GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 262
Wednesday, 12 October 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)

T123. Integrative Perspectives on Morphological Change: Shaping Our Understanding of the Fossil Record

GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; Paleontological Society; Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; Association for Women Geoscientists; Paleontological Research Institution

 

Katherine Turk, Shamindri Tennakoon, Carmi Milagros Thompson and Josh Zimmt, Advocates
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Start Time
1:30 PM
A TRANSITION TO AUTOMATED PHENOTYPIC METHODS
MULQUEENEY, James, MSci, Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Center, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom; Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, GOSWAMI, Anjali, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom and EZARD, Thomas H.G., Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Center, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
1:45 PM
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE EDIACARAN ORGANISM TRIBRACHIDIUM HERALDICUM REVEALED BY COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
OLARU, Andrei1, GIBSON, Brandt M.1, DARROCH, Simon1 and RAHMAN, Imran A.2, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240, (2)Earth Sciences Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
2:00 PM
THE GENERATION OF ANIMAL FORM: THE EDIACARAN MACROBIOTA AND PATTERNS OF CHARACTER ACQUISITION (Invited Presentation)
DUNN, Frances, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, United Kingdom, PARRY, Luke, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, KENCHINGTON, Charlotte, University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, United Kingdom and CLARK, James, University of Bristol, School of Life Sciences, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 4TP, United Kingdom
2:15 PM
DIVERSITY IN THE AGE OF TUBES: A MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE BREADTH OF EDIACARAN TUBE-DWELLING TAXA
SCHIFFBAUER, James1, ROSBACH, Stephanie2, PULSIPHER, Mikaela A.3, LEIBACH, Wade2, NOLAN, Morrison4, TANG, Qing5, LINDSAY-KAUFMAN, Amelia6 and SELLY, Tara7, (1)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, (3)Department of Geological Sciences, 101 Geological Sciences Bldg, Columbia, MO 65211, (4)Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 926 West Campus Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061, (5)School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China, (6)Department of Geology and Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, (7)Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, 101 Geological Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65211
2:30 PM
A STUDY OF DIPLOPORAN ECHINODERM FEEDING STRATEGIES USING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
HILL, Stephen, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37912; School of Geosciences, The University of South Florida, 4202 E Fowler Ave NES 207, Tampa, FL 33620-0001, RAHMAN, Imran A., Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37240 and SHEFFIELD, Sarah, School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620-5550
2:45 PM
CONSTRAINING BODY SIZE TRENDS ACROSS THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT AND EVALUATING POTENTIAL DRIVERS OF DIVERSIFICATION: A CASE STUDY FROM THE ARBUCKLE MOUNTAINS OF OKLAHOMA
HENNESSEY, Sarah1, STIGALL, Alycia2, AL SALMI, Safa1 and JEVNIKAR, Lorena E.1, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, (2)Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701
3:00 PM
HOW UBIQUITOUS IS THE LILLIPUT EFFECT? A GLOBAL, CROSS-CLADE INVESTIGATION OF BODY SIZE OVER THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
COLE, Selina, Invertebrate Paleontology, Sam Noble Museum, 2401 Chautauqua Ave., Norman, OK 73072; School of Geosciences, University of Oklahoma, Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 East Boyd Street, RM 710, Norman, OK 73019, ORCHARD, Cade, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field St., Athens, GA 30602 and HOPKINS, Melanie J., Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192
3:15 PM
A SOLUTION TO THE INVERSE “T. REX PROBLEM” IN PTERYGOTID EURYPTERIDS
PLOTNICK, Roy1, BICKNELL, Russell2, SCHMIDT, Michel3, MELZER, Roland R.3 and KENNY, Katrina2, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7059, (2)Palaeoscience Research Centre, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia, (3)Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Bavarian Natural History Collections, Munich, D-81247, Germany
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
A PALEOECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE TULLY MONSTER (TULLIMONSTRUM GREGARIUM) USING GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS
SHELBURNE, Edward, Geosciences, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53203
4:00 PM
DIFFERENTIATING SPECIES OF THE LATE PALEOZOIC OPHIUROID FURCASTER IN NORTH AMERICA
SUMRALL, Colin, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 602 Strong Hall, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996 and SMITH, Nicholas, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996
4:15 PM
A MULTIVARIATE MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS PLACENTICERAS GENUS OF ALABAMA: SEXUAL DIMORPHISM, ONTOGENETIC VARIATION, AND A SINGLE SPECIES?
MOHR, Rachel1, TOBIN, Thomas1 and TOMPKINS, Emily M.2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alabama, Box 870338, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, (2)Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
4:30 PM
POLES APART: CENOZOIC SIZE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN HIGH-LATITUDE BIVALVE FAUNAS
DOYLE, Amanda, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
4:45 PM
MICRO- AND MACROEVOLUTION OF THE CENOZOIC PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA
LAMYMAN, Grace1, FORDHAM, Barry2, PEARSON, Paul3, WADE, Bridget4, WOODHOUSE, Adam5, YOUNG, Jeremy4 and AZE, Tracy1, (1)School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, (2)Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia, (3)School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, MI CF10 3AT, United Kingdom, (4)Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom, (5)J.J. Pickle Research Campus, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX 78758-4445
5:00 PM
EVOLUTION OF WHALE SENSORY SYSTEM MORPHOLOGY: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS (Invited Presentation)
RACICOT, Rachel, MS, MPhil, PhD, Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235-1634
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