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

Session No. 3
Sunday, 1 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 316 (Baltimore Convention Center)

Paleontology: Ancient Life in Deep Time: Temporal and Geographic Trends in Fossil Distributions

Thomas H. Boag and Marko Manojlovic, Chairs
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Start Time
3-1
8:00 AM
STRATIGRAPHY OF THE EDIACARAN AND BASAL CAMBRIAN OF THE DIGERMULEN PENINSULA, NORTHERN NORWAY
EBBESTAD, Jan Ove R.1, HÖGSTRÖM, Anette E.S.2, MEINHOLD, Guido3, JENSEN, Sören4, PALACIOS, Teodoro4, HØYBERGET, Magne5, TAYLOR, Wendy L.6, NOVIS, Linn2 and OU, Zhiji2, (1)Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 22, Uppsala, SE-75236, Sweden, (2)Tromsø University Museum, UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, N-9036, Norway, (3)Geoscience Center, University of Goettingen, Goldschmidtstr. 3, Goettingen, 37077, Germany, (4)Área de Paleontología, Universidad de Extremadura, Avenida de Elvas s/n, Badajoz, 06006, Spain, (5)Rennesveien 14, Mandal, N-4513, Norway, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa, jan-ove.ebbestad@em.uu.se
3-2
8:15 AM
10 M.Y. EVOLUTIONARY STASIS OF EARLIEST CAMBRIAN (TERRENEUVIAN) MOLLUSK-RICH FAUNAS AND CAMBRIAN EVOLUTIONARY RADIATION CORRELATIONS
LANDING, Ed, New York State Museum, 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, KOUCHINSKY, Artem, Dept. of Palaeozoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, Stockholm, SE-104 05, Sweden, WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, GEYER, Gerd, Institut für Geographie und Geologie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, Würzburg, 97074, Germany and BOWRING, Samuel A., Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, ed.landing@nysed.gov
3-3
8:30 AM
SMALL SHELLY FOSSILS FROM THE DYERAN-DELAMARAN (“LOWER”-“MIDDLE” CAMBRIAN) BOUNDARY INTERVAL OF THE PIOCHE-CALIENTE REGION, NEVADA, USA
MOORE, John L., Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, PORTER, Susannah M., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, WEBSTER, Mark, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and MALOOF, Adam C., Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, jlmoore@geol.ucsb.edu
3-4
8:45 AM
APPLYING BAYESIAN AND MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD METHODS TO CENTURY-OLD HYPOTHESES: THE LATE ORDOVICIAN RICHMONDIAN INVASION
LAM, Adriane R., Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003 and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, arlam@umass.edu
3-5
9:00 AM
ORDOVICIAN SMALL SHELLY FAUNA FROM THE ELGIN MEMBER OF THE MAQUOKETA: ECOLOGICALLY DWARFED OR TAPHONOMICALLY BIASED?
REEDER, Jessie L., Geosciences, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, DATTILO, Benjamin F., Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, ARGAST, Anne, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1445 and PETERS, Winifried S., Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E Colliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, reedjl02@students.ipfw.edu
3-6
9:15 AM
BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE JURASSIC SUNDANCE SEAWAY OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: A TEST OF THE SINGLE NORTHERN ENTRANCE
KUSNERIK, Kristopher M., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, kmkusnerik@ufl.edu
3-7
9:30 AM
CRETACEOUS TERRESTRIAL BIOTA AND LAKE ENVIRONMENT IN NE CHINA
WAN, Xiaoqiao, XI, Dangpeng, JIANG, Tian and LI, Wei, State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China, wanxq@cugb.edu.cn
 
9:45 AM
Break
3-8
10:00 AM
LATITUDINAL CORRELATION OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR BASIN DURING THE ZENITH OF DINOSAUR DIVERSITY: HIGH-PRECISION U-PB ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY FROM THE CAMPANIAN OF NORTH AMERICA
RAMEZANI, Jahandar, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Bldg. 54-1126, Cambridge, MA 02139, ROBERTS, Eric M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810, Australia, EBERTH, David A., Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, T2L 2A7, Canada, ROGERS, Raymond R., Geology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 55105 and BOWRING, Samuel A., Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, ramezani@mit.edu
3-9
10:15 AM
UPPER CRETACEOUS DAKOTA FORMATION CONTINENTAL MOLLUSKS – RESURRECTION OF WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY EASTERN SEABOARD OCCURRENCES
HARTMAN, Joseph H., Harold Hamm School of Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, 81 Cornell Drive, Stop 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, joseph.hartman@engr.und.edu
10:30 AM
DIGITIZING ANCIENT SEAS TO ADVANCE STUDENT RESEARCH AND PUBLIC OUTREACH THROUGH THE SD MINES MUSEUM OF GEOLOGY
ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57702, PAGNAC, Darrin, Geology & Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, BELANGER, Christina, Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, SHELTON, Sally, Museum of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Techonology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701 and PRICE, Maribeth, Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, Laurie.Anderson@sdsmt.edu
10:45 AM
CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA FROM PATAGONIA AND ANTARCTICA ADDS PRECISION TO FAUNAL TIME FRAMES, BUT CREATES UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THE EOCENE ANTARCTIC LAND MAMMAL FAUNA
CASE, Judd A., College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Eastern Washington University, 138 Communications Bldg., Cheney, WA 99004, jcase@ewu.edu
11:00 AM
PRESENTATION: LATE MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE HOMININ BIOGEOGRAPHY: COMPARATIVE ANALYSES OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAN FAUNA
RECTOR, Amy L., School of World Studies/Anthropology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 312 N. Shafer St., Richmond, VA 23284, CAMPISANO, Christopher J., Institute of Human Origins, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 and O'NEILL, Kelsey D., Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 312 N. Shafer St., Richmond, VA 23284, arverrelli@vcu.edu
11:15 AM
CYCLE-CALIBRATED MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY OF MIDDLE CARNIAN FROM SOUTH CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR LATE TRIASSIC TIME SCALE AND TERMINATION OF THE YANGTZE PLATFORM
ZHANG, Yang Wendy, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, LI, Mingsong, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, OGG, James G., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, MONTGOMERY, Paul, Chevron Energy Technology Company, 1500 Lousiana Street, Houston, TX 77002, HUANG, Chunju, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, CHEN, Zhong Qiang, State Key Laboratory GPMR, China University of Geosciences, Lumo Road 388, Wuhan, 430074, China, SHI, Zhiqiang, Institute of Sedimentary Geology, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610059, China, ENOS, Paul, University of Kansas, Department of Geology, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LEHRMANN, Dan, Geoscience, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX 78212, zhan2214@purdue.edu
11:30 AM
LEAF AREA INDEX, MAMMALIAN SPECIES RICHNESS AND MAMMALIAN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN SOUTH AMERICA TODAY AND IN THE MIDDLE CENOZOIC
DUNN, Regan E., Botany, University of Wyoming, 1000 E University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071 and MADDEN, Richard, Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, rdunn@uwyo.edu
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