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Degrees: B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests:
My major field of interest is paleontology. One of my interests is the relationship between ontogeny and phylogeny in organisms and in interpreting the function of various morphologic features of fossils, many of which have no modern counterparts for comparative analysis. Morphometric computer techniques, such as cluster analysis and factor analysis, are especially useful in these studies. I am also investigating the application of these and other computer techniques to other types of geologic problems.
Another of my interests are conodonts, the microscopic, tooth-like skeletal remains of extinct organisms of unknown affinity. Conodonts are of great stratigraphic utility in Paleozoic rocks, and understanding the environmental factors involved in controlling conodont distribution patters in these rocks increases their stratigraphic usefulness. I am currently investigating the distribution of conodont biofacies in Pennsylvanian age rocks of the mid-continent region of the United States.
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