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

Session No. 18
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 314 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T149. Co-Evolution of Life and Planet: Broad–Scale Controls on Biodiversity I

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Association
Peter J. Harries and Richard J. Twitchett, Session Chairs
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
SOME SPECULATIONS ON THE ORIGIN OF LATER PRECAMBRIAN "MOLAR-TOOTH" STRUCTURES
SMITH, Alan G., Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Sedgwick Museum, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom, ags1@cam.ac.uk
8:20 AM
SULFUR ISOTOPIC (δ34S) EVIDENCE FOR MARINE ANOXIA AND LINKS TO LOWER ORDOVICIAN (TREMADOCIAN) TRILOBITE EXTINCTIONS
EDWARDS, Cole T., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, CB 1169, 1 Brookings Dr., St. Louis, MO 63130, FIKE, David A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1169, St Louis, MO 63130, SALTZMAN, Matthew R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, cole.edwards@levee.wustl.edu
8:35 AM
NO 'PHYTOPLANKTON BLACKOUT' IN THE LATE PALEOZOIC
SERVAIS, Thomas, UMR 8198 du CNRS Evo-Eco-Paleo, Université Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59655, France, MARTIN, Ronald E., Geological Sciences, University of Delaware, 255 Academy St, 103 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19350 and NUETZEL, Alexander, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Geologie und Paläontologie, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, München, 80333, Germany, Thomas.Servais@univ-lille1.fr
8:50 AM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON THE RECOVERY OF BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN THE WAKE OF THE LATE PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION
FOSTER, William J., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, DANISE, Silvia, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602; School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom, SEDLACEK, Alexa R.C., Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614 and TWITCHETT, Richard J., Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd., London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, william.foster@plymouth.ac.uk
9:05 AM
ANIMALS OR THE ENVIRONMENT? BIOTURBATION AS A KEY CONTROL ON EARLY MESOZOIC BIODIVERSITY
TWITCHETT, Richard J., Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd., London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, r.twitchett@nhm.ac.uk
9:20 AM
ASYMMETRIC GEOGRAPHIC RANGE EXPANSION EXPLAINS THE LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENTS OF FOUR MAJOR TAXA OF MARINE PLANKTON
POWELL, Matthew G., Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St, Huntingdon, PA 16652 and GLAZIER, Douglas S., Biology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St, Huntingdon, PA 16652, powell@juniata.edu
9:35 AM
DINOSAUR BIOGEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE AND MESOZOIC CONTINENTAL FRAGMENTATION: A NETWORK-BASED APPROACH
DUNHILL, Alexander, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, a.dunhill@leeds.ac.uk
9:55 AM
LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENTS IN MESOZOIC NON-MARINE TURTLES
NICHOLSON, David B.1, HOLROYD, Patricia A.2 and BARRETT, Paul M.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (2)Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, david.nicholson@nhm.ac.uk
 
10:10 AM
Break
10:25 AM
EARTH'S COMPLEXITY REVOLUTION
LENTON, Timothy M., College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Laver Building (Level 7), North Parks Road, Exeter, EX4 4QE, United Kingdom, t.m.lenton@exeter.ac.uk
10:45 AM
TECTONIC FORCING OF MARINE BIODIVERSIFICATION AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES
MARTIN, Ron, Geological Sciences, College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware, 101 Penny Hall, Newark, DE 19716, daddy@udel.edu
11:00 AM
SUSTAINED MESOZOIC-CENOZOIC DIVERSIFICATION OF MARINE METAZOA: A ROBUST SIGNAL FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD
BAMBACH, Richard K., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC-121, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, bambachr@si.edu
11:15 AM
ARE GENERA AND 10 MY BINNED DATA ADEQUATE FOR STUDIES OF DIVERSITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE?
LAZARUS, David1, WIESE, Robert2 and RENAUDIE, Johan1, (1)Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, Berlin, D-10115, Germany, (2)Institut für Geologische Wissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstr. 74-100, Berlin, 12249, Germany, david.lazarus@mfn-berlin.de
11:30 AM
SHOULD THE LONG-TERM BIOTIC RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES BE LINEAR/EXPONENTIAL?: PERSPECTIVES FROM PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERA AND MARINE BIVALVES
HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, CARDENAS, Andres L., Ciencias de la Terra, Universidad EAFIT, Carrera 49 No 7 sur - 50, Medellin, Colombia and MONDAL, Subhronil, Department of Geology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700 019, India, pjharrie@ncsu.edu
11:45 AM
DISENTANGLING SYNERGISTIC CLIMATE DRIVERS ON THE ANAGENETIC EVOLUTION OF PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA
BROMBACHER, Anieke, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, WILSON, Paul A., National Oceanography Centre Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, BAILEY, Ian, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, United Kingdom and EZARD, Thomas H.G., Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, j.brombacher@noc.soton.ac.uk
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