GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 330
Wednesday, 25 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 606 (Washington State Convention Center)

T52. Biotic Revolutions Recorded in the Trace Fossil Record, Neoproterozoic to Recent II

Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research Institution
James Lehane and Leif Tapanila, Advocates
1:30 PM
THE PERMIAN ORIGIN OF WOOD-BORING BEETLES AND THEIR ECOLOGICAL CONTEXT
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., School of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, China; Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013; Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, FENG, Zhuo, Institute of Deep Time Terrestrial Ecology, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650091, China, RÖSSLER, Ronny, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, ŚLIPIŃSKI, Adam, Australian National Insect Collection, C.S.I.R.O., GPO Box 1700, Canberra, 2601, Australia and WANG, Jun, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Road, Nanjing, 210008, China, LabandeiraC@si.edu
1:45 PM
MORE SNAILS, MORE TRAILS?: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRACE AND TRACEMAKER DENSITIES
HSIEH, Shannon, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, MC 186, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, shsieh7@uic.edu
2:00 PM
MODIFICATION OF TROPICAL COASTAL LANDSCAPES BY BRACHYURAN CRABS: NEOICHNOLOGY OF BIOTIC INNOVATION AND SPACE PARTITIONING
CURRAN, H. Allen1, BUYNEVICH, Ilya V.2, SEIKE, Koji3, KOPCZNSKI, Karen2, SPARACIO, Christopher A.4, GLUMAC, Bosiljka1 and RODRIGUEZ-TOVAR, Francisco J.5, (1)Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, (2)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (3)Atmospheric & Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, 277-8564, Japan, (4)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, 1901 N. 13th St., Beury Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (5)Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuente Nueva, Granada, 18002, Spain, acurran@smith.edu
 
2:15 PM
Break
2:30 PM
PREDATION ON THE MODERN ECHINOID MEOMA VENTRICOSA IN A TROPICAL MARINE ENVIRONMENT
TYLER, Carrie L.1, DEXTER, Troy A.2, PORTELL, Roger W.3 and KOWALEWSKI, Michal3, (1)Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, (2)Gerace Research Centre, University of The Bahamas, San Salvador, Bahamas, (3)Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, tylercl@miamioh.edu
2:45 PM
TRENDS IN PREDATION AND PARASITISM RECORDED BY DRILL HOLES IN PALEOGENE ECHINOIDS
PETSIOS, Elizabeth, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Rd., Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, TYLER, Carrie L., Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, PORTELL, Roger W., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611 and KOWALEWSKI, M., Division of Invertebrates Paleontology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 288 Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL 32611, epetsios@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
3:00 PM
PHANEROZOIC TRENDS IN PARASITE-HOST INTERACTIONS AMONG COMMON MARINE BENTHOS: MOUNTING RISK OR SPURIOUS CONSEQUENCE OF A BIASED RECORD?
HUNTLEY, John Warren1, LINEHAN, Liane Christine1 and DE BAETS, Kenneth2, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe PaläoUmwelt, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, huntleyj@missouri.edu
 
3:15 PM
Discussion
3:30 PM
SILICIFIED TRACE FOSSILS AND ICHNOFABRICS IN THE PERMIAN OF NORTHWEST UTAH
WISTORT, Zackery P., EKDALE, Allan A. and RITTERBUSH, Kathleen A., Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, zpwistort@gmail.com
3:45 PM
THE TRACE-FOSSIL RECORD OF MAJOR EVOLUTIONARY RADIATIONS (Invited Presentation)
BUATOIS, Luis A. and MANGANO, Maria Gabriela, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, luis.buatois@usask.ca
4:00 PM
SIGNIFICANCE OF ICHNOFABRIC IN THE GRAND (PHANEROZOIC) SCHEME OF THINGS (Invited Presentation)
EKDALE, A.A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Rm 383 FASB, 115 South 1460 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0102, a.ekdale@utah.edu
 
4:15 PM
Concluding Remarks
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