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    Minnesota Geological Survey
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    Minnesota Geological Survey
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    University of West Georgia
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    University of Minnesota Duluth
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Session No. 57
Sunday, 9 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 205AB (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T61. Phylogenetic Approaches to Paleobiology: Diversity, Rates, and Trends

Paleontological Society

 

David W. Bapst and Emily A. King, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF PHOTOSYMBIOSIS IN CORAL MACROEVOLUTION WITH MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND THE FOSSIL RECORD
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
2
1:45 PM
DEEP-WATER CORALS REVEAL MUCH DEEPER EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF SCLERACTINIA
STOLARSKI, Jaroslaw1, KITAHARA, Marcelo V.2, MILLER, David J.2, CAIRNS, Stephen D.3, MAZUR, Maciej4 and MEIBOM, Anders5, (1)Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, Warsaw, PL-00-818, Poland, (2)ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and Coral Genomics Group, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia, (3)Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C, DC 20560, (4)Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw, PL-02-093, Poland, (5)Laboratoire de Minéralogie et Cosmochimie du Muséum (LMCM), Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Case Postale 52, 61, rue Buffon, Paris, 75005, France, stolacy@twarda.pan.pl, stolacy@twarda.pan.pl
3
2:00 PM
QUANTIFYING CATASTROPHE: ESTIMATING SPECIATION AND EXTINCTION RATES IN TRILOBITES DURING 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
4
2:15 PM
AN ABC APPROACH TO THE CO-ESTIMATION OF TAPHONOMIC PARAMETERS AND EVOLUTIONARY RATES
FADIGA, Troy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, tfadiga@utk.edu, tfadiga@utk.edu
5
2:30 PM
INCORPORATING FOSSIL RICHNESS INFORMATION INTO DIVERSIFICATION ESTIMATES FROM MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES
BROWN, Joseph W.1, FITZJOHN, Richard G.2, SLATER, Graham J.3, ALFARO, Michael E.3 and HARMON, Luke J.1, (1)Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Life Sciences South 252, P.O. Box 443051, Moscow, ID 83843, (2)Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, (3)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 621 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, josephwb@uidaho.edu, josephwb@uidaho.edu
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2:45 PM
STATISTICAL POWER TO DETECT CHANGES IN RATES OF MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
KING, Emily A., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, eking@uchicago.edu, eking@uchicago.edu
7
3:00 PM
PHYLOGENETIC TESTS FOR INTERVAL-SPECIFIC VARIATION IN RATES OF MORPHOLOGIC CHANGE
MARCOT, Jonathan D., Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois, 515 Morril Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 and WAGNER, Peter J., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, jmarcot@illinois.edu, jmarcot@illinois.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
8
3:30 PM
CONTRASTING MORPHOLOGICAL RATES OF SEED EVOLUTION
SIMS, Hallie, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, hallie-sims@uiowa.edu, hallie-sims@uiowa.edu
9
3:45 PM
ROLE OF VOLCANIC ACTIVITY IN THE EVOLUTION OF EVER-GROWING CHEEK TEETH IN APLODONTID RODENTS
HOPKINS, Samantha S.B., Clark Honors College and Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, shopkins@uoregon.edu, shopkins@uoregon.edu
10
4:00 PM
FOSSILS, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENIES, AND MODELS OF TRAIT EVOLUTION
SLATER, Graham J.1, HARMON, Luke J.2 and ALFARO, Michael E.1, (1)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 621 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, (2)Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Life Sciences South 252, P.O. Box 443051, Moscow, ID 83843, gslater@ucla.edu, gslater@ucla.edu
11
4:15 PM
BUILDING PHYLOGENETIC TREES FOR TRILOBITES USING MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD
GAPP, I. Wesley, Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, HOLDER, Mark T., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, wes123@ku.edu, wes123@ku.edu
12
4:30 PM
TESTING PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM IN THE OSTRACODE GENUS POSEIDONAMICUS
HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, hunte@si.edu, hunte@si.edu
13
4:45 PM
RATES AND TRENDS IN ECOMORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE DURING EARLY BIRD EVOLUTION
MITCHELL, Jonathan, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, mitchelljs@uchicago.edu, mitchelljs@uchicago.edu
14
5:00 PM
THE ROLE OF PHYLOGENY IN THE EVOLUTION OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN FOSSIL AND EXTANT FELIDS
SAKAMOTO, Manabu, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, m.sakamoto@bristol.ac.uk, m.sakamoto@bristol.ac.uk
15
5:15 PM
COMPARING METHODS FOR TIME-SCALING TREES OF EXTINCT TAXA
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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