GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 2
Sunday, 10 October 2021: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
E145 (Oregon Convention Center)

D15. Paleontological Methods and Reading the Fossil Record

 

Kristyn Voegele and Lilja Carden, Chairs
Paper #
Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
2-1
8:05 AM
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2-2
8:20 AM
A STATISTICAL META-ANALYSIS OF LITHOLOGIC AND OTHER CONTROLS ON FOSSIL BONE CELLULAR AND SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION
ULLMANN, Paul, Geology, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro, NJ 08028 and SCHWEITZER, Mary H., Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7614, Raleigh, NC 27695; Geology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, Lund, 223 62, Sweden; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601; Museum of the Rockies, 600 W. Kagy Blvd., Bozeman, MT 59717
2-3
8:35 AM
MICROSTRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOWER HORNERSTOWN AND UPPER NAVESINK FORMATIONS AT THE EDELMAN FOSSIL PARK, NJ
VOEGELE, Kristyn, Department of Geology, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill, Glassboro, NJ 08028, ULLMANN, Paul, Geology, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Rd., Glassboro, NJ 08028, LONSDORF, Tara, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, CHRISTMAN, Zachary, Department of Geography, Planning, and Sustainability, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill Rd, Glassboro, NJ 08028 and LACOVARA, Kenneth, Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park, Rowan University, 600 Whitney Ave, Glassboro, NJ 08028; Department of Geology, Rowan University, 201 Mullica Hill, Glassboro, NJ 08028
2-4
8:50 AM
MODELING THE IMPACT OF TIME-AVERAGING ON THE ABILITY TO RESOLVE THE STRUCTURE OF PHENOTYPIC INTEGRATION IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
NG, Reuben, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 and WEBSTER, Mark, University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
2-5
9:05 AM
MODULARITY, INTEGRATION AND DISPARITY IN AN ACCRETIONARY SKELETON: ANALYSIS OF VENERID BIVALVIA
EDIE, Stewart, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, Washington, DC 20560, KHOUJA, Safia C., University of ChicagoGeophysical Sciences, Chicago, IL 60637, COLLINS, Katie, Natural History Museum, London, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, CROUCH, Nicholas M.A., Department of Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 and JABLONSKI, David, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
2-6
9:20 AM
IMPACTS OF TAPHONOMIC LOSS AT LOWER TAXONOMIC LEVELS: STEM-WARD SLIPPAGE IN A BIVALVE FAMILY
CARDEN, Lilja, WISNIEWSKI, Anna and SLATER, Graham, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5801 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
2-7
9:35 AM
ON HOW DATABASE RECORDS OF PLANT AND ANIMAL FOSSILS ARE DIFFERENT: PITFALLS THAT DATABASE RESEARCHERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF
SIMPSON, Andrew, Smithsonian Institution Paleobiology, National Museum Of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560-0001 and KORASIDIS, Vera, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, 10th Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
 
9:50 AM
Break
2-8
10:00 AM
GLOBAL PHANEROZOIC BIODIVERSITY – CAN VARIATION BE EXPLAINED BY SPATIAL SAMPLING INTENSITY?
PHILLIPI, Daniel, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, 141, Crouse Dr, NY 13210, CZEKANSKI-MOIR, Jesse, Department of Environmental Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Dr, Syracuse, NY 13210 and IVANY, Linda, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Syracuse University, Heroy Geology Lab, Syracuse, NY 13244
2-9
10:15 AM
PREDICTING THE IMPACTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON THE SPATIAL AND PHYLOGENETIC STRUCTURE OF THE GLOBAL MARINE BIVALVE FAUNA
RICHTER, Hannah, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, EDIE, Stewart, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, Washington, DC 20560, KIDWELL, Susan, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 and JABLONSKI, David, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
2-10
10:30 AM
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10:45 AM
DECOUPLED DYNAMICS IN BODY MASS DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN LARGE NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALIAN HERBIVORE AND CARNIVORE GUILDS
DOUGHTY, Evan1, BALISI, Mairin2, FRISCIA, Anthony3, HOWENSTINE, Aidan1, JACQUEMETTON, Christiane1, JUHN, Mark1, MARCOT, Jonathan1 and VAN VALKENBURGH, Blaire1, (1)Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 610 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7239, (2)Department of Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Los Angeles, CA 90036, (3)Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, BOX 957246, Los Angeles, CA CA 90095-7246
11:00 AM
TAXONOMIC AND FUNCTIONAL BETA DIVERSITY OF NORTH AMERICAN MAMMAL PALEOCOMMUNITIES ARE DECOUPLED ACROSS THE CENOZOIC
SHUPINSKI, Alexandria, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 402 Manter Hall, LINCOLN, NE 68588, SMITH, Felisa, University of New Mexico Biology, MSC03 2020, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 and LYONS, S. Kathleen, School of Biological Sciences, Lincoln, NE 68588
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