A5040137957- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- dental development and anomalies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Dental Radiography and Imaging
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
City University of New York
2019-2025
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2019-2025
New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
2019-2025
Brooklyn College
2025
U.S. National Science Foundation
2024
Research Experiences for Undergraduates
2024
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2019
The Picrodontidae from the middle Palaeocene of North America are enigmatic placental mammals that were allied with various mammalian groups but generally now considered to have close affinities paromomyid and palaechthonid plesiadapiforms based on proposed dental synapomorphies. picrodontid fossil record consists entirely gnathic remains except for one partial cranium Zanycteris paleocenus (AMNH 17180). Here, we use µCT technology unveil previously undocumented morphology in AMNH 17180,...
Abstract Mixodectids are poorly understood placental mammals from the Paleocene of western North America that have variably been considered close relatives euarchontan (primates, dermopterans, and scandentians) with hypothesized relationships to colugos, extinct plagiomenids, and/or microsyopid plesiadapiforms. Here we describe most complete dentally associated skeleton yet recovered for a mixodectid, specifically Mixodectes pungens early San Juan Basin, New Mexico. A partial skull all teeth...
Abstract Objectives There remain many idiosyncrasies among the values calculated for varying dental topography metrics arising from differences in software preferences research groups. The aim of this work is to compare and provide potential conversion formulae using differing platforms. Methods Three packages: ArcGIS , Surfer Manipulator molaR were used calculate orientation patch count rotated (OPCR), Dirichlet normal energy (DNE), occlusal relief (OR), slope ( m ), angularity a ) on...
Abstract The Periptychidae, an extinct group of archaic ungulates (‘condylarths’), were the most speciose eutherian mammals in earliest Paleocene North America, epitomizing mammalian ascendency after Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction. Although periptychids are mostly known from fragmentary gnathic remains, Corral Bluffs area within Denver Basin, Colorado, has yielded numerous exceptionally well-preserved fossils, including periptychids, Paleocene. Here we describe a partial cranium...