Geological Society of America

1:50 PM

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS OF PENNSYLVANIAN PEAT SWAMPS AND THE NATURE OF THE CARBONIFEROUS RAINFOREST COLLAPSE

Henry Thomas, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID and Sydney Booth, University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Benjamin Muddiman, University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Ivo Duijnstee, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA and Cynthia Looy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

383557 (Technical Sessions)

2:05 PM

THE TAPHONOMIC CHARACTER AND OCCURRENCE OF UPPER PERMIAN–LOWER TRIASSIC PLANT ASSEMBLAGES IN THE MID-PALEOLATITUDES, BOGDA MOUNTAINS, WESTERN CHINA

Robert Gastaldo, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Wan Yang, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO and Mingli Wan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu

378229 (Technical Sessions)

2:20 PM

DECOUPLED TERRESTRIAL AND MARINE ECOLOGICAL RECOVERY AFTER THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION

Alison Cribb, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Philip-peter Maxeiner, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Yun-Hsin Wu, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA and Frank Corsetti, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and David Bottjer, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Kiersten Formoso, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA and Kiersten Formoso, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Charles Woolley, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA and Charles Woolley, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and James Beech, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Shannon Brophy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Paul J. Byrne, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Victoria Cassady, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and Amanda Godbold, University of Southern California, Calgary, AB and Ekaterina Larina, University of Texas - Austin, Austin, TX and Ekaterina Larina, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

379759 (Technical Sessions)

2:35 PM

EARLY DINOSAUR ADAPTATIONS TO COLD EXPLAINS THEIR TRIASSIC HIGH-LATITUDE BIAS AND GLOBAL EXPANSION THROUGH THE END-TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION

Paul Olsen, Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Jessica H. Whiteside, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton and Dennis Kent, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY and Clara Chang, Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Sean Kinney, Columbia University, Palisades, NY and Bennett B. Slibeck, Columbia University, New York, NY

383222 (Technical Sessions)

2:50 PM

MODERN FORESTS EXPERIENCE GREATER INSECT HERBIVORY THAN FOSSIL LOCALITIES

Lauren Azevedo-Schmidt, University of Maine, Orono, ME and Lauren Azevedo-Schmidt, University of California Davis, Davis, CA and Emily Meineke, University of California Davis, Davis, CA and Ellen Currano, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Ellen Currano, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

377405 (Technical Sessions)

3:25 PM

EVIDENCE FOR VOLCANIC DISTURBANCE IN THE MIDDLE MIOCENE SUCCOR CREEK FLORA (OREGON AND IDAHO)

Christopher Schiller, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Alexander J. Lowe, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Caroline A.E. Stromberg, University Of Washington, Seattle, WA and Caroline A.E. Stromberg, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Mark Schmitz, Boise State University, Boise, ID and Thomas A. Dillhoff, Evolving Earth Foundation, Issaquah, WA and Patrick F. Fields, College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID and Ralph E. Taggart, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

380693 (Technical Sessions)

3:40 PM

DIETARY PALEOECOLOGY OF UNGULATES IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE MIOCENE DOVE SPRING FORMATION, CALIFORNIA

Fabian Hardy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Catherine Badgley, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and Xiaoming Wang, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA

380544 (Technical Sessions)

3:55 PM

THE POWER OF PALEOECOLOGY FOR UNDERSTANDING DISTURBANCE REGIMES

Melissa Chipman, Syracuse University, Syracuse, IL and Joseph Napier, The University of Texas at Austin,, Austin, TX

381604 (Technical Sessions)

4:15 PM

RAINFALL EFFECTS ON FIRE ACTIVITY AND DISTURBANCE-MEDIATED VEGETATION STATES ARE NON-LINEAR ACROSS THE AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD

Allison Karp, Brown University, Providence, RI and Allison Karp, Yale University, New Haven, CT and Kevin Uno, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA and Melissa A. Berke, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and James Russell, Brown University, Providence, RI and Christopher A. Scholz, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY and Jennifer Marlon, Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, CT and J. Tyler Faith, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and J. Tyler Faith, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and A. Carla Staver, Yale University, New Haven, CT and A. Carla Staver, Yale University, New Haven, CT

380535 (Technical Sessions)

4:30 PM

UNDERSTANDING DRIVERS OF VEGETATION CHANGE IN DHOFAR, OMAN: A BIODIVERSE DRYLAND ECOSYSTEM

Kaitlyn Horisk, Penn State University, State College, PA and Sarah Ivory, University of Oslo, Oslo and Katherine Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Joy McCorriston, Penn State University, State College, PA and Allison A. Baczynski, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA and Aly Al-Mahri, Oman Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Muscat 115 and Ali Al-Kathiri, Oman Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Muscat 115

380988 (Technical Sessions)

4:45 PM

PRESERVATION BIASES AFFECT CHARCOAL-BASED PALEOFIRE INTERPRETATIONS

Richard Vachula, Auburn University, Auburn, AL and Rachel Sheppard, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and Anson Cheung, Brown University, Providence, RI

380233 (Technical Sessions)

T261 Terrestrial Ecosystem Disturbance through Geologic Time

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