Session No. 36
Sunday, 27 October 2013: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Hall D (Colorado Convention Center)

Phylogeny, Morphology and Evolution (Posters)

Authors will be present from 2:00 to 4:00 PM, and 5:00 to 6:30 PM.

 

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GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ONTOGENY OF THE TRILOBITE CALYPTAULAX:  SHAPE CHANGE DURING THE MERASPID-HOLASPID TRANSITION
MCDANIEL, Jennifer, Geosciences, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308 and CARLUCCI, Jesse R., Department of Geosciences, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, MCDNLJNNFR@YAHOO.COM
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A MORPHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT OF SHAPE CHANGE IN THE MIOCENE BIVALVE ANADARA DARIENSIS ACROSS PALEOENVIORNMENTAL AND GEOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS
CASEBOLT, Sahale N., HENDY, Austin J.W. and KOWALEWSKI, Michal, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, scasebolt@flmnh.ufl.edu
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MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ASTARTE BOREALIS (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA) OF CAMDEN BAY, NORTHERN ALASKA
CHRPA, Michelle E., Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd, Science and Engineering Building, Boca Raton, FL 33431 and OLEINIK, Anton, Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33431, mchrpa@fau.edu
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BODY SIZE TRENDS IN AMMONITES ACROSS THE PLIENSBACHIAN-TOARCIAN EXTINCTION
SULLIVAN, Jeanette, Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos, CA 95030 and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, jeanetteysullivan@gmail.com
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TRENDS IN AMMONITE SUTURE COMPLEXITY DURING THE TOARCIAN EXTINCTION
NIGAM, Arushi, Irvington High School, Fremont, CA 94538 and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, arushi.nigam@gmail.com
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BODY SIZE EVOLUTION IN CONODONTS FROM THE CAMBRIAN THROUGH THE TRIASSIC
MORGAN, Daniel J.1, PAYNE, Jonathan L.2 and SCHAAL, Ellen K.1, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, eschaal@alumni.stanford.edu
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ESTIMATING THE TEMPO OF THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
WANG, Chengying1, GAI, Linda1, WANG, Steve C.1, MOORE, John L.2, PORTER, Susannah M.2 and MALOOF, Adam C.3, (1)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (2)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (3)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, cwang3@swarthmore.edu
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THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IN THE BLASTOIDEA (ECHINODERMATA)
WATERS, Johnny, Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608, SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and WHITE, Lyndsie Elizabeth, Department of Industrial Design, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, watersja@appstate.edu
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REDEFINED GENERIC CONCEPTS IN THE CRINOID FAMILY ACTINOCRINITIDAE, NEW GENERIC ASSIGNMENTS OF SPECIES, AND FAMILY PHYLOGENETICS
RHENBERG, Elizabeth C.1, AUSICH, William I.1 and KAMMER, Thomas W.2, (1)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (2)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, rhenberg.1@osu.edu
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VARIABILITY WITHIN THE INFRABASAL CIRCLET OF THE CLADID CRINOID GENUS CUPULOCRINUS (ECHINODERMATA) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF FLEXIBLE CRINOIDS
PETER, Mark E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Room 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, peter.1@osu.edu
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MOUTH FRAME CONSTRUCTION IN PALEOZOIC EDRIOASTEROIDS, BLASTOZOANS, AND CRINOIDS
KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, ZAMORA, Samuel, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Manuel Lasala 44, Zaragoza, E-50006, Spain, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398 and DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, tkammer@wvu.edu
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ROOTING THE EARLY CRINOID DIVERSIFICATION WITH THE EOCRINOID RHOPALOCYSTIS
AUSICH, William I.1, RHENBERG, Elizabeth C.1, KAMMER, Thomas W.2 and DELINE, Bradley3, (1)School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, (2)Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, (3)Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, ausich.1@osu.edu
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PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE PERMIAN BLASTOID GENUS DELTOBLASTUS FAY
MORGAN, Ryan, Department of Chemistry, Geosciences, and Physics, Tarleton State University, Box T-0540, Stephenville, TX 76401, rmorgan@tarleton.edu
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EXPERIMENT PHYLOGENY OF LATE PALEOZOIC CORDAITEANS AND THE CONIFER THUCYDIA BASED ON POLLEN, POLLEN CONES & SEEDS
CORREA, Julian, Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M, 9847 Farrell Dr, Houston, TX 77070, RAYMOND, Anne, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and COSTANZA, Suzanne H., Harvard Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Botanical Museum, University Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology, MCZ Labs, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138, sangdrako@gmail.com
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PHYLOGENY OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS AMMONITE BACULITES IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA
SLATTERY, Joshua S., School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620, ANDRES, Brian, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620 and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES107, Tampa, FL 33620, dinohyus@gmail.com
