GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

Session No. 163
Monday, 26 September 2016: 9:00 AM-6:30 PM
Exhibit Hall E/F (Colorado Convention Center)

Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns (Posters)

Authors will be present from 4:30 to 6:30 PM.
284
LATE WASATCHIAN AND EARLY BRIDGERIAN EOCENE DERMATEMYDID TURTLES FROM THE WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GREEN RIVER BASIN, WYOMING
EBAUGH, Emily M. and BARTELS, William S., Department of Geological Sciences, Albion College, 611 E Porter St, Albion, MI 49224, eme12@albion.edu
285
THE EFFECT OF SHELL MORPHOLOGY ON SEDIMENT RETENTION IN TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS
WALDMAN, Emily K., Cornell University, Snee Hall, 112 Hollister Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850, ANDERSON, Brendan Matthew, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1142 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850 and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1398; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1142 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, BMA53@Cornell.edu
Handouts
  • Waldman, Anderson and Allmon 2016 Sediment smaller size.pdf (5.8 MB)
  • 286
    SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION IN PALEOZOIC OPHIUROIDS: NOVEL INSIGHTS THROUGH 3D IMAGING
    CLARK, Elizabeth G., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520, PRANGLEY, Madeleine S., Biology Department, Oberlin College, 119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, THUY, Ben, Natural History Museum Luxembourg, 24 Rue Münster, L-2160, Luxembourg, DARROCH, Simon A.F., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 5726 Stevenson Center, 7th floor, Nashville, TN 37240, SORIANO, Carmen, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, 9700 S Cass ave, Lemont, IL 60439 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, elizabeth.g.clark@yale.edu
    287
    BAYESIAN STATE-SPACE MODELING OF EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES
    HANDLEY, John C., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, jhandley@rochester.rr.com
    288
    A NEW GENUS OF HESPERHYINE PECCARY (MAMMALIA: ARTIODACTYLA) FROM THE LATE OLIGOCENE OF OREGON: IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOBIOLOGICAL DATABASES
    PROTHERO, Donald, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, donaldprothero@att.net
    289
    STASIS IN RANCHO LA BREA BLACK VULTURES (CORAGYPS OCCIDENTALIS) OVER THE LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE
    LONG, Katherine L., Geological Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768, PROTHERO, Donald, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007 and SYVERSON, V.J.P., Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, kllong@cpp.edu
    290
    PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE MIOCIDARIDAE AND TRIADOTIARIDAE WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF EARLY POST-PALEOZOIC ECHINOIDS
    THOMPSON, Jeffrey R., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, PETSIOS, Elizabeth, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy Zumberge Hall of Science, University Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, thompsjr@usc.edu
    291
    SIZE AND SHAPE STASIS IN RANCHO LA BREA BARN OWLS OVER THE LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE
    MADAN, Meena A., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom, PROTHERO, Donald, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007 and SYVERSON, V.J.P., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Weeks Hall, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53715, mm13970@my.bristol.ac.uk
    292
    NEW PHYLOGENY-BASED AND LINNAEAN CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE CRINOIDEA (ECHINODERMATA)
    WRIGHT, David F., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, DC 43210, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, COLE, Selina R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, PETER, Mark E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Room 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210 and RHENBERG, Elizabeth C., Geology, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, wright.1433@osu.edu
    293
    ASSESSING PATTERNS OF MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN COCCOLITHOPHORES WHEN COCCOSPHERES ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE FOSSIL RECORD
    VILLAROSA GARCIA, Marites, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, marites@uchicago.edu
    294
    THE STABILITY OF SCLERACTINIAN MICROMORPHOLOGY AND MICROSTRUCTURE
    TIBBITS, Matthew, Univesrity of Iowa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, matthew-tibbits@uiowa.edu
