GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016

TRAUB, Daniel J. and BARTELS, William S., Department of Geological Sciences, Albion College, 611 E Porter St, Albion, MI 49224, djt13@albion.edu

LARINA, Ekaterina¹, BOTTJER, David J.², YAGER, Joyce A.³, CORSETTI, Frank A.² and BERELSON, William M.², (1)Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90018, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, (3)Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089; Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 70089, elarina@usc.edu

COTTON, Laura J.¹, ARCISZEWSKI, Jonathan², REICH, Sonja³, WESSELINGH, Frank P.² and PEARSON, Paul N.⁴, (1)School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, (2)Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, Leiden, 2300 RA, Netherlands, (3)Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 10, Kiel, 24118, Germany, (4)School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom, ljcotton@hku.hk

HARRIS, Kiana T. and MCKENZIE, Scott C., Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th St., Erie, PA 16546, kharri27@lakers.mercyhurst.edu

VAZIRI, Seyed Hamid, Department of Geology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 19585-851, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of); Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada and LAFLAMME, Marc, Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6, Canada, hamid.vaziri@utoronto.ca

CHURCHILL, Alyson N., Geology, Colby College, 5800 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901, GASTALDO, Robert A., Department of Geology, Colby College, 5807 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME 04901 and NEVELING, Johann, Council for Geosciences, Private Bag x112, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa, anchurch@colby.edu

SHEFFIELD, Sarah L., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, AUSICH, William, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, 155 S Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398 and SUMRALL, Colin D., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, ssheffi2@vols.utk.edu

CORDIE, David R., DORNBOS, Stephen Q. and GULBRANSON, Erik L., Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, drcordie@uwm.edu

ARENS, Nan Crystal, FISCHER, Mikhail Y., ANDES, Richard E. and CARR, Caroline E., Department of Geoscience, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 14456, Arens@HWS.edu

ANDERSON, Deborah K., Division of Natural Sciences, Biology Discipline, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115, deborah.anderson@snc.edu

COLE, Selina R., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 275 Mendenhall Laboratory, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398, COLMENAR, Jorge, Geological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5–7, Copenhagen, DK-1350, Denmark and ZAMORA, Samuel, Museo Geominero, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, C/Manuel Lasala, 44, 9ºB, Zaragoza, 50006, Spain, cole.678@osu.edu

STOKES, Jacob R.¹, ABNEY, Cooper², DEAK, Michael D.² and MCKENZIE, Scott C.², (1)Department of Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th St., Erie, PA 16504, (2)Department of Geology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th St., Erie, PA 16546, jstoke44@lakers.mercyhurst.edu

JORGENSEN, D.D., Department of Geosciences, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park St, Hays, KS 67601, Ddjorgensen@mail.fhsu.edu

STEBBINS, Alan G., School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey BLVD, Boston, MA 02125, WILLIAMS, Jeremy C., Department of Geology, Kent State University, 228 McGilvrey Hall, Kent, OH 44240, BROOKFIELD, Michael, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 and HANNIGAN, Robyn, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, alan.stebbins001@umb.edu

SORDET, Valentin¹, ADATTE, Thierry¹, KELLER, Gerta², SCHOENE, Blair², SAMPERTON, Kyle M.² and KHADRI, Syed³, (1)Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland, (2)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, (3)P.G. Department of Geology, Amravati University, Amravati, 444602, India, valentin.sordet@unil.ch

JONES, Morgan T.¹, AUGLAND, Lars E.¹, BURGESS, Seth D.², ELIASSEN, Gauti¹, SVENSEN, Henrik H.¹, JERRAM, Dougal A.¹, JOCHMANN, Malte³, FRIIS, Bjarki³ and PLANKE, Sverre¹, (1)Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Postbox 1028 Blindern, Oslo, 0315, Norway, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, (3)Store Norske Spitsbergen Grubekompani AS, PO Box 613, Longyearbyen, 9171, Norway, m.t.jones@geo.uio.no

SAJEEV, Riffin, Geology, Periyar University, Salem-11, Tamil Nadu, Salem, 636011, India, riffin@rediffmail.com

SANKS, Kelly¹, DAY, Jed¹ and WITZKE, Brian J.², (1)Geography & Geology, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4400, Normal, IL 61790-4400, (2)Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, 121 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, kmsanks@ilstu.edu

IKEDA, Masayuki¹, HORI, Rie², OKADA, Yuki², NAKADA, Ryoichi³ and SAITO, Yu⁴, (1)Geosciences, Shizuoka University, 836 Ooya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-0833, Japan, (2)Department of Earth Sciences, Ehime University, Ehime, 790-8577, (3)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Monobe 200, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8502, (4)Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, 603-8047, m.ikeda0415@gmail.com

ROBINS, Cristina M., Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, DICKINSON HALL, Gainesville, FL 32611 and KLOMPMAKER, Adiël A., Department of Integrative Biology & Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720, cristina.robins@gmail.com

KUTCHER, Maree Michelle and SCOTT, Eric, Dr. John D. Cooper Archaeological and Paleontological Center, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 92831, mareekutcher@yahoo.com

SARKAR, Debattam¹, PAUL, Shubhabrata¹, BARDHAN, Subhendu² and RUDRA, Purbasha², (1)Department of Applied Geology, Indian School of Mines, Department of Applied Geology, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad 826004, India, Dhanbad, 826004, India, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, Jadavpur University, Raja S C Mullik Rd, Kolkata, 700032, India, debattam.16@gmail.com

