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Paleoecology readings, 2001

Alexander, Richard R., 1981, Predation scars preserved in Chesterian brachiopods: probable culprits and evolutionary consequences for the articulates. Journal of Paleontology, 55(1):192-203.

Antia, David D. J., 1977, A comparison of diversity and trophic nuclei of live and dead moluscan faunas from the Essex Chenier Plain, England. Paleobiology, 3:404-414.

Arnold, A. J., d'Escrivan, Felicita, and Parker, W.C., 1985, Predation and avoidance responses in the foraminifera of the Galapagos Hydrothermal mounds. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 15:38-42.

Ausich, William I., 1993, Taphonomic Method for Determining Muscular Articulations in Fossil Crinoids. Palaios, 8:477-484.

Babcock, L. E., 1993, Trilobite malformations and the fossil record of behavioral asymmetry: Journal of Paleontology 67:217-229.

Bambach, Richard., 1977, Species Richness in Marine Benthic Habitats through the Phanerozoic. Paleobiology, 3:152-167.

Baumiller, Tomasz K., 1992, Importance of Hydrodynamic Lift to Crinoid Autecology, or, Could Crinoids Function as Kites? J. Paleontology, 66 (4):658-665.

Baumiller, Tomasz K., 1996, Implications for gastropod drilling in Devonian blastoids. Palaeo, 123:41-47.

Bond, Paul N. and Saunders, Bruce W., 1989, Sublethal Injury and Shell Repair in Upper Mississippian Ammonoids. Paleobiology, 15 (4): 414-428.

Boyce, Janet Mabry, 1946, The influence of fecundity and egg mortality on the population growth of Tribolium confusum duval. Ecology, 27(4).

Cowen, Richard, 1981, Crinoid arms and banana plantations: an economic harvesting analogy. Paleobiology, 7(3):332-343.

Cowen, Richard, 1975, Flapping valves’ in brachiopods. Lethaia, 8:23-29.

DeAngelis, D.L., Kitchell, J.A., and Post, W.M., 1985, The influence of naticid predation on evolutionary strategies of bivalve prey: Conclusions from a model. The American Naturalist, 126, No. 6.

Donovan, Stephen K. and Gale, Andrew S., 1990, Predatory asteroids and the decline of articulate brachiopods. Lethaia, 23:77-86.

Ebel, Klaus, Mode of life and soft body shape of heteromorph ammonites. Lethaia, 25:179-193.

Elias, Scott A., 1990, Observations on the Taphonomy of Late Quarternary Insect Fossil Remains in Packrat Middens of the Chihuahuan Desert. Palaios, 5:356-363.

Farlow, James O., Smith, Matt B., and Robinson, John M., 1995, Body Mass, Bone "Strength indicator," and cursorial potential of Tyranosaurus rex. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(4):713-725.

Fischer, Alfred G., 1960, Latitudinal Variations in Organic Diversity. Evolution, 14:64-81.

Fisher, D. C., 1977, Functional significance of spines in the Pennsylvanian horseshoe crab Euproops danae: Paleobiology 3:175-195.

Galton, Peter, M., 1973, The cheeks of Ornithichian dinosaurs. Lethaia, 6:67-89.

Hallock, Pamela, 1985, Why are larger foraminifera large? Paleobiology, 11(2):195-208.

Harper, Elizabeth M., 1991, The role of predation in the evolution of cementation in bivalves. Palaeontology, 34:455-460.

Jensen, Soren., 1990, Predation by Early Cambrian Trilobites on Infaunal Worms-Evidence from the Swedish Mickwitzia Sandstone. Lethaia, 23:29-42.

Lehmann, Ulrich and Kulicki, Cyprian, Double Function of Aptychi (Ammonoidea) as Jaw elements and Opercula. Lethaia, 23:325-331.

Lurvey, L., McCartney, K. and Wei, W. 1998, Siliceous Sponge Spicules, Silicoflagellates, and Ebridians from Hole 918D, Continental Rise of the Greenland Margin. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 152.

Marszalek, Donald S., Wright, Ramil C., and Hay, William W., Function of the test in Foraminifera.

Massare, Judy A., 1988, Swimming capabilities of Mesozoic marine reptiles: Implications for method of predation. Paleobiology, 14(2):187-205.

McCartney, K. Ernissee, J., and Loper, D.E., 1994, Mathematical modeling of Silicoflagellate Skeletal Morphology and Implications Concerning Skeletal Latticeworks. Proceedings of the 11th International Diatom Symposium: 87-94.

McCartney, K. and Loper, D.E., 1989, Optimized skeletal morphologies of silicoflagellate genera Dictyocha and Distephanus. Paleobiology, 15(3):283-298.

McKenna, Malcolm C., Sweepstakes, Filters, Corridors, Noah’s Arks, and Beached Viking Funeral Ships in paleogeography, In, Implications of Continental Drift to the Earth Sciences, D. H. Tarling and S. K. Runcorn (eds.) p. 295-308, Academic Press, London and New York.

Norris, Richard D., 1989, Cnidarian Taphonomy and Affinities of the Ediacara Biota. Lethaia, 22:381-393.

Ostrom, John H., 1979, Bird Flight: How did it begin? Did birds begin to fly "from the trees down" or "from the ground up"? Reexamination of Archaeopteryx adds plausibility to an "up from the ground" origin of avian flight. American Scientist, 67:46-56.

Rudwick, M.J.S., 1975, The feeding mechanism of the Permian brachiopod Prorichthofenia. Paleontology, 3(4):450-471.

Rudwick, M.J.S., 1964, The function of zigzag deflections in the commissures of fossil brachiopods. Paleontology, 7(1):135-171.

