GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 220
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 606 (Washington State Convention Center)

D8. Paleontology, Macroevolution/Biogeography

Gene Hunt and Martin Aberhan, Chairs
1:30 PM
GENERA ARE EFFECTIVE SURROGATES FOR SPECIES RICHNESS IN DEEP TIME: COMPARISONS AT MULTIPLE SCALES
ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu
1:45 PM
RELIABLE ESTIMATES OF BETA DIVERSITY WITH INCOMPLETE SAMPLING
RODEN, Vanessa Julie, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, 91054, Germany and KIESSLING, Wolfgang, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, vanessa.roden@fau.de
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2:00 PM
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2:15 PM
DETERMINANTS OF BENTHIC BIOGEOGRAPHY IN THE OCEANS
KOCSIS, Ádám T., GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany; MTA-MTM-ELTE Research Group for Paleontology, POB 137, Budapest, H-1431, Hungary, REDDIN, Carl J., GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße. 28, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany and KIESSLING, Wolfgang, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, adam.kocsis@fau.de
2:30 PM
CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY NORTH OF A BIOGEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARY DURING THE PLIOCENE TO MODERN, WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC
CHRISTIE, Max, Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 434 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, PATZKOWSKY, Mark E., Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Bldg, University Park, PA 16802-2714, DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, KELLEY, Patricia H., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403 and WHITAKER, Anna F., Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802, mchristie09@gmail.com
2:45 PM
DID SEXUAL SELECTION HINDER SURVIVAL OF OSTRACODE SPECIES THROUGH THE K/PG MASS EXTINCTION?
FERNANDES MARTINS, Maria João1, HUNT, Gene2, THOMPSON, Carmi Milagros3, LOCKWOOD, Rowan4 and SWADDLE, John P.1, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution [NHB, MRC 121], PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20113-7012, (2)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (3)Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL 32611, (4)Department of Geophyscial Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, mjoaofmartins@gmail.com
3:00 PM
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EXTINCTION SELECTIVITY AND REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE INTENSITY IN MIO-PLIOCENE PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICA
SIMPSON, Andrew G., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, andy.g.simpson@gmail.com
3:15 PM
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IS GENERALLY STABLE OVER THE LIFETIME OF FOSSIL OSTRACODE SPECIES
HUNT, Gene, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, FERNANDES MARTINS, Maria João, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution [NHB, MRC 121], PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20113-7012, PUCKETT, T. Markham, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive, Box 5051, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, SHAW, Jack O., Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042, LOCKWOOD, Rowan, Department of Geology, The College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187 and SWADDLE, John P., Department of Biology, The College of William and Mary, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795, hunte@si.edu
3:30 PM
THE DYNAMICS OF STARVATION AND RECOVERY: A MECHANISTIC MODEL FOR A WITHIN-LINEAGE DRIVER OF COPE'S RULE
YEAKEL, Justin Douglas1, KEMPES, Christopher2 and REDNER, Sidney2, (1)Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95340; Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87505, (2)Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87505, jdyeakel@gmail.com
3:45 PM
COORDINATED DIVERSITY CHANGES IN CENOZOIC MARINE VERTEBRATE REFLECT CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS
UHEN, Mark, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, muhen@gmu.edu
4:00 PM
DISSECTING PATTERNS OF TURNOVER AND NESTEDNESS IN MARINE INVERTEBRATES DURING THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
NA, Lin, Department of Invertebrate Paleontology, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, East Beijing Road 39, Nanjing, 210008, China; Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Paleogeography, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, East Beijing Road 39, Nanjing, 210008, China, LI, Qijian, Key Laboratory of Economic Stratigraphy and Paleogeography, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, East Beijing Road 39, Nanjing, 210008, China and KIESSLING, Wolfgang, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, linna@nigpas.ac.cn
4:15 PM
VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSILS IN THE LOWER HORNERSTOWN AND UPPER NAVESINK FORMATIONS AT EDELMAN FOSSIL PARK, NJ
VOEGELE, Kristyn K.1, ULLMANN, Paul Victor1, HEIERBACHER, Michael2, KIBELSTIS, Brian J2, PUTNAM, Ian2 and LACOVARA, Kenneth J.1, (1)Department of Geology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, (2)Edelman Fossil Park, Glassboro, NJ 08028, voegele@rowan.edu
4:30 PM
THE STEPHEN FORMATION OF MARBLE CANYON, KOOTENAY NATIONAL PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA: A SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND STRATIGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION
LOMBARDO, Alexander, Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. Sixth St., Claremont, CA 91711 and GAINES, Robert, Geology Department, Pomona College, 185 E. 6th St, Claremont, CA 91711, ALEXANDER.LOMBARDO.17@CMC.EDU
4:45 PM
TESTING FOR ESCALATION ACROSS SPATIAL SCALES DURING THE MIDDLE JURASSIC: DISCORDANT OCCURRENCE AND ABUNDANCE PATTERNS ACROSS LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND GLOBAL SCALES
MONARREZ, Pedro M., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2501, pmonarrez@uga.edu
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