GSA Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, USA - 2019

Session No. 209
Tuesday, 24 September 2019: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Room 225AB, North Building (Phoenix Convention Center)

D21. Paleontology: Vertebrate Paleobiology II

 

William Gearty and Alexandria Shupinski, Chairs
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Start Time
1:30 PM
EXCEPTIONALLY PRESERVED SKELETONS FROM THE LATE CAMPANIAN OF MONTANA PROVIDE A UNIQUE GLIMPSE INTO THE PALEOBIOLOGY OF MULTITUBERCULATES
WEAVER, Lucas N., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 247 Life Sciences Building, Seattle, WA 98195, WILSON, Gregory P., Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, SARGIS, Eric J., Anthropology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, CHEN, Meng, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China, FREIMUTH, William J., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 and VARRICHIO, David J., Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Bozeman, MT 59717
1:45 PM
CONTROLS ON SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION IN EOCENE-OLIGOCENE VERTEBRATE FOSSILS OF THE WHITE RIVER GROUP
GALLUCCI, John E.1, TERRY Jr., Dennis O.1 and ULLMANN, Paul Victor2, (1)Department of Earth & Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, (2)Department of Geology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028
2:00 PM
VERTEBRATE TAPHONOMY IN DISTRIBUTIVE FLUVIAL SYSTEMS
MOORE, Jason R., Honors College, University of New Mexico, MSC 06 3890, Albuquerque, NM 87131
2:15 PM
STABILITY OF DENTAL MESOWEAR SCORES THROUGHOUT THE LATE PLEISTOCENE IN LARGE UNGULATES FROM RANCHO LA BREA
COHEN, Joshua E.1, DESANTIS, Larisa R.G.2, LINDSEY, Emily3, MEACHEN, Julie4, O'KEEFE, F. Robin5, SOUTHON, John6 and BINDER, Wendy J.1, (1)Department of Biology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 Loyola Maryomount University Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90045, (2)Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, (3)La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, 5801 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036, (4)Anatomy Department, Des Moines University, Des Moines, IA 50312, (5)Department of Biology, Marshall University, Huntington, WV 25755, (6)Earth System Science, University of California, B321 Croul Hall, Irvine, CA 92697
2:30 PM
HIDDEN IN THE TROPICS: NEW TRENDS IN DIVERSITY AND BODY SIZE IN A CLADE OF SOUTH AMERICAN NATIVE UNGULATES (LITOPTERNA)
MCGRATH, Andrew J., Department of Earth Science, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-0001, ANAYA, Federico, Facultdad de Ingeniería Geológica, Universidad Autónoma "Tomas Frias", Potosí, Bolivia and CROFT, Darin A., Department of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106-4930
2:45 PM
AGE-DEPENDENT EXTINCTION IN RUMINANTS AT DIFFERENT TAXONOMICAL SCALES
QUENTAL, Tiago B. and JANUARIO, Matheus, Dept de Ecologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil
3:00 PM
HOW DID MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONTS GROW AND BECOME DWARFED? ONTOGENETIC LONG BONE GROWTH COMPARED TO ISLAND DWARFING IN PLEISTOCENE PROBOSCIDEA
HTUN, Thein, Geological Sciences, California Polytechnic University, 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 and HOFFMAN, Jonathan M., Earth Sciences, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
3:15 PM
PALEOECOLOGY OF COLUMBIAN MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI) IN SOUTHERN NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA: HOW TERMINAL PLEISTOCENE ECOSYSTEMS SHAPED MAMMOTHS AT THE POPULATION LEVEL
PARRY, Lauren E., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010; Department of Conservation and Research, Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101 and ROWLAND, Stephen M., Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010
3:30 PM
NEW FOSSILS OF PALAEOAMASIA KANSUI (MAMMALIA, EMBRITHOPODA): IMPLICATIONS FOR EMBRITHOPOD EVOLUTION
WOOD, Melissa C.1, BEARD, K. Christopher2 and SANDERS, William J.1, (1)Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, Biological Sciences Building, 1105 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (2)Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045
3:45 PM
A MORPHOLOGICALLY DISTINCT SUBFOSSIL POPULATION OF MACRONCYTERIS SPP. (CHIROPTERA: HIPPOSIDERIDAE) IN SOUTHWESTERN MAGASCAR
ALUMBAUGH, Jamie L., Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL 60115; Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
4:00 PM
AN EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL OVERVIEW OF EQUIDAE FROM THE KOOBI FORA FORMATION EARLY PLEISTOCENE RECORD
O'BRIEN, Kaedan and FAITH, J. Tyler, Anthropology, University of Utah, 260 S. CENTRAL CAMPUS DRIVE, RM 4625, Salt Lake City, UT 84112; Natural History Museum of Utah, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, UT 84108
4:15 PM
CAT'S CRADLE: PHYLOGENY, FUNCTION, BODY SIZE, AND THE TANGLED WEB OF FELID SYSTEMATICS
ORCUTT, John D., Department of Biology, Gonzaga University, 502 E Boone Ave, AD Box 5, Spokane, WA 99258 and CALEDE, Jonathan J., Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University at Marion, Marion, OH 43302
4:30 PM
ASSESSING MAMMAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY USING BODY MASS
FRASER, Danielle, Palaeobiology, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443 Stn “D”, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada, BALK, Meghan, Bio5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, PINEDA-MUNOZ, Silvia, Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, SALLAN, Lauren, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 154B Hayden Hall, 240 S. 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 and SOUL, Laura C., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20530-7012
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