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Session No. 222
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

T246. Topics in Paleoecology: Predation/Biotic Interactions, Fidelity/Conservation Paleobiology, and Community Ecology/Whole Organism Paleoecology I

Paleontological Society

 

Carrie L. Tyler, Amelinda E. Webb, Troy A. Dexter, Mary Elizabeth Kosloski, Ben M.J. Collins and Darrin J. Molinaro, Advocates
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8:00 AM
MAMMAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OVER TIME AND SPACE
SMITH, Felisa, Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, LYONS, S. Kathleen, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and ERNEST, S.K. Morgan, Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, fasmith@unm.edu
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8:15 AM
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8:30 AM
OUT OF AFRICA: PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF A PLEISTOCENE ASSEMBLAGE FROM ANGOLA, TROPICAL WEST AFRICA
SESSA, Jocelyn A.1, CALLAPEZ, Pedro M.2, DINIS, Pedro A.2 and HENDY, Austin J.W.3, (1)Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, (2)Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Universidade de Coimbra, Lg. Marquês de Pombal, Coimbra, 3001-272, Portugal, (3)Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, jsessa@amnh.org
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8:45 AM
THE GATUN FORMATION: A NATURAL LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS OF NEOTROPICAL PALEOECOLOGIC AND DIVERSITY PATTERNS
HENDY, Austin J.W., Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, ahendy@flmnh.ufl.edu
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9:00 AM
GOOD TIMES AFTER AN IMPACT: BENTHIC COMMUNITIES FOLLOWING THE LATE DEVONIAN ALAMO IMPACT, SE NEVADA
TAPANILA, Leif and RENDALL, Benjamin E., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, tapaleif@isu.edu
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9:15 AM
BIODIVERSITY: STASIS, THE LOG SERIES AND GRADIENTS
BUZAS, Martin A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20024, HAYEK, Lee-Ann C., Chief Mathematical Statistician, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, CULVER, Stephen J., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, HAYWARD, Bruce W., Geomarine Research, 49 Swainston Rd, Auckland, New Zealand and OSTERMAN, Lisa E., St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth St. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, buzasm@si.edu
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9:35 AM
HOW TO FIND ORDER IN N-DIMENSIONS: TESTING THE PERFORMANCE OF ORDINATIONS AND DISTANCE MEASURES USING KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS
WEBB, Amelinda E., REDMAN, Cory M., SCHNEIDER, Chris L. and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, amelinda.webb@gmail.com
 
9:50 AM
Break
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10:05 AM
FLUME STUDIES USING 1:1 SCALE MODELS TO DETERMINE FEEDING POSTURE AND MODE OF ATACHMENT IN LOWER AND BASAL MIDDLE CAMBRIAN GOGIIDS FROM GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA
PARSLEY, Ronald, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118 and STRAUB, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118, parsley@tulane.edu
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10:20 AM
BRACHING THE MOLD: BIOMECHANIC TESTS OF THE LIFE ORIENTATION OF A DORSIBICONVEX BRACHIOPOD
BARCLAY, Kristina M.1, LEIGHTON, Lindsey R.2 and SCHNEIDER, Chris L.1, (1)Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, kbarclay@ualberta.ca
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10:35 AM
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF PASSIVE SUSPENSION FEEDING IN COMPOSITA (BRACHIOPODA, ATHYRIDIDA)
COLLINS, Ben M.J.1, MOLINARO, Darrin J.2 and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R.2, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (2)Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, bmcollin@ualberta.ca
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10:50 AM
REEF CORALS WITH EVIDENCE OF PHOTOSYMBIOSIS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC TENNENGEBIRGE CARBONATE PLATFORM (SALZBURG, AUSTRIA)
MARTINDALE, Rowan C.1, KRYSTYN, Leopold2, CORSETTI, Frank A.3 and BOTTJER, David3, (1)Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard Botanical Museum, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Institute of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, rmartindale@fas.harvard.edu
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11:05 AM
TRACING THE SHIFT IN DOMINANCE FROM MICROBIAL TO METAZOAN FRAMEWORK-BUILDERS IN LOWER–MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN REEFS, WESTERN UTAH, USA
MARENCO, Katherine N., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, kmarenco@brynmawr.edu
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11:20 AM
METHODS USED TO EXAMINE ENCRUSTATION: WHAT WORKS WHEN?
SMRECAK, Trisha A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48906, smrecakt@msu.edu
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