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Session No. 77
Monday, 1 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)

Paleontology IV - Environmental Controls on Ecology and Evolution

 

Diana L. Boyer and Jonathan L. Payne, Chairs
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8:00 AM
THE CAMBRIAN SUBSTRATE REVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION OF STEM AND CROWN GROUPS OF THE PHYLA
BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, dbottjer@usc.edu, dbottjer@usc.edu
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8:15 AM
CALCITE AND ARAGONITE SEAS AND THE DE NOVO ACQUISITION OF CARBONATE SKELETONS THROUGH THE PHANEROZOIC
PORTER, Susannah M., Department of Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, porter@geol.ucsb.edu, porter@geol.ucsb.edu
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8:30 AM
HOW DYSAEROBIC IS THE DYSAEROBIC ZONE?
BOYER, Diana L., Earth Sciences, SUNY Oswego, 241 Shineman Science Center, Oswego, NY 13126, dboyer@oswego.edu, dboyer@oswego.edu
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8:45 AM
ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN CONCENTRATION CONTROLS THE SIZE HISTORY OF FORAMINIFERS
PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, JOST, Adam B.2, OUYANG, Xueying1, SKOTHEIM, Jan M.3 and WANG, Steve C.4, (1)Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Geological and Environemental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (4)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, jlpayne@stanford.edu, jlpayne@stanford.edu
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9:00 AM
ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN AND THE EVOLUTION OF INSECT GIGANTISM
VANDENBROOKS, John M., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874601, Tempe, AZ 85287, HARRISON, Jon Fewell, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Mail Code 4501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 and KAISER, Alex, Dept. of Basic Science, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308, jvandenb@asu.edu, jvandenb@asu.edu
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9:15 AM
HOW MUCH HAVE CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC CO2 CONCENTRATION IMPACTED LAND PLANT EVOLUTION?
BOYCE, C. Kevin, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305, ckboyce@stanford.edu, ckboyce@stanford.edu
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9:30 AM
SPECTACULAR RADIATION OF THE LUCINDAE (BIVALVIA) AFTER 350 MILLION M.Y. OF LOW DIVERSITY: A RESPONSE TO THE INITIAL RADIATIONS OF MARINE ANGIOSPERMS THAT FACILITATE LUCINID BACTERIAL CHEMOSYMBIOSIS
STANLEY, Steven M., Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, Post Bldg. 701, 1680 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822, stevenst@hawaii.edu, stevenst@hawaii.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
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10:00 AM
CLIMATIC TRANSITIONS AND THE REORGANIZATION OF NORTH AMERICAN BRACHIOPOD FAUNAS AT THE MID-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY
KRAUSE Jr, Richard A., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 and BUTTS, Susan, Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 170 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 208118, richard.krause@yale.edu, richard.krause@yale.edu
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10:15 AM
BIOTIC INVASION AND REGIONAL FAUNAL CHANGE IN MARINE COMMUNITIES DURING LATE PALEOZOIC POSTGLACIAL WARMING IN EASTERN GONDWANA
CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, mclapham@ucsc.edu, mclapham@ucsc.edu
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10:30 AM
IMPACT OF LATE PENNSYLVANIAN (EARLY KASIMOVIAN) GLOBAL WARMING WAS GREATER on WETLAND THAN DRYLAND TROPICAL FLORAS
DIMICHELE, William A., Department of Paleobiology, NMNH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, FALCON-LANG, Howard J., Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom, CHANEY, Dan S., Deptartment of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, NELSON, W. John, Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 and LUCAS, Spencer G., New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road N.W, Albuquerque, NM 87104, dimichel@si.edu, dimichel@si.edu
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10:45 AM
PALYNOLOGY OF THE PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN TRANSITION, WOOD SIDING (VIRGILIAN) TO WELLINGTON (LEONARDIAN) FORMATIONS, IN NORTH-CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
LUPIA, R., Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History / School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73072, BURKHALTER, R.J., Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73072 and CHAPLIN, James R., Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, 100 East Boyd St, Norman, OK 73019, rlupia@ou.edu, rlupia@ou.edu
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11:00 AM
LACK OF MAJOR FAUNAL CHANGE IN SHALLOW MARINE ASSEMBLAGES ACROSS THE PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY IN THE U.S. GULF COASTAL PLAIN
SESSA, Jocelyn A., Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, IVANY, Linda C., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, HANDLEY, John C., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398 and LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187, jsessa@amnh.org, jsessa@amnh.org
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11:15 AM
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11:30 AM
THE EVOLUTION OF GIANT MAMMALS: TRAJECTORY AND CONSTRAINTS on BODY SIZE OVER THE CENOZOIC
SMITH, Felisa, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, BOYER, Alison G., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, Box 208106, New Haven, CT 06520, BROWN, James H., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, COSTA, Daniel P., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, ERNEST, S.K. Morgan, Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, EVANS, Alistair R., School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia, FORTELIUS, Mikael, Department of Geosciences and Geography, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 64, Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland and RCN, Impps, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 85131, fasmith@unm.edu, fasmith@unm.edu
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11:45 AM
UNCHANGING BIODIVERSITY OF BENTHIC MOLLUSK ASSOCIATIONS DURING THE LAST TWO INTERGLACIAL INGRESSIONS OF THE PO PLAIN, ITALY
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, WITTMER, Jacalyn M.2, DEXTER, Troy A.2 and SCARPONI, Daniele3, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, Bologna, I-40126, Italy, kowalewski@ufl.edu, kowalewski@ufl.edu
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