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

Session No. 176
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 316 (Baltimore Convention Center)

Paleontology: Evolutionary Patterns in the Fossil Record

Sarah Tweedt and Rachel Racicot, Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
IMPLIED WEIGHTING AND ITS UTILITY IN PHYLOGENETIC PALEONTOLOGICAL DATASETS: A STUDY USING MODELLED PHYLOGENETIC MATRICES
CONGREVE, Curtis R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and LAMSDELL, James C., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, Kline Geology Laboratory, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, crcongreve@gmail.com
8:15 AM
THE INTERACTION OF RATE, MAGNITUDE, AND DIRECTION OF CHANGE IN DETERMINING LONG-TERM PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
HOPKINS, Melanie, Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, mhopkins@amnh.org
8:30 AM
MODE DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH TEMPO IN EVOLUTION
VOJE, Kjetil Lysne, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, k.l.voje@ibv.uio.no
8:45 AM
TIME SPAN OF PHYLOGENY'S INFLUENCE ON PHENOTYPES
GINGERICH, Philip D., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, gingeric@umich.edu
9:00 AM
PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT UNDERLIE A MODEL FOR MORPHOLOGY
TWEEDT, Sarah, Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th St. and Constitution Ave, Washington, DC 20013-7012, tweedts@si.edu
9:15 AM
PRIOR PROBABILITIES OF STRATIGRAPHIC GAPS IMPLIED BY PHYLOGENIES
WAGNER, Peter J., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560 and WARNOCK, Rachel, Paleobiology, Smithsonian, Washington, DC 20013-7012, wagnerpj@si.edu
9:30 AM
HOW DENSE CAN YOU BE? MEASURES OF VEIN DENSITY IN ANGIOSPERM LEAVES
GREEN, Walton A., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, wagreen@bricol.net
9:45 AM
A FUNCTIONAL DESIGN SPACE FOR AERODYNAMIC DISPERSAL BEHAVIOR BASED ON WING MORPHOLOGY FOR ALL LIVING AND FOSSIL PLANT PROPAGULES
LARSON-JOHNSON, Kathryn, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and BOYCE, C. Kevin, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305, larsonk@stanford.edu
10:00 AM
COMBINED ANALYSIS OF EXTANT RHYNCHONELLIDA (BRACHIOPODA) USING MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DATA
BAPST, David W.1, CARLSON, Sandra J.2 and SCHREIBER, Holly A.2, (1)Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph, Rapid City, SD 57701; Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, sjcarlson@ucdavis.edu
10:15 AM
UNRAVELING EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS IN THE EARLY CAMBRIAN; A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE TRILOBITE FAMILY EDELSTEINASPIDIDAE AND THE PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS
SWISHER, Robert E., Dept. of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and WEBSTER, Mark, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, rswisher@uchicago.edu
10:30 AM
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE TRILOBITE ELDREDGEOPS RANA TO ASSESS GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF VARIATION IN THE MICHIGAN AND APPALACHIAN BASINS DURING THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN PERIOD
WITTE, Matthew and YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, mkwitte@bgsu.edu
10:45 AM
MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD AND TRILOBITES: A NEW APPROACH TO PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES OF FOSSIL TAXA
HEINS, Liam E., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, HOLDER, Mark T., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Ave, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LIEBERMAN, Bruce S., Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Dyche Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, lheins@ku.edu
11:00 AM
A HALKIERIID-LIKE ACULIFERAN MOLLUSC FROM THE EARLY ORDOVICIAN FEZOUATA BIOTA, ANTI ATLAS REGION, MOROCCO
VINTHER, Jakob, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511 and VAN ROY, Peter, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, jakob.vinther@bristol.ac.uk
11:15 AM
SCALE-BASED PHYLOGENY OF PALEOZOIC CHONDRICHTHYANS
ANDREEV, Plamen Stanislavov, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, West Midlands, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, COATES, Michael I., Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, 1027 E. 57th St, Chicago, IL 60637 and SANSOM Sr, Ivan J., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, p.andreev@bham.ac.uk
11:30 AM
IMPLICATIONS OF THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE BONY LABYRINTH FOR THE PALEOECOLOGY AND SYSTEMATICS OF TURTLES
LIVELY, Joshua, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, joshuarlively@utexas.edu
11:45 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS OF BACKGROUND EXTINCTION RISK FOR AMMONITES THROUGH THE CRETACEOUS
CHANG, Lucy, FINNEGAN, Seth and MARSHALL, Charles R., Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, luchang@berkeley.edu
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