    295
    MORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION AND DISPARITY IN CAMBRIAN ECHINODERMS
    SMITH, Nicholas S.1, ZAMORA, Samuel2, RAHMAN, Imran Alexander3 and DELINE, Bradley1, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple St, Carrollton, GA 30118, (2)Museo Geominero, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, C/Manuel Lasala, 44, 9ºB, Zaragoza, 50006, Spain, (3)Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, nsmith29@my.westga.edu
    296
    ACCURACY OF BODY SIZE DATA COLLECTED BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
    SEIFERT, Neil J.1, NAGEL-MYERS, Judith1, ROHLFSEN, Leah2 and DORR, Jessica2, (1)Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, (2)Sociology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, njseif13@stlawu.edu
    297
    MORPHOMETRIC AND ECOLOGICAL DISCREPANCIES OF LUCINIDAE (BIVALVIA) IN VARIOUS MARINE ENVIRONMENTS ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
    KOKESH, Broc S., Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701, ANDERSON, Laurie C., Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East St. Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57702 and ENGEL, Annette Summers, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996, Broc.Kokesh@mines.sdsmt.edu
    298
    GRINDING TOMOGRAPHY: INSIGHTS INTO FOSSIL
    IFRIM, Christina, Institut für Geowissenschaften, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 234, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany, christina.ifrim@geow.uni-heidelberg.de
    299
    NEW MORPHOLOGICAL DATA FOR THE EARLY ONTOGENY OF PENTREMITES (BLASTOIDEA, ECHINODERMATA) USING SYNCHROTRON-BASED TOMOGRAPHY
    BOUDREAU, Matthew J.1, BAUER, Jennifer E.1, SUMRALL, Colin D.2, RAHMAN, Imran Alexander3 and WATERS, Johnny A.4, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (3)Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, jbauer5@vols.utk.edu
    300
    CUTICULAR FLUORESCENCE IN EXTANT AND EXTINCT CHELICERATES
    RUBIN, Margaret, Geology, Oberlin College, 52 W Lorain Street, Oberlin, NY 44074; Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, LAMSDELL, James, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, PRENDINI, Lorenzo, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024 and HOPKINS, Melanie, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, mrubin@oberlin.edu
    301
    WUCHIAPINGIAN ARAUCARIA-LIKE WOOD FROM THE WUTONGGOU FORMATION  IN NORTHERN BOGDA MOUNTAINS, NORTHWESTERN CHINA
    WAN, Mingli, Department of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, No. 39, East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, YANG, Wan, Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409 and WANG, Jun, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, mlwan@nigpas.ac.cn
    302
    MORPHOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PUTATIVE TINTINNID FOSSILS FROM THE TSAGAAN OLOM GROUP, MONGOLIA
    VIZCAINO, Maoli, Geosciences Department, Williams College, 947 Main street, Williamstown, MA 01267, ANDERSON, Ross P., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, MACDONALD, Francis A., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 and COHEN, Phoebe, Geosciences, Williams College, 203 Clark Hall, Williamstown, MA 01267, mnv1@williams.edu
    303
    MEDULLOPROTAXODIOXYLON TRIASSICUM GEN. ET SP. NOV., A TAXODIACEOUS CONIFER WOOD FROM THE NORIAN (TRIASSIC) IN NORTHERN BOGDA MOUNTAINS, XINJIANG, NORTHWESTERN CHINA
    WAN, Mingli1, YANG, Wan2, TANG, Peng3, LIU, Lujun1 and WANG, Jun4, (1)Department of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, No. 39, East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, (2)Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, (3)State Key Laboratory of Paleobiology and Stratigraphy, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, Nanjing, 210008, China, (4)Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, jun.wang@nigpas.ac.cn
    304
    RHACHIPHYLLUM (AL. CALLIPTERIS) HEILONGJIANGENSIS (HUANG) COMB. ET EMEND. NOV. FROM THE WUCHIAPINGIAN WUTONGGOU FORMATION IN THE JUNGGAR BASIN, NORTHERN BOGDA MOUNTAINS, NORTHWESTERN CHINA
    WAN, Mingli, Department of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, No. 39, East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, KERP, Hans, Forschungsstelle für Paläobotanik, Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Hindenburgplatz 57, Münster, 48143, Germany, YANG, Wan, Geology and Geophysics Program, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409 and WANG, Jun, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, yangwa@mst.edu
    305