LUPIA, Richard¹, SHEELY, Nathan², JOHNSON, Matthew B.², STROUT, Greg³ and LARSON, Preston³, (1)Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History / School of Geology & Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Ave, Norman, OK 73072, (2)Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, (3)Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, 770 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK 73019, rlupia@ou.edu

PETERMANN, Holger¹, SKINNER, H. Catherine W.¹, FABBRI, Matteo¹ and RANGER, Brian², (1)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, (2)School of Biotechnology Research and Zoological Sciences, Fairchild Wheeler Interdistrict Magnet Campus, 840 Old Town Road, Bridgeport, CT 06606, holger.petermann@yale.edu

LI, Mingsong¹, HUANG, Chunju¹, HINNOV, Linda A.², OGG, James G.³ and ZHANG, Yang Wendy³, (1)School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China, (2)Dept. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences, George Mason University, 4400 University Avenue, Fairfax, VA 22030, (3)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univ, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, mli69@jhu.edu

KERR, James¹, PARK BOUSH, Lisa E.², YAKABOWSKAS, Dana Michelle² and MYRBO, Amy³, (1)Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Beach Hall, Storrs, CT 06268, (2)Center for Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, 354 Mansfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1045, (3)LacCore/CSDCO, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Dr. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, james.kerr@uconn.edu

HACKER, Riley J. and SCHMEISSER MCKEAN, Rebecca L., Department of Geology, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115, riley.hacker@snc.edu

MODYS, Alexander B.¹, OLEINIK, Anton E.¹, MORTLOCK, Richard A.², TOTH, Lauren T.³ and PRECHT, William F.⁴, (1)Department of Geosciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, (2)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, (3)Coastal and Marine Science Center, United States Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, (4)Marine and Coastal Programs, Dial Cordy and Associates, Inc., Miami, FL 33179, amodys@fau.edu

ARZANI, Nasser, Department of Geology, University of Payame-Nour, Kohandej Street, Esfahan, Iran, HEYDARI, Ezat, Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and Geoscience, Jackson State University, P.O. Box 17660, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217 and HASSANZADEH, Jamshid, Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, arzan2@yahoo.com

EDIE, Stewart M., Department of the Geophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, 5734 South Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, SMITS, Peter D., Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60615 and JABLONSKI, David, Geophysical Sciences, Univ of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, sedie@uchicago.edu

RHENBERG, Elizabeth C., Geology, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, AUSICH, William I., School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 155 South Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1398 and MEYER, David L., Dept of Geology, Univ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, rhenbel@earlham.edu

GRANHOLM Jr., John William, Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28607, CARMICHAEL, Sarah K., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, 287 Rivers St., Boone, NC 28608 and WATERS, Johnny A., Department of Geology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, granholmj@appstate.edu

POWELL, Matthew G. and TAYLOR-BENJAMIN, Ian-Michael, Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St, Huntingdon, PA 16652, powell@juniata.edu

CLEVELAND, Claire, Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, 503 Deike Building, University Park, PA 16802, clairecleveland@psu.edu

COTTON, Laura J., School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong, YASUHARA, Moriaki, School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building,, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong and PEARSON, Paul N, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom, ljcotton@hku.hk

RONEY, Ryan O.¹, FOUQUET JÓ, Nathalia², LUQUE, Javier³, SUMRALL, Colin D.¹ and WILKE, Hans-Gerhard², (1)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, 306 EPS, 1412 Circle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996-1410, (2)Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile, (3)Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6E 2E9, Canada, rroney1@vols.utk.edu

WHALEN, Christopher D., Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520 and BRIGGS, Derek E.G., Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511, christopher.whalen@yale.edu

DOWNEN, Matthew R., Department of Geology, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Lawrence, KS 66044 and SELDEN, Paul A., Paleontological Institute, University of Kansas, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd, Lindley Hall, Rm 120, Lawrence, KS 66045, mattdownen@ku.edu

WERBIN, Zoey R., Biology, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, FINNEGAN, Seth, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 and PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305, zwerbin1@swarthmore.edu

KUNDU, Tushar, Economics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, WANG, Steve C., Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, PAYNE, Jonathan L., Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 320, Room 118, Stanford, CA 94305 and FINNEGAN, Seth, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, tkundu1@swarthmore.edu

NGUYEN, Tuan¹, MIDGLEY, Katrina M.², LIN, Jason Z.¹, WANG, Steve C.³, PORTER, Susannah M.⁴, MOORE, John L.⁵, MALOOF, Adam C.⁶, ZHOU, Heather J.⁷, WANG, Daniel³, GAI, Linda⁸ and WANG, Chengying³, (1)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081; Computer Science, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (2)Computer Science, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (3)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (4)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (5)Department of Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106; Earth Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (6)Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, (7)Mathematics and Statistics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081; Economics, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, (8)Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, tnguyen4@swarthmore.edu

BROPHY, Shannon K.¹, DANILOVA, Anastasia¹, PEREZ, Auraliz¹, GARB, Matthew P.¹, NAUJOKAITYTE, Jone¹, RODRIGUEZ, Stephanie C.¹, PHILLIPS, George E.² and LANDMAN, Neil H.³, (1)Earth and Environmental Sciences, Brooklyn College, 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210, (2)Paleontology, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, 2148 Riverside Drive, Jackson, MS 39202-1353, (3)Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St, New York, NY 10024, skbrophy94@aol.com