Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns Pool

 
CUTICLE CHARACTERS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF TROPICAL FOSSIL LEAVES: A CASE STUDY FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF ETHIOPIA
Abstract ID#: 225317
WALLACE, Jon R., Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, wallacj5@miamioh.edu, CURRANO, Ellen D., Department of Geology and Environmental Earth Science, Miami University, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, and JACOBS, Bonnie F., Huffington Dept. Earth Sciences, Southern Methodist University, PO Box 750395, Dallas, TX 75275
 
EVOLUTION, CHAOS, AND CLIMATE: WHAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE OF EVOLUTION?
Abstract ID#: 227289
LEHANE, James, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, Jazinator@hotmail.com and EKDALE, A.A., Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, FASB, 115S 1460E, Rm 383, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
 
ESTABLISHING A DIGITAL DATABASE FOR INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Abstract ID#: 220756
HUSSAINI, Bushra M., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West @ 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, hussaini@amnh.org, LANDMAN, Neil H., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, and FELDMAN, Howard R., Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024-5192
 
MOUTH FRAME CONSTRUCTION IN PALEOZOIC EDRIOASTEROIDS, BLASTOZOANS, AND CRINOIDS
Abstract ID#: 221816
KAMMER, Thomas W., Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300, tkammer@wvu.edu, SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, ZAMORA, Samuel, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, AUSICH, William, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, and DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118
 
VARIABILITY WITHIN THE INFRABASAL CIRCLET OF THE CLADID CRINOID GENUS CUPULOCRINUS (ECHINODERMATA) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF FLEXIBLE CRINOIDS
Abstract ID#: 222147
PETER, Mark E., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Room 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, peter.1@osu.edu and AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
 
REDEFINED GENERIC CONCEPTS IN THE CRINOID FAMILY ACTINOCRINITIDAE, NEW GENERIC ASSIGNMENTS OF SPECIES, AND FAMILY PHYLOGENETICS
Abstract ID#: 222284
RHENBERG, Elizabeth C.1, AUSICH, William I.1, and KAMMER, Thomas W.2, (1) School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, rhenberg.1@osu.edu, (2) Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, 330 Brooks Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506-6300
 
EVOLUTION AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION OF ORDOVICIAN BRACHIOPODS EOCHONETES AND THAERODONTA
Abstract ID#: 222369
BAUER, Jennifer E., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, jb964112@ohio.edu and STIGALL, Alycia L., Department of Geological Sciences and Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Lab, Athens, OH 45701
 
THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM IN THE BLASTOIDEA (ECHINODERMATA)
Abstract ID#: 222803
WATERS, Johnny, Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, 572 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28608, watersja@appstate.edu, SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, and WHITE, Lyndsie Elizabeth, Department of Industrial Design, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608
 
NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE ONTOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIMRAVID DENTAL ANATOMY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF ‘DIRK-TOOTH’ NIMRAVIDS
Abstract ID#: 223676
BOYD, Clint A., Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, clintboyd@stratfit.org, WELSH, Ed, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD 57750, and SPEARING, Kurt D., Department of Biology and Chemistry, Morningside College, 1501 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106
 
FOSSILIZATION CAUSES ANIMALS TO APPEAR ERRONEOUSLY PRIMITIVE BY DISTORTING PHYLOGENY
Abstract ID#: 223725
SANSOM, Robert, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, United Kingdom, robert.sansom@manchester.ac.uk and WILLS, Matthew, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
 
IN OR OUT? APPLICATION OF A MULTI-GENE ANALYSIS TESTING THE FIDELITY OF THE MORPHOLOGICALLY DIVERSE CLADE E ALLOGROMIID FORAMINFERA
Abstract ID#: 223759
BALLERO, Deniz Z.A., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, 210 Field Street, Athens, GA 30602, deniz.ballero@gpc.edu, HABURA, Andrea, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, One University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, and GOLDSTEIN, Susan T., Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
 
