Geological Society of America

1:30 PM

USING ANCESTRAL STATE RECONSTRUCTION FROM MODERN TO RECONSTRUCT PALEOECOLOGY: WHEN DOES IT WORK (AND WHEN DOES IT NOT)?

Andrew Simpson, Smithsonian InstitutionPaleobiology, Washington, DC and S.L. Wing, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Charles Fenster, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

265906 (Technical Sessions)

1:45 PM

EARLY RECOVERY OF METAZOAN FRAMEWORK REEFS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE ARCHAEOCYATH EXTINCTION: MIDDLE CAMBRIAN (LATE STAGE 5) ZHANGXIA FORMATION, SHANDONG PROVINCE, CHINA

Jeong-Hyun Lee, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Jusun Woo, Deakin University, Burwood and Jongsun Hong, Korea University, Seoul and Dong-Jin Lee, Andong National University, Andong and Suk-Joo Choh, Korea University, Seoul

262435 (Technical Sessions)

2:00 PM

PROLIFERATION OF AVOIDANCE STRATEGIES IN THE LATE NORIAN (LATE TRIASSIC): NEW OBSERVATIONS OF A MAJOR PALEOECOLOGICAL TRANSITION IN LEVEL-BOTTOM BENTHOS FROM NEW ZEALAND

Lydia Tackett, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND

269914 (Technical Sessions)

2:15 PM

REDESCRIPTION OF OESIA DISJUNCTA AS A CAMBRIAN ENTEROPNEUST (HEMICHORDATA) AND MARGARETIA DORUS AS ITS ASSOCIATED TUBE

Karma Nanglu, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC and Jean-Bernard Caron, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON and Jean-Bernard Caron, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON and Jean-Bernard Caron, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON and Christopher B. Cameron, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC and Simon Conway Morris, University of Cambridge, Cambridge

268035 (Technical Sessions)

2:30 PM

CHRONOLOGICAL PERSISTENCE OF ACROPORA CERVICORNIS AT CORAL GARDENS, BELIZE

Tanner Waggoner, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and Karl Wirth, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN and Lisa Greer, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and Thomas P. Guilderson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LIvermore, CA and Tara Clark, University of Queensland, Bisbane QLD and James Busch, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA and Jenna Biegel, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Lexington, VA and Harry Lustig III, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Lexington, VA and H. Allen Curran, Smith College, Northampton, MA and Halard L. Lescinsky, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH

264997 (Technical Sessions)

2:45 PM

TAPHONOMIC LAG ON LAND: SNAIL DEATH ASSEMBLAGES SHOW RAPID INCORPORATION OF SYNANTHROPIC LIVING COMMUNITIES ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, THE BAHAMAS

Alexander F. Wall, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

269424 (Technical Sessions)

3:00 PM

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF PRESERVATION POTENTIALS OF SOFT-BODIED ORGANISMS ON SAN SALVADOR, BAHAMAS

Brandt Gibson, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and Simon A.F. Darroch, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

270304 (Technical Sessions)

3:30 PM

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON BIVALVE SKELETAL GROWTH

Daniel Killam, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA and Matthew Clapham, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

269584 (Technical Sessions)

4:00 PM

TOOTH WEAR ANALYSES AS PROXIES FOR HABITAT OPENNESS AND AN ASSESSMENT OF DRIVERS FOR CHANGES IN BIODIVERSITY IN THE JOHN DAY BASIN DURING THE EARLY OLIGOCENE

Jonathan Hoffman, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Joshua X. Samuels, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Kimberly, OR

269995 (Technical Sessions)

4:15 PM

FIVE MILLION YEARS OF RODENT PALEODIETS IN THE MEADE BASIN, GREAT PLAINS, USA

Andrew W. Haveles, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and David L. Fox, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Kena Fox-Dobbs, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

265426 (Technical Sessions)

4:30 PM

USING ISOTOPIC, ECOMORPHOMETRIC, AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF MODERN RODENTS AS ANALOGUES FOR FOSSIL RODENT PALEOECOLOGY

David L. Fox, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Andrew W. Haveles, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and Jonathan Stanford Keller, University of Minnesota, Falcon Heights, MN and Kieran P. McNulty, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

268963 (Technical Sessions)

4:50 PM

UNUSUAL, FOSSILIFEROUS CONCRETIONS FROM THE LOWER JURASSIC MOENAVE FORMATION OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH, USA: IMPLICATIONS FOR ANCIENT FISH MASS MORTALITIES

Allison R. Vitkus, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO and Karen Chin, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO and James I. Kirkland, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT and Andrew R.C. Milner, St. George, UT and Edward L. Simpson, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

269720 (Technical Sessions)

5:05 PM

DINOSAUR COPROLITES FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS KAIPAROWITS FORMATION IN SOUTHERN UTAH SUPPORT AN UPDATED INTERPRETATION OF HERBIVOROUS DINOSAUR FEEDING HABITS

Karen Chin, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO

267189 (Technical Sessions)

T252 Topics in Paleoecology: Modern Analogues and Ancient Systems III

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