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

Session No. 109
Monday, 20 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
219 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T212. Co-Evolution on Earth’s Surface: Terrestrial Ecosystem and Environmental Interactions I

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Jonathan P. Wilson and Ellen D. Currano, Advocates
Paper #
Start Time
109-1
8:00 AM
MECHANISTIC MODELS FOR TERRESTRIAL EXTINCTION EVENTS
MITCHELL, Jonathan S., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608
109-2
8:15 AM
ECOSYSTEMS ON A DIET: PROLIFERATION OF ISOETALEAN LYCOPHYTES EXPLAINS DELAYED RECOVERY PATTERNS OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS AFTER THE END-PERMIAN BIOTIC CRISIS
DUIJNSTEE, Ivo A.P., Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 3040 Valley Life Sciences Bldg #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140, VAN KONIJNENBURG-VAN CITTERT, Johanna H.A., Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands and LOOY, Cindy V., Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley, 3040 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720
109-3
8:30 AM
TETRAPOD SWIM TRACKS THROUGH TIME: INCREASED PRESERVATION POTENTIAL DURING THE EARLY TRIASSIC DUE TO DELAYED RECOVERY OF INFAUNA FOLLOWING THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
THOMSON, Tracy J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521 and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521
109-4
8:45 AM
PHYSIOLOGY OF GLOSSOPTERIS, A CIRCUMPOLAR PERMIAN SEED PLANT, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TERRESTRIAL RECORD OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION
WILSON, Jonathan P., Department of Biology, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave., Haverford, PA 19041, MIRAGLIA, Gregory M., Department of Biology, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041 and FISCHER, Woodward W., Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
109-5
9:00 AM
δ13C OF TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER AS A PROXY FOR ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN IN THE PHANEROZOIC
MUEHLENBACHS, Karlis1, TAPPERT, Ralf2, MCKELLAR, Ryan C.3, WOLFE, Alexander P.4, TAPPERT, Michelle C.4 and SCHOELL, Martin5, (1)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 ESB, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, (2)Institute of Mineralogy & Petrography, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria, (3)Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, SK T6G 2E3, Canada, (4)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (5)GeoConsult International Inc, Berkley, CA 94705
109-6
9:15 AM
COLLAPSE OF AN ECOLOGICAL NETWORK IN ANCIENT EGYPT
YEAKEL, Justin Douglas1, PIRES, M.M.2, RUDOLF, L.3, DOMINY, N.J.4, KOCH, Paul L.5, GUIMARAES Jr, P.R.2 and GROSS, T.3, (1)Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (2)Departamento de ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil, (3)Department of Engineering and Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS83AN, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, (5)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
109-7
9:30 AM
ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTION OF ABIOTIC NICHES AND DISPERSAL LIMITATIONS TO SPECIATION AND EXTINCTION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE USING SIMULATION STUDIES
SAUPE, Erin E.1, QIAO, Huijie2, MYERS, Corinne E.3, TOWNSEND PETERSON, A.4 and SOBERÓN, Jorge M.4, (1)Department of Earth Science, Oxford University, S Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (2)Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen W Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 51 Botanical Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (4)Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045
 
9:45 AM
Break
109-8
10:00 AM
PALEOSOLS AND ICHNOFOSSILS OF THE MONONGAHELA AND DUNKARD GROUPS: A MULTI-PROXY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING LATE PALEOZOIC TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPES
HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701 and BOWEN, Jared J., Geology, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701
109-9
10:15 AM
A PALEOPEDOLOGICAL AND ICHNOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN STRATA IN THE LOWER DUNKARD GROUP, WEST VIRGINIA
BLAIR, Michael and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701
109-10
10:30 AM
THE SURPRISINGLY MODERN ROLES OF INSECTS IN TWO MID MESOZOIC ECOSYSTEMS OF NORTHEASTERN CHINA
SHIH, ChungKun1, WANG, Mei1, GAO, Taiping1, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.2 and REN, Dong1, (1)College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Key Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Environmental Change, Beijing, 100048, China, (2)Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
Handouts
  • GSA Presentation Silent Stories Ecosystems 102714.pdf (9.5 MB)
    • 109-11
    10:45 AM
    CLIMATIC CONSTRAINS ON ANGIOSPERM POLLEN DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS DURING ALBIAN TIMES: EVIDENCE FROM THE LUSITANIAN BASIN, PORTUGAL
    HORIKX, Maurits1, HOCHULI, Peter A.2 and HEIMHOFER, Ulrich1, (1)Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Geology, Hannover, 30167, Germany, (2)Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland
    109-12
    11:00 AM
    PALEOENVIRONMENTS, VERTEBRATE FAUNAS, AND TAPHONOMY OF THE EL GALLO FM., LATE CRETACEOUS, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MÉXICO
    FASTOVSKY, David E.1, MONTELLANO-BALLESTEROS, Marisol2, WILSON, Gregory P.3, MARTÍNEZ, Enrique2 and ROMO DE VIVAR MARTÍNEZ, Paula4, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Rhodes Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, (2)Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F, 04510, Mexico, (3)Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, (4)Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Cuidad Universitaria, México, D.F, 04510, Mexico
    109-13
    11:15 AM
    AMBER ASSOCIATED WITH LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAUR BONEBEDS IN WESTERN CANADA
    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
    109-14
    11:30 AM
    FOCUSING ON THE FLOODPLAIN: CYCLING OF CARBON AND STRUCTURE OF FORESTS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE LATE CRETACEOUS
    CRYSTAL, Victoria F., Geology, Colorado College, 824 E. Willamette Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, FRICKE, Henry, Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, SERTICH, Joseph, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and MILLER, Ian M., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205
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