T58 Divided Oceans and Connected Continents: Advances in Geology and Paleontology of the Tropical Americas II

Sunday, 4 November 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
218AB

Presentations

• 1:30 PM
  WHY GEOLOGISTS, PALEONTOLOGISTS, AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGISTS NEED EACH OTHER
  Alexandre Antonelli, University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, N/A
  210848 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  FRESHWATER FISH SET LIMITS TO THE AGE OF THE PANAMA ISTHMUS
  Eldredge Bermingham, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, N/A and Fernando Alda, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, N/A
  213110 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  FROM FOSSIL BONE CELLS TO THE LARGEST PALEOGENE TROPICAL TURTLE
  Edwin A. Cadena, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  206409 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  THE LAS CASCADAS FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE: BIOSTRATIGRAPHIC AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE OLDEST MAMMALS FROM THE PANAMA CANAL AREA, CENTRAL AMERICA
  Aldo F. Rincon, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Jonathan I. Bloch, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and David A. Foster, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panamá
  212288 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  THE NEW WORLD TROPICS AS A CRADLE OF BIODIVERSITY DURING THE EARLY MIOCENE: CALIBRATION OF THE CENTENARIO FAUNA FROM PANAMA
  Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and David A. Foster, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Aldo F. Rincon, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and G.S. Morgan, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque, NM and Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panamá
  209196 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  BIOGEOGRAPHY AND BIOCHRONOLOGY OF SMALL MAMMALS (CHIROPTERA, RODENTIA) FROM THE EARLY MIOCENE OF PANAMA
  Gary S. Morgan, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM and Aldo F. Rincon, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Aaron R. Wood, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Jonathan I. Bloch, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK and Maria Camila Vallejo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A
  210363 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHICAL AND PALEOCLIMATICAL IMPLICATIONS FROM A PERMINERALIZED FRUIT AND SEED FLORA OF THE MIDDLE MIOCENE OF PANAMA
  Fabiany Herrera, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Steven Manchester, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL and Monica R. Carvalho, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancón, Panamá
  207349 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:20 PM
  THE NEOTROPICAL FOSSIL RECORD AND THE GREAT AMERICAN BIOTIC INTERCHANGE
  Juan D. Carrillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A and María C. Vallejo-Pareja, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A and Andrés L. Cárdenas, Departamento Ciencias de la Tierra, Medellin and Jorge W. Moreno-Bernal, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A and Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A and Ludwig Jimenez, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A and Austin J.W. Hendy, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL and Douglas S. Jones, Florida Museum of Nat History, Gainesville, FL
  209893 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  AN EXCEPTIONAL MARINE FOSSIL FISH ASSEMBLAGE REVEALS A HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE DEEP-WATER ENVIRONMENT IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN SEAWAY DURING THE LATE MIOCENE
  Carlos De Gracia, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Ancon, N/A and Jorge Carrillo–Briceño, Museo Paleontológico de Urumaco, Falcón, N/A and Werner Schwarzhans, Hamburg, N/A and Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, N/A
  209901 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  NEOGENE REEF CORAL ASSEMBLAGES OF THE BOCAS DEL TORO REGION, PANAMA
  James S. Klaus, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL and Donald F. McNeill, RSMAS Univ of Miami, Miami, FL and Ann F. Budd, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
  212420 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  QUANTIFYING UPWELLING AND FRESHENING IN NEARSHORE TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS USING STABLE ISOTOPES IN MODERN TROPICAL AMERICAN GASTROPODS
  Kai Tao, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and John A. Robbins, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Ethan L. Grossman, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX and Aaron O'Dea, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
  211708 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  EXPLORING THE DELAYED OVERTURN IN CARIBBEAN FAUNA USING GASTROPOD STABLE-ISOTOPE PROFILES TO QUANTIFY SEASONAL UPWELLING AND FRESHENING OF COASTAL WATERS
  John A. Robbins, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Kai Tao, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX and Ethan L. Grossman, Texas A&M Univ, College Station, TX and Aaron O'Dea, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, N/A
  207895 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  STABLE ISOTOPE PROFILING IN MODERN MARINE BRYOZOAN COLONIES ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA
  Marcus Key, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA and Paige M. Hollenbeck, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA and Aaron O'Dea, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, N/A and William P. Patterson, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
  204141 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:50 PM
  TIMING OF THE ISOLATION OF THE CARIBBEAN FROM THE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC
  Jeremy B.C. Jackson, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC and Aaron O'Dea, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, N/A
  209108 (Technical Sessions)