2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014)

Session No. 22
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
223/224 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T210. Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems I

Paleontological Society

 

Amelinda E. Webb, Darrin J. Molinaro, Ben M.J. Collins, Austin J.W. Hendy, Gary J. Motz and Michael E. Burns, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
8:00 AM
NEOICHNOLOGY OF COSTA RICAN BATS: TRACK MORPHOLOGY AND TRACKMAKING ABILITY OF PHYLLOSTOMID AND EMBALLONURID BATS
JONES, Matthew F. and HASIOTIS, Stephen T., Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7594
8:15 AM
NEOICHNOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE FORAGING PITS OF THE NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO (DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERPRETING CONICAL TRACE FOSSILS IN PALEOSOLS
PLATT, Brian F., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, 120A Carrier Hall, University, MS 38677
8:30 AM
BURROWS OF TERRESTRIAL ANURANS: NEOICHNOLOGY OF THE EASTERN SPADEFOOT TOAD, SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKI
JOHNSON, Lauren, Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701 and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701
8:45 AM
PROCESS ICHNOLOGY: APPLICATION TO TRYPANITES-DEMARCATED DISCONTINUITIES
FURLONG, Carolyn M., SCHULTZ, Sarah K., GINGRAS, Murray and ZONNEVELD, John-Paul, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
9:00 AM
INTEGRATIVE STUDIES OF LATE TRIASSIC VERTEBRATE COPROLITES FROM POLAND
ZATON, Michal P.1, MARYNOWSKI, Leszek1, NIEDZWIEDZKI, Grzegorz2, BENZERARA, Karim3, POTT, Christian4, COSMIDIS, Julie5 and FILIPIAK, Pawel1, (1)Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, Bedzinska 60, Sosnowiec, PL-41-200, Poland, (2)Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, Uppsala, 752 36, Sweden, (3)Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie, Sorbonne Universités - UPMC, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, (4)Department of Palaeobotany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, Svante Arrhenius väg 7, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 2200 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309
9:15 AM
REASSESSING THE ROLE OF PRASINOPHYTE ALGAE IN MODERN AND ANCIENT OCEANS
KODNER, Robin1, COHEN, Phoebe2, KEATES, Thereasa1 and TELLEZ, Kelly3, (1)Biology, Western Washington University, 516 High St. Mail Stop 9160, Biology Department, Bellingham, WA 98225, (2)Geosciences, Williams College, 947 Main Street, Williamstown, MA 01267, (3)Geosciences, Williams College, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267
9:30 AM
CARBS LEAD TO GREATER GIRTH: ATRYPIDE BRACHIOPOD SHAPE AND ITS RELATION TO GAMMA RAY LOG ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNATURES FROM THE DEVONIAN OF MICHIGAN AND ALBERTA
MOLINARO, Darrin J., BARCLAY, Kristina M., LEIGHTON, Lindsey R. and SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
9:45 AM
OF ROUND PEGS AND SQUARE HOLES: MATCHING BRACHIOPOD MORPHOLOGY TO ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS IN MIDDLE DEVONIAN ASSEMBLAGES
WEBB, Amelinda E. and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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10:00 AM
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10:15 AM
USING MODERN INSECTS AND RESINS TO REVEAL ECOLOGICAL DETAILS IN ANCIENT AMBER DEPOSITS
MCKELLAR, Ryan C.1, ENGEL, Michael S.2, TAPPERT, Ralf3, WOLFE, Alexander P.4, TAPPERT, Michelle C.4 and MUEHLENBACHS, Karlis4, (1)Palaeontology, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2340 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 2V7, Canada, (2)Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)Institute of Mineralogy & Petrography, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria, (4)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
10:35 AM
GEOGRAPHIC CO-OCCURRENCE AND CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT IN FOSSIL AND MODERN MARINE BIVALVES
EDIE, Stewart M., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
10:50 AM
AMMONITE HABITAT REVEALED VIA ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION AND COMPARISONS WITH CO-OCCURRING BENTHIC AND PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS
SESSA, Jocelyn A.1, KNOLL, Katja2, LARINA, Ekaterina2, GARB, Matthew P.2, COCHRAN, Kirk3, HUBER, Brian T.4, MACLEOD, Kenneth G.5 and LANDMAN, Neil H.1, (1)Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, (2)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (3)School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5000, (4)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20013, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211
11:05 AM
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE POTENTIAL AND REALIZED TROPHIC POSITIONS OF DRILLING PREDATORY GASTROPODS: ARE NATICIDS ACTUALLY OMNIVORES?
CASEY, Michelle M., Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, FALL, Leigh M., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820 and DEXTER, Troy A., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
11:20 AM
DRILLING FREQUENCY OF BIVALVES INCREASES OVER A GRADIENT OF EUTROPHICATION ON A TEMPERATE CONTINENTAL 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 and TOMASOVYCH, Adam, Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 84005, Slovakia
11:35 AM
BETWEEN-YEAR COMPARISONS OF BEACH ACCUMULATIONS OF SHELLS AND THE UTILITY OF BEACH DEATH ASSEMBLAGES FOR STUDIES OF DRILLING PREDATION
KELLEY, Patricia H., Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403
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