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. 144
Sunday, 5 October 2008: 8:00 AM-4:45 PM

Paleontology (Posters) I - Diversity, Evolution, and Biogeography

Authors will be present from 2:45 to 4:45 PM.

 

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Polar Crossroads: High Latitude Biogeographic Highways
MAIN, Derek, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington, Box 19049, 500 Yates St, Arlington, TX 76019 and SCOTESE, Christopher, PALEOMAP Project, University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012, maindinos@msn.com, maindinos@msn.com
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Miocene Decapod Crustacean Fauna of Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, Signals Timing of Establishment of Modern Biogeographic Provinces
FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue, North Canton, OH 44720, GRIFFIN, Miguel, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Uruguay 151, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, 6300, Argentina and CASADÍO, Silvio, Instituto de Investigación en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Lobo y Belgrano, Roca, 8332, Argentina, cschweit@kent.edu, cschweit@kent.edu
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Preliminary Systematic Analysis of An Avifaunal Assemblage from Roland Springs Ranch of Western Texas
SCULLEY, Julie1, JOHNSON, Eileen2 and LEWIS, Patrick J.1, (1)Biological Sciences, Sam Houston State University, 1900 Ave I, Lee Drain Bldg, Suite 300, Huntsville, TX 77341, (2)Museum of Texas Tech University, Texas Tech Univ, Museum Box 43191, Lubbock, TX 79409-3191, j.sculley@shsu.edu, j.sculley@shsu.edu
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The Influence of Taxonomic Level on Biogeographic Patterns
REDMAN, Cory M., Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 3115 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, redzorro7@yahoo.com, redzorro7@yahoo.com
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Building a Paleobiogeographic Atlas: A Database Approach
HENDY, Austin J.W., Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, austin.hendy@yale.edu, austin.hendy@yale.edu
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Developing a Synthetic Environmental Curve for the Phanerozoic: A Multiproxy Approach to the Origination Problem
CÁRDENAS, Andrés L., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620 and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, alcarden@mail.usf.edu, alcarden@mail.usf.edu
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An Analysis of the Paleozoic Radiation of Marine Animals
RIVERA, Alexei A., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, aarivera@berkeley.edu, aarivera@berkeley.edu
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Comparing Methods for Confidence Intervals on Stratigraphic Ranges Under Non-Uniform Recovery Potential
PARK, Dasol1, WANG, Steve C.1, CHUDZICKI, David J.2 and EVERSON, Philip J.1, (1)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (2)Mathematics, University of Chicago, 5734 University Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, dpark1@swarthmore.edu, dpark1@swarthmore.edu
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Analysis of Problematica Ecdysozoa from the Burgess Shale Using Disparity
NAKAGAKI, Michael, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring, Blacksburg, VA 22046 and ERWIN, Douglas H., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, mnakagak@vt.edu, mnakagak@vt.edu
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Teenage Mutant Helicoplacoid: Growing up during the “Cambrian Explosion”
WILBUR, Bryan C., Natural Sciences Division, Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91106, bcwilbur@pasadena.edu, bcwilbur@pasadena.edu
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Middle and Late Ordovician Biodiversity Dynamics in Marine Microfossils from Baltoscandia
GOLDMAN, Daniel, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469, SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Physics, Canisius College, 2001 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14208, BERGSTRÖM, Stig M., Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Orton Hall, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and NOLVAK, Jaak, Institute of Geology at Tallinn University of Technology, Ehitajate tee 5, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia, dan.goldman@notes.udayton.edu, dan.goldman@notes.udayton.edu
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Global Size Trends in Ordovician and Silurian Brachiopod Lineages
STEMPIEN, Jennifer A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, 80309, Jennifer.Stempien@colorado.edu, Jennifer.Stempien@colorado.edu
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Changes In Mississippian Crinoid Diversity during Deposition of the St. Louis Limestone (Meramecian) In the Illinois Basin
COOK, Lewis A., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300 and KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, lewisacook@suddenlink.net, lewisacook@suddenlink.net
