GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 132
Monday, 23 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 608 (Washington State Convention Center)

T60. The Onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversity Event (GOBE): Testing Hypotheses with Diverse Data Sets

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology); IGCP 653: Onset of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event; Paleontological Research Institution
Rebecca L. Freeman and Alycia L. Stigall, Advocates
1:30 PM
BIOGEOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF ORDOVICIAN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS INFERRED FROM A MICROBIOME FOR EARLIEST-DIVERGING MODERN PLANT LINEAGE SAMPLED FROM A REMOTE LOCALE MODELING ORDOVICIAN CONDITIONS
GRAHAM, Linda1, GRAHAM, James M.1, KNACK, Jennifer J.1, TREST, Marie1, PIOTROWSKI, Michael1 and ARANCIBIA, Patricia2, (1)Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Basic Sciences, University of Bio-Bio, Chillan, Chile, lkgraham@wisc.edu
Handouts
  • GSA Ordo.pptx (27.9 MB)
  • 1:45 PM
    SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMICAL INSIGHTS INTO MIDDLE–LATE ORDOVICIAN SEAS OF LAURENTIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARINE REDOX STATE, WEATHERING, AND BIODIVERSIFICATION (Invited Presentation)
    YOUNG, Seth A. and KOZIK, Nevin P., Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, 600 W College Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32306, sayoung2@fsu.edu
    2:00 PM
    87SR/86SR AND εND STRATIGRAPHY OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN CARBONATE SEDIMENTS IN ARGENTINA: A POTENTIAL LINK BETWEEN BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND PHYSIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN OCEAN CHEMISTRY
    HENDERSON, Miles A.1, KAH, Linda C.2, ALBANESI, Guillermo L.3, FELTES, Nicolás A.3, SERRA, Fernanda3, POLYAK, Victor J.4 and ASMEROM, Yemane4, (1)Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996, (2)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, (3)CICTERRA, CONICET-UNC, Avda. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, Córdoba, X5016GCA, Argentina, (4)Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, 200 Yale Blvd., Northrop Hall, Albuquerque, NM 87131, milesh@utk.edu
    2:15 PM
    PALAEO-MARINE ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTINCT ECOSYSTEMS FOLLOWING THE END-ORDOVICIAN CRISIS IN SOUTH CHINA
    ZHANG, Junpeng, ZHANG, Yuandong, FANG, Xiang, LI, Wenjie and ZHANG, Zhao, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, jpzhang@nigpas.ac.cn
    2:30 PM
    LINGULIFORM BRACHIOPODS ACROSS THE STEPTOEAN/SUNWAPTAN (LATE CAMBRIAN) “BIOMERE” BOUNDARY IN THE GREAT BASIN, USA
    FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, MILLER, James F., Geography, Geology, & Planning Department, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, EVANS, Kevin R., Geography, Geology, and Planning Department, Missouri State University, 910 S John Q Hammons Pkwy, Springfield, MO 65897 and BASSETT, Damon J., Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897, rebecca.freeman@uky.edu
     
    2:45 PM
    Break
    3:00 PM
    VARIATION IN TAPHONOMIC SIGNATURES BETWEEN BIOFACIES AND SYSTEMS TRACTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSITY ESTIMATES (Invited Presentation)
    CARLUCCI, Jesse R., Kimbell School of Geoscience, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd., Wichita Falls, TX 76308, jesse.carlucci@mwsu.edu
    3:15 PM
    REEF-BUILDING AT THE DAWN OF THE GOBE: THE RISE OF METAZOAN FRAMEWORK CONSTITUENTS IN LOWER-MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN REEFS, WESTERN UTAH, USA (Invited Presentation)
    MARENCO, Katherine N., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, kmarenco@brynmawr.edu
    3:30 PM
    HOW IS BIODIVERSITY PRODUCED? MOVING FROM BIODIVERSITY PATTERNS TO SPECIATION PROCESSES DURING THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT
    STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701, stigall@ohio.edu
    3:45 PM
    CAPTURE-MARK-RECAPTURE ANALYSIS OF DIVERSIFICATION RATES IN LAURENTIA AND BALTICA DURING THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT
    FRANECK, Franziska, University of Oslo, Natural History Museum, Sars gate 1, Oslo, 0562, Norway, franziska.franeck@nhm.uio.no
    4:00 PM
    SHORT OR LONG FUSE: TIMING THE ORDOVICIAN RADIATION USING THE FOSSILIZED BIRTH DEATH MODEL
    CONGREVE, Curtis R., Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, WAGNER, Peter J., Dept. of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560 and PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714, crcongreve@gmail.com
    4:15 PM
    DIVERSITY-DEPENDENT DIVERSIFICATION IN ORDOVICIAN–SILURIAN GRAPTOLOIDS
    FOOTE, Michael, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, COOPER, Roger A., GNS Science, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, 5010, New Zealand, CRAMPTON, James S., GNS Science, P.O. Box 30-368, Lower Hutt, 5040, New Zealand and SADLER, Peter M., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, mfoote@uchicago.edu
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