GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 85
Monday, 10 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 4A (Colorado Convention Center)

T113. Modeling Ecological Niches and Species Distributions in the Fossil Record: Approaches and Applications

Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division

 

Ceara Purcell, Rhiannon Nolan and Ekaterina Larina, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
EXPLORING DEEP TIME BIOGEOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS (Invited Presentation)
VARELA, Sara1, CHIARENZA, Alfio Alessandro2, GAMBOA, Sara1, JONES, Lewis Alan2, SOTELO, Graciela1 and GALVAN, Sofía2, (1)MAPAS Lab. Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, 36310, Spain, (2)Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, 36310, Spain
8:25 AM
PATTERNS AND CHANGES OF GRAPTOLITE BIOTOPE AFFINITY DURING THE LATE ORDOVICIAN MASS EXTINCTION
SCHUSTER, Erin, Environment and Sustainability, University at Buffalo, 602 Clemens Hall, North Campus, Buffalo, NY 14260, MITCHELL, Charles, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 126 Cooke Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, BOYLE, James, Geological Sciences, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 126 Cooke Hall, North Campus, Buffalo, NY 14260, MELCHIN, Michael, St. Francis Xavier UniversityEarth Sciences, Antigonish, NS B2G2V5, CANADA and SHEETS, H. David, Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 126 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260
8:40 AM
TESTING THE ROLE OF BIOTIC INTERACTION IN SHAPING TAXONOMIC, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN ANOMALODESMATAN BIVALVES
DENG, Yue, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637
8:55 AM
DIETARY ECOLOGY OF EARLY AMNIOTES AND THEIR RELATIVES AS EXPLORED THROUGH 3D SURFACE MODELING
WHITTINGHAM, Misha1, HERX, Elim1, GAIDIES, Fred1, FRASER, Danielle2 and MADDIN, Hillary1, (1)Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Herzberg Laboratories, Ottawa, ON KS1 5B6, Canada, (2)Palaeobiology, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443 Stn “D”, Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada; Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada; Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th St and Constitution Ave, N.W., Washington, DC 20013-7012
9:10 AM
30 MILLION YEARS OF TAXONOMIC AND PALEOECOLOGIC DYNAMICS IN A HIGH-LATITUDE, LOW DIVERSITY SHALLOW MARINE SYSTEM: LATE TRIASSIC AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)
TACKETT, Lydia Schiavo and CLEMENT, Annaka, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences, North Dakota State University, P.O. Box 6050 / 2745, Fargo, ND 58108
9:25 AM
EVALUATING FAUNAL PROVINCES AND THEIR RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS WESTERN INTERIOR SEAWAY AND GULF COASTAL PLAIN
PURCELL, Ceara1, NAGLE-MCNAUGHTON, Timothy2, SCUDERI, Louis2 and MYERS, Corinne2, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 139 University Terrace, Athens, OH 45701, (2)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87108
9:40 AM
NICHE DYNAMICS OF MARINE MOLLUSKS ACROSS THE END-CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION IN THE GULF COASTAL PLAIN REGION OF THE US
NAUJOKAITYTE, Jone1, ROVELLI, Remy2, FREYMUELLER, Nicholas3, WITTS, James4, PHILLIPS, George E.5, GARB, Matthew6, LANDMAN, Neil7, FARNSWORTH, Alexander8, LOWERY, Christopher M.9, PIETSCH, Carlie10, PETERSEN, Sierra11 and MYERS, Corinne1, (1)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87108, (2)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northrop Hall, 221 Yale Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131, (3)Nørregade 10, 1165 København, Denmark, København, NM DK-1350, Denmark, (4)Bristol Palaeobiology Research Group; School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Bristol, England BS8 1RL, United Kingdom, (5)Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353, (6)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (7)Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, New York, FL 10024-5192, (8)Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1SS, United Kingdom, (9)The Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Building 196 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758, (10)Geology Department, San Jose State University, 1 Washington Square, Duncan Hall, San Jose, CA 95192-0001, (11)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
9:55 AM
ENERGETICS OF THE MOLLUSCAN RECOVERY FROM THE END-CRETACEOUS MASS EXTINCTION
PIETSCH, Carlie1, BELTRACCHI, Ronan1, GRAJEDA-KLINGLER, Kendall2, THIBODEAUX, Page1, MANNING, Aminah1, WITTS, James3, MYERS, Corinne4, PETERSEN, Sierra5, LOWERY, Christopher M.6 and SLOAN, J. Carson7, (1)Geology Department, San Jose State University, 1 Washington Square, Duncan Hall, San Jose, CA 95192-0001, (2)Biological Sciences, San Jose State University, 1 Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192, (3)Bristol Palaeobiology Research Group; School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Bristol, England BS8 1RL, United Kingdom, (4)Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87108, (5)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 North University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, (6)The Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Building 196 10100 Burnet Road (R2200), Austin, TX 78758, (7)Arkansas Department of Transportation, Little Rock, AR 72209
 
10:10 AM
Break
10:20 AM
TESTING ABUNDANCE CENTER HYPOTHESES IN THE FOSSIL RECORD OF NORTH AMERICAN INVERTEBRATE SPECIES
NOLAN, Rhiannon, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 and MYERS, Corinne, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87108
10:35 AM
ESTIMATING CHANGING RELATIVE ABUNDANCE IN FOSSIL COMMUNITIES
REITAN, Trond, Natural History Museum and Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway and LIOW, Lee Hsiang, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0562, Norway
10:50 AM
RANGE SHIFTS OF PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA ASSEMBLAGES IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE OVER THE PAST 700,000 YEARS
MATHES, Gregor1, KIESSLING, Wolfgang2, SAUPE, Erin3, ANTELL, Gwen3, REDDIN, Carl4 and STEINBAUER, Manuel J.1, (1)Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research, University of Bayreuth, Dr. Hans-Frisch-Straße 1-3, Bayreuth, 95440, Germany, (2)GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstrasse 28, Erlangen, 91054, Germany, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, United Kingdom, (4)Invalidenstr. 43, Berlin, Berlin 10115, GERMANY
11:05 AM
LATE QUATERNARY PLANTS AND ANIMALS VARY IN THEIR CLIMATIC NICHE FIDELITY (Invited Presentation)
MCGUIRE, Jenny, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332; School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, PINEDA-MUNOZ, Silvia, Amazon Conservation Association, Washington, DC 20005; School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332; Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47401 and WANG, Yue, School of Ecology, Sun Yat-sen Universit, Shenzhen, 518107, China; School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332
11:25 AM
THE FUNCTIONAL HERBIVORE NICHE IN ANCIENT TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
LABANDEIRA, Conrad, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
11:40 AM
DISTRIBUTION MODELING OF BEAVERS (RODENTIA: CASTORIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA: PROJECTING SPECIES DISTRIBUTION FROM THE PLIOCENE M2 TO THE FUTURE
LUBBERS, Kelly, The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD Inc., Hot Springs, SD 57747; Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614, SAMUELS, Joshua, Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614 and JOYNER, T. Andrew, Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
 
11:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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