Tuesday, 21 October 2014: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Vancouver Convention Centre-West 219
Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division

 

Andrew M. Bush, Sara B. Pruss and Jonathan L. Payne, Advocates
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Start Time
1:00 PM
GIANTS AMONG MICROMORPHS: PHOSPHATIC STEINKERNS ARE SMALL BECAUSE OF TAPHONOMIC SIZE-SELECTIVITY, NOT ECOLOGICAL STRESS
DATTILO, Benjamin, Department of Geosciences, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499, dattilob@ipfw.edu, FREEMAN, Rebecca L., Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, HEIMBROCK, William P., 1621 Westwood Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45214, MARTIN, Anthony J., Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, and ARGAST, Anne, Indiana Univ/Purdue Univ - Fort Wayne, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1445
1:15 PM
THE PALEOENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF STEM-TETRAPODS
SWARTZ, Brian, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 251 Hayden Hall, 240 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6316, brian.darwin@berkeley.edu
1:30 PM
THE CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY: BEGINNING THE AGE OF BONY FISHES
SIBERT, Elizabeth C., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0208, La Jolla, CA 92093, esibert@ucsd.edu and NORRIS, Richard D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD, MS-0244, 427 Vaughan Hall, La Jolla, CA 92093-0244
1:45 PM
THE MOST HIGHLY RESOLVED FOOD WEB EVER: THE EARLY EOCENE FOOD WEB OF MESSEL, GERMANY
LABANDEIRA, Conrad C., Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, labandec@si.edu, DUNNE, Jennifer, Santa Fe Institute, 1339 Hyde Park Road, Santa Fe, NM 87501, and WILLIAMS, Richard, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, CB3 OFB, United Kingdom
 
2:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM
THE COST OF DRILLING IN THE COLD: CLIMATE CHANGE AND CANNIBALISM IN NATICID GASTROPODS FROM THE LA MESETA FORMATION AT SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTICA
NAGEL-MYERS, Judith, Geology, St. Lawrence University, 23 Romoda Drive, Canton, NY 13617, jnagel@stlawu.edu, DIETL, Gregory, Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, and ARONSON, Richard B., Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL 32901
2:30 PM
SCLEROCHRONOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF TURRITELLA ALTILIRA FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT TURRITELLINE-DOMINATED ASSEMBLAGES IN THE GATUN FORMATION (MIOCENE), PANAMA
ANDERSON, Brendan Matthew, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, 1142 Snee Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, bma53@cornell.edu, ALLMON, Warren D., Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850, and HENDY, Austin J.W., Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
2:45 PM
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON COMMUNITY-LEVEL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS OF BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA AROUND THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN
KEATING-BITONTI, Caitlin, Dept. of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305, crkeatin@stanford.edu and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305
3:00 PM
STRATIGRAPHIC PALEOBIOLOGY AND HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF THE QUATERNARY DEPOSYSTEM OF PO PLAIN
KOWALEWSKI, Michal1, SCARPONI, Daniele2, KAUFMAN, Darrell S.3, AMOROSI, Alessandro4, WITTMER, Jacalyn M.5, and DEXTER, Troy A.1, (1) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, kowalewski@ufl.edu, (2) Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, Bologna, I-40126, Italy, (3) School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099, (4) Earth Sciences, Univ of Bologna, via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy, (5) Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 605 E. Springfield St, Champaign, IL 61820
3:15 PM
ECOLOGICAL ORDINATION PATTERNS AND ECOLOGICAL TURNOVER GRADIENTS IN MOLLUSK ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE QUATERNARY SEDIMENTARY SUCCESSIONS OF THE PO PLAIN, ITALY
WITTMER, Jacalyn M.1, KOWALEWSKI, Michal2, SCARPONI, Daniele3, AMOROSI, Alessandro4, and DEXTER, Troy A.2, (1) Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 605 E. Springfield St, Champaign, IL 61820, jwittm2@illinois.edu, (2) Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (3) Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche Geologiche e Ambientali, University of Bologna, via Selmi 3, Bologna, I-40126, Italy, (4) Earth Sciences, Univ of Bologna, via Zamboni 67, Bologna, 40126, Italy
 
3:30 PM
Break
3:45 PM
A MASSIVE CHANGE IN THEORETICAL ECOSPACE UTILIZATION? BIOMASS VERSUS RELATIVE ABUNDANCE IN THE STUDY OF LOCAL FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES
HSIEH, Shannon, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 75 North Eagleville Road, U-3043, Storrs, CT 06269, shannon.hsieh@uconn.edu, BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, DALEY, Gwen M., Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Geology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29732, and BENNINGTON, J. Bret, Geology, Environment, and Sustainability Department, 114 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140
4:00 PM
LARGE-SCALE TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL DIVERSIFICATION AND INTERACTIONS ACROSS THE PHANEROZOIC
HENDY, Austin J.W.1, OPAZO, L. Felipe1, and ABADES, Sebastian R.2, (1) Florida Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 117800, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, ahendy@flmnh.ufl.edu, (2) Instituto De Ecología y Biodiversidad, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, 7800024, Chile
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FUNCTIONAL DIVERSIFICATION PATTERNS IN THE EARLY MESOZOIC (Withdrawn)
4:30 PM
A DRIVEN TREND TOWARD LARGER SIZE IN THE EVOLUTION OF MARINE ANIMALS
HEIM, Noel A.1, KNOPE, Matthew L.2, SCHAAL, Ellen K.3, and PAYNE, Jonathan L.3, (1) Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, naheim@sedpaleo.org, (2) Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2115, (3) Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Stanford, CA 94305
4:45 PM
MASS EXTINCTIONS AS DRIVERS OF PREDICTABILITY IN THE HISTORY OF MARINE LIFE
BUSH, Andrew M., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043, Storrs, CT 06269, andrew.bush@uconn.edu and PRUSS, Sara B., Department of Geosciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063
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