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Session No. 225
Wednesday, 3 November 2010: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 605 (Colorado Convention Center)

Paleontology VIII - Phylogenetics and Functional Morphology

 

Colin D. Sumrall and Holly A. Schreiber, Chairs
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8:00 AM
THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING MORPHOLOGICAL DATA AT THE INFRAORDINAL LEVEL IN ASSEMBLING THE DECAPOD TREE OF LIFE
FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720, rfeldman@kent.edu, rfeldman@kent.edu
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8:15 AM
REEVALUATION OF THE BRACHYURAN (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA) BAUPLAN
SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State Univ at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720 and FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, cschweit@kent.edu, cschweit@kent.edu
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8:30 AM
THE FOSSIL RECORD OF BRANCHIOPOD CRUSTACEANS: STASIS NO MORE?
HEGNA, Thomas, Geology & Geophysics, Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, thomas.hegna@yale.edu, thomas.hegna@yale.edu
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8:45 AM
A RESTUDY OF THE BURGESS SHALE ARTHROPOD EMERALDELLA BROCKI WITH A REASSESSMENT OF ITS AFFINITIES
STEIN, Martin, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Universitetsparken 15, København, DK-2100, Denmark, martin.stein@ku.edu, martin.stein@ku.edu
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9:00 AM
PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG EXTANT RHYNCHONELLIDE BRACHIOPODS
SCHREIBER, Holly A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 and CARLSON, Sandra J., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, haschultz@ucdavis.edu, haschultz@ucdavis.edu
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9:15 AM
SEMANTICS AND PHYLOGENETIC ARGUMENTS IN THE DEBATE OVER THE ORIGINS OF CRINOIDEA
SUMRALL, Colin D., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 and BROCHU, Christopher A., Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, csumrall@utk.edu, csumrall@utk.edu
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9:30 AM
BIOMARKER MOLECULES FROM PALEOZOIC CRINOIDS: PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSIS
O'MALLEY, Christina E., Department of Earth And Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, Brehm Lab 260, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH 45435, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and CHIN, Yu-Ping, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1308, christina.omalley@wright.edu, christina.omalley@wright.edu
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9:45 AM
MICRORNAS AND VERTEBRATE PHYLOGENETICS
PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, LYSON, Tyler Ranse, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 20 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, HEIMBERG, Alysha M., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, N. College St, Hanover, NH 03755, SPERLING, Erik, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Kline Geological Laboratory, New Haven, CT 06511, GAUTHIER, Jacques, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06511 and DONOGHUE, Philip C.J., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, Kevin.J.Peterson@dartmouth.edu, Kevin.J.Peterson@dartmouth.edu
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10:00 AM
RANGEOMORPHS, THECTARDIS, AND DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON IN THE EDIACARAN OCEAN
SPERLING, Erik A., Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 and LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06511, erik.sperling@fas.harvard.edu, erik.sperling@fas.harvard.edu
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10:15 AM
PALEOECOLOGY OF THE EDIACARAN FOSSIL TRIBRACHIDIUM: EDIACARA MEMBER, RAWNSLEY QUARTZITE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
DZAUGIS, Mary E., Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, mdzaugis@u.rochester.edu, mdzaugis@u.rochester.edu
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10:30 AM
WHAT WAS TRIBRACHIDIUM GOOD AT?
WAGGONER, Ben and KEIL, Daniel, Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR 72035-5003, ediacara@cyberback.com, ediacara@cyberback.com
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10:45 AM
EARLY CAMBRIAN ZOOPHYCOS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ADVENT OF DEPOSIT FEEDING
SAPPENFIELD, Aaron1, DROSER, Mary L.1, KENNEDY, Martin1 and MCKENZIE, N. Ryan2, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, aaron.sappenfield@email.ucr.edu, aaron.sappenfield@email.ucr.edu
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11:00 AM
STRATIGRAPHIC TRENDS IN TRILOBITE ENROLLMENT
ESTEVE, Jorge, Área y Museo de Paleontología (IUCA), Departamento Ciencias de la Tierra, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, nigel.hughes@ucr.edu, nigel.hughes@ucr.edu
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11:15 AM
TRENDS, STASIS, OR DIFFUSION: FUNCTIONAL AND PHYLOGENETIC EVOLUTION OF GRAPTOLOID THECAE
BAPST, David W., Dept of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis, Chicago, IL 60637, dwbapst@uchicago.edu, dwbapst@uchicago.edu
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11:30 AM
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF CRINOID REGENERATION AND AUTOTOMY ABILITIES
GAHN, Forest J., Department of Geology, Brigham Young University Idaho, ROM 150, Rexburg, ID 83460-0510 and BAUMILLER, Tomasz K., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, gahnf@byui.edu, gahnf@byui.edu
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11:45 AM
GEOCHEMICAL SUPPORT FOR A CLIMBING HABIT WITHIN THE PALEOZOIC SEED PLANT GENUS MEDULLOSA
WILSON, Jonathan P., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 1200 E California Blvd, MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA 91125 and FISCHER, Woodward W., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, jpwilson@caltech.edu, jpwilson@caltech.edu
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