Meeting Abstract 2.5  Tuesday, Jan. 4  What’s so great about jaws?: Functional disparity of the early gnathostome radiation ANDERSON, P.*; FRIEDMAN, M.; BRAZEAU, M.; RAYFIELD, E. J.; Univ. of Bristol, UK; Oxford Univ, UK; Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin; Univ. of Bristol, UK phil.anderson@bristol.ac.uk In the earliest Devonian (ca. 420 Mya), gnathostomes (jawed vertebrates) shared ecological space with […]

Meeting Abstract 2.3  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Evolutionary dynamics of the boxfish carapace II: functional diversity ALFARO, ME*; MARCROFT, TA; VAN WASSENBERGH, S; SLATER, GS; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. Antwerpen; Univ. of California, Los Angeles michaelalfaro@ucla.edu The carapace is thought to confer both mechanical defense and hydrodynamic stability to aracanid and […]

Meeting Abstract 2.2  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Evolutionary dynamics of boxfish carapace I: phylogenetic diversity MARCROFT, T.A.*; MODLIN, J; SANTINI, F; MCPEEK, M.A.; ALFARO, M.E.; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Dartmouth College; Univ. of California, Los Angeles tmarcroft@gmail.com Boxfishes–order Tetraodontiformes, families Ostraciidae and Aracanidae–are characterized by having a […]

Meeting Abstract 2.4  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Evolutionary Trends in Functional Morphology Across a Phylogenetic MegaTree for all Fishes WESTNEAT, Mark; Field Museum of Natural History mwestneat@fieldmuseum.org Major patterns of evolution in complex characters such as feeding and locomotor mechanisms often reveal a strikingly high frequency of independent origin or reversal across large phylogenetic trees. In this study […]

Meeting Abstract 2.1  Tuesday, Jan. 4  Coral Reefs promote the evolution of morphological diversity and ecological novelty in labrid fishes PRICE, Samantha A*; HOLZMAN, Roi A; NEAR, Thomas J; WAINWRIGHT, Peter C; Univ. of California, Davis; Univ. of Tel-Aviv; Yale University; Univ. of California, Davis saprice@ucdavis.edu Although coral reefs are renowned biodiversity hotspots it is not known […]

Meeting Abstract 2.1  Wednesday, Jan. 4  The role of practice (or lack thereof) on the recovery of jump performance in tailless green anole lizards Anolis carolinensis KUO, CY*; GILLIS, GB; IRSCHICK, DJ; Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst; Mt. Holyoke College; Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst chiyun@bio.umass.edu Locomotor performance is critical to organismal survival but is often impaired when the […]

Meeting Abstract 2.5  Wednesday, Jan. 4  The gripping forces and behavior of climbing snakes BYRNES, Greg*; JAYNE, Bruce C; University of Cincinnati; University of Cincinnati byrnesgt@ucmail.uc.edu Arboreal environments consist of a network of cylindrical branches inclined from the horizontal. On these substrates, animals lacking claws must use muscular force to generate sufficient normal force to prevent slipping […]

Meeting Abstract 2.3  Wednesday, Jan. 4  The correlation between locomotor performance and hindlimb kinematics during burst locomotion in the Florida scrub lizard, Sceloporus woodi MCELROY, EJ*; ARCHAMBEAU , KL; MCBRAYER, LD; College of Charleston; College of Charleston; Georgia Southern University mcelroye@cofc.edu We present data on the three-dimensional hindlimb kinematics during burst locomotion, and the relationship between burst […]

Meeting Abstract 2.2  Wednesday, Jan. 4  Sprint Sensitivity to Substrate and Ecomorphological Correlates in Six Terrestrial Lizard Species COLLINS, CE*; ANDERSON, RA; MCBRAYER, LD; Georgia Southern University cc03836@georgiasouthern.edu Sprint performance is important to terrestrial lizards for predator evasion, prey acquisition, and fitness. Because many terrestrial species encounter a variety of substrates during locomotion, relationships between morphology, performance, […]

Meeting Abstract 2.4  Wednesday, Jan. 4  How fore- and hindlimb function changes with incline and perch diameter in Anolis carolinensis FOSTER, K.L.*; HIGHAM, T.E.; Univ. of California, Riverside; Univ. of California, Riverside kfost001@ucr.edu Arboreal lizards often traverse a wide range of inclines and surface diameters in their habitats. To execute these complex locomotor behaviors, both the fore- […]