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GSA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING & EXPOSITION
T47. Recent Developments in Cyclostratigraphy T51. Biodiversity Dynamics in the Face of Environmental
Change: Integrating Paleontological and Neontological
Cosponsors: Cushman Foundation; Geochemical Society; Approaches to Macroevolution
Geologic TimeScale Foundation; Winners Academic Solutions;
YES Network; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division Cosponsors: Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research
Institution
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Stratigraphy,
Sediments, Carbonates Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination,
Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns, Paleontology,
Advocates: Chao Ma; Mingsong Li; M’bark Baddouh Biogeography/Biostratigraphy
This session presents recent developments in methodology Advocates: Shan Huang; Paul G. Harnik; Lee Hsiang Liow
and applications for the analysis of cyclostratigraphy with the
twin goals of improving high-resolution geochronology and This session will focus on how environmental changes have
understanding paleoclimate change. shaped Earth’s biodiversity through geologic time and how these
macroevolutionary relationships might be used to understand
T48. The Timing and Causes of Jurassic-Cretaceous the responses of extant species to current and projected environ-
Biological, Climatic, and Tectonic Transitions in North America mental conditions.
Cosponsors: GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; T52. Biotic Revolutions Recorded in the Trace Fossil Record,
Paleontological Research Institution Neoproterozoic to Recent
Disciplines: Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Tectonics/ Cosponsors: Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research
Tectonophysics, Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy Institution
Advocates: Brady Z. Foreman; Michael D. D’Emic Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination,
Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy, Paleontology,
We seek submissions on new age constraints, paleobiological/ Biogeography/Biostratigraphy
paleoecological analyses, provenance studies, subsidence analy-
ses, structural data, and paleoclimatic reconstructions from Upper Advocates: James Lehane; Leif Tapanila
Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous rocks aimed at integrating major
tectonic, biologic, and climatic transitions. Trace fossils preserve direct behavioral evidence to infer animal
use of space and nutrient resources through deep time. We welcome
PALEONTOLOGY ichnological studies of big biotic innovations for any terrestrial and
aqueous environment.
T49. Advances in Computational Paleobiology: Reshaping
Our Understanding of the Fossil Record T53. Digital, Digital Get Down: Frontiers in Virtual
Paleontology
Cosponsors: Palaeontological Association; Paleontological Society
Cosponsors: Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research
Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Institution; GSA Geoinformatics Division
Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy, Paleontology,
Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination,
Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns, Paleontology,
Advocates: Rachel C.M. Warnock; Alexander M. Dunhill; Paleoecology/Taphonomy
Erin E. Saupe
Advocates: Jennifer E. Bauer; Johnny A. Waters
This session will explore the impact of computational advances
in paleobiology, from novel approaches to collecting and digitiz- The objective of this session is to promote the usage of tomo-
ing data to the development of statistical and computational tech- graphic techniques in understanding morphology, phylogeny, and
niques for analyzing both neontological and paleontological data. function of fossil forms.
T50. Big Forams, Big Questions: Larger Benthic Foraminifera T54. Impact of Extinction Events on the Ecological and
and Climate Interactions Geochemical Functioning of Marine Ecosystems
Cosponsors: Paleontological Society; Cushman Foundation; Cosponsor: Paleontological Society
Paleontological Research Institution
Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination,
Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Geochemistry, Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography
Paleoclimatology/Paleoceanography, Paleontology, Biogeography/
Biostratigraphy Advocates: William J. Foster; Peter J. Harries; Martin Aberhan
Advocates: Laura J. Cotton; Caitlin Keating-Bitonti The impact of extinction events on the functioning and both
the ecological and geochemical composition of the oceans will
This session merges paleontogical, paleoclimatic, and biological be explored. Types of studies include paleoecological, geo-
research that applies novel techniques to larger foraminifera. chemical, paleobiological, ichnological, paleoclimatological,
These studies will yield new insights into the climatic histories and integrated studies.
of shallow marine environments and their evolutionary impact
on foraminifera.
24 22–25 October 2017 • Seattle, Washington, USA
