Session: D16. Recent Advances in Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns (Posters) (GSA Connects 2024 Meeting in Anaheim, California)

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29-1

58

GROWTH VARIATION AND DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE POLYMORPHISM IN THE MIDDLE CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE ELRATHIA KINGII (MEEK)

BRADLEY, Alexander, Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 98 Beechurst Ave, Morgantown, WV 26506 and LAMSDELL, James, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505

29-2

59

EARLY EVOLUTION OF SEA SCORPIONS: EURYPTERIDS (CHELICERATA: EURYPTERIDA) OF THE BIG HILL LAGERSTÄTTE

BINGHAM Jr., Joseph, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, 202 Wagner Road, Morgantown, WV 26501, LAMSDELL, James C., Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26505, MEYER, Ron, Louisville, CO 80027 and GUNDERSON, Gerald, Middleton, WI

29-3

60

PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF SACRAL RIB MORPHOLOGIES IN PHYTOSAURS

LEPORE, Caleb¹, BARNARD, Karina², UNDERWOOD, Lily², ABBEY, Prince², SKERRATT, Andrew², TU, Michael² and MCLAIN, Matthew², (1)Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, 24920 Mound Street, Loma Linda, CA 92350, (2)Department of Biological and Physical Sciences, The Master's University, 21726 Placerita Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91321

29-4

61

PHYLOGENY CONSTRAINS THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF PLESIOSAUR PROPODIALS

DEBLOIS, Mark, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616

29-5

62

EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF SEXUAL VERSUS ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN LATE CRETACEOUS OSTRACODE SPECIES

SMITH, Chloe, St. Petersburg College, Clearwater, FL 33733 and HUNT, Gene, Dept of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, DC 20560

29-6

63

EXPANDING THE FOSSIL RECORD OF LATE CRETACEOUS ANTARCTIC FORESTS: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY INFERRED FROM ANATOMICALLY PRESERVED WOODS

KOHN, Abigail, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, SMITH, Selena Y., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan, 1100 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, ATKINSON, Brian A., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 and LAMANNA, Matthew, Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

29-7

64

A REVIEW OF OF FOSSIL BROWN MACROALGAE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE DISCOVERY OF NEW MACROALGAE FOSSILS FROM THE MIOCENE-PLIOCENE SISQUOC FORMATION

LEWIS, Dean, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E Young Dr East, Los Angeles, CA 90095, BRAYBROOK, S.A., Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, HENDY, Austin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007 and RUIZ, Savannah C., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 612 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA 90095

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MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF FOSSIL MERCENARIA SHELLS FROM WARM AND COLD CLIMATES OF THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE ALONG THE US MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN

MEDLIN, Alexander, Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina, 104 South Road, CB 3315, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

29-9

66

SYSTEMATICS OF THE STENOMYLINI, THE NORTH AMERICAN, OLIGOCENE- MIOCENE, GAZELLE-LIKE CAMELS (MAMMALIA: ARTIODACTYLA: CAMELIDAE: STENOMYLINAE: STENOMYLINI)

WATMORE, Kristin, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007 and PROTHERO, Donald, Vertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007

29-10

67

ALLOMETRIC GROWTH IN LIMBS OF THE PLEISTOCENE LAMINE CAMELS PALAEOLAMA MIRIFICA AND HEMIAUCHENIA MACROCEPHALA

BALASSA, Daniella, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University of Long Beach, 9315 Burnet Ave #109, unit 109, North Hills, CA 91343 and PROTHERO, Donald, Geological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768

29-11

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POSSIBLE SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE PLEISTOCENE SHASTA GROUND SLOTH (NOTHROTHERIOPS SHASTENSE)

POTTER, Tymbri, Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 90804 and PROTHERO, Donald, Geological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA 91768

29-12

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DESCRIBING A DIMINUTIVE FEMALE MASTODON (MAMMUT PACIFICUS) FROM LATE PLEISTOCENE (RANCHOLABREAN) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA

STONEBURG, Brittney Elizabeth¹, SMITH, Kathlyn², DOOLEY, Brett³ and DOOLEY Jr., Alton C.¹, (1)Western Science Center, 2345 Searl Parkway, Hemet, CA 92543, (2)School of Earth, Environment, & Sustainability, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30458, (3)Western Science Center, 2345 Searl Ave, Hemet, CA 92543