North-Central Section - 46th Annual Meeting (23–24 April 2012)

Session No. 10
Monday, 23 April 2012: 1:00 PM-3:20 PM
Room 303 (Dayton Convention Center)

T11. Dimensions of Biodiversity: A Paleontological Perspective

Paleontological Society

 

Alycia L. Stigall and Daniel I. Hembree, Advocates
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1:00 PM
TESTING THE ‘MASS-MOULT-MATE' HYPOTHESIS OF EURYPTERID PALAEOECOLOGY
VRAZO, Matthew B., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and BRADDY, Simon J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, vrazomb@mail.uc.edu, vrazomb@mail.uc.edu
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1:20 PM
EXPERIMENTAL NEOICHNOLOGY OF MODERN SOIL ANIMALS: KEYS TO INTERPRETING CONTINENTAL TRACEMAKERS AND RECONSTRUCTING ANCIENT SOIL ECOSYSTEMS
HEMBREE, Daniel I.1, CATENA, Angeline1 and DZENOWSKI, Nicole2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, (2)Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594, hembree@ohio.edu, hembree@ohio.edu
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1:40 PM
THE BRACHIOPOD TRAP: WHAT THEIR OLDEST (UPPER ORDOVICIAN, OHIO) FAILED ESCAPE BURROWS TELL US ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF BURROWING IN LINGULIDS
FREEMAN, Rebecca L.1, DATTILO, Benjamin F.2, MORSE, Aaron3, BLAIR, Michael4, UTESCH, Bryan Alexander2, FELTON, Steve5 and POJETA Jr, John6, (1)Earth & Environmental Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, (2)Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2102 Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, Ball State University, 2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306, (4)Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, (5)5678 Biscayne Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45248, (6)1492 Dunster Lane, Rockville, MD 20854, rebecca.freeman@uky.edu, rebecca.freeman@uky.edu
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2:00 PM
ARE NICHE STABILITY LEVELS CONGRUENT ACROSS CLADES? AN ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELLING TEST OF NICHE CONSTANCY IN THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN
BRAME, Hannah-Maria R., Department of Arts and Sciences (Geology), Columbus State Community College, 550 E. Spring Street, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH 43215 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, HMRBrame@gmail.com, HMRBrame@gmail.com
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2:20 PM
PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE LATE ORDOVICIAN RICHMONDIAN INVASION: INFERRING SOURCE REGIONS FROM PHYLOGENETIC PATTERNS
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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2:40 PM
BIOGEOGRAPHY AND MASS EXTINCTION: EXTIRPATION AND RE-INVASION OF NORMALOGRAPTUS SPECIES (GRAPTOLITHINA) IN THE LATE ORDOVICIAN PALAEOTROPICS
GOLDMAN, Daniel, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469, MITCHELL, Charles E., Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, MELCHIN, Michael, Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G 2V5, Canada, WU, Shuang-Ye, Geology, University of Dayton, 300 College Park Ave, Dayton, OH 45469, FAN, Junxuan, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China and SHEETS, H. David, Dept. of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260, dgoldman1@udayton.edu, dgoldman1@udayton.edu
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3:00 PM
NONCALCIFIED MACROALGAL COMMUNITIES IN ORDOVICIAN MIDWESTERN SEAS: AN OVERVIEW
LODUCA, Steven T., Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 205 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, sloduca@emich.edu, sloduca@emich.edu
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