A RE-EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEMATICS OF ERISOCRINUS, A PENNSYLVANIAN CLADID CRINOID
Abstract ID#: 226732
SHEFFIELD, Sarah L., Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996, sarahsheffield89@gmail.com and LEWIS, Ronald, Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, AL, Department of Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36449-5305
 
DECOUPLING OF TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY AND MORPHOLOGICAL DISPARITY DURING DECLINE OF THE CAMBRIAN TRILOBITE FAMILY PTEROCEPHALIIDAE
Abstract ID#: 226800
HOPKINS, Melanie, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Loewenichstraße 28, Erlangen 91054 Germany, Melanie.Hopkins@fau.de
 
BODY SIZE TRENDS IN AMMONITES ACROSS THE PLIENSBACHIAN-TOARCIAN EXTINCTION
Abstract ID#: 227292
SULLIVAN, Jeanette, Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos, CA 95030, jeanetteysullivan@gmail.com and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
 
THE ICHNOTAXONOMY OF THE CAMBRIAN SPENCE SHALE OF UTAH: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Abstract ID#: 227380
HAMMERSBURG, Sean R.1, HASIOTIS, Stephen T.2, ROBISON, Richard A.2, GUNTHER, Lloyd3, GUNTHER, Val3, and JAMISON, Paul4, (1) Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd. Room 120, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, hamme1sr@ku.edu, (2) Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045-7613, (3) Brigham City, UT 84302, (4) 371 N 500 W, Logan, UT 84321
 
DOES ONTOGENY RECAPITULATE PHYLOGENY?  AN EXAMPLE FROM EXTANT BRACHIOPOD CRURAL TYPES
Abstract ID#: 227995
SCHREIBER, Holly A.1, ROOPNARINE, Peter D.2, and CARLSON, Sandra J.1, (1) Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, haschultz@ucdavis.edu, (2) Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Concourse Dr, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118
 
THE DISCONNECT BETWEEN MORPHOLOGIC SPECIES AND MOLECULAR SPECIES IS NOT ONLY TO BE EXPECTED, IT IS OK ... REALLY
Abstract ID#: 228064
HAGEMAN, Steven J., Department of Geology, Appalachian State Univ, Boone, NC 28608, hagemansj@appstate.edu
 
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COLONY LIFE-HISTORY AND POLYMORPHISM IN CHEILOSTOME BRYOZOANS
Abstract ID#: 228333
SIMPSON, Carl, Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, carlsimpson.macro@gmail.com
 
MORPHOLOGIC RAREFACTION ANALYSIS AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF MORPHOLOGY
Abstract ID#: 228839
DELINE, Bradley, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118, bdeline@westga.edu, KINISON, George L., Geosciences Department, University of West Georgia, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30116, and AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Lab, 125 S. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
 
UNUSUAL COSTAL BONE MORPHOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY IN A LARGE CRETACEOUS MOSASAUR (SQUAMATA)
Abstract ID#: 228930
ANSLEY, Zachary T., Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, za00043@georgiasouthern.edu, D'EMIC, Michael D., Anatomical Sciences Department, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, and SMITH, Kathlyn M., Geology and Geography, Georgia Southern University, Box 8149, Statesboro, GA 30460
 
PHYLOGENETIC CONSTRAINT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DENTAL MORPHOLOGY AND DIET IN EXTANT CARNIVORA
Abstract ID#: 229390
HOPKINS, Samantha S.B., Clark Honors College and Geological Sciences, Univ of Oregon, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, shopkins@uoregon.edu and PRICE, Samantha A., Evolution and Ecology, Department of Evolution and Ecology, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616
 
EXPERIMENT PHYLOGENY OF LATE PALEOZOIC CORDAITEANS AND THE CONIFER THUCYDIA BASED ON POLLEN, POLLEN CONES & SEEDS
Abstract ID#: 229487
CORREA, Julian, Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M, 9847 Farrell Dr, Houston, TX 77070, sangdrako@gmail.com, RAYMOND, Anne, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, and COSTANZA, Suzanne H., Harvard Botanical Museum, Harvard University, Botanical Museum, University Museum, Museum of Comparative Zoology, MCZ Labs, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
 
