GSA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 2018

Session No. 123
Monday, 5 November 2018: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 143-144 (Indiana Convention Center)

D24. Paleontology, Morphology and Systematics

 

Steven T. LoDuca and Tara Selly, Chairs
Matthew E. Clapham, Erin E. Saupe and Simon A.F. Darroch, JTPCS
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1:30 PM
INFLATABLE DICKINSONIA: A NEW POSSIBLE FEEDING MECHANISM FOR EDIACARAN FAUNA
LAW, Nicole M.1, POWELL, Rex R.2 and MCKENZIE, Scott C.1, (1)Department of Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th St., Erie, PA 16546, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
1:45 PM
TAXONOMIC EVALUATION OF A TUBULAR ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE TERMINAL EDIACARAN OF NEVADA
SELLY, Tara1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.2, JACQUET, Sarah M.3, STRANGE, Michael A.4, O'NEIL, Gretchen R.5, ANDREASEN, Brock D.6, CAI, Yaoping7, HUNTLEY, John Warren8, THATER, Casey A.8, NELSON, Lyle L.9 and SMITH, Emily F.9, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, (4)Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, MO 89154-4010, (5)University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65201, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211; College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (7)Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Early Life and Environment, Department of Geology, Northwest University, Xi'an, 710069, China, (8)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (9)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218
2:00 PM
NEW MARINE MACROALGAE FROM THE ORDOVICIAN OF WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN
LODUCA, Steven T., Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, 203 Strong Hall, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
2:15 PM
NEW MICROBIAL BIOTA IN A SMALL CHESTERIAN (UPPER MISSISSIPPIAN) CARBONATE MOUND IN NORTHCENTRAL ALABAMA
KOPASKA-MERKEL, David C., Geological Survey of Alabama, P.O. Box 869999, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999, HAYWICK, Douglas W., Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, LSCB 136, Earth Sciences, Mobile, AL 36688 and KEYES, Richard, P.O. Box 21061, Huntsville, AL 35813
2:30 PM
A NEW, PARASITOID INSECT (CF. DIPTERA: PIPUNCULIDAE) OCCURRING WITH MULTIPLE TIPULIDS (CRANE-FLIES) IN A SINGLE PIECE OF AMBER FROM THE HELL CREEK FORMATION (LATEST-MAASTRICHTIAN)
DEPALMA II, Robert A.1, GURCHE, Loren2, BURNHAM, David A.3, CHRISTOPHER, Matthew4, ATKINS-WELTMAN, Kyle3 and BOONE, Matthieu5, (1)Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1470 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045; Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431, (2)Department of Geology, The University of Kansas, 1470 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3)University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, FL 66045, (4)Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, CO 80863, (5)Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Gent, 9000, Belgium
2:45 PM
ELASMOBRANCH (CHONDRICHTHYES: ELASMOBRANCHII) FAUNAL COMPLEX FROM LATE ALBIAN (EARLY CRETACEOUS) OF KANEV DISLOCATIONS, UKRAINE
SOKOLSKYI, Tymofii, Trinity college of Arts and Sciences, Duke university, Durham, NC 27708 and GUINOT, Guillaume, Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier (ISEM), CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
3:00 PM
EVOLUTIONARY CONSTRAINT OF THE DIVERSIFICATION OF AVIAN LIMBS
HELLERT, Spencer, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, RHODA, Daniel, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405 and POLLY, P. David, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E. Tenth St., Bloomington, IN 47405-1405
3:15 PM
MID-CRETACEOUS FEATHERS IN AMBER REVEAL UNUSUAL MORPHOGENESIS OF RACHIS-DOMINATED FEATHERS
CARROLL, Nathan, Earth Science, University of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089
3:30 PM
CRANIAL DISPARITY IN EXTANT GEOMYOID RODENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SPECIES BOUNDARIES IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
CALEDE, Jonathan J., Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University at Marion, Marion, OH 43302 and BROWN, Andrew C., Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
3:45 PM
RADICAL SHIFTS IN THE EVOLUTION TOWARDS THE SABERTOOTH CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY
ASCARI, Silvia H., Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405 and POLLY, P. David, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405
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