GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 44
Sunday, 25 September 2016: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)

T136. Across Space and through Time: Understanding Evolution and Ecology Using Biogeography II

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution; Palaeontological Association
Alexander M. Dunhill and Erin E. Saupe, Advocates
1:30 PM
1:45 PM
THE FIRST GLOBAL-SCALE PHYLOGENETIC NETWORK BIOGEOGRAPHY ANALYSIS OF LATE PALEOZOIC AND EARLY MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES AND THE INFLUENCE OF MASS EXTINCTIONS ON ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION
BUTTON, David1, LLOYD, Graeme2, EZCURRA, Martin3 and BUTLER, Richard1, (1)School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Sydney, 2109, Australia, (3)Sección Paleontología de Vertebrados, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Acceso A Ángel Gallardo 490, Buenos Aires, C1405DJR, Argentina, d.j.button@bham.ac.uk
2:00 PM
AVIAN HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY: INTEGRATING FOSSILS, PHYLOGENY, AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING TO INVESTIGATE DRAMATIC CENOZOIC RANGE SHIFTS
FIELD, Daniel J.1, HSIANG, Allison Y.2, SAGOO, Navjit1 and SAUPE, Erin E.2, (1)Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, daniel.field@yale.edu
2:15 PM
USING BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY TO INFER CHANGE IN BARRIERS TO DISPERSAL THROUGH TIME: A CASE STUDY OF MESOZOIC DINOSAURS (Invited Presentation)
SOUL, Laura C., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution [NHB, MRC 121], P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 and LLOYD, Graeme T., Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia, SoulL@si.edu
2:30 PM
POTENTIAL PALEO-DRIVERS OF ANTI-TROPICAL DISTRIBUTIONS ACROSS THE FISH TREE OF LIFE
MYERS, Corinne, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87108 and LUDT, William B., Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Foster Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, cemyers@unm.edu
2:45 PM
MAMMAL BODY SIZE EVOLUTION IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE OVER 20 MILLION YEARS: SIMILAR TRENDS GENERATED BY DIFFERENT PROCESSES
HUANG, Shan, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK-F), Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, D-60325, Germany, ERONEN, Jussi T., Department of Geosciences & Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland, JANIS, Christine M., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, 80 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, SAARINEN, Juha J., Department of Geosciences & Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Natural History Museum London, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, FRITZ, Susanne A., Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Max-von-Laue-Str. 9, Frankfurt, 60438, Germany; Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Senckenberganlage 25, Frankfurt, D-60325, Germany and SILVESTRO, Daniele, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Göteborg, Medicinaregatan 18 A, Göteborg, 40530, Sweden, shan.huang@senckenberg.de
 
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
MOSAIC EVOLUTION IN THE MIDDLE MIOCENE PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA GLOBOROTALIA FOHSI LINEAGE
SI, Weimin, BERGGREN, William and AUBRY, Marie-Pierre, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Wright-Rieman Laboratories, Piscataway, NJ 08854, wsi@eps.rutgers.edu
3:30 PM
GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN BODY SIZE FOR THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC PELAGIC BIOME
STROTZ, Luke C.1, SAUPE, Erin E.1, HSIANG, Allison Y.1, ELDER, Leanne E.1, HEIM, Noel A.2, DOWSETT, Harry J.3 and HULL, Pincelli M.1, (1)Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (3)US Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, lukestrotz@gmail.com
3:45 PM
PATTERNS OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERAL EMBRYO AND ADULT SIZE VARIATIONS ACROSS MODERN NORTH AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS
KEATING-BITONTI, Caitlin R. and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305, crkeatin@stanford.edu
4:00 PM
CRETACEOUS DINOSAUR-BEARING FORMATIONS: PREDICTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR FOSSIL BIAS ESTIMATION
CHIARENZA, Alfio Alessandro1, ALLISON, Peter A.1, MANNION, Philip D.1, LUNT, Dan J.2 and MARKWICK, Paul J.3, (1)Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BP, United Kingdom, (2)School of Geographical Sciences, Bristol University, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, (3)Getech, Elmete Hall, Elmete Lane, Leeds, LS8 2LJ, a.chiarenza15@imperial.ac.uk
4:15 PM
CONTROLLING FOR THE SPECIES-AREA EFFECT REMOVES LONG-TERM DIVERSITY TRENDS IN MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES
CLOSE, Roger A., School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, BENSON, Roger B.J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom and BUTLER, Richard, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom, roger.close@gmail.com
4:30 PM
INSECT HERBIVORE COMMUNITIES TRACKED THE CONIFER AGATHIS (ARAUCARIACEAE) FROM PALEOGENE PATAGONIA TO MODERN AUSTRALASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA
DONOVAN, Michael P., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802; Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560; Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China, IGLESIAS, Ari, Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente, CONICET-Universidad Nacional del Comahue, San Carlos de Bariloche, 8400, Argentina, WILF, Peter, Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 and CÚNEO, N. Rubén, Paleobotany, CONICET-Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Trelew, 9100, Argentina, mpd187@psu.edu
 
4:45 PM
Concluding Remarks
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