Salazar-Jimenez, Armando, Frey, R. W. and Howard, J. D., 1982, Concavity Orientations of Bivalve shells in Estuarine and Nearshore Shelf Environments, Georgia. Journal of Sedimentology and Petrology, 52:565-586.

Saunders, W. B. and Wehman, D. A., 1977, Shell strength of Nautilus as a depth limiting factor. Paleobiology 3:83-89.

Schopf, Thomas J.M., 1978, Fossilization potential of an intertidal fauna: Friday Harbor, Washington. Paleobiology, 4(3):261-270.

Sloan, Christopher P., 1999, Feathers for T. Rex? New birdlike fossils are missing links in dinosaur evolution. National Geographic, November:98-107.

Smith, Andrew B. and Ghiold, Joe, 1982, Roles for holes in sand dollars: a review of lunule function and evolution. Paleobiology, 8(3):242-253.

Sohl, Norman F., 1969, The Fossil Record of Shell Boring by Snails. American Zoologist, 9:725-734.

Soren, Jensen, 1990, Predation by early Cambrian trilobites on infaunal worms-evidence from the Swedish Mickwitzia Sandstone. Lethaia, 23:29-42.

Thayer, C.W. and Steele-Petrovic, H.M., 1975, Burrowing of the lingulid brachiopod Glottidia pyramidata: its ecologic and paleoecologic significance. Lethaia, 8:209-221.

Thomas, R.D.K., 1978, Shell form and ecological range of Arcoida, living and extinct. Paleobiology, 4(2):181-194.

Thulborn, Richard A., 1991, Morphology, preservation and palaeobiological significance of dinosaur coprolites. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 83:341-366.

van der Zwann, G.J., Jorissen, F.J., and de Stigter, H.C., 1990, The depth dependency of planktonic/benthic foraminiferal ratios: Constraints and applications. Marine Geology, 95:1-16.

Varricchio, David J., 1995, Taphonomy of Jack’s Birthday Site, a Diverse Dinosaur Bonebed from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Palaeoecology, 114:297-323.

Vermeij, Geerat J., 1989, The Origin of Skeletons. Palaios, 4:585-589.

Walsby, A.E. and Reynolds, C.S., Sinking and Floating In unknown.

Ward, Peter, 1981, Shell sculpture as a defensive adaptation in ammonoids. Paleobiology, 7(1):96-100.

Welch, J. R., 1978, Flume study of simulated feeding and hydrodymanics of a Paleozoic stalked crinoid. Paleobiology 4:89-95.

Wolfe, Jack A., 1978, A paleobotanical interpretation of Tertiary climates in the Northern Hemisphere. American Scientist, 66.

Yates, George T., 1986, How Microorganisms move through water: The hydrodynamics of ciliary and flagellar propulsion reveal how microorganisms overcome the extreme effect of the viscosity of water. American Scientist, 74:358-365.   materils below from 2003 class: Driscoll (1970): Bivalve shell destruction Howard & Dorjes (1972): Animal-sediment relationships in tidal flats Elias (1990): Taphonomy of insect remains in packrat middens Meyer (1991): Burial experiments with turtle carcasses Walker & Carlton (1995): Taphonomy losses and gains, Tegula Baumiller (1990): Modeling of batocrinoid anal tube Cowen (1981): Crinoid arms and banana plantations Baumiller and Ausich (1996): Crinoid flexibility Meyer and Lane (1976): Feeding Behavior of Paleozoic crinoids Plotnick and Baumiller (1988): Eurypterid tails Welch (1978), Baumiller and Plotnick (1989): Pterocrinus Gould (1979, 1984): Variation and evolution of land snails Smith and Ghiold (1982), Roles for holes in sand dollars Rudwick (1961) and Cowen (1975), Flapping valves in brachiopods Powers3: Rudwick (1964), Zig-zag commisures in brachiopods ??: Belemnites Smith and Ghiold (1982), Roles for holes in sand dollars Seilacher & Labarbera (1995), Jacobs (1996): Ammonites as cartesian divers Ebel (1992): Mode of life and soft body shape if ammonites Thayer and Steele-Petrovic' (1975): Burrowing by Lingula Stanley (1975): The shape of clam shells Ward (1981): Shell sculpture as defensive adaptation Saunders and Wehman (1977), Kanie et al., (1980): Shell strength of Nautilus Babcock (1993): Trilobites and behavioral asymmetry Massare (1988), Massare and Callaway (1990): Swimming abilities of marine reptiles Thulborn (1991): Significance of dinosaur coprolites Stein (1975): How did pterosaurs fly? McLellan5: Galton (1973): The cheeks of ornithischian dinosaurs Morin5: Case (1978): Growth rate and reproduction in dinosarus Farlow et al. (1995), movement by T. rex Sohl (1969), Fossil record of shell boring by snails Adegoke and Tevesv (1974), Hoffman and Martinell (1984), gastropod predation Seilacher (1969), Lively (1985 boring barnacles Alexander (1981), Predation scars on Carboniferous Brachiopods Baumiller (1992, 1995), Boreholes in Devonian blastoids Dudley and Vermeij (1978), Thomas (1976), predation on Glycymeris and Turritella Mead (2000) Sexual dimorphism in Rhinoceras Williams7: Holloway (19??), Eldrige and Gould (19??), Evolution rates in confined areas Morin7: Donovan and Gale (1990), Harper (1991), asteroid predation Power7: Yates (1986), Smayda (1970), Microorganism locomotion Bear7: Fischer (1960), Latitudinal variations

 
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