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

Session No. 193
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T148. Cenozoic Evolution of Tropical Biota and Environments II: 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
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Start Time
8:00 AM
LATE CENOZOIC HISTORY OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS: NEW DATA FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND CORAL TRIANGLE
JOHNSON, Kenneth G. and SANTODOMINGO, Nadiezhda, Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, k.johnson@nhm.ac.uk
8:15 AM
MEDITERRANEAN VS CARIBBEAN OLIGOCENE REEF CORALS: A NEW PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC SCENARIO UNRAVELED BY PROGRESS IN CORAL SYSTEMATICS
BOSELLINI, Francesca R., Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, Modena, 41125, Italy, BUDD, Ann F., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242 and JOHNSON, Kenneth, Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, francesca.bosellini@unimore.it
8:30 AM
PARASCOLYMIA (SCLERACTINIA: LOBOPHYLLIIDAE) IN THE CENTRAL PARATETHYS SEA (AUSTRIA) AND ITS BIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
PILLER, Werner E., REUTER, Markus and WIEDL, Thomas, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz, NAWI Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, Graz, 8010, Austria, werner.piller@uni-graz.at
8:45 AM
OUT OF AFRICA: COMPLEX EVOLUTION OF RETICULATE NUMMULITES 
COTTON, Laura J. and RENEMA, Willem, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands, laura.cotton@naturalis.nl
9:15 AM
STUCK IN THE NEW WORLD TROPICS? EARLY MIOCENE BIOGEOGRAPHY AND DIVERSITY OF CENTRAL AND NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS
WOOD, Aaron R., Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, 253 Science I, Ames, IA 50011, RINCON, Aldo F., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Dickinson Hall--Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, MORGAN, Gary S., New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, BLOCH, Jonathan I., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 and MACFADDEN, Bruce J., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, awood@iastate.edu
 
9:30 AM
Break
9:45 AM
LATE MIOCENE CHONDRICHTHYANS FROM LAGO BAYANO, PANAMA WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR A MARINE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC
PEREZ, Victor J., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, PIMIENTO, Catalina, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, HENDY, Austin J.W., Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 900007, MACFADDEN, Bruce J., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, GONZALEZ-BARBA, Gerardo, University of Baja California Sur, La Paz, 23080, Mexico and HUBBELL, Gordon, Jaws International, Gainesville, FL 32611, victorjperez@ufl.edu
10:00 AM
FUNCTIONAL SHIFT IN GASTROPOD ASSEMBLAGES REFLECTS CHANGING HABITATS IN THE CARIBBEAN NEOGENE
LEONARD-PINGEL, Jill S., Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, 204 W. Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450, TODD, Jonathan A., Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom and STEFANIC, Candice M., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24061, leonard-pingelj@wlu.edu
10:15 AM
ACROPORA AND ISOPORA: THE LONG PAST AND UNCERTAIN FUTURE
WALLACE, Carden C., Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Brisbane, 4101, Australia, carden.wallace@qm.qld.gov.au
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10:30 AM
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10:45 AM
THRIVING ACROPORA IN CAICOS – A CLIMATE CHANGE REFUGIA?
WANLESS, Harold R., Geological Sciences, Univ of Miami, P.O. Box 249176, Coral Gables, FL 33124, hwanless@miami.edu
11:00 AM
THE FUTURE OF CARIBBEAN CORAL REEFS
JACKSON, Jeremy B.C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, jeremybcjackson@gmail.com
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