Geology

Donald Prothero, Professor 

Publications

• D.R. Prothero, L.C. Ivany, and E.A. Nesbitt (eds.), From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition. NY: Columbia Univ. Press, 2003.
   

• D.R. Prothero, Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology (2nd ed.). NY: WCB/McGraw-Hill, 2003.
   

• D. R. Prothero and R.H. Dott, Jr., Evolution of the Earth (7th ed.) NY: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
   

• D.R. Prothero and F. Schwab, Sedimentary Geology. (2nd ed.). NY: W.H. Freeman, 2003.
   

• Rasmussen.  D.L., and Prothero, D. R., “Lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and magnetostratigraphy of the Arikareean strata west of the Continental Divide in Montana,” in Raynolds, R.G., and Flores, R.M., eds., Cenozoic Systems of the Rocky Mountain Region. Rocky Mountain Section SEPM, p. 479-499 (2003).
   

• “Vertebrate paleontology,” Geotimes, 48(7): 28-29 (2003).
   

• “Did paleontology ever sit at the High Table?” A review of Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution by J.S. Levinton, and Evolution by M.W. Strickberger. Priscum, v. 12, no. 1, (2003) pp. 21-23.
   

• Review of Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates, H.D. Sues, ed. Priscum v. 12, no. 1, (2003) pp. 19-21.
   

• Review of Quaternary Climates, Environments, and Magnetism, B.H. Maher and R. Thompson, eds. Priscum, v. 12, no. 1, (2003) p. 19.
   

• Review of Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 million years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe, by J. Agusti and M. Anton. Earth Science History 21(2):209-212 (2003)

Professional Activities

• Field work with five geology seniors in New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming in May and June.
   

• Research trip with three students to the American Museum of Natural History in New York in July.
   

• Three students presented co-authored papers at the California Paleontology Conference in Claremont.
   

• Five students made co-authored presentations at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology meeting in St. Paul, MN, Oct. 2003, and at the Geological Society of America meeting in Seattle, Nov. 2003.