2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM

Session No. 267
Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

T42. Breaking the Curve: Historical Development, Current State, and Future Prospects for Understanding Local and Regional Processes Governing Global Diversity II

Paleontological Society; Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies

 

Leigh M. Fall, Jocelyn Sessa, Austin J.W. Hendy and Thomas D. Olszewski, Advocates
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1:30 PM
Paleontological Views on Diversity Saturation: Historical Context and Future Directions
PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714, mep12@psu.edu, mep12@psu.edu
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1:45 PM
Geographic Aggregation of Regional Biodiversity Patterns at Multiple Scales
BULINSKI, Katherine V., Department of Chemistry and Physics, Bellarmine University, 2001 Newburg Road, Louisvile, KY 40205, bulinskv@email.uc.edu, bulinskv@email.uc.edu
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2:00 PM
Turnover in the Devonian Foreland Basin of New York: How Geographic Coverage Affects Our Understanding of Origination and Extinction Rates
WALL, Patrick D., Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244 and BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, pdwall@syr.edu, pdwall@syr.edu
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2:15 PM
Did the “Recurrent Hamilton Fauna” Recur or Persist? Developing a Framework for Interpreting Faunal Turnovers
ZAMBITO IV, James J.1, BRETT, Carlton E.1 and BAIRD, Gordon C.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, (2)Department of Geosciences, S.U.N.Y. Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063, zambitjj@uc.edu, zambitjj@uc.edu
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2:30 PM
Stability of Regional Brachiopod Diversity Structure across the Mississippian/Pennsylvanian Boundary
HEIM, Noel A., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, naheim@uga.edu, naheim@uga.edu
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2:45 PM
Linking Paleobiological Patterns across Geographic Scales during the Late Paleozoic Ice Age: An Example from the Upper Mississippian Illinois and Appalachian Basins, USA
BONELLI Jr, James R. and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, jbonelli@geosc.psu.edu, jbonelli@geosc.psu.edu
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:15 PM
Diversity Dynamics of Brachiopods in the Delaware Basin (West Texas) Prior to the End-Guadalupian Extinction
FALL, Leigh M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820 and OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, leigh.fall@oneonta.edu, leigh.fall@oneonta.edu
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3:30 PM
Integrated Regional Diversity Analysis of the Early Triassic Ammonoid Recovery
BRAYARD, Arnaud, LMTG, UMR 5563 CNRS, Université Toulouse, IRD, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, 14 Avenue Edouard Belin, Toulouse, 31400, France, ESCARGUEL, Gilles, Umr 5125 Cnrs, Université Lyon 1, 2 rue Dubois, Villeurbanne, 69622, France, BUCHER, Hugo, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, BRÜHWILER, Thomas, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland and GOUDEMAND, Nicolas, Paleobiology Group, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, bruehwiler@pim.uzh.ch, bruehwiler@pim.uzh.ch
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3:45 PM
Sea-Level Change and the Multiple Causes of Marine Biological Diversity: The Dynamics of Molluscan Origination and Extinction during the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary
ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398 and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu
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4:00 PM
Evolutionary Signature of the End-Cretaceous Extinction in Modern Marine Biota
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, VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and ROY, Kaustuv, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, akrug@uchicago.edu, akrug@uchicago.edu
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4:15 PM
Age, Area, and the Taxonomic Structure of Marine Faunas
HARNIK, Paul G., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, KRUG, Andrew, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave. HGS 133, Chicago, IL 60637, ROY, Kaustuv, Section of Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, Univ of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 and VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, pharnik@uchicago.edu, pharnik@uchicago.edu
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4:30 PM
A Revised History of Regional Mass Extinction in the Florida Neogene: New Data and Approaches
HERBERT, Gregory S.1, PAUL, Shubhabrata1, HARRIES, Peter J.2, ALLMON, Warren3, PORTELL, Roger4 and DIETL, Gregory P.5, (1)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (3)Paleontological Rsch Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, (4)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (5)Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, gherbert@cas.usf.edu, gherbert@cas.usf.edu
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4:45 PM
Coordinated Disruption across Molluscan Megaguilds during a Late Neogene Regional Mass Extinction in Florida
PAUL, Shubhabrata1, HERBERT, Gregory S.1, HARRIES, Peter J.2 and ALVAREZ, Jorge3, (1)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (2)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (3)Geology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR 00681, shubhabrata2005@gmail.com, shubhabrata2005@gmail.com
 
5:00 PM
Discussion
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