GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 312
Wednesday, 28 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)

T152. Troubles and Triumphs with Fossil Phylogenies

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution
Jennifer E. Bauer, Adriane R. Lam and Sarah L. Sheffield, Advocates
1:30 PM
EFFECTS OF RANDOMLY AND NON-RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED MISSING DATA IN SUPPORT VALUES OF BAYESIAN AND PARSIMONY ANALYSIS (Invited Presentation)
POL, Diego and HOLLEY, Alfredo, Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, CONICET, Av Fontana 140, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, dpol@mef.org.ar
1:50 PM
COMPARING THE RELATIVE EFFICACY OF BAYESIAN, MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD, AND PARSIMONY METHODS FOR THE ESTIMATION OF TOPOLOGY FROM MORPHOLOGY THROUGH THE USE OF BOTH SIMULATED AND EMPIRICAL DATA
O'REILLY, Joseph E.1, DONOGHUE, Philip C.J.1, PISANI, Davide2 and PUTTICK, Mark1, (1)School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, (2)School of Earth Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TG, United Kingdom, jo13931@bristol.ac.uk
2:05 PM
PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION OF RECENT SHORT-LOOP TEREBRATULIDE BRACHIOPODS:  COMPARING SOURCES OF VARIABILITY
CARLSON, Sandra J.1, BAPST, David W.2 and SCHREIBER, Holly A.1, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, (2)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, sjcarlson@ucdavis.edu
2:20 PM
APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION FOR TRAIT EVOLUTION ON PHYLOGENIES (Invited Presentation)
O'MEARA, Brian C., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, 446 Hesler Biology, Knoxville, TN 37996 and BANBURY, Barbara, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, bomeara@utk.edu
2:40 PM
ASSESSING THE PHYLOGENETIC PERFORMANCE OF MORPHOLOGICAL PARTITIONS USING META-ANALYSIS AND MOLECULES
SANSOM, Robert and CALLENDER-CROWE, Leah, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom, robert.sansom@manchester.ac.uk
2:55 PM
TOTAL-EVIDENCE ANALYSES SUPPORT A CRETACEOUS ORIGIN OF TELLURAVES
CROUCH, Nicholas M.A., RAMANAUSKAS, Karolis and IGIC, Boris, Dept. Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, ncrouc2@uic.edu
3:10 PM
UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF BASAL MOSASAURINAE USING A SPECIMEN-LEVEL PHYLOGENY: PITFALLS, POLYTOMIES, AND HIGH LEVELS OF VARIATION WITHIN “CLIDASTES
LIVELY, Joshua R., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, joshuarlively@gmail.com
 
3:25 PM
Break
3:40 PM
A NEW PHYLOGENY OF EOCENE ATHLETA (GASTROPODA:VOLUTIDAE) FROM THE US GULF COASTAL PLAIN AND A NOTE ON GENUS LEVEL TRAITS
FRIEND, Dana S., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, dsf88@cornell.edu
4:10 PM
CONSTRUCTING A PHYLOGENY WITH FEW OBVIOUS CHARACTERS: AN EXAMPLE USING LATE CRETACEOUS BACULITIDS (AMMONOIDEA)
SLATTERY, Joshua S., School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620, ANDRES, Brian, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620 and HARRIES, Peter J., Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, NC State University, 2800 Faucette Drive, Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208, Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, dinohyus@gmail.com
4:25 PM
RELATING EDIACARAN FRONDS
DECECCHI, Thomas Alexander, Department of Geological Sciences, Queen's University, Bruce Wing/Miller Hall, 36 Union Street, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, NARBONNE, Guy M., Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada and GREENTREE, Carolyn, School of Geosciences, Monash University, Melbourne, 3800, Australia, td50@queensu.ca
4:40 PM
THE EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS OF EARLY ECHINODERMS: REINTERPRETATIONS BASED ON THE AMBULACRAL SYSTEMS OF EUMORPHOCYSTIS
SHEFFIELD, Sarah L., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410 and SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, ssheffi2@vols.utk.edu
4:55 PM
BRINGING BLASTOIDS (ECHINODERMATA) BACK TO LIFE: CFD SIMULATIONS OF VIRTUAL 3D MODELS
WATERS, Johnny A.1, WHITE, Lyndsie Elizabeth1, NGUYEN, Bonnie K.1 and SUMRALL, Colin D.2, (1)Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, watersja@appstate.edu
5:10 PM
A MORPHOLOGICAL AND SYNCHROTRON-BASED TOMOGRAPHIC REEVALUATION OF MACURDABLASTUS AS THE OLDEST MEMBER OF BLASTOIDEA (ECHINODERMATA)
BAUER, Jennifer E., Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, WATERS, Johnny A., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608 and RAHMAN, Imran Alexander, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, jbauer5@vols.utk.edu
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