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

Session No. 252
Tuesday, 3 November 2015: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 315 (Baltimore Convention Center)

T160. Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems III

Paleontological Society
Darrin J. Molinaro, Carolyn M. Furlong, Amelinda E. Webb and Gary J. Motz, Session Chairs
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1:30 PM
USING ANCESTRAL STATE RECONSTRUCTION FROM MODERN TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOECOLOGY: WHEN DOES IT WORK (AND WHEN DOES IT NOT)?
SIMPSON, Andrew G., Department of Paleobiology/Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution/University of Maryland, College Park, Washington, DC 20740, WING, S.L., Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and FENSTER, Charles, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com
1:45 PM
EARLY RECOVERY OF METAZOAN FRAMEWORK REEFS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARCHAEOCYATH EXTINCTION: MIDDLE CAMBRIAN (LATE STAGE 5) ZHANGXIA FORMATION, SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA
LEE, Jeong-Hyun, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, WOO, Jusun, Division of Polar Earth-System Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, 406-840, South Korea, HONG, Jongsun, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Seoul, 136-713, South Korea, LEE, Dong-Jin, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, 760-749, South Korea and CHOH, Suk-Joo, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-713, South Korea, leejh85@snu.ac.kr
2:15 PM
REDESCRIPTION OF OESIA DISJUNCTA AS A CAMBRIAN ENTEROPNEUST (HEMICHORDATA) AND MARGARETIA DORUS AS ITS ASSOCIATED TUBE
NANGLU, Karma, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S3B2, Canada, CARON, Jean-Bernard, Department of Natural History (Paleobiology Section), Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S2C6, Canada; Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, 22 Russell Street, Toronto, ON M5S3B1, Canada; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S3B2, Canada, CAMERON, Christopher B., Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada and CONWAY MORRIS, Simon, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB23EQ, United Kingdom, karma.nanglu@alum.utoronto.ca
2:30 PM
CHRONOLOGICAL PERSISTENCE OF ACROPORA CERVICORNIS AT CORAL GARDENS, BELIZE
WAGGONER, Tanner, Washington and Lee University Geology Department, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450, GREER, Lisa, Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, GUILDERSON, Thomas P., Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, L397, LIvermore, CA 94550, CLARK, Tara, Radiogenic Isotope Facility, University of Queensland, Radiogenic Isotope Facility, University of Queensland, Bisbane QLD, 4072, Australia, BUSCH, James, Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, 104 N Randolph St, Lexington, VA 24450, BIEGEL, Jenna, Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, 204 West Washington Street, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450, LUSTIG III, Harry, Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, 204 West Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450, CURRAN, H. Allen, Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, LESCINSKY, Halard L., Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH 43081 and WIRTH, Karl, Geology Department, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105, waggonert16@mail.wlu.edu
2:45 PM
TAPHONOMIC LAG ON LAND: SNAIL DEATH ASSEMBLAGES SHOW RAPID INCORPORATION OF SYNANTHROPIC LIVING COMMUNITIES ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
WALL, Alexander F., Geology, University of Cincinnati, 500 Geology/Physics Building, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45220, wallaf@mail.uc.edu
3:00 PM
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PRESERVATION POTENTIALS OF SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS ON SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS
GIBSON, Brandt M., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235 and DARROCH, Simon A.F., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt, 5726 Stevenson Center, 7th floor, Nashville, TN 37240, brandt.m.gibson@vanderbilt.edu
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3:30 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON BIVALVE SKELETAL GROWTH
KILLAM, Daniel, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, dekillam@ucsc.edu
 
3:45 PM
Break
4:00 PM
TOOTH WEAR ANALYSES AS PROXIES FOR HABITAT OPENNESS AND AN ASSESSMENT OF DRIVERS FOR CHANGES IN BIODIVERSITY IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN DURING THE EARLY OLIGOCENE
HOFFMAN, Jonathan, Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070 and SAMUELS, Joshua X., National Park Service, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, 32651 Hwy 19, Kimberly, OR 97848, jhoffma9@uwyo.edu
4:15 PM
FIVE MILLION YEARS OF RODENT PALEODIETS IN THE MEADE BASIN, GREAT PLAINS, USA
HAVELES, Andrew W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, FOX, David L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219 and FOX-DOBBS, Kena, Department of Geology, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N. Warner St, CMB 1048, Tacoma, WA 98416-1048, have0118@umn.edu
4:30 PM
USING ISOTOPIC, ECOMORPHOMETRIC, AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF MODERN RODENTS AS ANALOGUES FOR FOSSIL RODENT PALEOECOLOGY
FOX, David L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455-0219, HAVELES, Andrew W., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, KELLER, Jonathan Stanford, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, 987 Upper Buford Cir, Falcon Heights, MN 55108 and MCNULTY, Kieran P., Department of Anthropology, University of Minnesota, 395 Hubert H. Humphrey Center, 301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, dlfox@umn.edu
4:50 PM
UNUSUAL, FOSSILIFEROUS CONCRETIONS FROM THE LOWER JURASSIC MOENAVE FORMATION OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANCIENT FISH MASS MORTALITIES
VITKUS, Allison R., Museum and Field Studies, University of Colorado Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80305, CHIN, Karen, Geological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, KIRKLAND, James I., Utah Geological Survey, 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, P.O. Box 146100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6100, MILNER, Andrew R.C., St. George Dinosaur Discovery Sight at Johnson Farm, 2180 East Riverside Dr, St. George, UT 84790 and SIMPSON, Edward L., Department of Physical Sciences, Kutztown University, 424 Boehm Hall, Kutztown, PA 19530, allison.vitkus@colorado.edu
5:05 PM
DINOSAUR COPROLITES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION IN SOUTHERN UTAH SUPPORT AN UPDATED INTERPRETATION OF HERBIVOROUS DINOSAUR FEEDING HABITS
CHIN, Karen, Geological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, UCB 265, Boulder, CO 80309, Karen.Chin@colorado.edu
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