Session: Paleontology (North-Central Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (24

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DISCERNING PATTERNS IN EPIBIONT DISTRIBUTION ACROSS A LATE ORDOVICIAN (CINCINNATIAN) DEPTH GRADIENT

SMRECAK, Trisha A., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, smrecata@email.uc.edu, smrecata@email.uc.edu

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1:20 PM

HERE IN THE ORDOVICIAN, GONE IN THE DEVONIAN: DISSECTING THE GLOBAL DIVERSIFICATION TRAJECTORY OF TENTACULITOIDS

WITTMER, Jacalyn M. and MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, wittmejn@email.uc.edu, wittmejn@email.uc.edu

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1:40 PM

EFFECT OF SELECTIVE PREDATION AND SIZE REFUGIA ON STROPHOMENATES IN THE FOSSIL RECORD

MICHLIN, Tova S. and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, tsmichlin@gmail.com, tsmichlin@gmail.com

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2:00 PM

THE EFFECTS OF RARITY AND ABUNDANCE DISTRIBUTIONS ON MEASUREMENTS OF LOCAL MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY IN ORDOVICIAN CRINOIDS

DELINE, Bradley, Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, delinebl@email.uc.edu, delinebl@email.uc.edu

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2:20 PM

ITERATIVE EVOLUTION OF FELIFORM CARNIVORES IN THE NORTH AMERICAN NEOGENE

NAPLES, Virginia L., Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Mongtomery Hall, DeKalb, IL 60115 and MARTIN, Larry D., Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, vlnaples@niu.edu, vlnaples@niu.edu

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3:00 PM

LATE NEOGENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA OF THE CIBAO VALLEY, BIOSTRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOECOLOGY

LUTZ, Brendan¹, ISHMAN, Scott¹, MCNEILL, Donald F.², KLAUS, James S.³ and BUDD, Ann F.⁴, (1)Department of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, (2)Marine Geoscience, RSMAS Univ of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Miami, 1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, bplutz@siu.edu, bplutz@siu.edu

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3:20 PM

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION AMONG PLIO-PLEISTOCENE VENEROID BIVALVES: GEOGRAPHIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DISSECTION

KOLBE, Sarah E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geo/Phys, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, kolbesh@email.uc.edu, kolbesh@email.uc.edu

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3:40 PM

INFERRING CRUSHING PREDATION FROM FRAGMENTATION FREQUENCY IN THE MODERN GASTROPODS OLIVELLA BIPLICATA AND NASSARIUS PERPINGUIS

STAFFORD, Emily S. and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, emmastaf@gmail.com, emmastaf@gmail.com

North-Central Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (24–25 April 2008)

Paleontology