GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 130
Monday, 23 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 606 (Washington State Convention Center)

T53. Digital, Digital Get Down: Frontiers in Virtual Paleontology

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution; GSA Geoinformatics Division
Jennifer E. Bauer and Johnny A. Waters, Advocates
1:30 PM
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AS A TOOL FOR TESTING FUNCTIONAL AND ECOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES IN FOSSIL TAXA (Invited Presentation)
RAHMAN, Imran Alexander, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, imran.rahman@oum.ox.ac.uk
1:45 PM
CONSTRUCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF BLASTOID FEEDING
WATERS, Johnny1, NGUYEN, Bonnie K.1 and WHITE, Lyndsie Elizabeth2, (1)Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608, (2)Cornerstone Architecture, 611 Alexander St #408, Vancouver, BC V6A 1E1, Canada, watersja@appstate.edu
2:00 PM
SYNCHROTRON-BASED TOMOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF EUMORPHOCYSTIS (DIPLOPORITA: ECHINODERMATA) AND ITS USE IN UNDERSTANDING MORPHOLOGY AND ONTOGENY
SHEFFIELD, Sarah L.1, BAUER, Jennifer E.1, SUMRALL, Colin D.2 and RAHMAN, Imran Alexander3, (1)Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1621 Cumberland Ave, 602 Strong Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (3)Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, ssheffi2@vols.utk.edu
2:15 PM
ECHINOIDS IN 3D: UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS THAT STRENGTHEN LIGHT-WEIGHT SKELETONS
GRUN, Tobias B., University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Sigwartstraße 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany and NEBELSICK, James H., University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Sigwartstrasse 10, Tübingen, 72076, Germany, tobias.grun@uni-tuebingen.de
2:30 PM
DIGITAL MODELING OF THE FUNCTIONAL EVOLUTION OF THE OPHIUROID ARM
CLARK, Elizabeth G. and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT 06511, elizabeth.g.clark@yale.edu
2:45 PM
PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF OYSTER CHALKY DEPOSITS USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
BANKER, Roxanne, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, rbanker@ucdavis.edu
3:00 PM
UNLOCKING THE FOSSIL RECORD WITH MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC 3D DATASETS OF MODERN AND FOSSIL PLANTS
SMITH, Selena Y., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, BENEDICT, John C., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 CC Little, 1100 N. University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and MATSUNAGA, Kelly, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, 2534 CC Little Bldg., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1005, sysmith@umich.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
PROSPECTS IN MICROANALYTICAL PALEOBIOLOGY: APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT LIFE
SCHIFFBAUER, James D. and SELLY, Tara, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, schiffbauerj@missouri.edu
3:45 PM
USING MUSEUM COLLECTIONS TO STUDY BRACHIOPOD SIZE CHANGE ACROSS EXTINCTION BOUNDARIES - TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MASS DIGITISATION
HUGHES, Zoe1, JOHNSON, Kenneth G.2, BELBEN, Rachel3, HUGHES, Chris1 and TWITCHETT, Richard J.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd., London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (3)Natural History Museum, London, Cromwell Rd, London, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, z.hughes@nhm.ac.uk
4:00 PM
INTEGRATING MORPHOSOURCE, A COMMUNITY DIGITAL REPOSITORY FOR 3D SPECIMEN DATA, WITH MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS PIPELINES
WINCHESTER, Julie M.1, BOYER, Doug M.1, FRANK, Lawrence2 and MAGA, Murat3, (1)Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, Duke University, Box 90383, 130 Science Drive, Biological Sciences Building, Durham, NC 27708, (2)Center for Scientific Computation in Imaging, University of California San Diego, Suite B227, 8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, (3)Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, julie.winchester@duke.edu
4:15 PM
VISUALIZING CRANIAL AND SUTURAL MORPHOLOGY OF PACHYCEPHALOSAUR DOMES USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
GOODWIN, Mark B.1, NIRODY, Jasmine A.2, HUYNH, Tony1, PARKINSON, Dilworth Y.3 and EVANS, David C.4, (1)Museum of Paleontology, University of California, 1101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg., Berkeley, CA 94720, (2)University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (4)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street., Toronto, ON M5S 3B2, Canada, mark@berkeley.edu
4:30 PM
A NOVEL 3D VISUALIZATION OF DINOSAUR BONEBEDS: INTEGRATING GEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY AND ARCHEOLOGY
KASKES, Pim1, BRUNKE, Luca2, EMAUS, Roeland2, BASTIAANS, Dylan3 and SCHULP, Anne3, (1)Department of Chemistry, Research Unit: Analytical, Environmental & Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, B-1050, Belgium; Department of Geology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Vondellaan 55, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, (2)Faculty of Archeology, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CC, Netherlands, (3)Department of Geology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Vondellaan 55, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, pim.kaskes@gmail.com
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