Northeastern (46th Annual) and North-Central (45th Annual) Joint Meeting (20–22 March 2011)

Session No. 2
Sunday, 20 March 2011: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Frick (Omni William Penn Hotel)

T3. Advances in Arthropod Paleobiology

Paleontological Society

 

Carrie E. Schweitzer and Rodney M. Feldmann, Advocates
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Start Time
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8:00 AM
INTERPRETING EARLY ARTHROPOD PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS AND FEEDING FROM BODY FOSSILS, TRACE FOSSILS, AND TAPHONOMIC EXPERIMENTATION
BABCOCK, Loren E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, loren.babcock@geol.lu.se, loren.babcock@geol.lu.se
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8:15 AM
TRILOBITES AS PREDATORS: MELDING THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND ICHNOLOGICAL DATA
BRANDT, Danita S., Department of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, brandt@msu.edu, brandt@msu.edu
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8:30 AM
TRILOBITE OBRUTION HORIZONS WITH “FROZEN BEHAVIOR”: PALEOBIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS FROM TAPHONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL WINDOWS
BRETT, Carlton E., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, KIN, Adrian, Institute of Geological Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Oleandry 2a, Cracow, 30-063, Poland and HUNDA, Brenda R., Collections and Research, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, brettce@ucmail.uc.edu, brettce@ucmail.uc.edu
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8:45 AM
REEVALUATION OF THE AGE AND ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION OF A GIANT EURYPTERID TRACKWAY FROM NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
BREZINSKI, David K., Section of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, 15213 and KOLLAR, Albert D., Section of Geology and Invertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, kollara@carnegieMNH.org, kollara@carnegieMNH.org
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9:00 AM
EARLY CHELICERATE PALEOBIOLOGY - NEW INSIGHTS FROM LATE ORDOVICIAN KONSERVAT-LAGERSTÄTTEN
RUDKIN, David M., Department of Natural History (Paleobiology), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6, Canada, YOUNG, Graham A., The Manitoba Museum, 190 Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3B 0N2, Canada and CUGGY, Michael B., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, davidru@rom.on.ca, davidru@rom.on.ca
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9:15 AM
AN ORDOVICIAN EURYPTERID FROM THE MARTINSBURG FORMATION IN VIRGINIA
WALKOWICZ, Joseph, Earth & Planetary Sciences Department, Northwestern University, 1927 Orrington Ave, Seabury H112, Evanston, IL 60201 and PLOTNICK, Roy E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607, JKeyper@gmail.com, JKeyper@gmail.com
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9:30 AM
PLANT-INSECT ASSOCIATIONS OF THE MID MESOZOIC
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, labandec@si.edu, labandec@si.edu
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9:45 AM
THE SOUND OF CRICKETS IN THE EOCENE NIGHT: FOSSIL INSECT EARS FROM THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION
PLOTNICK, Roy E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 and SMITH, Dena, CU Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado, Campus Box 265, Boulder, CO 80309, plotnick@uic.edu, plotnick@uic.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
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10:15 AM
AN INTEGRATIVE ASSAULT ON CLAM SHRIMP ('CONCHOSTRACA'; BRANCHIOPODA; CRUSTACEA) PALEOBIOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY
ASTROP, Timothy I., Geology, University of Akron, Aubern Science and Engineering Center, Akron, OH 44303 and HEGNA, Thomas, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, tia10@uakron.edu, tia10@uakron.edu
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10:30 AM
AN OSTRACODE-BASED TRANSFER FUNCTION FOR SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS
MICHELSON, Andrew V., Program in Integrated Bioscience, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325 and PARK, Lisa E., Geology and Environmental Science, University of Akron, University of Akron, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, avi1@zips.uakron.edu, avi1@zips.uakron.edu
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10:45 AM
A NEW SUPERFAMILY OF ENIGMATIC CRABS (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA) FROM THE CRETACEOUS OF COLOMBIA, AND ITS IMPACT ON THE BRACHYURA
LUQUE, Javier1, CAMERON, Christopher B.2, FELDMANN, Rodney M.3, VEGA, Francisco J.4, KERR, Kecia A.5 and VALLEJO, Maria Camila1, (1)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, (2)Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada, (3)Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, (4)Instituto de Geologia, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, México, DF, 04510, Mexico, (5)Biology Department, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada, javierluquec@gmail.com, javierluquec@gmail.com
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11:00 AM
MELDING MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY WITH MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES: EXAMINING THE GALATHEOIDEA (DECAPODA: ANOMURA)
ROBINS, Cristina M., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, PO BOX 117800, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720, crobins@flmnh.ufl.edu, crobins@flmnh.ufl.edu
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11:15 AM
RECENT ADVANCES IN DECAPOD STUDIES: SHRIMP, LOBSTERS, AND ANOMURANS
FELDMANN, Rodney M., Department of Geology, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242 and SCHWEITZER, Carrie E., Department of Geology, Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, North Canton, OH 44720, rfeldman@kent.edu, rfeldman@kent.edu
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11:30 AM
RECENT ADVANCES IN DECAPOD STUDIES: THE BRACHYURA OR TRUE CRABS
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, Kent, OH 44242, cschweit@kent.edu, cschweit@kent.edu
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11:45 AM
A CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF CLAWED LOBSTERS BASED ON AN EXPANDED MORPHOLOGICAL DATA SET
TSHUDY, Dale, Department of Geosciences, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 16444 and SORHANNUS, Ulf, Department of Biology and Health Services, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA 16444, dtshudy@edinboro.edu, dtshudy@edinboro.edu
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