Session No. 297
Tuesday, 29 October 2013: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Room 607 (Colorado Convention Center)

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

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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LIVE-DEAD FIDELITY OF MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES IN ANTHROPOGENICALLY IMPACTED SEAGRASS HABITATS: SILICICLASTIC VERSUS CARBONATE ENVIRONMENTS
KORPANTY, Chelsea A., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403 and KELLEY, Patricia H., Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, cak9515@uncw.edu
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GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN MOLLUSK ASSEMBLAGES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GEOCHEMISTRY: ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
FESER, Kelsey M., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg., Cincinnati, OH 45221, MILLER, Arnold I., Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013 and FOGELMAN, Spencer T., University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, feserkm@gmail.com
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QUANTITATIVE BATHYMETRIC MODELS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR LATE QUATERNARY TRANSGRESSIVE-REGRESSIVE CYCLES OF THE PO PLAIN, ITALY
WITTMER, Jacalyn M.1, DEXTER, Troy A.2, SCARPONI, Daniele3 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal2, (1)Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 605 E. Springfield St, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, Bologna, I-40126, Italy, jwittm2@illinois.edu
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MODELING THE EFFECT OF TIME AVERAGING ON THE COMPOSITIONAL FIDELITY OF DEATH ASSEMBLAGES
OLSZEWSKI, Thomas D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3115, olszewski@geos.tamu.edu
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BIVALVE DEATH ASSEMBLAGES DETECT DECADAL-SCALE VARIABILITY IN COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ON AN URBAN CALIFORNIA SHELF
LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, KIDWELL, Susan M., Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, TOMASOVYCH, Adam, Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 84005, Slovakia and ALEXANDER, Clark, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411, jleonardpingel@uchicago.edu
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A CONTINUOUS MULTI-MILLENNIAL RECORD OF SURFICIAL BIVALVE MOLLUSK SHELLS FROM THE SÃO PAULO BIGHT, BRAZILIAN SHELF
DEXTER, Troy A.1, KAUFMAN, Darrell S.2, KRAUSE Jr, Richard A.3, BARBOUR-WOOD, Susan4, SIMOES, Marcello5, HUNTLEY, John Warren6, YANES, Yurena7, ROMANEK, Chris S.8 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, (3)Geosciences Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, Mainz, 55128, Germany, (4)Rubicon Geological Consultants, 1690 Sharkey Rd, Morehead, KY 40351, (5)Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade Estadual Paulista-UNESP, Distrito de Rubiao Junior, CP. 510, Botucatu, 18.618-000, Brazil, (6)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (7)Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221, (8)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506, tdexter@flmnh.ufl.edu
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A SURVEY ASSESSMENT OF NEONTOLOGISTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE APPLICATION OF GEOHISTORICAL DATA TO OYSTER RESTORATION
DURHAM, Stephen R., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 and DIETL, Gregory P., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, srd77@cornell.edu
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VANISHING IBERIAN CLAMS: LOCAL CONSEQUENCES AND GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF ACCELERATING LOSS OF SHELLS TO TOURISM
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, MARTINELL, Jordi2 and DOMENECH, Rosa2, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Facultat de Geologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franques s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, kowalewski@ufl.edu
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ARE MODERN PREDATION STUDIES ON BEACH COLLECTED MOLLUSKS SUITABLE ANALOGS FOR THE FOSSIL RECORD OF PREDATION? THE FIDELITY OF PAIRED BEACH AND SUBTIDAL DEATH ASSEMBLAGES FROM LONG ISLAND SOUND
CASEY, Michelle M., University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, michelle.casey@ku.edu
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OREGON SEA STACK: ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF A MODERN TRYPANITES ICHNOFACIES
FURLONG, Carolyn M.1, HODGSON, Cheryl2, GINGRAS, Murray1 and ZONNEVELD, John-Paul1, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (2)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 Earth Sciences Building, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, cfurlong@ualberta.ca
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PROTRACTED DEVELOPMENT OF THE MIXED LAYER: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUBSTRATE EVOLUTION AND EXCEPTIONAL PRESERVATION IN EARLY PALEOZOIC MARINE SHELFAL ENVIRONMENTS
TARHAN, Lidya G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, lidya.tarhan@yale.edu
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ORDOVICIAN TRILOBITES GETTING UNDER "DINOSAUR SKIN": COMPLEX PRESERVATION OF A MICROBIAL MAT (?) IN OFFSHORE SILICICLASTIC MUDSTONE AND CARBONATE FACIES: KOPE FORMATION (UPPER ORDOVICIAN), KENTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, USA
MEYER, David L., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, BRETT, Carlton, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Bldg, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0013, DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 and FINE, Ron, Department of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, OH 45221, david.meyer@uc.edu
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MICROBIALLY INDUCED SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES AS AN ECOLOGICAL NICHE FOR METAZOAN COLONIZATION DURING THE EARLY TRIASSIC
WAGNER, Erin E., Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Lapham Hall 366, Milwaukee, WI 53201, FRAISER, Margaret L., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and ROLLE, Jenna J., Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, wagner45@uwm.edu
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TAPHONOMY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF A JURASSIC ICHTHYOSAUR: SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES TO MODERN WHALE FALLS
TWITCHETT, Richard J., DANISE, Silvia and MATTS, Katie, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, richard.twitchett@plymouth.ac.uk
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FURONGIAN (LATE CAMBRIAN) SPONGE-MICROBIAL MAZE-LIKE MACERIATE MICROBIALITE IN THE NORTH CHINA PLATFORM: IMPLICATIONS TO THE EVOLUTION OF REEFS DURING THE EARLY PALEOZOIC
LEE, Jeong-Hyun, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 136-701, South Korea, CHEN, Jitao, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 E Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, CHOH, Suk-Joo, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-713, South Korea, LEE, Dong-Jin, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, 760-749, South Korea and CHOUGH, S.K., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Daehak-dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, 151-747, South Korea, leejh85@snu.ac.kr
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