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Session No. 150
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)

Paleontology VI - Biogeography

 

Monica R. Carvalho and S. Kathleen Lyons, Chairs
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8:00 AM
TRILOBITE BIOFACIES ALONG A CARBONATE MUD-MOUND TO BASIN GRADIENT IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA (ORDOVICIAN; SANDBIAN)
CARLUCCI, Jesse, Department of Geosciences, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, jesse.carlucci@mwsu.edu, jesse.carlucci@mwsu.edu
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8:15 AM
CORAL ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, AND BODY SIZE DECREASE WITH BATHYMETRY IN THE EARLY MISSISSIPPIAN LODGEPOLE FORMATION, MONTANA
NORBY, Patrick L., Geology, Brigham Young University-Idaho, ROM 150, Rexburg, ID 83460-0510 and GAHN, Forest J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young University Idaho, ROM 150, Rexburg, ID 83460-0510, nor06015@byui.edu, nor06015@byui.edu
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8:30 AM
PALEOGENE MACROFLORAS FROM NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: KEYS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE FLORISTIC COMPOSITION OF MODERN NEOTROPICAL RAINFORESTS
HERRERA, Fabiany, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & Florida Museum of Natural History-Biology Department, University of Florida, Museum Rd and Newell Dr, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, JARAMILLO, Carlos, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, CARVALHO, Monica R., Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, MANCHESTER, Steven, Florida Museum of Natural History & Biology Department, University of Florida, Museum Rd and Newell Dr, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, WING, S.L., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and DORIA, Gabriela, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948 APO 34002, Balboa, Ancon, Panama, 0843-03092, Panama, fherrera@flmnh.ufl.edu, fherrera@flmnh.ufl.edu
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8:45 AM
EOCENE RAINFORESTS OF PATAGONIA AND THEIR HIGH-LATITUDE CONNECTION TO MODERN MONTANE AUSTRALASIA
WILF, Peter1, CARVALHO, Monica R.1, HERMSEN, Elizabeth J.2, GANDOLFO, Maria A.2, CÚNEO, N. Rubén3, JOHNSON, Kirk R.4 and FEILD, Taylor S.5, (1)Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Univ, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Mann Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, (3)Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio, CONICET, Av. Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, (5)School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Bld. 18, Victoria, 3800, Australia, pwilf@psu.edu, pwilf@psu.edu
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9:00 AM
FERNS FROM THE LAGUNA DEL HUNCO PALEOFLORA (51.9 MA), PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA, REVEAL NEW BIOGEOGRAPHIC LINKS TO RAINFOREST GONDWANA
CARVALHO, Monica R., Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, WILF, Peter, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, GANDOLFO, Maria A., Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Univ, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Mann Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, CÚNEO, N. Rubén, Paleobotany, MEF, Av. Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina and JOHNSON, Kirk R., Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Sci, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, moccada@gmail.com, moccada@gmail.com
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9:15 AM
SYSTEMATICS OF EOCENE ANGIOSPERM REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES FROM THE LAGUNA DEL HUNCO FLORA, NW CHUBUT PROVINCE, PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
HERMSEN, Elizabeth J.1, GANDOLFO, Maria A.1, WILF, Peter2, CÚNEO, N. Rubén3 and JOHNSON, Kirk R.4, (1)Department of Plant Biology, Cornell Univ, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Mann Library, Ithaca, NY 14853, (2)Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, (3)Paleobotany, MEF, Av. Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, (4)Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, ejh23@cornell.edu, ejh23@cornell.edu
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9:30 AM
THE DIVERGENT EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES OF MODERN POLAR FAUNAS: A ROLE FOR PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY?
KRUG, Andrew, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave. HGS 285, Chicago, IL 60637, BERKE, Sarah, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, BEU, Alan G., GNS Science, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, 5010, New Zealand and JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, akrug@uchicago.edu, akrug@uchicago.edu
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9:45 AM
LATITUDINAL VARIATION IN RANGE SIZE OF MARINE BIVALVES: NESTEDNESS AND RANGE EXPANSION IN THE TROPICS
TOMASOVYCH, Adam, Chicago, IL 60637, BERKE, Sarah, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, 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 South Ellis Avenue HGS 285, Chicago, IL 60637 and VALENTINE, James W., Integrative Biology, Univ of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, tomasovych@uchicago.edu, tomasovych@uchicago.edu
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10:00 AM
ELEMENTS OF THE EXTANT EASTERN PACIFIC CONUS (NEOGASTROPODA) FAUNA IN THE NEOGENE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES
HENDRICKS, Jonathan R., Department of Geology, San José State University, Duncan Hall 321, One Washington Square, San José, CA 95192 and SMITH, Ursula E., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, jonathan.hendricks@sjsu.edu, jonathan.hendricks@sjsu.edu
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10:15 AM
THE CONTRIBUTION OF DISPERSAL ABILITY TO THE EXPANSION OF GEOGRAPHIC RANGE
SIMPSON, Carl, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute at the Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany and KIESSLING, Wolfgang, Paleontology, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, carl.simpson@mfn-berlin.de, carl.simpson@mfn-berlin.de
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10:30 AM
PROPAGULE DISPERSAL IN BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA: BIOGEOGRAPHY AND THE OCCURRENCE OF “EXOTIC” TAXA
GOLDSTEIN, Susan T.1, BERNHARD, Joan M.2 and EDGCOMB, Virginia P.2, (1)Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, (2)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, sgoldst@gly.uga.edu, sgoldst@gly.uga.edu
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10:45 AM
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DISPERSAL MODE AND GEOGRAPHIC RANGE IN THE ROSALES
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 FENSTER, Charles, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com
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11:00 AM
PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL IN GEOGRAPHIC RANGE SIZE AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION BUT NOT IN SPECIES DURATION IN UPPER CAMBRIAN TRILOBITES OF THE GREAT BASIN, USA
HOPKINS, Melanie J., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, mjh@uchicago.edu, mjh@uchicago.edu
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11:15 AM
ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF RANGE SHIFTS OF LATE PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS
LYONS, S. Kathleen, WAGNER, Peter J. and DZIKIEWICZ, Katherine M., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013, lyonsskate@gmail.com, lyonsskate@gmail.com
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11:30 AM
IS NICHE CONSERVATISM OR NICHE EVOLUTION MORE COMMON IN GEOLOGIC TIME?
STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, stigall@ohio.edu, stigall@ohio.edu
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11:45 AM
SPATIAL NICHE PARTITIONING IN DINOSAURS FROM THE LATEST CRETACEOUS (MAASTRICHTIAN) OF NORTH AMERICA
LYSON, Tyler Ranse and LONGRICH, Nicholas R., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 20 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, tyler.lyson@yale.edu, tyler.lyson@yale.edu
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