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. 226
Wednesday, 12 October 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 205CD (Minneapolis Convention Center)

Paleontology IV: Morphology and Phylogeny

 

Bradley Deline and Sarah Tweedt, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
1
8:15 AM
EXPLORING THE STRUCTURE AND ORIGIN OF METAZOAN MORPHOLOGY
DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, GREENWOOD, Jennifer, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 and DONOGHUE, Philip C.J., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, bdeline@westga.edu, bdeline@westga.edu
2
8:30 AM
ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MACROEVOLUTIONARY TRAJECTORIES OF PHENOTYPIC INTEGRATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY
GERBER, Sylvain, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, The University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, England and EBLE, Gunther J., Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5561 Biogeosciences, University of Burgundy, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, Dijon, 21000, France, s.gerber@bath.ac.uk, s.gerber@bath.ac.uk
3
8:45 AM
DOES ECOLOGY IMITATE MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY? CAMBRIAN-DEVONIAN TRILOBITES SUGGEST NO!
NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M., Department of Biological Sciences, Benedictine University, 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532, pnovack-gottshall@ben.edu, pnovack-gottshall@ben.edu
4
9:00 AM
THE CAMBRIAN CONUNDRUM: EARLY DIVERGENCE AND LATER ECOLOGICAL SUCCESS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF ANIMALS
TWEEDT, Sarah1, ERWIN, Douglas H.1, LAFLAMME, Marc1, SPERLING, Erik A.2, PISANI, Davide3 and PETERSON, Kevin J.4, (1)Dept. of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth Sciences, The University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG, United Kingdom, (4)Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, tweedts@si.edu, tweedts@si.edu
5
9:15 AM
TIES THAT BIND: SEGMENT ARTICULATIONS IN ARTHROPODS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR BASAL CHELICERATE PHYLOGENY
LAMSDELL, James C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, james.lamsdell@yale.edu, james.lamsdell@yale.edu
6
9:30 AM
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF COCCOLITHS: PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE IN THE ORDER DISCOASTERALES
AUBRY, Marie-Pierre, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, Wright Labs, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066, aubry@rci.rutgers.edu, aubry@rci.rutgers.edu
7
9:45 AM
FUNCTION, CONSTRAINT, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SEED PLANT REPRODUCTIVE ALLOCATION
LESLIE, Andrew B., School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 and BOYCE, C. Kevin, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305, andrew.leslie@yale.edu, andrew.leslie@yale.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
8
10:15 AM
A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE HYOLITHID SKELETON
MARTÍ MUS, Mónica, Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, 06006, Spain, JEPPSSON, Lennart, Department of Geology, GeoBiosphere Science Centre, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, 22362 and MALINKY, John M., Physical Science Department, San Diego City College, 1313 Park Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92101, martimus@unex.es, martimus@unex.es
9
10:30 AM
CHANCELLORIID SCLERITES FROM THE LOWER CAMBRIAN (MEISHUCUNIAN) OF EASTERN YUNNAN, CHINA
MOORE, John L., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, LI, Guoxiang, State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu
10
10:45 AM
UNMINERALIZED EXOSKELETAL MORPHOLOGY OF ISOTELUS (ARTHROPODA, TRILOBITA, ASAPHIDA): POSSIBLE EVIDENCE OF CEPHALIC LIMB DIFFERENTIATION
HEGNA, Thomas, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, thomas.hegna@yale.edu, thomas.hegna@yale.edu
11
11:00 AM
PRIMITIVE FISH FROM THE MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN WINNESHIEK LAGERSTäTTE OF NORTHEAST IOWA, USA
LIU, Huaibao1, WITZKE, Brian J.2, BRIGGS, Derek E.G.3 and MCKAY, Robert1, (1)Iowa Geological & Water Survey, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, 109 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (3)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, paul.liu@dnr.iowa.gov, paul.liu@dnr.iowa.gov
12
11:15 AM
PALEOECOLOGY AND OTHER FEATURES OF PLUMALINA INCERTAE SEDIS
MUSCENTE, A.D., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia Tech Geosciences, 4044 Derring Hall (0420), Blacksburg, VA 24061 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumanburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, adm97@vt.edu, adm97@vt.edu
13
11:30 AM
MICROCONCHID TUBEWORMS: A SHORT STORY ABOUT THEIR LONG EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY
ZATON, Michal P., Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Bedzinska 60, Sosnowiec, PL-41-200, Poland, WILSON, Mark, Dept of Geology, College of Wooster, 944 College Mall, Scovel Hall, Wooster, OH 44691-2363, VINN, Olev, Department of Geology, University of Tartu, Ravila 14A, Tartu, 50411, Estonia and TAYLOR, Paul D., Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, mzaton@wnoz.us.edu.pl, mzaton@wnoz.us.edu.pl
14
11:45 AM
3D CHARACTERIZATION OF MOLLUSCAN SHELL MICROSCULPTURE USING SURFACE METROLOGY
MILLER, Daniel J. and PAPPAS, Janice L., University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, djmill@umich.edu, djmill@umich.edu
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