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2015 GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1-4 November 2015)

Session No. 164
Monday, 2 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T148. Cenozoic Evolution of Tropical Biota and Environments I: A Session Honoring the Contributions of Ann F. Budd

SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); Paleontological Society
James S. Klaus, Kenneth G. Johnson, Francesca R. Bosellini and Thomas Stemann, Session Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
164-1
1:45 PM
CHRONICLES OF SCLERACTINIAN CORAL FAMILIES: PHYLOGENETIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SKELETAL THICKENING DEPOSITS
STOLARSKI, Jaroslaw, Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, Warsaw, PL-00-818, Poland, stolacy@twarda.pan.pl
164-2
2:00 PM
FROM COSTAE TO COI AND SPECIES TO TREES: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES
KNOWLTON, Nancy, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution, Washington, DC 20013, knowlton@si.edu
164-3
2:15 PM
HISTOLOGICAL DATA IN A COMBINED PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SCLERACTINIAN REEF CORALS
CORDIE, David R., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53201 and BUDD, Ann F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, drcordie@uwm.edu
164-4
2:30 PM
MORPHOLOGICAL DATA PARTITIONS POSSESS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PHYLOGENETIC SIGNAL FOR THE EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS OF THE REEF CORAL FAMILIES MERULINIDAE, MONTASTRAEIDAE, DIPLOASTRAEIDAE, AND MUSSIDAE (CNIDARIA: ANTHOZOA: SCLERACTINIA)
RACICOT, Rachel1, BUDD, Ann F.2, HUANG, Danwei3 and SMITH, Nathan D.1, (1)The Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA 90007, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, (3)Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, rachel.racicot@gmail.com
164-5
2:45 PM
VARIATION AND PLASTICITY IN SCLERACTINIAN MICROMORPHOLOGY
TIBBITS, Matthew, Univesrity of Iowa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, matthew-tibbits@uiowa.edu
164-6
3:00 PM
EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF CENOZOIC NEOTROPICAL TURTLES AND NEW FOSSILS FROM THE EARLY TO MIDDLE MIOCENE, CASTILLETES FORMATION OF COLOMBIA
CADENA, Edwin, Geological Sciences Department, Yachay Tech, San Miguel de Urcuquí, Hacienda San José, San Miguel de Urcuqui, 0000, Ecuador, cadenachelys@gmail.com
164-7
3:15 PM
CENOZOIC INTER-TIDAL, SUPRA-TIDAL, AND FRESHWATER CRABS FROM TROPICAL AMERICA
LUQUE, Javier, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6E 2E9, Canada, HENDY, Austin J.W., Invertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA CA 90007, ROSENBERG, Michael, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 874501, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, PORTELL, Roger W., Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611 and PALMER, A. Richard, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6E 2E9, Canada, luque@ualberta.ca
 
3:30 PM
Break
164-8
3:45 PM
EXAMINING BEHAVIOR AND LEVELS OF ARBOREALITY IN EXTINCT SLOTHS THROUGH SCAPULA MORPHOLOGY
GRASS, Andy, Anatomy and Pathology, Marshall University J.C.E. School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Pathology Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University One John Marshall Drive, Huntington, WV 25755, grassa@marshall.edu
164-9
4:00 PM
HYPERDIVERSITY IN MOLLUSCS AND PALAEOBIOTIC ANALYSES: WHAT ARE ‘SPECIES’ AND ARE THEY USEFUL?
TODD, Jonathan A., Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, J.Todd@nhm.ac.uk
164-10
4:15 PM
MULTIPLE FORMS OF HETEROCHRONY RESULT IN RAPID GROWTH AND VERMIFORM MORPHOLOGY IN VERMICULARIA (TURRITELLIDAE)
ANDERSON, Brendan Matthew, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1142 Snee Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, bma53@cornell.edu
164-11
4:30 PM
ANTECEDENTS OF THE MODERN TROPICAL AMERICAN CONE SNAIL FAUNA: PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF LATE MIOCENE TO PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CONIDAE IN THE CONTEXT OF MAJOR REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
HENDRICKS, Jonathan R., Department of Geology, San José State University, Duncan Hall 321, One Washington Square, San José, CA 95192, jonathan.hendricks@sjsu.edu
164-12
4:45 PM
IS THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AN EVOLUTIONARY HOTSPOT FOR CORAL EVOLUTION? TIMING AND DIVERSIFICATION OF THE CORAL SUBFAMILIES MUSSINAE AND FAVIINAE IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC
CARLON, David B., Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College, 6500 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011 and BUDD, Ann F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, dcarlon@bowdoin.edu
164-13
5:00 PM
REVISITING THE GATUNCILLO FORMATION: EOCENE BRAIN CORALS AND THE ORIGIN OF THE RECENT CARIBBEAN CLADE MUSSIDAE
BUDD, Ann F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and STEMANN, Thomas, Department of Geography and Geology, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, 7, Jamaica, ann-budd@uiowa.edu
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