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

Session No. 257
Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
219 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T208. Ecosystem Paleobiology and Geobiology: Energy, Nutrients, and Food Webs in Deep Time

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Andrew M. Bush, Sara B. Pruss and Jonathan L. Payne, Advocates
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1:00 PM
GIANTS AMONG MICROMORPHS: PHOSPHATIC STEINKERNS ARE SMALL BECAUSE OF TAPHONOMIC SIZE-SELECTIVITY, NOT ECOLOGICAL STRESS
DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, HEIMBROCK, William P., 1621 Westwood Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45214, MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 and ARGAST, Anne, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1445
1:15 PM
THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF STEM-TETRAPODS
SWARTZ, Brian, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 251 Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316
1:30 PM
THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY: BEGINNING THE AGE OF BONY FISHES
SIBERT, Elizabeth C., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0208, La Jolla, CA 92093 and NORRIS, Richard D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 427 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244
1:45 PM
THE MOST HIGHLY RESOLVED FOOD WEB EVER: THE EARLY EOCENE FOOD WEB OF MESSEL, GERMANY
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, DUNNE, Jennifer, Santa Fe Institute, 1339 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501 and WILLIAMS, Richard, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, CB3 OFB, United Kingdom
 
2:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM
THE COST OF DRILLING IN THE COLD: CLIMATE CHANGE AND CANNIBALISM IN NATICID GASTROPODS FROM THE LA MESETA FORMATION AT SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTICA
NAGEL-MYERS, Judith, Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and ARONSON, Richard B., Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901
2:30 PM
SCLEROCHRONOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF TURRITELLA ALTILIRA FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT TURRITELLINE-DOMINATED ASSEMBLAGES IN THE GATUN FORMATION (MIOCENE), PANAMA
ANDERSON, Brendan Matthew, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1142 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and HENDY, Austin J.W., Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
2:45 PM
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON COMMUNITY-LEVEL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AROUND THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN
KEATING-BITONTI, Caitlin, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305 and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305
3:00 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC PALEOBIOLOGY AND HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF THE QUATERNARY DEPOSYSTEM OF PO PLAIN
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, SCARPONI, Daniele2, KAUFMAN, Darrell S.3, AMOROSI, Alessandro4, WITTMER, Jacalyn M.5 and DEXTER, Troy A.1, (1)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (3)School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, (4)Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, Piazza di Porta San Donato 1, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (5)Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 605 E. Springfield St, Champaign, IL 61820
3:15 PM
ECOLOGICAL ORDINATION PATTERNS AND ECOLOGICAL TURNOVER GRADIENTS IN MOLLUSK ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS OF THE PO PLAIN, ITALY
WITTMER, Jacalyn M.1, KOWALEWSKI, Michal2, SCARPONI, Daniele3, AMOROSI, Alessandro4 and DEXTER, Troy A.2, (1)Department of 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 Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (4)Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, Piazza di Porta San Donato 1, Bologna, 40126, Italy
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
A MASSIVE CHANGE IN THEORETICAL ECOSPACE UTILIZATION? BIOMASS VERSUS RELATIVE ABUNDANCE IN THE STUDY OF LOCAL FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES
HSIEH, Shannon, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, U-3043, Storrs, CT 06269, BUSH, Andrew M., Geosciences & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road - Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269, DALEY, Gwen M., Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29732 and BENNINGTON, J. Bret, Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140
4:00 PM
LARGE-SCALE TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION AND INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE PHANEROZOIC
HENDY, Austin J.W., Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, OPAZO, L. Felipe, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611 and ABADES, Sebastian R., GEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Camino La PirĂ¡mide 5750, Huechuraba, Santiago, 7800024, Chile
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4:15 PM
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4:30 PM
A DRIVEN TREND TOWARD LARGER SIZE IN THE EVOLUTION OF MARINE ANIMALS
HEIM, Noel A.1, KNOPE, Matthew L.2, SCHAAL, Ellen K.3 and PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, (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)Department of Geology, Lawrence University, 711 E Boldt Way, Appleton, WI 54911
4:45 PM
MASS EXTINCTIONS AS DRIVERS OF PREDICTABILITY IN THE HISTORY OF MARINE LIFE
BUSH, Andrew M., Geosciences & Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road - Unit 1045, Storrs, CT 06269 and PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063
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