GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 99
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 608 (Washington State Convention Center)

T49. Advances in Computational Paleobiology: Reshaping Our Understanding of the Fossil Record

Palaeontological Association; Paleontological Society
Rachel C.M. Warnock, Alexander M. Dunhill and Erin E. Saupe, Advocates
8:00 AM
QUANTIFYING THE ECOLOGICAL COMPONENTS OF PHENOTYPIC DIVERSIFICATION DURING THE “AGE OF CRINOIDS” WITH PHYLOGENETIC COMPARATIVE METHODS
WRIGHT, David F., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, wrightda@si.edu
8:15 AM
THE EFFECT OF STRATIGRAPHIC DATABASES ON PHYLOGENY-BASED TESTS OF MACROEVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESES
WAGNER, Peter, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, peterjwagner@unl.edu
8:30 AM
ACCOUNTING FOR DATING UNCERTAINTY IN PALEONTOLOGICAL ANALYSES
WANG, Steve C.1, LIN, Jason Z.2 and NGO QUY, Lan Anh2, (1)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (2)Computer Science, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081; Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, scwang@swarthmore.edu
8:45 AM
DATING THE HAWAIIAN SILVERSWORD RADIATION IN THE FACE OF PHYLOGENETIC, BIOGEOGRAPHIC, AND PALEOGEOGRAPHIC UNCERTAINTY
LANDIS, Michael James1, FREYMAN, Will2 and BALDWIN, Bruce G.2, (1)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, Environmental Sciences Center, 21 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, michael.landis@yale.edu
9:00 AM
NETWORK ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL CO-OCCURRENCE IN THE EDIACARAN AND PALEOZOIC
MUSCENTE, A. Drew, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, BYKOVA, Natalia, Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation, BOAG, Thomas H., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall Bldg. 320, Stanford, CA 94305, BUATOIS, Luis A., Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, ELEISH, Ahmed, Earth and Environmental Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, PRABHU, Anirudh, Tetherless World Constellation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, MEYER, Michael, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC 20015, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, FOX, Peter, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciemce, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy, NY 12180, HAZEN, Robert M., Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015 and KNOLL, Andrew H., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, a.d.muscente@gmail.com
9:15 AM
CO-OCCURRENCE PATTERNS SUGGEST THAT COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION IS RARE IN FOSSIL AND MODERN MARINE BENTHIC ECOSYSTEMS
KLOMPMAKER, Adiël A., Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720 and FINNEGAN, Seth, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building #4780, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, adielklompmaker@gmail.com
9:30 AM
MODELING CHANGES TO THE FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITION OF NORTH AMERICANMAMMAL DIVERSITY: MULTI-LEVEL DYNAMICS OF A REGIONAL SPECIES POOL
SMITS, Peter D., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, peterdavidsmits@gmail.com
9:45 AM
ANNA – A FUZZY LOGIC-BASED MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH TO FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGICAL MACROEVOLUTION
DICK, Daniel, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Toronto, ON L5L 1C6, Canada and LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, daniel.dick@mail.utoronto.ca
10:00 AM
STRUCTURE FROM MOTION AS A TOOL FOR 3D MORPHOMETRICS: A NEW PALEOBIOLOGICAL APPLICATION FOR A YOUNG GEOLOGICAL METHOD
SCLAFANI, Judith A., ROSELLE, Brooke and CHRISTIE, Max, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, jas1169@psu.edu
10:15 AM
TACKLING CAUSALITY IN PALEONTOLOGY WITHOUT A TIME MACHINE (Invited Presentation)
LIOW, Lee Hsiang, Natural History Museum and Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, l.h.liow@ibv.uio.no
10:30 AM
MINIMUM SPANNING TREE DISTANCE AND OTHER GEOGRAPHIC RANGE MEASURES AS PROXIES OF EXTINCTION RISK
BOYLE, James T., Evolution, Ecology and Behavior, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 126 Cooke Hall, North Campus, Buffalo, NY 14260, jamesboy@buffalo.edu
10:45 AM
EXTENDING THE REACH AND RESOLUTION OF THE PALEOBIOLOGY DATABASE WITH COMPUTATIONAL AND DATA INFRASTRUCTURES
PETERS, Shanan E.1, SYVERSON, V.J.P.1, ZAFFOS, Andrew1, HUSSON, Jon1, ROSS, Ian2 and CZAPLEWSKI, John1, (1)Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, (2)Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, peters@geology.wisc.edu
11:00 AM
THE QUANTITATIVE FOOTPRINT OF NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS AND SPECIMENS IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE
SYVERSON, V.J.P. and PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706, vsyverson@gmail.com
11:15 AM
RECONSIDERING THE PREDICTED EFFECTS OF PLATE TECTONIC PROCESSES ON REGIONAL AND GLOBAL DIVERSITY: NEW INSIGHTS FROM NEUTRAL THEORY
HOLLAND, Steven M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, stratum@uga.edu
11:30 AM
LIVING FOSSILS AS A RESEARCH PROGRAM
LIDGARD, Scott, Integrative Research Center, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605 and LOVE, Alan C., Department of Philosophy and Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, 831 Heller Hall, 271 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455, slidgard@fieldmuseum.org
11:45 AM
RECONSTRUCTING FOSSIL GRASS POLLEN DIVERSITY USING  SUPERRESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND MACHINE LEARNING
URBAN, Michael A.1, NYE, Nigel2, MIO, Washington3 and PUNYASENA, Surangi W.1, (1)Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois, 505 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801, (2)Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, (3)Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, 1017 Academic Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4510, mesosuchus@life.illinois.edu
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