CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

ORGANIZERS

  • Harvey Thorleifson, Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • Carrie Jennings, Vice Chair
    Minnesota Geological Survey
  • David Bush, Technical Program Chair
    University of West Georgia
  • Jim Miller, Field Trip Chair
    University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Curtis M. Hudak, Sponsorship Chair
    Foth Infrastructure & Environment, LLC

 

Session No. 131
Monday, 10 October 2011: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 205CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

T52. Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record II

Paleontological Society; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; Cushman Foundation; Paleontological Research Institution

 

Warren D. Allmon and Margaret M. Yacobucci, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:30 PM
TOWARDS A MODEL FOR SPECIATION IN AMMONOIDS: DEVELOPMENTAL TIMING AND ECOLOGICAL SPECIATION MAY PLAY COMPLEMENTARY ROLES IN PROMOTING RAPID DIVERSIFICATION
YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, mmyacob@bgsu.edu, mmyacob@bgsu.edu
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1:45 PM
BERGMANN'S RULE, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND STASIS IN LATE PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS AND BIRDS FROM RANCHO LA BREA
PROTHERO, Donald R.1, RAYMOND, Kristina2, MADAN, Meena A.3, FRAGOMENI, Ashley4, DESANTIS, Sylvana N.5, SYVERSON, V.J.6, MOLINA, Sarah7 and LINDEN, Edward5, (1)Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90041, (2)Biology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, (3)Earth and Environmental Science, University of California, Irvine, 204 Aldrich Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, (4)Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (5)Geology, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041, (6)Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (7)Geology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 91214, prothero@oxy.edu, prothero@oxy.edu
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2:00 PM
DOES TRAIT SELECTION BY PALEONTOLOGISTS INFLUENCE PATTERNS OF TEMPO AND MODE IN THE FOSSIL RECORD?
HOPKINS, Melanie J., Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 and LIDGARD, Scott, Department of Geology, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605, mhopkins@fieldmuseum.org, mhopkins@fieldmuseum.org
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2:15 PM
COMPARISON OF SHAPE BETWEEN MODERN AND FOSSIL SPECIES OF CHIONE SPP.: STASIS OR EVOLUTION?
JARRETT, Matt B., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33617 and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES107, Tampa, FL 33620, jarrettm@mail.usf.edu, jarrettm@mail.usf.edu
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2:30 PM
PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY OR SPECIATION? PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGIC CHANGE IN EOCENE SAND DOLLAR ECHINOIDS
ZACHOS, Louis G., Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 118G Carrier Hall, Oxford, MS 38677 and MOLINEUX, Ann, Planetary Station, PO Box 526, New York, NY 10024-0526, lgzachos@olemiss.edu, lgzachos@olemiss.edu
 
2:45 PM
Break
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3:00 PM
FOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR HYBRIDIZATION IN THE ROSACEAE
DEVORE, Melanie L., Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061 and PIGG, Kathleen B., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, melanie.devore@gcsu.edu, melanie.devore@gcsu.edu
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3:15 PM
ON THE PHYLOGENY OF THE MACHAIRODONTINAE
SPEARING, Kurt D., Biology and Chemistry, Morningside College, Sioux City, IA 51106, spearin1@yahoo.com, spearin1@yahoo.com
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3:30 PM
PHYLOGENETIC REVISION OF THE ORDOVICIAN BRACHIOPOD GENUS GLYPTORTHIS
WRIGHT, David F., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, wright.1433@osu.edu, wright.1433@osu.edu
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3:45 PM
SPECIES OF DECAPODA IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720 and FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 221 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44242, cschweit@kent.edu, cschweit@kent.edu
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4:00 PM
DIKELOCEPHALUS REVISITED: SPECIES DISCRIMINATION AND METHODOLOGICAL PROGRESS
HUGHES, Nigel C., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, nigel.hughes@ucr.edu, nigel.hughes@ucr.edu
 
4:15 PM
Discussion
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