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

Session No. 265
Wednesday, 4 November 2015: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 310 (Baltimore Convention Center)

Paleontology: Go Big or Go Home: Fossil Range Sizes and Body Sizes

Alexis Rojas and Arjan Mann, Chairs
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Start Time
8:00 AM
LATITUDINAL PATTERNS IN LIFESPAN AND GROWTH RATE ACROSS MODERN MARINE BIVALVES
MOSS, David K., IVANY, Linda C., JUDD, Emily J., BEARDEN, Claire E., KIM, Woo -J., CUMMINGS, Patrick W., ARTRUC, Emily G. and DRISCOLL, Jeremy R., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, dkmoss@syr.edu
8:15 AM
INITIAL SURVIVAL OF MESOZOIC MARINE GENERA: A ROLE FOR GEOGRAPHIC RANGE BEYOND TEMPORAL AND TAXONOMIC HETEROGENEITY
RITTERBUSH, Kathleen A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 and FOOTE, Michael, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The Univ of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, k.ritterbush@utah.edu
8:30 AM
EMPIRICAL PATTERNS OF GEOGRAPHIC RANGE SIZE EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION IN MARINE INVERTEBRATES AND TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS ARE WELL PREDICTED BY A RANDOM WALK
ZAFFOS, Andrew1, PETERS, Shanan E.1 and MCMULLEN, Sharon K.2, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, azaffos@wisc.edu
8:45 AM
ADAPTIVE CREDIBLE INTERVALS ON STRATIGRAPHIC RANGES WHEN RECOVERY POTENTIAL IS UNKNOWN
WANG, Steve C., EVERSON, Philip J., ZHOU, Heather J., PARK, Dasol and CHUDZICKI, David J., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, scwang@swarthmore.edu
9:00 AM
MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY LACKS CLEAR BIOGEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE: A CASE STUDY USING MODERN COCCOLITHOPHORES (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE)
VILLAROSA GARCIA, Marites, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, marites@uchicago.edu
9:15 AM
EFFECTS OF NUMERICAL AND TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION ON COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION REVEAL THE NATURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS AND LINEAGE-LEVEL ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATISM
TOMASOVYCH, Adam1, NAWROT, Rafal2, ZUSCHIN, Martin2, HARZHAUSER, Mathias3 and MANDIC, Oleg3, (1)Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, 84005, Slovakia, (2)Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, A-1090, Austria, (3)Geological-Paleontological Department, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, Vienna, 1010, Austria, geoltoma@savba.sk
9:30 AM
THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE: RICHNESS VERSUS COMMONNESS
HANNISDAL, Bjarte, Department of Earth Science, Centre for Geobiology, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, Bergen, N-5020, Norway and LIOW, Lee Hsiang, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, bjarte.hannisdal@uib.no
 
9:45 AM
Break
10:00 AM
CHARACTERIZATION OF “SQUARE OBJECTS” FROM THE BEAR GULCH LIMESTONE (UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN, MONTANA)
ROSBACH, Stephanie, CUOMO, Carmela and BARTHOLOMEW, Paul R., Biology & Environmental Sciences Department, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516, srosb1@unh.newhaven.edu
10:15 AM
CONGRUENT PHYLOGENETIC AND FOSSIL SIGNATURES OF MAMMALIAN DIVERSIFICATION DYNAMICS
CANTALAPIEDRA, Juan L., Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, Berlin, 10115, Germany; Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Pinar 25, Madrid, 28006, Spain, HERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ, Manuel, Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, José Antonio Novais 2, Madrid, 28060, Spain; Departamento de Cambio Medioambiental, Instituto de Geociencias (UCM, CSIC), José Antonio Novais 2, Madrid, 28060, Spain, AZANZA, Beatriz, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Facultad de Ciencias - Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain and MORALES, Jorge, Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), Pinar 25, Madrid, 28006, Spain, jlopezcant@gmail.com
10:30 AM
INFERRING TRUE NUMBER OF DINOSAUR SPECIES BY ESTIMATING FOSSIL SAMPLING PROBABILITIES
STARRFELT, Jostein, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Oslo, 0371, Norway and LIOW, Lee Hsiang, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, jostein.starrfelt@ibv.uio.no
10:45 AM
DOES THE MAXIMUM BODY SIZE OF THEROPOD DINOSAURS INCREASE ACROSS THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC BOUNDARY? USING ONTOGENY AND PHYLOGENY TO UNDERSTAND TRANSITIONS IN EARTH HISTORY
GRIFFIN, Christopher T., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, OH 24061 and NESBITT, Sterling, Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, ctgriff@vt.edu
11:00 AM
BODY-SIZE EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGICAL REPLACEMENT IN TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES
LYONS, S. Kathleen1, HEIM, Noel A.2, SMITH, Felisa A.3, BALK, Meghan3, FINNEGAN, Seth4, KOWALEWSKI, Michał5, MCCLAIN, Craig R.6, MCSHEA, Dan6, NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M.7 and PAYNE, Jonathan L.2, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (4)Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, (5)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, (6)Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (7)Department of Biological Sciences, Benedictine University, 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532, lyonsskate@gmail.com
11:15 AM
HOW DO PRODUCTIVITY GRADIENTS INFLUENCE MOLLUSCAN SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS? PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A PILOT STUDY ON THE PACIFIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTS OF PANAMA
FINNEGAN, Seth1, O'DEA, Aaron2, RODRIGUEZ, Felix2 and DELVALLE, Yadixa2, (1)Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, (2)Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa Ancon, Panama, 2072, Panama, sethf@berkeley.edu
11:30 AM
UNIVERSAL PROCESSES GOVERN BODY MASS EVOLUTION IN MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS
SHOEMAKER, Lauren G., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 4200 Hanover Ave, Boulder, CO 80305 and CLAUSET, Aaron, Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Computer Science, 430 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0430, lauren.shoemaker@colorado.edu
11:45 AM
HIERARCHICAL COMPLEXITY AND THE LIMITS OF ORGANISM SIZE
HEIM, Noel A.1, PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, BALK, Meghan2, FINNEGAN, Seth3, KOWALEWSKI, Michal4, LYONS, S. Kathleen5, MCSHEA, Dan6, NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M.7, SMITH, Felisa A.2 and SPAETH, Paula A.8, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, (4)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, (5)Paleobiology, Smithsonian, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (6)Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, (7)Department of Biological Sciences, Benedictine University, 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532, (8)National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, 2024 W. Main Street, Suite A200, Durham, NC 27705, naheim@sedpaleo.org
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