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Session No. 200
Tuesday, 2 November 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)

Paleontology VII - Consequences of Extinction and Radiation

 

Thomas W. Kammer and Carlie Pietsch, Chairs
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1:30 PM
ONSHORE INITIATION OF THE AGRONOMIC REVOLUTION: QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE FROM LOWER CAMBRIAN STRATA IN THE GREAT BASIN
MARENCO, Katherine N., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, kmarenco@brynmawr.edu, kmarenco@brynmawr.edu
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1:45 PM
MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING DURING TWO CRITICAL INTERVALS OF ANIMAL EVOLUTION: THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN RADIATION AND THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION AND ITS AFTERMATH
DORNBOS, Stephen Q., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, FRAISER, Margaret L., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211 and LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06511, sdornbos@uwm.edu, sdornbos@uwm.edu
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2:00 PM
A REINTERPRETATION OF THE ORDOVICIAN RADIATION
ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu
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2:15 PM
PALEOECOLOGICAL CONTROLS ON THE DIVERSIFICATION OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN GASTROPODS IN LAURENTIA
DAHL, Robyn, Earth Sciences, UC Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, rdahl001@ucr.edu, rdahl001@ucr.edu
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2:30 PM
MASS EXTINCTIONS AS LARGE-SCALE ANALOGUES OF SPECIES TURNOVER: A STUDY OF THE END ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION EVENT
CONGREVE, Curtis R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, crcongreve@gmail.com, crcongreve@gmail.com
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2:45 PM
BRACHIOPOD ABUNDANCE AND EXTINCTION IN THE LATE ORDOVICIAN AND EARLY SILURIAN: BACKGROUND EFFECTS DURING A MASS EXTINCTION
ZAFFOS, Andrew, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220 and HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, zaffosaa@mail.uc.edu, zaffosaa@mail.uc.edu
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3:00 PM
RADIATION AND “LEGACY ADAPTATIONS” OF MISSISSIPPIAN CAMERATE CRINOIDS FOLLOWING THE HANGENBERG EXTINCTION OF PREDATORY FISHES
KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, SALLAN, Lauren, Earth and Environmental Science & Evolution Cluster, University of Pennsylvania, 154B Hayden Hall, 3320 Smith Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104, AUSICH, William, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398 and COOK, Lewis A., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, tkammer@wvu.edu, tkammer@wvu.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
COMPARATIVE SIZE EVOLUTION OF MARINE CLADES FROM THE LATE PERMIAN THROUGH MIDDLE TRIASSIC
SCHAAL, Ellen K.1, CLAPHAM, Matthew E.2, REGO, Brianna L.1, WANG, Steve C.3 and PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (3)Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, eschaal@stanford.edu, eschaal@stanford.edu
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3:45 PM
TESTING THE HABITABLE ZONE HYPOTHESIS FOR THE EARLY TRIASSIC BENTHIC FAUNA OF WESTERN PANGAEA
PIETSCH, Carlie, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Parkway, Zumberge Hall of Science, Los Angeles, CA 90089, MATA, Scott A., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Zumberge Hall 117, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, cpietsch@usc.edu, cpietsch@usc.edu
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4:00 PM
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF REEF RECOVERY FOLLOWING END-PERMIAN EXTINCTION ON AN ISOLATED CARBONATE PLATFORM IN THE NANPANJIANG BASIN, SOUTH CHINA
KELLEY, Brian1, YU, Meiyi2, LEHRMANN, Daniel J.3, JOST, Adam B.1, MEYER, Katja M.4 and PAYNE, Jonathan L.4, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)College of Resource and Environment Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550003, China, (3)Geoscience, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, (4)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, bmkelley@stanford.edu, bmkelley@stanford.edu
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4:15 PM
ARTHROPOD-DOMINANCE IN TRIASSIC POST-EXTINCTION RECOVERY FAUNAS: EVIDENCE FROM THE NORTHWESTERN MARGIN OF PANGAEA
ZONNEVELD, J.-P.1, AMATI, Lisa2, BEATTY, Tyler W.3, GINGRAS, Murray4, HYODO, Tomonori1, MACNAUGHTON, Robert B.5 and PLAYTER, Tiffany1, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (2)Department of Geology, SUNY Potsdam, 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676, (3)Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, (4)Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Science Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (5)Geological Survey of Canada, 3303-33rd Street NW, Calgary, AB T2L 2A7, Canada, zonneveld@ualberta.ca, zonneveld@ualberta.ca
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4:30 PM
A GLOBAL RECORD OF ECOLOGICAL RESURGENCE OF THE PALEOZOIC EVOLUTIONARY FAUNA IN THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC
GREENE, Sarah E.1, BOTTJER, David1, CHEN, Jing2, CHEN, Zhong Qiang3, HAGDORN, Hans4, PÁLFY, József5, TONG, Jinnan2, WILSON, Mark A.6 and ZONNEVELD, J.-P.7, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (2)State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes, China University of Geosciences at Wuhan, Wuhan, 430074, China, (3)State Key Laboratory GPMR, China University of Geosciences, Lumo Road 388, Wuhan, 430074, China, (4)Muschelkalk Museum Ingelfingen, Schlossstraße 11, Ingelfingen, 74653, Germany, (5)Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, H-1431, Hungary, (6)Dept of Geology, The College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Wooster, OH 44691-2363, (7)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, sgreene@usc.edu, sgreene@usc.edu
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4:45 PM
ANGIOSPERMS FROM THE EARLY CRETACEOUS OF WYOMING
JUD, Nathan A., Program in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, University of Maryland College Park, 4112 Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD 20742 and WING, Scott L., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, njud@umd.edu, njud@umd.edu
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5:00 PM
PERTURBATION RESISTANCE OF LATE MESOZOIC COMMUNITIES
MITCHELL, Jonathan, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60605, ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D., Department of Geology, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605 and ROOPNARINE, Peter, Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, mitchelljs@uchicago.edu, mitchelljs@uchicago.edu
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5:15 PM
FAUNAL DYNAMICS, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND BISON: RECONSIDERING THE TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION EVENT IN NORTH AMERICA
SCOTT, Eric, San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov, escott@sbcm.sbcounty.gov
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