GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 332
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 608 (Washington State Convention Center)

T65. Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in the Fossil Record

Paleontological Research Institution; Paleontological Society
Peter D. Roopnarine and Ashley A. Dineen, Advocates
1:30 PM
WHAT WE KNOW, THINK WE KNOW, AND DON'T YET KNOW ABOUT ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY DURING THE PHANEROZOIC (Invited Presentation)
NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, Philip M., Department of Biological Sciences, Benedictine University, 5700 College Road, Lisle, IL 60532, pnovack-gottshall@ben.edu
1:45 PM
CHANGING ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS IN THE TERMINAL EDIACARAN VERMIFORM FAUNA: AN ANALYSIS USING SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND DIVERSITY DATA FROM THE GAOJIASHAN LAGERSTäTTE OF SOUTH CHINA
O'NEIL, Gretchen R., North Dakota State University, 2551 Villa Dr. S Apt. 322, Fargo, ND 58103, TACKETT, Lydia S., Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58102, SCHIFFBAUER, James D., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, HUNTLEY, John Warren, Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211 and CAI, Yaoping, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, gretchen.oneil@ndsu.edu
2:00 PM
UNUSUAL PATCHINESS OF EDIACARAN BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES RELATIVE TO PHANEROZOIC AND MODERN BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES
FINNEGAN, Seth, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building #4780, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521 and GEHLING, James G., South Australian Museum, Adelaide, 5000, Australia, sethf@berkeley.edu
2:15 PM
USING FOOD WEBS TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF BIOTIC INVASION ON LATE ORDOVICIAN MARINE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE
KEMPF, Hannah L.1, CASTRO, Ian O.1, TYLER, Carrie L.1, DINEEN, Ashley A.2 and ROOPNARINE, Peter D.2, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (2)Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, kempfhl@miamioh.edu
2:30 PM
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONALITY: ANALYSIS OF THE TRIASSIC-JURASSIC FOOD WEB
OPAZO, L. Felipe1, MARQUET, Pablo A.2, DUNNE, Jennifer3, ARROYO, Jose I.4, BRITO, Gabriel A.4, DANNEMANN, Teodoro4 and RIVERA, Carla N.5, (1)Division of Invertebrates Paleontology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 252 Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611; Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile, (2)Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile, (3)Santa Fe Institute, 1339 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, (4)Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 8331150, Chile, (5)Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, 8331150, Chile, felipe.opazo@ufl.edu
2:45 PM
FUNCTIONAL SPACE OCCUPATION AFTER THE PERMO-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION: A STUDY OF THE EARLY TRIASSIC VIRGIN LIMESTONE MEMBER (MOENKOPI FORMATION)
DINEEN, Ashley A.1, FRAISER, Margaret L.2 and ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, (1)Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53201, adineen@calacademy.org
3:00 PM
COMPARING THE ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS OF PERMIAN-TRIASSIC TETRAPOD COMMUNITIES FROM THE KAROO, LUANGWA, AND RUHUHU BASINS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D., Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, ROOPNARINE, Peter D., Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, OLROYD, Savannah L., Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, NESBITT, Sterling J., Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, BOTHA-BRINK, Jennifer, Karoo Palaeontology, National Museum, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa; Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa, PEECOOK, Brandon R., Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605, DAY, Michael O., Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Wits 2050, South Africa and SMITH, Roger M.H., Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Wits 2050, South Africa; Karoo Palaeontology, Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa, kangielczyk@fieldmuseum.org
3:15 PM
ECO-EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND REPLACMENT DURING AND AFTER THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION IN THE KAROO BASIN, SOUTH AFRICA
ROOPNARINE, Peter D.1, WEIK, Allen S.2, ANGIELCZYK, Kenneth D.3 and DINEEN, Ashley A.1, (1)Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, (2)Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, (3)Integrative Research Center, The Field Museum, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, proopnarine@calacademy.org
3:30 PM
NICHE DYNAMICS IN SPACE AND TIME: THE NEXUS OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (Invited Presentation)
MAGUIRE, Kaitlin Clare, Boise, ID 83705, kmaguire@usgs.gov
3:45 PM
ECOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: INSIGHTS FROM THE MIOCENE SMALL-MAMMAL RECORD OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
SMILEY, Tara M.1, MOROZ, Molly2, BADGLEY, Catherine2 and CERLING, Thure3, (1)Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, 3029 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, (2)Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (3)Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, smileyta@oregonstate.edu
4:00 PM
MOVE OR CHANGE? THE PARADOX BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSES TO CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS
POLLY, P. David, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405, pdpolly@indiana.edu
4:15 PM
SPECIES DISCOVERY AND CHANGING SPECIES INCLUSIVENESS IN CENOZOIC MOLLUSCS – WHAT EMERGES FROM A POPULAR HANDBOOK AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF NEGLECT?
TODD, Jonathan A. and JOHNSON, Kenneth G., Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, J.Todd@nhm.ac.uk
4:45 PM
VARIATION IN MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE, BODY SIZE, AND PREDATION ALONG A SALINITY GRADIENT ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, BAHAMAS
PIER, Jaleigh Q., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 N Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, Jaleigh.pier@uconn.edu
5:00 PM
DID THE EVOLUTION OF THE CENOZOIC INTERTIDAL DETRITIVORE COMMUNITY ELIMINATE MANGROVE (MARINE) PEAT FROM SILICICLASTIC ENVIRONMENTS?
RAYMOND, Anne, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843 and SCHULTZ, Emily, SM Energy, 777 N Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX 77079, raymond@geo.tamu.edu
5:15 PM
SHELLS AND MARINE REVOLUTIONS: EXPERIMENTAL TESTS OF THEORETICAL SHELL SHAPES
JOHNSON, Erynn H., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, 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, SIPZNER, Dan, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and SALLAN, Lauren, ​​Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, erynnj@sas.upenn.edu
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