GSA Connects 2021 in Portland, Oregon

Session No. 97
Monday, 11 October 2021: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
E145 (Oregon Convention Center)

D17. Paleontological Finds and Evolutionary Patterns

 

Mark Nikolic and Javier Ortega-Hernandez, Chairs
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
NEW CAMBRIAN FOSSILS FROM UTAH ILLUMINATE THE EARLY EVOLUTION OF NERVOUS AND SENSORY SYSTEMS IN CTENOPHORES
ORTEGA-HERNANDEZ, Javier1, PARRY, Luke2, LEROSEY-AUBRIL, Rudy1 and WEAVER, James C.3, (1)Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (3)Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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1:50 PM
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2:05 PM
A DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF SEGMENT SIZE PATTERNING SHARED AMONG TRILOBITES AND VERTEBRATES
NIKOLIC, Mark, Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York City, NY 10024, HOPKINS, Melanie, Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192 and EVANS, Alistair R., School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
2:20 PM
SEM PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF LATE DEVONIAN (FRASNIAN) LIME CREEK FORMATION MICROFOSSILS FROM FOSSIL PRAIRIE PARK
KORAN, Cheyanne and SCHAEFER, Scott, Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3209 N. Maryland Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
2:35 PM
INTRODUCTION TO THE MT. RORAH COAL BED AND MT. RORAH COAL BALLS AT THE CREEK PAUM MINE IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, GEOLOGIC CONTEXT AND PALEOBOTANICAL UNIQUENESS
ELRICK, Scott1, DIMICHELE, William2, FALCON-LANG, Howard3 and NELSON, W. John1, (1)Illinois State Geological Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820, (2)Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, (3)Royal Holloway University of London, London, United Kingdom
2:50 PM
EVOLVABILITY IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
HUNT, Gene1, LOVE, Alan C.2, GRABOWSKI, Mark3, HOULE, David4, LIOW, Lee Hsiang5, PORTO, Arthur6, TSUBOI, Masahito7 and VOJE, Kjetil L.5, (1)Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, (2)Dept. of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3)Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L2 2QP, United Kingdom, (4)Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, (5)Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0562, Norway, (6)Department for Biological Science and Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, (7)Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, 22100, Sweden
3:05 PM
THE EVOLVABILITY OF HEREDITY AND THE ORIGIN OF BRYOZOAN POLYMORPHISM
LEVENTHAL, Sarah E., Geological Sciences, The University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
 
3:20 PM
Break
3:30 PM
A NEW LONG-SNOUTED AND LONG-NECKED POLYCOTYLID PLESIOSAUR FROM THE PIERRE SHALE OF WYOMING
PERSONS IV, Walter, Geology and Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29403; Glenrock Paleon Museum, Glenrock, WY 82637, STREET, Hallie, Rochester Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology, Rochester, NY 14610 and KELLEY, Amanda, Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC 29424
3:45 PM
TURNING BACK FROM A DINOSAUR TRACK: A MAMMALIFORM TRACKWAY FROM THE EARLY JURASSIC PORTLAND FORMATION, CONNECTICUT, USA
GETTY, Patrick, Department of Geology, Collin College, Plano Campus, 2800 E Spring Creek Pkwy, Plano, TX 75074, MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 and HYATT, James A., Environmental Earth Science, Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham St, Willimantic, CT 06226
4:00 PM
A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON NEW VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS ALMOND FORMATION, WYOMING
COWGILL, Ethan1, ASHURST-MCGEE, Logan1, STORRS, Glenn2, JOHNSON, Christopher L.1, AFFOLTER, Matthew D.1, LAW, Lane3, HAWKINS, Quinlan4, TAMEZ-GALVAN, Evan5 and KOSOWATZ, Luke2, (1)Geoscience, Salt Lake Community College, 4600 South Redwood Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84123, (2)Vertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH 45203, (3)STEM Learning, Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City; STEM Learning, Salt Lake Community College, 4600 South Redwood Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84123, (4)Geology, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA 16546, (5)501 E 38th St, 501 E 38th St, Erie, PA 16546-0002
4:15 PM
LEAF MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF TREES WITH RING POROUS WOOD ARE PREDICTIVE OF DECIDUOUSNESS IN THE FOSSIL RECORD
DEVORE, Melanie, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061, PIGG, Kathleen, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, 711 E Manhatton Dr, Tempe, AZ 85282-5360 and WHEELER, Elisabeth, Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695
4:30 PM
POST-PLEISTOCENE, PRE-COLUMBIAN HORSES FROM A SITE IN SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO
MILLER, Wade, Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, S 389 ESC, Provo, Utah, Provo, UT 84602-1022, PEREZ-ROLDAN, Gilberto, Departemento de Arqueología,, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, SL, Mexico, MEAD, James I., Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, SD 57747, GÓMEZ-NÚÑEZ, Rosario, Paleontologia, Museo del Desierto, Saltillo, CU, Mexico, MADRAZO-FANTI, Jorge, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de Los Garza, NL, Mexico and ORTIZ- PÉREZ, Isai, Departemento de Arqueología,, San luis Potosi, SL, Mexico
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