AGGLOMERATIVE HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING FOR DELIMITING VENERIDAE SPECIES
Abstract ID#: 229810
PULLUM, Laura, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37916, lpullum1@utk.edu and MCKINNEY, M.L., Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 1412 Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN 37996
 
THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PH ON SCLERACTINIAN MICROMORPHOLOGY
Abstract ID#: 230014
TIBBITS, Matthew, Univesrity of Iowa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, matthew-tibbits@uiowa.edu
 
PHYLOGENY OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS AMMONITE BACULITES IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR OF NORTH AMERICA
Abstract ID#: 230414
SLATTERY, Joshua S.1, ANDRES, Brian1, and HARRIES, Peter J.2, (1) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, dinohyus@gmail.com, (2) Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES107, Tampa, FL 33620
 
TESTING HYPOTHESES OF LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAUR COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND PROVINCIALISM USING MULTIVARIATE, TRAIT-BASED APPROACHES
Abstract ID#: 230426
BYKOWSKI, Richard J. D., Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47404, rbykowsk@umail.iu.edu and POLLY, P. David, Geological Sciences, Indiana University, 1001 E 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1405
 
GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION AND GROWTH OF THE MIDDLE DEVONIAN TRILOBITE ELDREDGEOPS RANA AS A MEANS OF TESTING THE GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION OF THE MICHIGAN AND APPALACHIAN BASINS
Abstract ID#: 230618
WITTE, Matthew and YACOBUCCI, Margaret M., Department of Geology, Bowling Green State University, 190 Overman Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403, mkwitte@bgsu.edu
 
PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE PERMIAN BLASTOID GENUS DELTOBLASTUS FAY
Abstract ID#: 231132
MORGAN, Ryan, Department of Geology, Baylor University, One Bear Place #97354, Waco, TX 76798, Ryan_Morgan1@Baylor.edu
 
MISSING MUZZLE FOUND: NEW SKULL MATERIAL REFERABLE TO APATOSAURUS AJAX  (MARSH 1877) FROM THE MORRISON FORMATION OF MORRISON, COLORADO
Abstract ID#: 231547
MOSSBRUCKER, Matthew T., Morrison Natural History Museum, 501 Colorado Highway 8, Post Office Box 564, Morrison, CO 80465, director@mnhm.org, BAKKER, Robert T., Department of Paleontology, Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Drive, Houston, TX 77030-1799, and MARSH, Adam D., Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 2225 Speedway, Stop C1160, Austin, TX 78712
 
TRENDS IN AMMONITE SUTURE COMPLEXITY DURING THE TOARCIAN EXTINCTION
Abstract ID#: 231572
NIGAM, Arushi, Irvington High School, Fremont, CA 94538, arushi.nigam@gmail.com and CLAPHAM, Matthew E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
 
BODY SIZE EVOLUTION IN CONODONTS FROM THE CAMBRIAN THROUGH THE TRIASSIC
Abstract ID#: 231875
MORGAN, Daniel J.1, PAYNE, Jonathan L.1, and SCHAAL, Ellen K.2, (1) Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Bldg 320, Stanford, CA 94305, (2) Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305, eschaal@stanford.edu
 
AN UNUSUAL RECEPTACULITID MORPHOLOGY FROM THE ORDOVICIAN POGONIP GROUP OF THE GREAT BASIN
Abstract ID#: 231902
HENRY, Sara E. and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, sara.henry@email.ucr.edu
 
GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC ONTOGENY OF THE TRILOBITE CALYPTAULAX:  SHAPE CHANGE DURING THE MERASPID-HOLASPID TRANSITION.
Abstract ID#: 232011
MCDANIEL, Jennifer, Geosciences, Midwestern State University, 3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308, MCDNLJNNFR@YAHOO.COM and CARLUCCI, Jesse R., Department of Geosciences, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX 76308
 
NOT APPLICABLE? NOT A PROBLEM FOR PARSIMONY
Abstract ID#: 232086
FADIGA, Troy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Dr, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, tfadiga@utk.edu and BUDD, Ann F., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242
 