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Comparison of Early Mississippian Crinoid Generic Diversity Patterns Between the Lake Valley Formation of New Mexico and the Burlington Limestone of Iowa
RHENBERG, Elizabeth C.1, SIMON, D. Jade1, COOK, Lewis A.2, GILL, Magdalena K.1, AUSICH, William I.3 and KAMMER, Thomas W.4, (1)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, P.O Box 6300, Morgantown, WV 26506, (2)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, (3)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (4)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, erhenber@mix.wvu.edu, erhenber@mix.wvu.edu
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Crinoid Biodiversity in the Lower Mississippian Lake Valley Formation, New Mexico
GILL, Magdalena K.1, SIMON, D. Jade1, RHENBERG, Elizabeth C.1, COOK, Lewis A.2, AUSICH, William I.3 and KAMMER, Thomas W.4, (1)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, P.O Box 6300, Morgantown, WV 26506, (2)Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, (3)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (4)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, mgill1@mix.wvu.edu, mgill1@mix.wvu.edu
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Estimating the Magnitude of Primary Production Loss in the End-Permian Mass Extinction
SUN, Libin1, WANG, Steve C.1, ROOPNARINE, Peter2 and ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D.3, (1)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (2)Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, (3)Department of Geology, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, lsun1@swarthmore.edu, lsun1@swarthmore.edu
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The Late Triassic Crisis and the Lazarus Effect: Evidence from the Bivalve Fossil Record of Northwest Europe
MANDER, Luke, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 and TWITCHETT, Richard J., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, luke.mander@gmail.com, luke.mander@gmail.com
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Insights from Ammonoid Biodiversity Patterns on the Cenomanian/Turonian Boundary Mass Extinction (Late Cretaceous)
MONNET, Claude, Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland, claude.monnet@pim.uzh.ch, claude.monnet@pim.uzh.ch
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Under Sampled Continental Mollusks near the Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary, Selected Sites in North Dakota, Montana, and Alberta
CROWELL, Anna M., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, HARTMAN, Joseph H., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Street Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202 and SWEET, Arthur R., Natural Resources Canada, Geol Survey of Canada, 3303 – 33 Street NW, Room 2207, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, amcrowell@gmail.com, amcrowell@gmail.com
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Climatic Influences on Deep-Sea Ostracode Species Diversity for the Last Three Million Years
YASUHARA, Moriaki1, CRONIN, Thomas M.2 and HUNT, Gene1, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, moriakiyasuhara@gmail.com, moriakiyasuhara@gmail.com
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Body Size and Climate Change in Deep-Sea Ostracodes: Testing Models of within-Lineage Evolution
HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, WICAKSONO, Satrio A., Wesleyan University, WesBox 91459, 45 Wyllys Ave, Middletown, CT 06459 and BROWN, Julia E., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, 165 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, hunte@si.edu, hunte@si.edu
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Can Predatory-Prey Arms Races Intensify during a Mass Extinction Event? Strombid Gastropods from Late Neogene of Florida
GUEST, Rachel L.1, HERBERT, Gregory S.2, GASTALDO, Robert A.3, HARRIES, Peter J.2, OCHES, Eric2, PORTELL, Roger4 and DIETL, Gregory5, (1)Department of Geology, Colby College, Waterville, ME 04901, (2)Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, (3)Department of Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901, (4)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (5)Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, rlguest@colby.edu, rlguest@colby.edu
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Homoplasy at Work: Convergent Formation of Extreme Parietal Callus In Multiple Lineages of Marine Gastropods
MAISTROS, Lauren M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, lmm73@cornell.edu, lmm73@cornell.edu
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Sea Level Change and Nearshore Biodiversity: The Role of Transgressive-Regressive Transitions
LINDBERG, David R., PEROTTI, Elizabeth A. and PYENSON, Nicholas D., Dept. of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg, Berkeley, CA 94720, drl@uclink.Berkeley.Edu, drl@uclink.Berkeley.Edu
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Evolutionary Stasis In Golden Eagles Over the Last Glacial-Interglacial Cycle (35,000 years ago to present)
MOLINA, Sarah, Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 91214 and PROTHERO, Donald, Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, smolina@oxy.edu, smolina@oxy.edu