Session No. 30
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 603 (Colorado Convention Center)
T249. Beyond Diversity Curves: Exploring Research Opportunities within the Paleobiology Database
Matthew E. Clapham and Carrie E. Schweitzer, Advocates
8:00 AM
MODELING SAMPLING-RATE DISTRIBUTIONS OVER TIME, SPACE AND TAXA WITH OCCURRENCE DATA AND ITS EFFECT ON MACROEVOLUTIONARY INFERENCE
WAGNER, Peter J., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560 and MARCOT, Jonathan D., Animal Biology, University of Illinois, 515 Morril Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, wagnerpj@si.edu
8:15 AM
PHANEROZOIC EVOLUTION OF BODY SIZE IN BILATERIAN MARINE ANIMALS
HEIM, Noel A.1, PAYNE, Jonathan L.
1 and KNOPE, Matthew L.
2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, naheim@sedpaleo.org
8:30 AM
THE GREATEST HITS OF ALL TIME: THE RISE AND FALL OF COMMON GENERA IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
PLOTNICK, Roy E., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607 and WAGNER, Peter J., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, plotnick@uic.edu
8:45 AM
PHANEROZOIC INCREASE IN HUBBELL'S THETA: LINKING DIVERSITY FROM THE ALPHA LEVEL TO THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL
HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, Univ of Georgia, Geology Building, Athens, GA 30602 and SCLAFANI, Judith A., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, stratum@uga.edu
9:00 AM
METABOLIC RISE OF BIVALVES INDEPENDENT OF BRACHIOPOD DIVERSITY DECLINE
PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, HEIM, Noel A.
1, KNOPE, Matthew L.
2 and MCCLAIN, Craig R.
3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, 2024 W. Main Street, Suite A200, Durham, NC 27705, jlpayne@stanford.edu
10:00 AM
GLOBAL RESPONSE OF BETA DIVERSITY TO PULSES OF ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN EXTINCTION
DARROCH, Simon A.F., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109 and WAGNER, Peter J., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, simon.darroch@yale.edu
10:15 AM
COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL SELECTIVITY OF PENNSYLVANIAN TO JURASSIC EXTINCTION IN BONY FISH, SHARKS AND INVERTEBRATES
VÁZQUEZ, Priscilla, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, prvazque@ucsc.edu
10:30 AM
COMPARATIVE LONGEVITIES OF MARINE GENERA AND THEIR CONSTITUENT SPECIES AFTER MASS EXTINCTIONS: THE WHOLE DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT ITS PARTS
MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and FOOTE, Michael, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, Arnold.Miller@UC.EDU
10:45 AM
CETACEAN BODY MASS DISTRIBUTIONS: DISPARITY, EXTINCTION, AND SUPERWHALES
SHOEMAKER, Lauren G., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 4200 Hanover Ave, Boulder, CO 80305 and CLAUSET, Aaron, Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Computer Science, 430 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0430, lauren.shoemaker@colorado.edu
11:15 AM
HOW THE RED QUEEN DROVE TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS TO EXTINCTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FAILURE TO ORIGINATE AND THE SECONDARY IMPORTANCE OF EQUILIBRIAL (DIVERSITY DEPENDENT) PROCESSES
MARSHALL, Charles R., Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 and QUENTAL, Tiago B., Dept de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil, crmarshall@berkeley.edu