Page 26 - i1052-5173-31-5

GSA CONNECTS 2021
This session highlights integrative approaches to understanding Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination,
Mesozoic biotic, environmental, and climatic change. The goal is Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy, Paleoclimatology/
to foster interactions between specialists to provide a more holistic Paleoceanography
understanding of outstanding questions about Mesozoic Earth Advocates: Ekaterina Larina; Bethany J. Allen; James D. Witts;
system dynamics. Rowan Whittle
This session will highlight research employing a multidisci-
PALEONTOLOGY plinary approach to better understand patterns, drivers, and bio-
logical response behind mass extinction events and other major
T83. Future Leaders in Paleontology environmental perturbation events across the Phanerozoic.
Endorser: Paleontological Society
Disciplines: Paleontology, Biogeography/Biostratigraphy, T88. Putting the Clocks Forward: Latest Advances in
Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Paleontology, Heterochrony and Developmental Bias in Deep Time
Paleoecology/Taphonomy Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination,
Advocate: Matthew Clapham Paleontology, Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns
This session will showcase outstanding research by student Advocates: Anieke Brombacher; Katie Collins
members of the Paleontological Society, spanning all disciplines Developmental processes are hypothesized to be a major driver
of paleontology. of evolutionary innovation, but empirical data remain scarce. This
session will bring together the latest advances in our understand-
T84. Cephalopods Present and Past: Evolution, ing of developmental processes in deep time.
Paleoecology, and Links to Paleoenvironmental
Change T89. The Evolution of Early Phanerozoic Oceans:
Endorsers: Paleontological Society; Paleontological Research A Geobiological Perspective
Institution; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division Endorsers: Paleontological Society; GSA Geobiology and
Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience
Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy, Paleontology, Division; Geochemical Society
Biogeography/Biostratigraphy Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination
Advocates: Christopher D. Whalen; Corinne Myers; James Witts Advocates: Pedro Monarrez; Joshua Zimmt; Richard Stockey
This session will feature the latest research on fossil and mod- This session will highlight recent advancements among a
ern cephalopods, including cephalopod paleobiology, evolution, diverse set of disciplines (e.g., paleobiology, ecophysiology, geo-
and the use of cephalopods in paleoenvironmental reconstruction. chemistry, paleoceanography) that seek to understand the various
factors influencing early animal evolution spanning the latest
T85. In Memory of Joanne Kluessendorf: Neoproterozoic to the Ordovician.
The Winifred Goldring Award and the Promise
of Women in Paleontology T90. Biotic Interactions through Time
Endorsers: Association for Women Geoscientists; Paleontological Endorsers: Paleontological Society; German Research
Society; Paleontological Research Institution Foundation (DFG); GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division
Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination Disciplines: Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy,
Advocates: Patricia Kelley; René A. Shroat-Lewis Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination, Paleontology,
Joanne Kluessendorf encouraged female participation in the Phylogenetic/Morphological Patterns
geosciences, founding the Winifred Goldring Award for promising Advocates: Tobias Grun; Elizabeth Petsios
women paleontology students. This session in her memory high- This session is dedicated to any aspects of evolutionary history
lights women’s current (and anticipated) contributions to paleon- of biotic interactions. We aim to promote an interdisciplinary
tology, especially by Goldring recipients. exchange of data, methods, and knowledge pertaining to interac-
tions between organisms over evolutionary time scales.
T86. New Insights on Arthropod Paleobiology
Endorser: Paleontological Society T91. Community Ecology and the Fossil Record:
Disciplines: Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination Diversity, Ecological Structure, and Paleoenviron-
Advocates: Matthew Witte; Rhiannon LaVine; Julien Kimmig; mental Responses
James C. Lamsdell Endorser: Paleontological Society
For more than 540 million years, arthropods have remained an Disciplines: Paleontology, Paleoecology/Taphonomy
important and diverse group of marine invertebrates, whose abun- Advocates: Karma Nanglu; Thomas M. Cullen
dance in the fossil record have shaped our modern understanding This session reports on new research relating to the structure
the processes of evolution, diversification, morphology, and more. and dynamics of paleo-communities and how data from these
systems informs on a broad array of ecological and evolutionary
T87. New Perspectives on Phanerozoic Mass Extinc- mechanisms and questions.
tions and Environmental Perturbations
Endorsers: GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division;
Paleontological Research Institution; Paleontological Society;
GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division

26 GSA Today | May 2021