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

Session No. 264
Wednesday, 22 October 2014: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
221/222 (Vancouver Convention Centre-West)

Paleontology: Morphology and Disparity in Modern and Ancient Biotas

 

Bradley Deline and Andrew B. Leslie, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
8:00 AM
THE ROLE OF FOSSILS IN DECIPHERING TRENDS IN METAZOAN DISPARITY
DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, GREENWOOD, Jenny, Department of Biology, University of Münster, Münster, D-48149, Germany, PETERSON, Kevin J., Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 and DONOGHUE, Philip C.J., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom
8:15 AM
MEASURING BODY SIZE FROM GENUS-LEVEL COMPENDIA CAPTURES SIZE EVOLUTION TRENDS IN COMPONENT SPECIES: VALIDATION USING FORAMINIFERA, OSTRACODA, AND CONODONTA
SCHAAL, Ellen K.1, MORGAN, Daniel J.1, JOST, Adam B.1, HEIM, Noel A.2 and PAYNE, Jonathan L.2, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305
8:30 AM
EXPLORING SPATIAL PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY IN EXTANT COCCOLITHOPHORES
VILLAROSA GARCIA, Marites, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
Handouts
  • MVG_GSA2014_V3.pptx (7.6 MB)
  • 8:45 AM
    ARE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS REFLECTED IN THE MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY OF FOSSIL AND RECENT SCALLOPS FROM THE TROPICAL AMERICAS?
    HARNIK, Paul G.1, SERB, Jeanne M.2, ADAMS, Dean C.2, RIEMANN, Rebekah3 and SMITH, Timothy3, (1)Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17603, (2)Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, (3)Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603
    9:00 AM
    MICROMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IN SCLERACTINIA
    TIBBITS, Matthew, Univesrity of Iowa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242
     
    9:15 AM
    Break
    9:30 AM
    ESTIMATING THE EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL OF COLONY-LEVEL TRAITS IN THE BRYOZOAN STYLOPOMA
    SIMPSON, Carl, Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
    9:45 AM
    CORRELATED EVOLUTION OF POLLEN MORPHOLOGY AND POLLINATION BIOLOGY IN CONIFERS AND OTHER SEED PLANTS
    LESLIE, Andrew B., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Box G-W, 80 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, BEAULIEU, Jeremy, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, 1122 Volunteer Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37996, CRANE, Peter, School of Forestry and Envrionmental Studies, Yale University, 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511, KNOPF, Patrick, Botanical Garden Rombergpark, Stadt Dortmund, Am Rombergpark 49b, Dortmund, 44225, Germany and DONOGHUE, Michael, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, CT 06511
    10:00 AM
    A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF LIVING AND FOSSIL QUERCUS (OAK) POLLEN FROM CALIFORNIA USING LIGHT MICROSCOPY AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
    HSIUNG, Shih-Yi, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720, MANDER, Luke, Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, United Kingdom 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
    10:15 AM
    INTEGRATING FOSSILS AND GENES: WHAT CAN PENNYSLVANIAN CORDAITEANS WITH BISEXUAL SEED CONES TELL US ABOUT ANGIOSPERM EVOLUTION?
    RAYMOND, Anne1, COSTANZA, Suzanne H.2, SIMS, Hallie J.3 and CORREA, Julian1, (1)Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (2)Harvard University Herbaria, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (3)Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
     
    10:30 AM
    Break
    10:45 AM
    ANOMALOCARIDID DIVERSITY IN THE EARLY ORDOVICIAN FEZOUATA BIOTA OF SOUTHEASTERN MOROCCO
    VAN ROY, Peter, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109, DALEY, Allison C., Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, United Kingdom and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics & Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520
    11:00 AM
    STRUCTURAL COMPARISON OF EARLY CAMBRIAN AND LATER TRILOBITE EXOSKELETON SUGGESTS A SELECTIVE PREMIUM UPON GREATER STRENGTH THROUGH TIME
    PÄRNASTE, Helje1, HERRERA, Steven2, KNAUSS, Mathew J.1, SALINAS, Christopher2, KISAILUS, David2 and HUGHES, Nigel C.3, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 1242 Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521, (2)Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Bourns Hall, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521
    11:15 AM
    SPECIES DISCRIMINATION IN CARCHARHINUS SHARK TEETH USING ELLIPTIC FOURIER ANALYSIS
    SMITH, Vann, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 70411 K Street, Covington, LA 70433 and AGNEW, Jeffrey G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118
    11:30 AM
    STABILITY IN THE NUMBER OF CERVICAL VERTEBRAE IS A PROXY FOR HIGH METABOLIC RATE AND EARLY ORGANOGENESIS IN THERAPSIDS AND PTEROSAURS
    ROWLAND, Stephen M., Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154 and FAKHRA, Sadaf, School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4004
    11:45 AM
    DREADNOUGHTUS SCHRANI, AN EXCEPTIONALLY COMPLETE TITANOSAURIAN SAUROPOD DINOSAUR FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF SOUTHERN PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA
    LACOVARA, Kenneth J.1, LAMANNA, Matthew C.2, IBIRICU, Lucio M.3, ULLMANN, Paul V.4, VOEGELE, Kristyn K.1, SCHROETER, Elena R.5 and BOLES, Zachary M.5, (1)Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (2)Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080, (3)Laboratorio de Paleontología, Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT–CONICET), Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, Puerto Madryn, 9120, Argentina, (4)Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut St, PISB 504, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (5)Biology Department, Drexel University, 3201 Chestnut Street, Biology Department, Stratton Hall 118, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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