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GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 91
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 606 (Washington State Convention Center)

D11. Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy

Lindsey R. Leighton and Gregory P. Dietl, Chairs
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8:00 AM
SPECIES INVASIONS DURING THE LAST INTERGLACIAL PERIOD & PREDICTIONS FOR TODAY IN CALIFORNIA’S SHALLOW MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
ORZECHOWSKI, Emily A., Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 and FINNEGAN, Seth, Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720, eaorzechowski@berkeley.edu
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8:15 AM
THE EFFECTS OF PREDATION ON THE PRESERVATION OF ONTOGENETICALLY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS
PRUDEN, Matthew J., MENDONCA, Steven E. and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, mpruden1@ualberta.ca
91-3
8:30 AM
IS HALF ENOUGH? THE VALIDITY OF USING SINGLE VALVES IN STUDIES OF PREDATION ON BRACHIOPODS
MENDONCA, Steven E., PRUDEN, Matthew J. and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, smendonc@ualberta.ca
91-4
8:45 AM
A COMMUNITY CONTEXT FOR NATICID PREDATION IN THE PRE-DAM ERA COLORADO RIVER ESTUARY USING MANLY’S ALPHA
SMITH, Jansen A., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, HANDLEY, John C., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 and DIETL, Gregory P., Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, jas933@cornell.edu
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9:00 AM
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BODY SIZE AND TAPHONOMIC SIGNAL IN THE PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS OF LAND CRABS AND SNAILS ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS
BEECH, James D., Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506, jamez.beech@gmail.com
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9:15 AM
ASSESSMENT OF DATA RESOURCES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF LATE ORDOVICIAN SHALLOW MARINE FOOD WEBS: DATA COMPILATIONS VERSUS MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
CASTRO, Ian O.1, KEMPF, Hannah L.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, castroio@miamioh.edu
91-7
9:30 AM
COMPARING COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND DYNAMICS BETWEEN IN-PLACE AND SURFACE-COLLECTED SAMPLES
FORCINO, Frank L. and STAFFORD, Emily S., Geosciences and Natural Resources Department, Western Carolina University, 331 Stillwell Building, Cullowhee, NC 28723, FLForcino@email.wcu.edu
 
9:45 AM
Break
91-8
10:00 AM
QUANTIFYING THE DIGESTIVE FINGERPRINTS OF PREDATORS ON THE BONES OF THEIR PREY USING SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TERRY, Rebecca, LANEY, Jesse and HAY-ROE, Samuel, Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, terryr@oregonstate.edu
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10:15 AM
TAPHONOMY OF MAMMAL FOSSILS IN THE BARSTOW FORMATION (MIDDLE MIOCENE), SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IN RELATION TO FACIES AND PALEOENVIRONMENTS
LOUGHNEY, Katharine M., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 2534 C.C. Little, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and BADGLEY, Catherine, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, loughney@umich.edu
91-10
10:30 AM
DO CHANGES IN THE TOOTH MORPHOLOGY OF MYLAGAULID RODENTS REFLECT ADAPTATIONS TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT?
CALEDE, Jonathan, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University at Marion, Marion, OH 43302, FAMOSO, Nicholas A., U. S. National Park Services, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly, OR 97848 and HOPKINS, Samantha S.B., Clark Honors College and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, calede.1@osu.edu
91-11
10:45 AM
INFERRING MESOZOIC TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS USING ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF EXTANT SMALL-BODIED MAMMALIAN COMMUNITIES
CHEN, Meng, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, 10th St & Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560, WILSON, Gregory P., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800 and STROMBERG, Caroline A.E., Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture, Box 353010, Seattle, WA 98195-3010, chenme@si.edu
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11:00 AM
ISOTOPICALLY RECONSTRUCTING LATE PLEISTOCENE LANDSCAPE USE BY AN AMERICAN MASTODON
MILLER, Joshua H., Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, CROWLEY, Brooke E., Departments of Geology and Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, FISHER, Daniel C., Museum of Paleontology and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and SECORD, Ross, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0340, josh.miller@uc.edu
91-13
11:15 AM
GOMPHOTHERE PALEOECOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICA AS INFERRED FROM STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS
SMITH, Gregory J. and DESANTIS, Larisa R.G., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 5703 Stevenson Center Complex, Nashville, TN 37212, gxs258@gmail.com
91-14
11:30 AM
ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL CORONULID BARNACLES AS A MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING PREHISTORIC WHALE MIGRATION PATTERNS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
TAYLOR, Larry D., Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 and FINNEGAN, Seth, Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720, larry.taylor@berkeley.edu
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11:45 AM
PROBABLE CONNECTIONS OF THE MESOZOIC ADRIATIC CARBONATE PLATFORM WITH SURROUNDING CONTINENTAL AREAS AS INDICATED BY DINOSAUR TRACKWAYS
VLAHOVIĆ, Igor1, CVETKO TEŠOVIĆ, Blanka2 and MARTINUŠ, Maja2, (1)Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering of the University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia, (2)Department of Geology, Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102a, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia, igor.vlahovic@rgn.hr
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