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PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF LATE ORDOVICIAN NORTH AMERICAN BATHYURID TRILOBITE GENERA RAYMONDITES AND BATHYURUS
SWISHER, Robert E., Geological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Norman, OK 73072 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, Robert.E.Swisher-1@ou.edu
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PHYLOGENY, DEVELOPMENTAL MODE, AND EVOLUTION IN GEMINATE SPECIES OF TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS FROM THE CENTRAL AMERICAN ISTHMUS REGION
SANG, Stephanie, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 32560 North Burr Oak Drive, Solon, OH 44139 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, ss2666@cornell.edu
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CUTICLE CHARACTERS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF TROPICAL FOSSIL LEAVES: A CASE STUDY FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF ETHIOPIA
WALLACE, Jon R., Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Department of Botany, 3065, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275, wallacj5@miamioh.edu
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NOT APPLICABLE? NOT A PROBLEM FOR PARSIMONY
FADIGA, Troy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and BUDD, Ann F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, tfadiga@utk.edu
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AGGLOMERATIVE HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING FOR DELIMITING VENERIDAE SPECIES
PULLUM, Laura, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916 and MCKINNEY, M.L., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, lpullum1@utk.edu
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UNUSUAL COSTAL BONE MORPHOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY IN A LARGE CRETACEOUS MOSASAUR (SQUAMATA)
ANSLEY, Zachary T., Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, D'EMIC, Michael D., Anatomical Sciences Department, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 and SMITH, Kathlyn M., Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460, za00043@georgiasouthern.edu
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MORE THAN ONE WAY OF BEING A MOA: DIFFERENCES IN LEG BONE ROBUSTNESS MAP DIVERGENT EVOLUTIONARY TRAJECTORIES IN DINORNITHIDAE AND EMEIDAE (DINORNITHIFORMES)
BRASSEY, Charlotte A.1, HOLDAWAY, Richard N.2, PACKHAM, Abigail G.1, ANNE, Jennifer3, MANNING, Phillip L.3 and SELLERS, William I.1, (1)Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, (2)School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, 8400, New Zealand, (3)School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom, charlotte.brassey-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
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MISSING MUZZLE FOUND: NEW SKULL MATERIAL REFERABLE TO APATOSAURUS AJAX  (MARSH 1877) FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION OF MORRISON, COLORADO
MOSSBRUCKER, Matthew T., Morrison Natural History Museum, 501 Colorado Highway 8, Post Office Box 564, Morrison, CO 80465, BAKKER, Robert T., Department of Paleontology, Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030-1799 and MARSH, Adam D., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2225 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712, director@mnhm.org
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CHEWING PATTERN COMPARISON AND ANALYSES AMONG NEOPLAGIAULACIDAE, PTILODONTIDAE, EUCOSMODONTIDAE, AND MICROCOSMODONTIDAE (MULTITUBERCULATA, MAMMALIA)
ZHANG, Yue, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State Universtiy, Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212, yzhangfossil@gmail.com
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIMRAVID DENTAL ANATOMY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF ‘DIRK-TOOTH’ NIMRAVIDS
BOYD, Clint A., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, WELSH, Ed, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750 and SPEARING, Kurt D., Department of Biology and Chemistry, Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106, clintboyd@stratfit.org
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GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION AND GROWTH OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TRILOBITE ELDREDGEOPS RANA AS A MEANS OF TESTING THE GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION OF THE MICHIGAN AND APPALACHIAN BASINS
WITTE, Matthew and YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, mkwitte@bgsu.edu
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AN UNUSUAL RECEPTACULITID MORPHOLOGY FROM THE ORDOVICIAN POGONIP GROUP OF THE GREAT BASIN
HENRY, Sara E. and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, sara.henry@email.ucr.edu
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EVOLUTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ORDOVICIAN BRACHIOPODS EOCHONETES AND THAERODONTA
BAUER, Jennifer E., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, jb964112@ohio.edu
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SURVIVING THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION: QINELLA FROM DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA
MCMENAMIN, Mark A.S.1, HUGHES, Whitney A.1 and MCMENAMIN, Jessica M.2, (1)Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, (2)The Orchard School, 63 Silver Street, South Hadley, MA 01075, mmcmenam@mtholyoke.edu
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SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION IN THE PERMIAN GENUS HAMIAPOLLENITES WILSON, 1962 IN OKLAHOMA
MCGUIRE, H., Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, 730 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK 73019 and LUPIA, R., Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History / School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73072, rlupia@ou.edu
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