GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 221
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 604 (Washington State Convention Center)

D14. Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns: Vertebrates

Samantha S.B. Hopkins and Sinjini Sinha, Chairs
1:30 PM
THE EFFECT OF WEAR ON THE PLACEMENT OF LANDMARKS ON MAMMALIAN DENTITIONS USING TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS
COHEN, Joshua E., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK 73072 and FREDERICKSON, Joseph, Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73071, jecohen@ou.edu
1:45 PM
DID SABER-TOOTH KITTENS GROW UP MUSCLEBOUND? A STUDY OF POSTNATAL LIMB BONE ALLOMETRY IN FELIDS FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF RANCHO LA BREA
LONG, Katherine L., Geological Sciences, Cal Poly Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768, PROTHERO, Donald, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, MADAN, Meena A., School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom and SYVERSON, V.J.P., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Weeks Hall, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53715, kllong@cpp.edu
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2:00 PM
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2:15 PM
BONEBED OF A CARNIVOROUS ARCHOSAUROMORPH FROM THE CHINLE FORMATION (LATE TRIASSIC: NORIAN) OF PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK
MARSH, Adam D.1, PARKER, William G.1, KLIGMAN, Ben T.1 and LESSNER, Emily J.2, (1)Division of Science and Resource Management, Petrified Forest National Park, 1 Park Road, #2217, Petrified Forest, AZ 86028, (2)School of Medicine, University of Missouri, 1 Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, adam_marsh@nps.gov
2:30 PM
PELVIC COEVOLUTION WITH EGG SIZE AND SHAPE IN MODERN BIRDS: IMPLICATION FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF EXTINCT DINOSAURS
SURYA, Kevin1, BRENES, Isabelle M.1, GARDNER, Jacob D.1, VIÑOLA LÓPEZ, Lázaro W.1, ORGAN, Chris L.2 and VARRICCHIO, David J.1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, kevin.surya@msu.montana.edu
2:45 PM
SAMPLING, STASIS AND SNOW: RESOLVING GAPS IN THE LATE PALEOZOIC FISH RECORD
STACK, Jack Reza, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316 and SALLAN, Lauren, ​​Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Stackj@sas.upenn.edu
3:00 PM
DOES THE ECOLOGY OF CLADE IMBALANCE EXPLAIN THE "LIVING FOSSIL" PHENOMENON WITHIN A MEGA-PHYLOGENY OF RAY-FINNED (ACTINOPTERYGIAN) FISHES?
SIME, John A., Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 251 Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, CHANG, Jonathan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Hershey Hall, Box 957246, Los Angeles, CA 90007, ALFARO, Michael E., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2154 Terasaki Life Sciences Building, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606 and SALLAN, Lauren C., ​​Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, sime@sas.upenn.edu
3:15 PM
UNDERSTANDING THE DIVERSIFICATION OF MOSASAURINAE BASED ON TWO NEW GENERA FROM THE WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY
LIVELY, Joshua R., Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, joshuarlively@gmail.com
3:30 PM
MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS SHARK FAUNA FROM THE ENGLISH CHALK AND ITS PALEOECOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS
SINHA, Sinjini1, TWITCHETT, Richard J.2, MARSHALL, John. E.A.3 and BERNARD, Emma2, (1)University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Rd., London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (3)University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom, sinjinisinha.geo@gmail.com
3:45 PM
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE JOHN DAY AND CROOKED RIVER BASINS: OLIGOCENE LANDSCAPE HETEROGENEITY IN TERRESTRIAL FAUNAS
HOPKINS, Samantha S.B., Clark Honors College and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272, MCLAUGHLIN, Win N.F., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1272 and FAMOSO, Nicholas A., U. S. National Park Services, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly, OR 97848, shopkins@uoregon.edu
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