    USING GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS TO TEST SPECIES IDENTIFICATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF CONODONT EVOLUTION IN THE ILLINOIS BASIN, MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN
    ZIMMERMAN, Alexander N.1, JOHNSON, Claudia C.2 and POLLY, P. David2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. Tenth St., Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, alexzimm@indiana.edu
    306
    A NEW ENDOCRANIAL CAST OF TRICERATOPS HORRIDUS
    HANKS, H. Douglas, Paleontology, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 West Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, ERICKSON, Bruce R., Paleontology, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102 and HAIRE, Scott A., Biology, Science Museum of Minnesota, 120 W. Kellogg Blvd, St. Paul, MN 55102, hanks.douglas@gmail.com
    307
    EVALUATING THE EARLY CAMBRIAN ORIGINS AND INTER-CLADE RELATIONSHIPS OF CORYNEXOCHINE TRILOBITES; EXAMINATION OF THE GENUS ZACANTHOPSIS
    SWISHER, Robert, Dept. of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, WEBSTER, Mark, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and HOPKINS, Melanie, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, rswisher@uchicago.edu
    308
    THE EVOLUTION OF AQUATIC MAMMALS TOWARD A UNIVERSAL LARGE SIZE? EVIDENCE FROM PHYLOGENETICS AND FOSSILS
    GEARTY, William, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, MCCLAIN, Craig R., Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, LA 70344 and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305, wgearty@stanford.edu
    Handouts
  • GSA 2016 Poster.pdf (1.3 MB)
  • 309
    FRACTAL GEOMETRY OF NANNOFOSSIL SPECIES DISCOASTER PENTARADIATUS
    CLARK, William B.1, CLARK, M.W.1 and CLARK, R.K.2, (1)Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36607, (2)Physics, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, wclark38@gmail.com
    310
    SIMPLIFYING THE METHODS - BODY LENGTH ESTIMATES FOR CARCHAROCLES MEGALODON USING ASSOCIATED TOOTH SETS AND JAW WIDTH RELATED DATA FROM GREAT WHITE SHARKS AND MAKOS
    LEDER, Ronny M., Florida Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Paleontology Department, Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Rd., PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, PEREZ, Victor J., Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 and BADAUT, Teddy, Independent affiliate, Thoirette, 39530 / 39240, France, leder.ronnymaik@flmnh.ufl.edu
    311
    HIDDEN HYPOSTOMES: HOW COVERT PRESERVATION IN AGNOSTOIDS INCREASES INFORMATION ON THE VENTRAL MOUTHPLATE
    MIGUEL, Miguel Angel, Geology, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 and RITTERBUSH, Linda Anita, Geology, California Lutheran University, 60 Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, mmiguel@callutheran.edu
    312
    A MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH TO REFINING SPECIES CONCEPTS FOR THE LATE CRETACEOUS PLANKTIC FORAMINIFERAL GENUS GLOBIGERINELLOIDES
    HUBER, Brian T.1, BRAOUDAKIS, Georgina V.2, GOLD, Zachary W.3 and FRAASS, Andrew Jeffrey1, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)Washington, DC, (3)Saint John's College, Annapolis, MD 21401, HuberB@si.edu
    313
    MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION AND TAXONOMIC REVISION OF LATE MIOCENE NEOGASTROPODS (AMERICOLIVA, OLIVELLA) FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
    CHIN, Courtney T. and ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, cchin@calacademy.org
    314
    TURRITELLIDS TAKE OVER: LATITUDINAL RANGE EXPANSION AND BODY SIZE INCREASE IN TURRITELLID GASTROPODS SINCE THE LATE CRETACEOUS
    GIGLIOTTI, Michael, Cornell University, Day Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, PIETSCH, Carlie, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and ALLMON, Warren D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1142 Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, mvg35@cornell.edu
    315
    BODY SIZE TRENDS IN MESOZOIC MARINE REPTILES
    SCHAAL, Ellen K. and TOIVONEN, Chris A., Department of Geology, Lawrence University, 711 E Boldt Way, Appleton, WI 54911, eschaal@alumni.stanford.edu
    316
    ONTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE PHACOPID TRILOBITE CALYPTAULAX STRASBURGENSIS
    JACOBS, Gabriel and CARLUCCI, Jesse R., Kimbell School of Geoscience, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd., Wichita Falls, TX 76308, hydra22@sbcglobal.net
    317
    DISCOVERY THROUGH DIGITIZATION: A NEW SCENTLESS PLANT BUG (FAMILY: RHOPALIDAE) FROM THE NEOGENE STEWART VALLEY, NEVADA, USA
    ERWIN, Diane M. and NGUYEN, Hiep, University of California Museum of Paleontology, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720, dmerwin@berkeley.edu
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