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

Session No. 31
Sunday, 28 October 2007: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

Paleontology III: Geographic Diversity Patterns

 

Margaret M. Yacobucci and Noel A. Heim, Chairs
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1:30 PM
GLOBAL GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITY OF MARINE BIOTAS THROUGH THE PHANEROZOIC
MILLER, Arnold I.1, BUICK, Devin P.1, BULINSKI, Katherine V.2, FERGUSON, Chad Allen1 and HENDY, Austin J.W.2, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU
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1:45 PM
CENOZOIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GEOGRAPHIC RANGE AND ASSEMBLAGE-LEVEL ABUNDANCE: THE ROLE OF RARE TAXA
BULINSKI, Katherine V.1, BUICK, Devin P.2, FERGUSON, Chad A.2, HENDY, Austin J.W.1 and MILLER, Arnold I.2, (1)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (2)Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221, bulinskv@email.uc.edu, bulinskv@email.uc.edu
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2:00 PM
WHERE DOES ALL THE DIVERSITY GO AGAIN? A CENOZOIC PERSPECTIVE ON VARIATIONS IN ALPHA, BETA AND GAMMA DIVERSITY IN SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
HENDY, Austin J.W., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, hendya@email.uc.edu, hendya@email.uc.edu
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2:15 PM
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE, AND GLOBAL DIVERSITY PATTERNS IN MARINE BIVALVES
KRUG, Andrew Z., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue HGS 285, Chicago, IL 60637, JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, akrug@uchicago.edu, akrug@uchicago.edu
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2:30 PM
INCUMBENCY AND LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENTS
VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, KRUG, Andrew Z., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S.Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and ROY, Kaustuv, Section of Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, jwvsossi@socrates.berkeley.edu, jwvsossi@socrates.berkeley.edu
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2:45 PM
KING FOR A DAY: RISE AND FALL IN SITE OCCUPANCY AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE IN MOLLUSCAN SPECIES AND GENERA
FOOTE, Michael1, CRAMPTON, James S.2, BEU, Alan G.2, MARSHALL, Bruce A.3, COOPER, Roger A.2, MAXWELL, Phillip A.4 and MATCHAM, Iain2, (1)Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, (2)GNS Science, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, 5010, New Zealand, (3)Museum of New Zealand Ta Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 4067, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand, (4)257 Otipua Road, Timaru, 7910, New Zealand, mfoote@uchicago.edu, mfoote@uchicago.edu
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3:00 PM
THE INDO-PACIFIC MOLLUSC FAUNA – BACK TO ITS OLIGOCENE AND MIOCENE ROOTS
PILLER, Werner E.1, HARZHAUSER, Mathias2, KROH, Andreas2, MANDIC, Oleg2 and REUTER, Markus3, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, (2)Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, (3)Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, NAWI Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, werner.piller@uni-graz.at, werner.piller@uni-graz.at
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3:15 PM
TECTONICS, SEAWAYS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENDEMIC FAUNA IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA
JACOBS, David K.1, ELLINGSON, Ryan1, HANEY, Todd1, STOCK, Joann2, AXEN, Gary3, FINDLEY, Lloyd T.4 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K.5, (1)Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-9000, (2)Div. Geological and Planetary Sciences, Calif. Inst. Tech, MC 252-21, Pasadena, CA 91125, (3)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (4)CIAD, A.C.-Unidad, Guaymas, Mexico, (5)Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, djacobs@ucla.edu, djacobs@ucla.edu
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3:30 PM
THE ORIGIN OF ADAPTIVE ZONES: COMPARATIVE ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (RICHNESS AND DISPARITY) OF HIGHER TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES
NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M., Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118-3100, pnovackg@westga.edu, pnovackg@westga.edu
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3:45 PM
DELTA DIVERSITY, MIGRATION AND GLOBAL WARMING DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN
HEIM, Noel A., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, naheim@uga.edu, naheim@uga.edu
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4:00 PM
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE AND GENUS LONGEVITY FOR LATE PALEOZOIC BRACHIOPODS
POWELL, Matthew G., Department of Paleontology, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, 55128, Germany, powell@jhu.edu, powell@jhu.edu
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4:15 PM
INVESTIGATING EVOLUTIONARY RADIATIONS USING MORPHOMETRICS, BIOGEOGRAPHY, AND SPECIATION RATES: A CASE STUDY INVOLVING DEVONIAN TRILOBITES
ABE, Francine R., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LIEBERMAN, Bruce, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, fabe@ku.edu, fabe@ku.edu
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4:30 PM
MOVING ON UP: LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY PATTERNS OF AMMONOIDS WITHIN THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY OF NORTH AMERICA
YACOBUCCI, Margaret M. and MACKENZIE III, Richard A., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0211, mmyacob@bgsu.edu, mmyacob@bgsu.edu
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4:45 PM
SEDIMENTOLOGICAL, LATITUDINAL, AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION OF TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS, CRETACEOUS-RECENT: A RETREAT FROM OR BY WARM CARBONATES, OR AN EFFECT OF SAMPLING?
HENDY, Austin J.W., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu
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5:00 PM
SEASONALITY AND THE LATITUDINAL GRADIENT OF DIVERSITY: THE EOCENE INSECT PERSPECTIVE
ARCHIBALD, S. Bruce, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, BOSSERT, William H., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, Maxwell-Dworkin, Room 135, 33 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, GREENWOOD, David R., Zoology Dept, Brandon University, 270 18th St, Brandon, MB R7A 6A9, Canada and FARRELL, Brian D., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, barchibald@oeb.harvard.edu, barchibald@oeb.harvard.edu
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5:15 PM
GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, DISPERSAL, AND EVOLUTIONARY SUCCESSION: EVIDENCE FROM LIVING GYMNOSPERMS
SIMPSON, Andrew G., Department of Paleobiology/Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution/University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC 20740 and TIFFNEY, Bruce H., Department of Earth Science and College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com