Paleontology: Diversity, Macroevolution and Macroecology

Session No. 4
Sunday, 4 November 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
217D (Charlotte Convention Center)

Paleontology: Diversity, Macroevolution and Macroecology

 

Melanie J. Hopkins and Noel A. Heim, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
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8:00 AM
THERE IS NO PHANEROZOIC ROCK RECORD BIAS
HEIM, Noel A., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305 and PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, naheim@sedpaleo.org, naheim@sedpaleo.org
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8:15 AM
HOW AND WHY DOES LITHIFICATION BIAS BIODIVERSITY? A TEST BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL LITHIFICATION OF UNCONSOLIDATED FOSSILIFEROUS SEDIMENTS
DALEY, Gwen M., Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29732 and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, daleyg@winthrop.edu, daleyg@winthrop.edu
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8:30 AM
HERITABILITY, DIVERSIFICATION, AND THE MACROEVOLUTION OF HABITAT AFFINITY
SIMPSON, Carl, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute at the Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany, HOPKINS, Melanie, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany and KIESSLING, Wolfgang, Paleontology, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, carl.simpson@mfn-berlin.de, carl.simpson@mfn-berlin.de
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8:45 AM
CONSERVATION OF SUBSTRATE AFFINITY WITHIN MARINE INVERTEBRATE GENERA DURING THE PHANEROZOIC
HOPKINS, Melanie J., Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany, KIESSLING, Wolfgang, Paleontology, Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany and SIMPSON, Carl, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute at the Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany, melanie.hopkins@mfn-berlin.de, melanie.hopkins@mfn-berlin.de
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9:00 AM
SPATIAL VARIATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND FAUNAL GRADIENTS AS A SOURCE OF HIDDEN BETA DIVERSITY
PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., DEPTOLA, Travis J. and PERKONS, Eriks, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, mep12@psu.edu, mep12@psu.edu
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9:15 AM
A SEA WITHOUT SNAILS: WHY ARE GASTROPODS LESS DIVERSE AND ABUNDANT IN THE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY?
FRIEND, Dana S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES107, Tampa, FL 33620, MYERS, Corinne, Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, GEARY, Dana H., Dept. of Geoscience, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and MACKENZIE III, Richard A., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611, wda1@cornell.edu, wda1@cornell.edu
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9:30 AM
PLIO-PLEISTOCENE REEF DIVERSITY IN THE SULU SEA SABAH: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDO-PACIFIC CENTRE OF DIVERSITY
SAW, Jasmin1, HUNTER, Aaron W.1 and JOHNSON, Kenneth G.2, (1)Department of Geosciences, PETRONAS University of Technology, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Tronoh, 31750, Malaysia, (2)Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, afossilhunter@gmail.com, afossilhunter@gmail.com
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9:45 AM
ARE PHYLOGENETIC NOMENCLATURE AND INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY FRIENDS OR FOES?
CARLSON, Sandra J., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, sjcarlson@ucdavis.edu, sjcarlson@ucdavis.edu
 
10:00 AM
Break
9
10:15 AM
THE FOSSIL RECORD AND MACROEVOLUTION OF THE COLEOPTERA: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL OCCURRENCES
SMITH, Dena M., CU Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, CU Museum - Paleontology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0265 and MARCOT, Jonathan D., Animal Biology, University of Illinois, 515 Morril Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, dena@colorado.edu, dena@colorado.edu
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10:30 AM
REVISITING INSECT DIVERSITY IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
KARR, Jered, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 399, 2200 Colorado Ave, Boulder, CO 80309 and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, larijer@gmail.com, larijer@gmail.com
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10:45 AM
HEMISPHERE-SCALE DIFFERENCES IN CONIFER EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS
LESLIE, Andrew B.1, BEAULIEU, Jeremy2, RAI, Hardeep3, CRANE, Peter4, DONOGHUE, Michael2 and MATHEWS, Sarah5, (1)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Box G-W, 80 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, (2)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, CT 06511, (3)Wildland Resources Department, Utah State University, 5230 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, (4)School of Forestry and Envrionmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, (5)Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, 1300 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, andrew.leslie@yale.edu, andrew.leslie@yale.edu
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11:00 AM
THE RESPONSE OF BISSE (BINARY STATE SPECIATION AND EXTINCTION) TO KNOWN PALEONTOLOGICAL VIOLATION OF ITS ASSUMPTIONS
SIMPSON, Andrew G., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com
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11:15 AM
TEMPORAL CHANGES IN ORIGINATION AND SAMPLING PROBABILITIES OF CARNIVORES
LIOW, Lee Hsiang, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, l.h.liow@bio.uio.no, l.h.liow@bio.uio.no
Handouts
  • Liow GSA 2012 (uploaded).ppt (1.7 MB)
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    11:30 AM
    CENOZOIC MAMMALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CONTRAST BETWEEN COARSE-SCALE VERSUS HIGH-RESOLUTION STUDIES EXPLAINED BY SPECIES SORTING
    PROTHERO, Donald, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, donaldprothero@att.net, donaldprothero@att.net
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    11:45 AM
    TESTING THE ACCURACY OF ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELS USING THE LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM FOSSIL RECORD OF MAMMALS
    DAVIS, Edward Byrd, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, MCGUIRE, Jenny, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 and KOO, Michelle, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, edavis@uoregon.edu, edavis@uoregon.edu
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