GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 213
Wednesday, 13 October 2021: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
E141/E142 (Hybrid Room) (Oregon Convention Center)

T95. Advances in Virtual Paleontology: Applications, Digitization, and Dissemination

Paleontological Society; GSA Geoinformatics and Data Science Division

 

Sarah M. Jacquet, Tara Selly and James Schiffbauer, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
A VIRTUAL WORLD OF PALAEONTOLOGY (Invited Presentation)
RAHMAN, Imran, Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
8:20 AM
X-RAY MICROSCOPY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC APPLICATIONS IN PALEONTOLOGY
SELLY, Tara and SCHIFFBAUER, James, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
8:35 AM
PREPARATION BIASES IN SILICIFIED FAUNAS REVEALED BY PAIRED MICRO-CT AND ACID MACERATION
JACOBS, Gabriel1, SELLY, Tara2, JACQUET, Sarah M.1, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1 and HUNTLEY, John1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211
8:50 AM
A HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION, MULTISPECTRAL MACRO-IMAGER FOR QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FACIES AND FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES
MANZUK, Ryan1, SINGH, Devdigvijay2, MEHRA, Akshay3 and MALOOF, Adam C.2, (1)Princeton UniversityGeosciences, Guyot Hally, Princeton, NJ 08544-0001, (2)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (3)Dartmouth CollegeDepartment of Earth Sciences, 19 Fayerweather Hill Road, Hanover, NH 03755
9:05 AM
ANCIENT LIFE IN MOVING FLUIDS: HYDRODYNAMICS OF THE EDIACARAN-CAMBRIAN TRANSITION (Invited Presentation)
DARROCH, Simon1, RAHMAN, Imran2, DUNN, Frances3, RACICOT, Rachel4, GIBSON, Brandt M.5 and GUTARRA-DÍAZ, Susana2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, (3)Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, (4)Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1634, (5)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240; Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L1C6, Canada
9:20 AM
THE IMPORTANCE OF SIZE AND LOCATION WITHIN GREGARIOUS POPULATIONS OF ERNIETTA PLATEAUENSIS
GIBSON, Brandt M.1, DARROCH, Simon A.F.2, MALONEY, Katie3 and LAFLAMME, Marc3, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240; Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L1C6, Canada, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240, (3)Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, ON L5L1C6, Canada
9:35 AM
A STUDY OF DIPLOPORAN ECHINODERM FEEDING AND RESPIRATION USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
HILL, Stephen, School of Geosciences, The University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave NES 207, Tampa, FL 33620-0001, SHEFFIELD, Sarah, The University of South FloridaSchool of Geosciences, 4202 E Fowler Ave NES 207, Tampa, FL 33620-0001 and RAHMAN, Imran A., Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment (GEE), University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London, UK, WC1E 6BT
 
9:50 AM
Break
10:00 AM
EVIDENCE FOR HYDROPHILY IN A CARBONIFEROUS MEDULLOSAN ILLUMINATES POLLINATION MODE OF EARLY SEED PLANTS (Invited Presentation)
CLARK, Elizabeth, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, RAHMAN, Imran A., Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, GA OX1 3PW, BRODERSEN, Craig R., School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, DARROCH, Simon, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240 and CRANE, Peter R., School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511; Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA 20184
10:15 AM
X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY SHINES A LIGHT ON FOSSILIZED FECES FROM THE EOCENE PIPESTONE SPRINGS MAIN POCKET, MONTANA
WEBB, Jeremy-louis1, JACQUET, Sarah M.1, SELLY, Tara2, SCHIFFBAUER, James D.1 and FARKE, Andrew3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211; X-ray Microanalysis Core, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Raymond M. Alf Museum of PaleontologyThe Webb Schools, 1175 W Baseline Rd, Claremont, CA 91711-2146
10:30 AM
XRCT SCANS REVEAL UNUSUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LUMBAR VERTEBRAE IN EXTINCT MAMMALS
KORT, Anne, EDIE, Riley A. and POLLY, P. David, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405
10:45 AM
DEVELOPMENTAL LINK BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND SKULL SHAPES THE EVOLUTION OF THE REPTILIAN HEAD
FABBRI, Matteo1, O'CONNOR, Jingmai Kathleen2 and BHULLAR, Bhart-Anjan2, (1)Earth & Planetary Sciences, Yale University, 210 Whitney avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
11:00 AM
“VIRTUAL” INNER EARS OF EXTINCT PLATANISTOIDS REVEAL FUNCTIONAL SIGNAL IN THE SEMICIRCULAR CANALS
RACICOT, Rachel, Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232 and LAMBERT, Olivier, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
11:15 AM
DIGITIZING THE ORDOVICIAN FROM BIODIVERSIFICATION TO EXTINCTION
BURKE, Patricia, Robert and Sally Manegold Curator of Geology Collections, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells St, MILWAUKEE, WI 53233 and MAYER, Paul, Gantz Family Collection Center, The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2827
11:30 AM
VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS USING U-M’S ONLINE REPOSITORY OF FOSSILS
BAUER, Jennifer, Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 1105 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2463, ANDERSON, Lian C., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2463, VANTOORENBURG, Haley, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620-5550 and SHEFFIELD, Sarah, The University of South FloridaSchool of Geosciences, 4202 E Fowler Ave NES 207, Tampa, FL 33620-0001
11:45 AM
SCROLLING TO THE FOSSILS: EXAMINING PROFILE AND VIDEO VIEWERSHIP IN PALEONTOLOGY TIKTOK
SMITH, MacKenzie, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611
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