kangielczyk@calacademy.org
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11:00 AM
MAIN DECCAN VOLCANISM PHASE ENDS AT K-T MASS EXTINCTION: EVIDENCE FROM THE KRISHNA-GODAVARI BASIN, SE INDIA
KELLER, Gerta, Geosciences, Princeton Univ, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, ADATTE, Thierry, Institut de Géologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Rue Emile-Argand 11, Neuchâtel, 2007, Switzerland and BAJPAI, Sunil, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Uttaranchal, Roorkee, 247667, India, gkeller@princeton.edu, gkeller@princeton.edu
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11:15 AM
USING GIS TO STUDY THE PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY AND MACROEVOLUTION OF SOFT-BODIED CAMBRIAN ARTHROPODS
HENDRICKS, Jonathan, Department of Geology, University of Kansas, Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., Rm. 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, LIEBERMAN, Bruce, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and OHIO Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, jrhendri@ku.edu, jrhendri@ku.edu
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11:30 AM
DO INVASIVE SPECIES CAUSE EXTINCTION?: COMPARING INVASION EVENTS DURING INTERVALS OF LATE ORDOVICIAN AND LATE DEVONIAN BIOTIC TURNOVER
STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and OHIO Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, stigall@ohio.edu, stigall@ohio.edu
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11:45 AM
REGIONAL EXTIRPATIONS AND SELECTIVITY PATTERNS IN THE LATE PALEOZOIC TERRESTRIAL TROPICS
DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, NMNH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, MONTANEZ, Isabel, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Dr., Davis, CA 95616, TABOR, Neil J., Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 and POULSEN, Christopher J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, 2434 C.C. Little Building, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, dimichel@si.edu, dimichel@si.edu
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