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109-109-1

8:00 AM

MECHANISTIC MODELS FOR TERRESTRIAL EXTINCTION EVENTS

MITCHELL, Jonathan S., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, mitchelljs@uchicago.edu

109-109-2

8:15 AM

ECOSYSTEMS ON A DIET: PROLIFERATION OF ISOETALEAN LYCOPHYTES EXPLAINS DELAYED RECOVERY PATTERNS OF TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS AFTER THE END-PERMIAN BIOTIC CRISIS

DUIJNSTEE, Ivo A.P., Integrative Biology & University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Bldg #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140, duijnstee@berkeley.edu, VAN KONIJNENBURG-VAN CITTERT, Johanna H.A., Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, Leiden, 2333 CR, Netherlands, and LOOY, Cindy V., Integrative Biology & University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Science Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720

109-109-3

8:30 AM

TETRAPOD SWIM TRACKS THROUGH TIME: INCREASED PRESERVATION POTENTIAL DURING THE EARLY TRIASSIC DUE TO DELAYED RECOVERY OF INFAUNA FOLLOWING THE END-PERMIAN MASS EXTINCTION

THOMSON, Tracy J., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Geology Building, Riverside, CA 92521, tracy.thomson@email.ucr.edu and DROSER, Mary L., Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521

109-109-4

8:45 AM

PHYSIOLOGY OF GLOSSOPTERIS, A CIRCUMPOLAR PERMIAN SEED PLANT, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TERRESTRIAL RECORD OF THE PERMIAN-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION

WILSON, Jonathan P., Department of Biology, Haverford College, Haverford, PA 19041, jwilson@haverford.edu, MIRAGLIA, Gregory M., Department of Biology, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041, and FISCHER, Woodward W., Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125

109-109-5

9:00 AM

δ¹³C OF TERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER AS A PROXY FOR ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN IN THE PHANEROZOIC

MUEHLENBACHS, Karlis¹, TAPPERT, Ralf², MCKELLAR, Ryan C.³, WOLFE, Alexander P.⁴, TAPPERT, Michelle C.⁴, and SCHOELL, Martin⁵, (1) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, 1-26 ESB, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, (2) Institute of Mineralogy & Petrography, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria, (3) Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Regina, SK T6G 2E3, Canada, ryan.mckellar@ku.edu, (4) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada, (5) GeoConsult International Inc, Berkley, CA 94705

109-109-6

9:15 AM

COLLAPSE OF AN ECOLOGICAL NETWORK IN ANCIENT EGYPT

YEAKEL, Justin Douglas¹, PIRES, M.M.², RUDOLF, L.³, DOMINY, N.J.⁴, KOCH, Paul L.⁵, GUIMARAES, P.R. Jr², and GROSS, T.³, (1) Santa Fe Institute, 1399 Hyde Park Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87501, jdyeakel@gmail.com, (2) Departamento de ecologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 05508-900, Brazil, (3) Department of Engineering and Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS83AN, United Kingdom, (4) Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, (5) Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064

109-109-7

9:30 AM

ASSESSING THE CONTRIBUTION OF ABIOTIC NICHES AND DISPERSAL LIMITATIONS TO SPECIATION AND EXTINCTION UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE USING SIMULATION STUDIES

SAUPE, Erin E.¹, QIAO, Huijie², MYERS, Corinne E.³, TOWNSEND PETERSON, A.⁴, and SOBERÓN, Jorge M.⁴, (1) Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, eesaupe@gmail.com, (2) Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen W Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China, (3) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 51 Botanical Museum, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, (4) Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045

9:45 AM

Break

109-109-8

10:00 AM

PALEOSOLS AND ICHNOFOSSILS OF THE MONONGAHELA AND DUNKARD GROUPS: A MULTI-PROXY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING LATE PALEOZOIC TERRESTRIAL LANDSCAPES

HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, hembree@ohio.edu and BOWEN, Jared J., Geology, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701

109-109-9

10:15 AM

A PALEOPEDOLOGICAL AND ICHNOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN PENNSYLVANIAN-PERMIAN STRATA IN THE LOWER DUNKARD GROUP, WEST VIRGINIA

BLAIR, Michael and HEMBREE, Daniel I., Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, 316 Clippinger Laboratories, Athens, OH 45701, mb022912@ohio.edu

109-109-10

10:30 AM

THE SURPRISINGLY MODERN ROLES OF INSECTS IN TWO MID MESOZOIC ECOSYSTEMS OF NORTHEASTERN CHINA

SHIH, ChungKun¹, WANG, Mei¹, GAO, Taiping¹, LABANDEIRA, Conrad C.², and REN, Dong¹, (1) College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Key Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Environmental Change, Beijing, 100048, China, chungkun.shih@gmail.com, (2) Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012

109-109-11

10:45 AM

CLIMATIC CONSTRAINS ON ANGIOSPERM POLLEN DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS DURING ALBIAN TIMES: EVIDENCE FROM THE LUSITANIAN BASIN, PORTUGAL

HORIKX, Maurits¹, HOCHULI, Peter A.², and HEIMHOFER, Ulrich¹, (1) Leibniz University Hannover, Institute for Geology, Hannover, 30167, Germany, horikx@geowi.uni-hannover.de, (2) Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zurich, 8006, Switzerland

109-109-12

11:00 AM

PALEOENVIRONMENTS, VERTEBRATE FAUNAS, AND TAPHONOMY OF THE EL GALLO FM., LATE CRETACEOUS, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MÉXICO

FASTOVSKY, David E.¹, MONTELLANO-BALLESTEROS, Marisol², WILSON, Gregory P.³, MARTÍNEZ, Enrique², and ROMO DE VIVAR MARTÍNEZ, Paula⁴, (1) Department of Geosciences, Univ of Rhode Island, 9 East Alumni Ave, Kingston, RI 02881, defastov@uri.edu, (2) Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D.F, 04510, Mexico, (3) Department of Biology, University of Washington, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 351800, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, (4) Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, Cuidad Universitaria, México, D.F, 04510, Mexico

109-109-13

11:15 AM

AMBER ASSOCIATED WITH LATE CRETACEOUS DINOSAUR BONEBEDS IN WESTERN CANADA

MCKELLAR, Ryan C.¹, ENGEL, Michael S.², TAPPERT, Ralf³, WOLFE, Alexander P.⁴, TAPPERT, Michelle C.⁴, and MUEHLENBACHS, Karlis⁴, (1) Palaeontology, Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2340 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 2V7, Canada, ryan.mckellar@gov.sk.ca, (2) Division of Entomology (Paleoentomology), Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, (3) Institute of Mineralogy & Petrography, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria, (4) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada

109-109-14

11:30 AM

FOCUSING ON THE FLOODPLAIN: CYCLING OF CARBON AND STRUCTURE OF FORESTS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA DURING THE LATE CRETACEOUS

CRYSTAL, Victoria F., Geology, Colorado College, 824 E. Willamette Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, vikki.crystal@coloradocollege.edu, FRICKE, Henry, Geology, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, SERTICH, Joseph, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205, and MILLER, Ian M., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO 80205