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T246. Topics in Paleoecology: Predation/Biotic Interactions, Fidelity/Conservation Paleobiology, and Community Ecology/Whole Organism Paleoecology I

 
MAMMAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OVER TIME AND SPACE
Abstract ID#: 232886
SMITH, Felisa, Biology, University of New Mexico, MSC 03-2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, fasmith@unm.edu, LYONS, S. Kathleen, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, NHB MRC 121, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, and ERNEST, S.K. Morgan, Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322
 
CLIMATE DRIVEN DYNAMICS IN SOUTHWESTERN US DESERT ECOSYSTEMS
Abstract ID#: 231091
BRUNELLE, Andrea, Department of Geography, University of Utah, 260 S. Central Campus Dr. Room 270, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, andrea.brunelle@geog.utah.edu and MINCKLEY, Thomas, Geography, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071
 
OUT OF AFRICA: PALEOCLIMATIC AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF A PLEISTOCENE ASSEMBLAGE FROM ANGOLA, TROPICAL WEST AFRICA
Abstract ID#: 230700
SESSA, Jocelyn A.1, CALLAPEZ, Pedro M.2, DINIS, Pedro A.2, and HENDY, Austin J.W.3, (1) Department of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, jsessa@amnh.org, (2) Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Universidade de Coimbra, Lg. Marquês de Pombal, Coimbra, 3001-272, Portugal, (3) Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
 
THE GATUN FORMATION: A NATURAL LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS OF NEOTROPICAL PALEOECOLOGIC AND DIVERSITY PATTERNS
Abstract ID#: 232512
HENDY, Austin J.W., Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, ahendy@flmnh.ufl.edu
 
GOOD TIMES AFTER AN IMPACT: BENTHIC COMMUNITIES FOLLOWING THE LATE DEVONIAN ALAMO IMPACT, SE NEVADA
Abstract ID#: 234003
TAPANILA, Leif and RENDALL, Benjamin E., Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, 921 S. 8th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209-8072, tapaleif@isu.edu
 
BIODIVERSITY: STASIS, THE LOG SERIES AND GRADIENTS
Abstract ID#: 223268
BUZAS, Martin A., Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20024, buzasm@si.edu, HAYEK, Lee-Ann C., Chief Mathematical Statistician, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-121, Washington, DC 20560-0121, CULVER, Stephen J., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, HAYWARD, Bruce W., Geomarine Research, 49 Swainston Rd, Auckland, New Zealand, and OSTERMAN, Lisa E., St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 600 Fourth St. South FL, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
 
HOW TO FIND ORDER IN N-DIMENSIONS: TESTING THE PERFORMANCE OF ORDINATIONS AND DISTANCE MEASURES USING KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS
Abstract ID#: 228073
WEBB, Amelinda E., REDMAN, Cory M., SCHNEIDER, Chris L., and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, amelinda.webb@gmail.com
 
Break
Abstract ID#: 234165
 
FLUME STUDIES USING 1:1 SCALE MODELS TO DETERMINE FEEDING POSTURE AND MODE OF ATACHMENT IN LOWER AND BASAL MIDDLE CAMBRIAN GOGIIDS FROM GUIZHOU PROVINCE, CHINA
Abstract ID#: 223569
PARSLEY, Ronald, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, parsley@tulane.edu and STRAUB, Kyle, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118
 
BRACHING THE MOLD: BIOMECHANIC TESTS OF THE LIFE ORIENTATION OF A DORSIBICONVEX BRACHIOPOD
Abstract ID#: 227986
BARCLAY, Kristina M., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, kbarclay@ualberta.ca, LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, and SCHNEIDER, Chris L., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
 
FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF PASSIVE SUSPENSION FEEDING IN COMPOSITA (BRACHIOPODA, ATHYRIDIDA)
Abstract ID#: 230401
COLLINS, Ben M.J., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, bmcollin@ualberta.ca, MOLINARO, Darrin J., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, and LEIGHTON, Lindsey R., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
 
REEF CORALS WITH EVIDENCE OF PHOTOSYMBIOSIS AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER TRIASSIC TENNENGEBIRGE CARBONATE PLATFORM (SALZBURG, AUSTRIA)
Abstract ID#: 224156
MARTINDALE, Rowan C.1, KRYSTYN, Leopold2, CORSETTI, Frank A.3, and BOTTJER, David J.3, (1) Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard Botanical Museum, Cambridge, MA 02138, rmartindale@fas.harvard.edu, (2) Institute of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, Vienna, 1090, Austria, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
 
TRACING THE SHIFT IN DOMINANCE FROM MICROBIAL TO METAZOAN FRAMEWORK-BUILDERS IN LOWER–MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN REEFS, WESTERN UTAH, USA
Abstract ID#: 232630
MARENCO, Katherine N., Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, kmarenco@brynmawr.edu
 
METHODS USED TO EXAMINE ENCRUSTATION: WHAT WORKS WHEN?
Abstract ID#: 233261
SMRECAK, Trisha A., Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48906, smrecakt@msu.edu
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