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RESEARCH
INTERESTS
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In terms of research, I’d classify
myself as a
paleomammalogist. In other words, I study the evolution
of mammals and
mammal communities over geologic time using data from
the fossil
record. My research mostly focuses on the mammals of
South America.
This continent has a rich fossil record and was
geographically isolated
for most of the past 65 million years. Together, these
attributes make
it an excellent place to test models of mammal
adaptation,
diversification, and community ecology. |
Pachyrukhos
moyani
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My research
currently focuses on four areas:
• field investigations in Bolivia and Chile • systematics of various groups of South American mammals • mammalian paleobiology, especially of notoungulates • patterns of species diversities and distributions Of course, much of this is research is collaborative and involves colleagues and/or students (both undergraduate and graduate). If you'd like to learn more, feel free to explore some of the links below. You can also check out my digital poster from Research ShowCase, which provides an overview of vertebrate paleontology and the sorts of things I do. You can also listen to an informal interview of mine on Futures in Biotech or a Tupper Seminar talk I gave at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on fossil mammals from Chile. |
 Recent and Current Projects |
 Publications and Abstracts |
 South American Fossil Mammals |
 Paleontological Fieldwork |
 Other Paleontology Links |
| Take a look at this page to read about various projects I'm currently working on or am interested in starting. | Most of my publications on this list have links allowing you to download abstracts in PDF format. Full text PDF files are available upon request for many of these. | Do you know what a notoungulate is? How about an astrapothere? These are just some of the underpublicized South American fossil mammals discussed in these notes. | Going
out
into
the
wilderness
to
collect fossils is what
most people
think paleontology is all about. I do my fair share of
fieldwork, and
you can read about some of it here. |
If you're looking for other South American paleomammalogy links, this is the place to find them. A few more general vertebrate paleontology links also are included. |
