Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

NICHE BREADTH OF LATE CRETACEOUS PLANTS INFERRED FROM PATTERNS OF DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE IN THE EARLY MAASTRICHTIAN BIG CEDAR RIDGE TUFF, WYOMING

Caroline A.E. Strömberg, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Scott L. Wing, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

131095 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

BORED FUNGI: PROTOTAXITES-ARTHROPOD INTERACTIONS DURING THE DEVONIAN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY PENETRATION OF VASCULAR PLANT WOOD

Wenying Wu, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC and Conrad C. Labandeira, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Carol Hotton, NCBI/NLM/NIH, Bethesda, MD and William E. Stein, SUNY, Binghamton, NY

131239 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

LATERAL VARIATION IN INSECT DAMAGE ALONG INDIVIDUAL CARBONACEOUS SHALE HORIZONS IN THE EARLY EOCENE IN THE BIGHORN BASIN, WYOMING

Ellen D. Currano, Penn State, University Park, PA

126461 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF WOLF AND UNGULATE BONES SUGGESTS A LINK BETWEEN FAUNAL CHANGE AND NUTRIENT CYCLING IN YELLOWSTONE GRASSLANDS OVER THE PAST CENTURY

Kena Fox-Dobbs, Smithsonian Institution, Santa Cruz, CA and Abigail A. Nelson, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Jennifer A. Leonard, Uppsala University, Uppsala, N/A and Paul L. Koch, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

129702 (Technical Sessions)

9:00 AM

FE3+ UPTAKE IN FOSSIL TEETH: SIMULATING FOSSIL DIAGENESIS IN CROCODYLIAN AND MAMMALIAN TEETH

Joel I.B. Blickstein, Glenwood Landing, NY and Hermain S. Khan, Flushing, NY and Bonnie A.B. Blackwell, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Anne R. Skinner, Williams College, Williamstown, MA and Andrés Montoya, Glenwood Landing, NY

128403 (Technical Sessions)

9:15 AM

HOLOCENE SMALL MAMMALS OF THE GREAT BASIN: TRACKING RECENT RICHNESS DECLINES THROUGH LIVE/DEAD ANALYSIS OF RAPTOR-GENERATED FAUNAL REMAINS

Rebecca C. Terry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

127813 (Technical Sessions)

9:30 AM

LIVE-DEAD DISCORDANCE IN MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES INDICATES HUMAN IMPACTS, NOT NATURAL TAPHONOMIC BIAS

Susan Kidwell, Univ of Chicago, Chicago, IL

127895 (Technical Sessions)

9:45 AM

TAPHONOMIC TRENDS IN LATE CENOZOIC BENTHIC MOLLUSKS FROM MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS

Matthew Bychowski, Gloucester High School, Gloucester, VA and Susan Barbour Wood, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Patricia Kelley, Southport, NC and Lauck Ward, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA and Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

130729 (Technical Sessions)

10:00 AM

THE POWER OF CLAMS: BIVALVE MOLLUSKS AS ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS IN THE COLORADO RIVER ESTUARY

Karl Flessa, Univ Arizona Dept Geosciences, Tucson, AZ and Robert Dietz, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA and Guillermo Avila-Serrano, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, N/A and Miguel Téllez-Duarte, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, N/A

129112 (Technical Sessions)

10:15 AM

THE SOURCE OF SUSTENANCE FOR SIPHONING SHELLFISH IN THE COLORADO RIVER ESTUARY: NITROGEN ISOTOPES IN BIVALVE SHELLS REVEAL CHANGES IN NUTRIENT DELIVERY

Robert D. Dietz, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN and Karl W. Flessa, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and D.L. Dettman, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

126502 (Technical Sessions)

10:30 AM

FOSSILS, COEVOLUTION AND CONSERVATION: USING THE PAST TO EVALUATE THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON THE EVOLUTION OF A PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION

Mary Elizabeth Kosloski, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Gregory P. Dietl, Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY

132153 (Technical Sessions)

10:45 AM

THE FOSSIL RECORD OF PREDATION: A QUANTITATIVE OVERVIEW

Michal Kowalewski, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA and John W. Huntley, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

127651 (Technical Sessions)

11:00 AM

DRILLING UNDER THREAT: AN EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF DRILLING BEHAVIOR OF NUCELLA LAMELLOSA IN THE PRESENCE OF A PREDATOR

Devapriya Chattopadhyay, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, Mohanpur and Tomasz K. Baumiller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

124455 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

CHANGING PROPORTIONS OF BIVALVE GUILDS REFLECT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN DURING THE PAST 5 MILLION YEARS

Jill S. Leonard-Pingel, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA and Jeremy B.C. Jackson, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

130606 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

RESISTANCE OF MARINE PALECOMMUNITIES TO PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY DISRUPTION IN THE LATE MIOCENE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Rachel Hertog, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA and Peter Roopnarine, California Academy of Sciences Invertebrate Zoology & Geology, San Francisco, CA

131331 (Technical Sessions)

11:45 AM

EVEN INVERTEBRATES NEED ELBOW ROOM: SHELL SIZE AND AREA EFFECT ON ENCRUSTATION OF BIVALVES AND BRACHIOPODS FROM THE SOUTHEAST BRAZILIAN BIGHT

David L. Rodland, Muskingum University, New Concord, OH and Michal Kowalewski, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Marcello G. Simoes, Sao Paulo State University, Botucatu, N/A

130098 (Technical Sessions)

59 Paleontology IV: Paleoecology and Preservation

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