GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 229
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 607 (Washington State Convention Center)

T70. Paleogenomics and Geobiology

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
Jeffrey R. Thompson and David J. Bottjer, Advocates
1:30 PM
PHYLOGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF BRACHIOPODA AND PHORONIDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION, BIOMINERALIZATION, AND THE CAMBRIAN RADIATION
BUTLER, Aodhán Dermot1, EITEL, Michael2, WÖRHEIDE, Gert2, CARLSON, Sandra J.3 and SPERLING, Erik A.1, (1)Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, (2)Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology,, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich., GeoBio-Center LMU, Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, Munich, 80333, Germany, (3)Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, aodhanb@stanford.edu
1:45 PM
PHYLOGENETICS AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ANCIENT GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS
THOMPSON, Jeffrey R., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and ERKENBRACK, Eric, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8106, thompsjr@usc.edu
2:00 PM
SEA-LEVEL CHANGE MEDIATES GENETIC DIVERSIFICATION OF COASTAL FISHES
DOLBY, Greer A., School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287; Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA, 610 Charles E. Young Dr. E., Los Angeles, CA 90095 and JACOBS, David K., Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, Univ California - Los Angeles, 610 Charles E. Young Dr. East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, gadolby@ucla.edu
2:15 PM
SPECIES AS TESTABLE HYPOTHESES: A CASE STUDY FROM TEREBRATELLIDINE BRACHIOPODS
LOPEZ-CARRANZA, Natalia and CARLSON, Sandra J., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, nlopezc@ucdavis.edu
2:30 PM
GENOME MACROEVOLUTION: INSIGHTS FROM FOSSILS AND PHYLOGENIES
ORGAN, Chris L., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173520, Bozeman, MT 59717, organ@montana.edu
 
2:50 PM
Discussion
3:00 PM
USING BIOMARKER GENOMICS TO DATE THE RISE OF COMPLEX LIFE
GOLD, David A., Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125 and SUMMONS, Roger E., Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, E25-633, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, dagold@caltech.edu
3:15 PM
THE MACROEVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF VERTEBRATE GENOME SIZE
GARDNER, Jacob D., Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 and ORGAN, Chris L., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, P.O. Box 173520, Bozeman, MT 59717, jdru94@gmail.com
3:30 PM
GENES THAT MAKE ROCKS
BOTTJER, David J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, dbottjer@usc.edu
3:45 PM
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF SAND DOLLARS (ECHINOIDEA: CLYPEASTEROIDA) WITH NEW DATA EXTRACTED FROM TAIWANESE SPECIES
LIN, Jih-Pai1, LEE, Kwen-Shen2, CHANG, Lo-Yu1 and LEE, Shyh-Jye3, (1)Geosciences, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, (2)Biology Department, National Museum of Natural Science, 1 Kuan Chien Rd., Taichung, 40453, Taiwan, (3)Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Room 605, Building of Life Science, 1 Roosevelt Rd. Sec. 4, Taipei, 10617, Taiwan, jplin@hotmail.com
4:00 PM
THE EARLIEST-KNOWN MUSTELID IN NORTH AMERICA AND THE CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF SMALL BODY SIZE IN MUSTELIDAE
PATERSON, Ryan, Earth Sciences, Canadian Museum of Nature, 496 Cooper St Apt 2, Ottawa, ON K1Y1N5, Canada, SAMUELS, Joshua X., National Park Service, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, 32651 Hwy 19, Kimberly, OR 97848 and RYBCZYNSKI, Natalia, Department of Biology, Carelton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada, ryan.paterson@carleton.ca
4:15 PM
WHAT DOES SKELETAL MORPHOLOGY REALLY TELL US? VARIATION IN PINE MARTEN LIMBS BY BIOME AND MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY
LYNCH, Leigha M., Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oklahoma State University CHS, 1111 W. 17th St., Tulsa, OK 74107, leigha.king@okstate.edu
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