Meeting Abstract 37-8 Sunday, Jan. 5 09:45 – 10:00 The Evolutionary Origin of the Filter-feeding Larval Phase in Lampreys MIYASHITA, T*; GESS, RW; COATES, MI; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Albany Museum, Makhanda, South Africa; University of Chicago, Chicago, IL tetsuto@uchicago.edu http://coateslab.uchicago.edu/people/tetsutomiyashita/ The ontogeny of lampreys holds a special place in the historical development of ideas about […]
year: 2020
Predicting habitat preferences of Hesperornis (Aves Hesperornithiformes) in the Western Interior Seaway through occupancy modeling
Meeting Abstract 37-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:00 – 08:15 Predicting habitat preferences of Hesperornis (Aves: Hesperornithiformes) in the Western Interior Seaway through occupancy modeling CHAPMAN, BR*; WILSON, LE; Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS brchapman@mail.fhsu.edu In the Late Cretaceous, North America was divided by the Western Interior Seaway (WIS), a shallow epicontinental sea. Native vertebrate life included […]
Living on the edge ecology of the extinct Noble marten as determined by morphological and isotopic evidence
Meeting Abstract 37-4 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:45 – 09:00 Living on the edge: ecology of the extinct Noble marten as determined by morphological and isotopic evidence LYNCH, LM*; MCKENNA, ME; DUDGEON, JV; Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Idaho State University; Center for Archaeology, Materials, and Applied Spectroscopy Center leigha.marie.lynch@gmail.com The end of the Pleistocene […]
Crocodyliform Cranial Constraint and Convergence
Meeting Abstract 37-6 Sunday, Jan. 5 09:15 – 09:30 Crocodyliform Cranial Constraint and Convergence FELICE, RN*; POL, D; O’CONNOR, PM; GOSWAMI, A; UCL, London; CONICET, Trelew; Ohio University, Athens, OH; NHM, London ryan.felice@ucl.ac.uk Mesoeucrocodylia (alligators, crocodiles, gharial, and their extinct relatives) is a surprisingly diverse clade of archosaurs that includes carnivorous, omnivorous, herbivorous forms that once occupied […]
Changes in central Texas fossil herpetofauna
Meeting Abstract 37-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 09:00 – 09:15 Changes in central Texas fossil herpetofauna LEDESMA, D*; KEMP, M; University of Texas, Austin; University of Texas, Austin ledesma-david@utexas.edu In the face of modern climate change and worldwide biodiversity loss, it is imperative that we work to better understand the impacts that environmental changes can have on extant […]
A New, Small Arboreal Reptile from the Upper Permian of Tanzania
Meeting Abstract 37-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:15 – 08:30 A New, Small Arboreal Reptile from the Upper Permian of Tanzania STOCKER, MR*; NESBITT, SJ; ANGIELCZYK, K; SIDOR, C; FORTNER, J; OLROYD, S; LUNGMUS, J; SMITH, R; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech; Field Museum; University of Washington; Southern Methodist University; University of Washington; University of Chicago; University of the […]
The Resolution Solution Increasing Nodal Support in the Problematic Phylogeny for a Large Adaptive Radiation of Papuan Asterophryne Frogs
Meeting Abstract 36-1 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:00 – 08:15 The Resolution Solution: Increasing Nodal Support in the Problematic Phylogeny for a Large Adaptive Radiation of Papuan Asterophryne Frogs HILL, EC*; JARMAN, MJ; BUTLER, MA; University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii; University of Hawaii hille7@hawaii.edu With over 300 species, the Asterophryinae subfamily is the largest part of the […]
Systematics and Biogeography of the African Slippery Frogs (genus Conraua), Including the World’s Largest Living Frog
Meeting Abstract 36-2 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:15 – 08:30 Systematics and Biogeography of the African Slippery Frogs (genus Conraua), Including the World’s Largest Living Frog BLACKBURN, DC*; NIELSEN, SV; BAREJ, M; RöDEL, MO; University of Florida, Gainesville; University of Florida, Gainesville; Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin; Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin dblackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu http://www.blackburnlab.org The African slippery frogs (genus Conraua) contain […]
Mitonuclear Discordance in the North American corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus complex)
Meeting Abstract 36-3 Sunday, Jan. 5 08:30 – 08:45 Mitonuclear Discordance in the North American corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus complex) MARSHALL, TL*; DAVIS, DR; HILLIS, DM; University of Texas at Austin; University of Texas Rio Grande Rio Grande Valley; University of Texas at Austin thomm80@utexas.edu Mitochondrial markers have been widely used over the past 30 years to […]
Mechanisms Driving Venom Gene Regulation in Rattlesnakes Revealed Through Integrative Analyses of Genome Structure and Function
Meeting Abstract 36-5 Sunday, Jan. 5 09:00 – 09:15 Mechanisms Driving Venom Gene Regulation in Rattlesnakes Revealed Through Integrative Analyses of Genome Structure and Function. PERRY, BW*; SCHIELD, DR; MACKESSY, SP; CASTOE, TA; University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX; University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX; University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO; University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX […]