SHELL MICROSTRUCTURES OF CAMBRIAN HYOLITHOMORPH HYOLITHS
Abstract ID#: 232779
MOORE, John L., Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, jlmoore@umail.ucsb.edu and PORTER, Susannah M., Earth Science, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
 
HOW TO GROW A DINOSAUR: THE HISTOLOGY AND FEMORAL ONTOGENY OF THE MIDDLE TRIASSIC (?LATE ANISIAN) DINOSAURIFORM ASILISAURUS KONGWE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GROWTH OF EARLY DINOSAURS
Abstract ID#: 232986
GRIFFIN, Christopher T., Department of Science and Mathematics, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH 45314, chrisgriffin@cedarville.edu and NESBITT, Sterling J., Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL 60605
 
PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF LATE ORDOVICIAN NORTH AMERICAN BATHYURID TRILOBITE GENERA RAYMONDITES AND BATHYURUS
Abstract ID#: 233124
SWISHER, Robert E., Geological Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Norman, OK 73072, Robert.E.Swisher-1@ou.edu and WESTROP, Stephen R., Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and School of Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072
 
MULTIPLE CROSSOVERS BETWEEN MONOCYCLIC AND DICYCLIC CUP DESIGNS: EXPERIMENTATION AND PLASTICITY IN EARLY CRINOID PHYLOGENY
Abstract ID#: 233132
SPRINKLE, James, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, echino@jsg.utexas.edu and GUENSBURG, Thomas E., Sciences Division, Rock Valley College, 3301 North Mulford Road, Rockford, IL 61114
 
CHEWING PATTERN COMPARISON AND ANALYSES AMONG NEOPLAGIAULACIDAE, PTILODONTIDAE, EUCOSMODONTIDAE, AND MICROCOSMODONTIDAE (MULTITUBERCULATA, MAMMALIA)
Abstract ID#: 233329
ZHANG, Yue, Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State Universtiy, Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212, yzhangfossil@gmail.com
 
A SPECIES ACCUMULATION CURVE FOR TRILOBITA
Abstract ID#: 233543
ADRAIN, Jonathan M., Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, jonathan-adrain@uiowa.edu and KARIM, Talia S., University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, 265 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309
 
TEMPORAL AND PHYLOGENETIC VARIATION IN MORPHOLOGICAL AND TAXONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION RATES OF SEED PLANTS
Abstract ID#: 233629
SIMS, Hallie, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, hallie-sims@uiowa.edu
 
FOSSIL WIND-DISPERSED FRUITS AND SEEDS FROM THE PALEOCENE OF COLOMBIA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY NEOTROPICAL RAINFORESTS
Abstract ID#: 233637
HERRERA, Fabiany1, MANCHESTER, Steven1, CARVALHO, Monica R.2, JARAMILLO, Carlos3, and WING, Scott L.4, (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, (4) Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012
 
PHYLOGENY, DEVELOPMENTAL MODE, AND EVOLUTION IN GEMINATE SPECIES OF TURRITELLINE GASTROPODS FROM THE CENTRAL AMERICAN ISTHMUS REGION
Abstract ID#: 233829
SANG, Stephanie, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 32560 North Burr Oak Drive, Solon, OH 44139, ss2666@cornell.edu and ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
 
VISUALIZING LARGE-SCALE TRENDS USING TIME-VARYING CHANGE-VS-ANCESTOR PLOTS
Abstract ID#: 233940
WANG, Steve C., Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, scwang@swarthmore.edu, REGO, Brianna L., Life Sciences Foundation, One Embarcadero Center, 27th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111, and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Dept. of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305
 
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF ASTARTE BOREALIS (MOLLUSCA: BIVALVIA) OF CAMDEN BAY, NORTHERN ALASKA
Abstract ID#: 233976
CHRPA, Michelle E., Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Rd, Science and Engineering Building, Boca Raton, FL 33431, mchrpa@fau.edu and OLEINIK, Anton, Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431
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