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Session No. 53
Sunday, 31 October 2010: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

Paleontology III - Morphometrics

 

Surangi W. Punyasena and Kathleen A. Ritterbush, Chairs
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1:30 PM
THE DISCRIMINATION OF MORPHOLOGICALLY SIMILAR POLLEN USING MACHINE LEARNING METHODS
PUNYASENA, Surangi W., Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801 and TCHENG, David K., Automated Learning Group, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, 1205 W. Clark St., Room 1008, Urbana, IL 61801, punyasena@life.illinois.edu, punyasena@life.illinois.edu
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1:45 PM
QUANTIFYING AND ANALYZING SURFACE FEATURES IN FOSSILS USING 3D DATA
MILLER, Daniel J. and PAPPAS, Janice L., University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, The University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, djmill@umich.edu, djmill@umich.edu
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2:00 PM
PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY METRICS APPLIED AS MEASURES OF DISPARITY
NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M., Department of Biology, Benedictine University, 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532, pnovack-gottshall@ben.edu, pnovack-gottshall@ben.edu
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2:15 PM
A MORPHOSPACE OF PHYLA
EBLE, Gunther J., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France, UMR 5561 Biogeosciences, 6, Boulevard Gabriel, University of Burgundy, Dijon, 21000, France and GERBER, Sylvain, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, The University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, England, gunther.eble@u-bourgogne.fr, gunther.eble@u-bourgogne.fr
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2:30 PM
THE BIVALVED BAUPLAN: COMPARISON OF MODULARITY AND INTEGRATION IN LOPHOTROCHOZOANS
CARLSON, Sandra J., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57702 and GOODWIN, David H., Department of Geosciences, Denison University, 100 Sunset Hill Drive, Granville, OH 43023, sjcarlson@ucdavis.edu, sjcarlson@ucdavis.edu
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2:45 PM
DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECTS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY DYNAMICS: A SIMPLE ANALYTICAL EXPLORATION
GERBER, Sylvain, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, The University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, England, s.gerber@bath.ac.uk, s.gerber@bath.ac.uk
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3:00 PM
MACROEVOLUTION OF WHALES AND THE DYNAMICS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITIES
CLAUSET, Aaron, Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Computer Science, 430 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0430 and ERWIN, Douglas H., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, aaron.clauset@colorado.edu, aaron.clauset@colorado.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
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3:30 PM
SEGMENT-SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES IN TRUNK DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRILOBITE AULACOPLEURA KONINCKII
HONG, Paul S., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, FUSCO, Giuseppe, Dept. of Biology, Univ of Padova, via Ugo Bassi 58/B, Padova, I-35131, Italy, SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260 and HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, paul.hong@email.ucr.edu, paul.hong@email.ucr.edu
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3:45 PM
SCALE-DEPENDENT PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN FLEXICALYMENE GRANULOSA FROM THE CINCINNATIAN SERIES (UPPER ORDOVICIAN) OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY
HUNDA, Brenda R., Collections and Research, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203 and WEBBER, Andrew, Geier Collections and Research Center, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, webberaw@ucmail.uc.edu, webberaw@ucmail.uc.edu
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4:00 PM
COMPARING TAXONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC SCALES IN THE MORPHOLOGIC DISPARITY OF ORDOVICIAN THROUGH EARLY SILURIAN LAURENTIAN CRINOIDS
DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and SULLIVAN, Nicholas, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, bdeline@westga.edu, bdeline@westga.edu
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4:15 PM
A GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN BRACHIOPOD SUBFAMILIES OF THE ATRYPIDA ORDER (ATRYPINAE, VARIATRYPINAE AND SPINATRYPINAE) FROM EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
BOSE, Rituparna, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The City University of New York, The City College of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada and POLLY, P. David, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, rbose@ccny.cuny.edu, rbose@ccny.cuny.edu
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4:30 PM
EVOLUTION OF SHAPE AND SIZE IN CHIONE SPP. MIOCENE TO RECENT
JARRETT, Matt B., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33617 and HARRIES, Peter, Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, jarrettm@mail.usf.edu, jarrettm@mail.usf.edu
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4:45 PM
WESTERMANN MORPHOSPACE DISPLAYS AMMONOID SHELL SHAPE AND HYPOTHETICAL PALEOECOLOGY
RITTERBUSH, Kathleen A., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and BOTTJER, David, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, ritterbush@uchicago.edu, ritterbush@uchicago.edu
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5:00 PM
COMPARISON OF GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSES OF THE MONTASTRAEA "ANNULARIS" REEF-CORAL SPECIES COMPLEX: DIFFERING RESULTS FROM 2D AND 3D DATA
CASSARA, Jason A. and BUDD, Ann F., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, North Capitol St, Iowa City, IA 52242, jason-cassara@uiowa.edu, jason-cassara@uiowa.edu
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5:15 PM
PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE FLORIDA PLIO-PLEISTOCENE TURRITELLA USING CONTINUOUS CHARACTERS
PETSIOS, Elizabeth1, ALLMON, Warren D.2, SMITH, Ursula E.3 and DIETL, Gregory P.3, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (2)Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398, (3)Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, ep287@cornell.edu, ep287@cornell.edu
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