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

Session No. 228
Wednesday, 31 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

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

Paleontological Society

 

Lindsey Leighton, Gregory Dietl and Patricia H. Kelley, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
IS IT TIME TO QUIT?
AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, ausich.1@osu.edu, ausich.1@osu.edu
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1:45 PM
QUANTIFYING ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: USING RANK-ABUNDANCE CURVES OF MICRO-BENTHIC COMMUNITIES DURING THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
WEBB, Amelinda E., LANDAU, Elizabeth, LEIGHTON, Lindsey R. and SCHELLENBERG, Stephen S., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, amelinda@gmail.com, amelinda@gmail.com
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2:00 PM
WITH MASS EXTINCTIONS, ECOLOGY MATTERS
SHEEHAN, Peter M., Department of Geology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, Milwaukee, WI 53233, BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, DROSER, Mary L., Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521 and MCGHEE Jr, George R., Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers Univ, Wright-Rieman Laboratories, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, sheehan@uwm.edu, sheehan@uwm.edu
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2:15 PM
EPIFAUNA-DOMINATED BENTHIC SHELF ASSEMBLAGES AND OXYGEN CRISES: LESSONS FROM THE MODERN ADRIATIC SEA
ZUSCHIN, Martin, Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, STACHOWITSCH, Michael, Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria and RIEDEL, Bettina, Department of Marine Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, martin.zuschin@univie.ac.at, martin.zuschin@univie.ac.at
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2:30 PM
SHELL ENCRUSTING EPIBIONT BIOFACIES ALONG DEPTH/PHOTIC ZONE TRANSECTS: COMPARISON OF RECENT AND LATE ORDOVICIAN GRADIENTS
SMRECAK, Trisha A. and BRETT, Carlton E., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, smrecata@email.uc.edu, smrecata@email.uc.edu
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2:45 PM
SUBTROPICAL TROPHIC CASCADES: HERMIT CRABS SKEW THE FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY OF GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGES
WALKER, Sally E., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, swalker@gly.uga.edu, swalker@gly.uga.edu
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3:00 PM
BURIED ALIVE AND DEAD: USING ICHNOLOGIC, PALEOECOLOGIC AND TAPHONOMIC DATA FROM FOSSIL BIVALVE SHELLS TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOENVIRONMENTS
DALEY, Gwen M.1, GEARY, Dana2, OSTROWSKI, Summer3 and KLEIBER, Emily M.2, (1)Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29732, (2)Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (3)Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, daleyg@winthrop.edu, daleyg@winthrop.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
ANTICIPATED VERSUS REAL TAPHONOMIC BIASES ASSOCIATED WITH GASTROPOD BORE HOLE-WEAKENED BIVALVES: KEEPING DR. PANGLOSS AWAY FROM EXPERIMENTAL TAPHONOMY
SAVARESE, Michael, Marine and Ecological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Ft Myers, FL 33965, KELLEY, Patricia H., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944 and HAGSTROM, Kristen, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, msavares@fgcu.edu, msavares@fgcu.edu
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3:45 PM
Withdrawn
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4:00 PM
ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OPPORTUNITY IN ESCALATION: THE COMPLEMENTARITY PRINCIPLE
DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, gpd3@cornell.edu, gpd3@cornell.edu
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4:15 PM
THE HYPOTHESIS OF COEVOLUTIONARY ALTERNATION WITH ESCALATION: A PRELIMINARY TEST USING NATICID GASTROPODS AND THEIR BIVALVE PREY
DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and KELLEY, Patricia H., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5944, kelleyp@uncw.edu, kelleyp@uncw.edu
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4:30 PM
FUNCTIONAL HYPOTHESES AND FEEDING IN FOSSILS – TOOTH MICROWEAR AND TROPHIC ECOLOGY IN EXTANT AND EXTINCT NON-MAMMALIAN VERTEBRATES
PURNELL, Mark A., Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom, mark.purnell@le.ac.uk, mark.purnell@le.ac.uk
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4:45 PM
A PHYLOGENETIC INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANISMS REGULATING DIVERSITY AND RATE OF EVOLUTION IN POST-DEVONIAN LUNGFISH (OSTEICHTHYES: DIPNOI)
PARDO, Jason D., Boulder, CO 80302, jason.pardo@gmail.com, jason.pardo@gmail.com
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5:00 PM
BIOFACIES ANALYSIS ALONG A MIDDLE DEVONIAN PALEOGRADIENT: WATER DEPTH AS A PRIMARY CONTROL ON BIOFACIES FORMATION IN THE STAGHORN POINT CORAL BIOSTROME
BARTHOLOMEW, Alex1, BRETT, Carlton2, BAIRD, Gordon3 and MARTIN, Jaclyn1, (1)Geology, S.U.N.Y. New Paltz, 1 Hawk Dr, Wooster Science Bldg, New Paltz, NY 12561, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (3)Dept. of Geoscience, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, barthola@newpaltz.edu, barthola@newpaltz.edu
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5:15 PM
ROTATING RHYNCHONELLIDES REVISITED: FUNCTIONAL INSIGHTS INTO THE MORPHOLOGY OF BICONVEX BRACHIOPODS
LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu, leighton@geology.sdsu.edu
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