Annual Meeting > Abstracts > Topic Categories

Please choose the most specific category possible to aid review and scheduling of submissions.

 

 

Taxon

  • Vertebrates
  • Fishes
  • Tetrapods
  • Amphibians
  • Amniotes
  • Reptiles
  • Birds
  • Synapsids
  • Mammals
  • N/A (includes Preparators & Education & Outreach Poster Session)

 

Taxon Subcategories

Vertebrates

  • Vertebrates – all
  • Vertebrates - other 


Fishes

  • Acanthodii
  • Actinopterygia
  • Agnatha
  • Chondrichthyes
  • Gnathostomata
  • Osteichthyes
  • Placodermi
  • Sarcopterygii
  • Fishes – all
  • Fishes - other

 

Tetrapods

  • Lepospondyli
  • Temnospondyli
  • Tetrapods – all
  • Tetrapods – other

 

Amphibians

  • Caudata
  • Lepospondyli
  • Lissamphibia
  • Reptiliomorpha
  • Temnospondyli
  • Amphibians – all
  • Amphibians - other

 

Amniotes

  • Lepospondyli
  • Reptiliomorpha
  • Amniotes – all
  • Amniotes - other

 

Reptiles

  • Anapsida
  • Archosauria
  • Crocodylomorpha
  • Crurotarsi
  • Diapsida
  • Dinosauria – all
  • Dinosauria – Ornithiscia
  • Dinosauria – Saurischia
  • Dinosauria – Saurischia – Sauropoda
  • Dinosauria – Saurischia – Theropoda
  • Ichthyosauria
  • Pterosauria
  • Rhynchocephalia
  • Sauropterygia
  • Squamata
  • Testudines
  • Reptiles – all
  • Reptiles - other

 

Birds

  • Neoornithes
  • Aves – other
  • Aves - all

 

Synapsids

  • Cynodontia
  • Pelycosauria
  • Therapsida
  • Synapsida – all
  • Synapsida - other

 

Mammals

  • Eutheria – Afrotheria
  • Eutheria – Artiodactyla
  • Eutheria – Carnivora
  • Eutheria – Cetacea
  • Eutheria – Chiroptera
  • Eutheria – Condylarthra
  • Eutheria – Creodonta
  • Eutheria – Euarchonta
  • Eutheria – Glires
  • Eutheria – Incertae Sedis
  • Eutheria – Lipotyphla
  • Eutheria – Meridiungulata
  • Eutheria – Perissodactyla
  • Eutheria – Sirenia
  • Eutheria – Xenarthra
  • Mammaliaformes
  • Metatheria
  • Prototheria
  • Mammalia – all
  • Mammalia - other

 

Geologic Era List (Some are hierarchical – please pick the most specific possible)

  • Cenozoic - all
  • Cenozoic - Neogene
  • Cenozoic - Paleogene
  • Cenozoic - Quaternary
  • Mesozoic + Cenozoic
  • Mesozoic - all
  • Mesozoic - Cretaceous
  • Mesozoic - Jurassic
  • Mesozoic - Triassic
  • Paleozoic + Mesozoic
  • Paleozoic - all
  • Paleozoic - Cambrian
  • Paleozoic - Carboniferous
  • Paleozoic - Devonian
  • Paleozoic - Ordovician
  • Paleozoic - Permian
  • Paleozoic - Silurian
  • Phanerozoic – all
  • Not applicable

 

Topic

  • Biogeography
  • Climate
  • Comparative morphology
  • Development/Reproduction
  • Diversity
  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary Rates
  • Extinction
  • Function/Mechanics
  • Ichnofossils
  • Locality description
  • Other
  • Phylogeny/Systematics
  • Physiology
  • Stratigraphy
  • Taphonomy
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