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

Session No. 21
Sunday, 19 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
221/222 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

T204. Fossil Mammalian Communities across Periods of Pronounced Climate Change

Paleontological Society

 

Anne Weil, Jessica M. Theodor and Craig Scott, Advocates
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Start Time
8:00 AM
LOCAL COMMUNITY REORGANIZATION AFTER THE TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION
SMITH, Felisa A.1, LYONS, S. Kathleen2, STAFFORD Jr., Thomas W.3 and NEWSOME, Seth1, (1)Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (2)Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (3)Stafford Research, LLC, 200 Acadia Avenue, Lafayette, CO 80026-1845
8:15 AM
ASYMMETRICAL RESPONSES OF WOODRATS (NEOTOMA SP.) TO LATE QUATERNARY CLIMATE
BALK, Meghan, Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, SMITH, Felisa A., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, JACKSON, Stephen T., Department of Botany - Box 3165, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071-3165 and BETANCOURT, Julio L., Branch of Regional Research, ER, Water, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20192
8:30 AM
RABBITS RESPOND TO INCREASED C4 ABUNDANCE DURING THE POST-LGM 
LIGHTNER, Erik, Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, 1000 University Ave. University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, Laramie, WY 82071, MINCKLEY, Thomas, 811 S. 7th St, 811 S. 7th St, Laramie, WY 82070 and FOX-DOBBS, Kena, Department of Geology, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St, Tacoma, WA 98416-1048
8:45 AM
THE LAST MARCH OF THE PROBOSCIDEANS: CHANGES IN LANDSCAPE USE AND MOBILITY PRECEDING THE PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION
MILLER, Joshua H., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and CROWLEY, Brooke, Departments of Geology and Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology-Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 45221
9:00 AM
A HIGH-ELEVATION, MULTI-PROXY BIOTIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD OF MIS 6-4 FROM THE ZIEGLER RESERVOIR FOSSIL SITE, SNOWMASS VILLAGE, COLORADO, USA
PIGATI, Jeffrey S., U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, MILLER, Ian, Department of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, ANDERSON, R. Scott, School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, JOHNSON, Kirk, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205 and MAHAN, Shannon A., U.S. Geological Survey, Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center, MS 974, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225
9:15 AM
HERBIVORE BODY SIZE LIMITS AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE DURING AND AFTER THE MIDDLE MIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM
THEODOR, Jessica M., Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
9:30 AM
STRATIGRAPHY AND PALEOECOLOGY OF NEOGENE DEPOSITS OF THE COCINETAS BASIN, COLOMBIA
MORENO, F.1, HENDY, Austin J.W.2, HOYOS, Natalia3 and JARAMILLO, Carlos3, (1)Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchison Hall, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, (2)Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama
9:45 AM
TERTIARY GEOMORPHOLOGY AND CHRONOLOGY OF CANADA'S WESTERN INTERIOR, BASED ON A LATE MIOCENE MAMMALIAN ASSEMBLAGE INCORPORATED INTO HILLTOP GRAVELS OF THE HAND HILLS, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALBERTA
YOUNG, Robert R., Earth Environmental and Geographic Sciences, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada and BURNS, James A., Emeritus, Quaternary Paleontology, Royal Alberta Museum, 12845 102 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5N 0M6, Canada
10:00 AM
CORRELATION BETWEEN GLOBAL TEMPERATURES AND THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCES OF GEOMYOID AND CRICETID RODENTS DURING THE MIDDLE MIOCENE
BROWNE, Ian D., Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Sciences, 1111 W. 17th Street, Tulsa, OK 74107
 
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
USING THE EXTENDED PRICE EQUATION TO ANALYZE SPECIES SELECTION IN MAMMALIAN BODY SIZE EVOLUTION ACROSS THE PALEOCENE/EOCENE THERMAL MAXIMUM
RANKIN, Brian D.1, FOX, Jeremy E.2, BARRÓN-ORTIZ, Christian R.2, CHEW, Amy E.3, HOLROYD, Patricia A.4, LUDTKE, Joshua A.2, YANG, Xingkai2 and THEODOR, Jessica M.2, (1)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (3)Department of Anatomy, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E. Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766, (4)Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
11:00 AM
FAUNAS IN FLUX DURING THE SUCCESSIVE HYPERTHERMALS OF THE EARLY EOCENE
CHEW, Amy E., Department of Anatomy, Western University of Health Sciences, 309 E. Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766
11:15 AM
PATTERNS OF FAUNAL VARIABILITY THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM AT RAVEN RIDGE, UINTA BASIN, COLORADO AND UTAH
DUTCHAK, Alex R., Geoscience, University of Calgary, ES 118, 2500 University Drive Northwest, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
11:30 AM
S/G RATIOS AS AN ASSESSMENT OF MAMMALIAN COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE PALEOGENE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS
BURGER, Benjamin John, Geology, Utah State University- Uintah Basin Regional Campus, Vernal, 320 North Aggie Blvd, Vernal, UT 84078
11:45 AM
PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOBIODIVERSITY DYNAMICS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE END-CRETACEOUS EXTINCTION (66MA) IN CENTRAL CANADA: EVIDENCE FROM PALEOSOLS, FOSSIL LEAVES AND VERTEBRATE MICROSITES
BAMFORTH, Emily L.1, LARSSON, Hans C.E.2 and FENDLEY, Isabel2, (1)Royal Saskatchewan Museum, RSM Fossil Research Station, Po Box 460, Eastend, SK S0N 0T0, Canada, (2)Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke St. W, Montreal, QC H3A 0C4, Canada
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