GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 17
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4AB (Colorado Convention Center)

T148. Making Paleoecology Relevant to the Twenty-First Century

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution
Larisa R.G. DeSantis and Samantha S.B. Hopkins, Advocates
8:00 AM
A POTENTIAL TWO-PHASED EXTINCTION EVENT AT THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY, AND LESSONS FOR THE CURRENT BIODIVERSITY CRISIS (Invited Presentation)
DARROCH, Simon A.F., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 5726 Stevenson Center, 7th floor, Nashville, TN 37240, simon.darroch@gmail.com
8:15 AM
CFD MODELING OF THECAL SHAPE IN BLASTOIDS (ECHINODERMATA)
NGUYEN, Bonnie K.1, WATERS, Johnny A.1, MARSHALL, Scott T.1, WHITE, Lyndsie Elizabeth1 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, bonner.ngu@gmail.com
8:30 AM
EVALUATING RESPONSE OF LARGE-SCALE SHALLOW MARINE BIODIVERSITY PATTERN TO CLIMATE CHANGE USING MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL RECORDS
CHIU, Wing Tung Ruby, School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, YASUHARA, Moriaki, School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building,, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CRONIN, Thomas M., U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192, HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, GEMERY, Laura, Eastern Geology and Paleoclimate Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 and WEI, Chih-Lin, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taipei, Taiwan, rubychiu@ymail.com
8:45 AM
ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC EUTROPHICATION USING LIVE-DEAD AGREEMENT IN MOLLUSCAN LIFE HISTORY TRAITS
HARNIK, Paul G., TORSTENSON, Morgan L. and WILLIAMS, Mario A., Department of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College, 415 Harrisburg Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603, paul.harnik@fandm.edu
9:00 AM
ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF CORONULID BARNACLE SHELLS TO RECONSTRUCT MYSTICETE WHALE MIGRATION
TAYLOR, Larry D., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, larry.taylor@berkeley.edu
9:15 AM
ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF LATITUDE AND ENVIRONMENT ON SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF EOCENE SAND TIGER SHARKS
KIM, Sora L., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 121 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40508; Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, FIEMAN, Dina M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, ZEICHNER, Sarah S., Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 and EBERLE, Jaelyn J., CU Museum and Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, 265 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, sora.kim@uky.edu
9:30 AM
BURROWING AND THE EVOLUTIONARY RATCHET AMONG RODENTS: APPLICATIONS OF PHYLOGENETIC COMPARATIVE METHODS TO UNDERSTANDING PALEOECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
HOPKINS, Samantha S.B., Clark Honors College and Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403 and PRICE, Samantha A., Evolution and Ecology, Department of Evolution and Ecology, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, shopkins@uoregon.edu
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9:45 AM
Break
10:15 AM
THE INCREASING INFLUENCE OF HUMANS ON MAMMALIAN MACROECOLOGICAL PATTERNSĀ OVER THE LATE QUATERNARY
SMITH, Felisa A., Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, LYONS, S. Kathleen, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and ERNEST, S.K. Morgan, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, PO Box 110430, Gainesville, FL 32611, fasmith@unm.edu
10:30 AM
FLESH OFF THE BONES: LATE QUATERNARY BODY SIZE AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OF CANIDS USING FOSSIL FRAGMENTS
PARDI, Melissa, Natural Resources and The Environment, University of New Hampshire, 56 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, Melissa.Pardi@unh.edu
10:45 AM
MAMMALIAN RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE DURING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE SURVIVORS OF THE LATE PLEISTOCENE MEGAFAUNAL EXTINCTION
DESANTIS, Larisa R.G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1805; Department of Rancho La Brea, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90036, larisa.desantis@vanderbilt.edu
11:00 AM
HOW WILL LIVING CAMELIDS RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE? INSIGHTS FROM THE PALEOECOLOGY OF PLEISTOCENE CAMELIDS
YANN, Lindsey T., Anatomy & Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, 1111 W 17th Street, Tulsa, OK 74107, lindsey.yann@okstate.edu
11:15 AM
HOW SPECIALIZED IS A DIET SPECIALIST? NICHE FLEXIBILITY AND LOCAL PERSISTENCE THROUGH TIME OF THE CHISEL-TOOTHED KANGAROO RAT
TERRY, Rebecca C., GUERRE, Megan E. and TAYLOR, David S., Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, rebecca.terry@science.oregonstate.edu
11:30 AM
ANTLERS OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: BASELINES OF BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY FROM BONES ON THE TUNDRA (Invited Presentation)
MILLER, Joshua H., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221 and WALD, Eric J., National Parks Service, Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, 4175 Geist Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709, josh.miller@uc.edu
11:45 AM
INFERRING SOCIALITY IN EXTINCT CARNIVORANS FROM DENTAL MICROWEAR TEXTURES: LESSONS FROM BONE CONSUMPTION AND PACK STATUS IN MODERN YELLOWSTONE WOLVES
HAUPT, Ryan J., Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Dept. 3006, 1000 University Ave E., Laramie, WY 82071, CLEMENTZ, Mark T., Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Berry Center 231, 1000 University Ave E., Laramie, WY 82071, DESANTIS, Larisa R.G., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1805 and FOX-DOBBS, Kena, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Ave, Laramie, WY 82071, rhaupt@uwyo.edu
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