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T139. Divided Oceans and Connected Continents: Advances in Geology and Paleontology of the Tropical Americas II

 
WHY GEOLOGISTS, PALEONTOLOGISTS, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS NEED EACH OTHER
ANTONELLI, Alexandre, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B, Home-page: http://antonelli-lab.net, Goteborg SE-41319 Sweden, alexandre.antonelli@bioenv.gu.se
 
FRESHWATER FISH SET LIMITS TO THE AGE OF THE PANAMA ISTHMUS
BERMINGHAM, Eldredge and ALDA, Fernando, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, STRI MRC 0580-12, Unit 9100, Box 0948, Panama City, 34002, Panama, bermingham@si.edu
 
FROM FOSSIL BONE CELLS TO THE LARGEST PALEOGENE TROPICAL TURTLE
CADENA, Edwin A., Marine Earth and Atmospheric Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, eacadena@ncsu.edu
 
THE LAS CASCADAS FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE: BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE OLDEST MAMMALS FROM THE PANAMA CANAL AREA, CENTRAL AMERICA
RINCON, Aldo F.1, BLOCH, Jonathan I.2, FOSTER, David A.3, MACFADDEN, Bruce J.1, and JARAMILLO, Carlos4, (1) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Dickinson Hall--Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, arincon@ufl.edu, (2) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, (4) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama
 
THE NEW WORLD TROPICS AS A CRADLE OF BIODIVERSITY DURING THE EARLY MIOCENE: CALIBRATION OF THE CENTENARIO FAUNA FROM PANAMA
MACFADDEN, Bruce J.1, FOSTER, David A.2, RINCON, Aldo F.1, MORGAN, G.S.3, and JARAMILLO, Carlos4, (1) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Dickinson Hall--Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu, (2) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3) New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, (4) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama
 
BIOGEOGRAPHY AND BIOCHRONOLOGY OF SMALL MAMMALS (CHIROPTERA, RODENTIA) FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF PANAMA
MORGAN, Gary S., New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104, gary.morgan1@state.nm.us, RINCON, Aldo F., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Dickinson Hall--Museum Road, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611, WOOD, Aaron R., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, BLOCH, Jonathan I., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, CZAPLEWSKI, Nicholas J., Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua Av, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072, and VALLEJO, Maria Camila, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama
 
PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHICAL AND PALEOCLIMATICAL IMPLICATIONS FROM A PERMINERALIZED FRUIT AND SEED FLORA OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OF PANAMA
HERRERA, Fabiany1, MANCHESTER, Steven1, CARVALHO, Monica R.2, and JARAMILLO, Carlos3, (1) Florida Museum of Natural History & Biology Department, University of Florida, Museum Rd and Newell Dr, Dickinson Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, fherrera@flmnh.ufl.edu, (2) Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, (3) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama
 
THE NEOTROPICAL FOSSIL RECORD AND THE GREAT AMERICAN BIOTIC INTERCHANGE
CARRILLO, Juan D.1, VALLEJO-PAREJA, María C.1, CÁRDENAS, Andrés L.2, MORENO-BERNAL, Jorge W.1, JARAMILLO, Carlos1, JIMENEZ, Ludwig1, HENDY, Austin J.W.3, and JONES, Douglas S.4, (1) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, carrillojd@si.edu, (2) Center for Tropical Palaeontology and Archaeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, (3) Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (4) Florida Museum of Nat History, PO Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800
 
AN EXCEPTIONAL MARINE FOSSIL FISH ASSEMBLAGE REVEALS A HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE DEEP-WATER ENVIRONMENT IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY DURING THE LATE MIOCENE
DE GRACIA, Carlos, Center for Tropical Paleoecology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama, degraciac@gmail.com, CARRILLO–BRICEÑO, Jorge, Museo Paleontológico de Urumaco, Falcón, Venezuela, SCHWARZHANS, Werner, Ahrensburger Weg 103, Hamburg, 22359, Germany, and JARAMILLO, Carlos, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 0948, APO AA 34002, Balboa, Ancon, 0843-03092, Panama
 
QUANTIFYING UPWELLING AND FRESHENING IN NEARSHORE TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS USING STABLE ISOTOPES IN MODERN TROPICAL AMERICAN GASTROPODS
TAO, Kai, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, taokai@gmail.com, ROBBINS, John A., Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, MS 3115, College Station, TX 77843, GROSSMAN, Ethan L., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, and O'DEA, Aaron, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Center for Tropical Palaeoecology and Archaeology & Naos Island Marine Laboratories, 9100 PANAMA CITY PL, Panama City, 20521-9100, Panama
 
EXPLORING THE DELAYED OVERTURN IN CARIBBEAN FAUNA USING GASTROPOD STABLE-ISOTOPE PROFILES TO QUANTIFY SEASONAL UPWELLING AND FRESHENING OF COASTAL WATERS
ROBBINS, John A.1, TAO, Kai1, GROSSMAN, Ethan L.2, and O'DEA, Aaron3, (1) Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, johnrobbins@tamu.edu, (2) Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX 77843-3115, (3) Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843 - 03092, Panama, 03092, Panama
 
STABLE ISOTOPE PROFILING IN MODERN MARINE BRYOZOAN COLONIES ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
KEY, Marcus M. Jr1, HOLLENBECK, Paige M.1, O'DEA, Aaron2, and PATTERSON, William P.3, (1) Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle, PA 17013-2896, (2) Naos Island Marine Laboratory, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843 - 03092, Panama, 03092, Panama, odeaa@si.edu, (3) Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 114 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
 
TIMING OF THE ISOLATION OF THE CARIBBEAN FROM THE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC
JACKSON, Jeremy B.C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013, jeremybcjackson@gmail.com and O'DEA, Aaron, Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 0843 - 03092, Panama, 03092, Panama
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