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| Education: |
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- Ph.D., 1986 University of Wisconsin-Madison
- M.A., Paleontology, University of California-Berkeley
- B.A., Biology, Reed College
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- Vertebrate-bearing terrestrial paleoenvironments
- Geobiology of critical intervals in Earth history;
- Paleobiology of Mesozoic, terrestrial vertebrates
- Pre-Quaternary Paleopedology
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| Research Statement: |
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The evolution of Mesozoic terrestrial paleoenvironments, particularly those that contain
dinosaurs and other terrestrial vertebrates. Many paleobiological questions are uniquely
addressed through geological means, and so for than 20 years I have been studying the sedimentary geology of a variety of terrestrial settings – from the Triassic of Arizona, to the Cetaceous of Mongolia and Mexico, to the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the upper Great Plains of the United States. Because dinosaurs are preserved in sedimentary rocks, I have also investigated the dinosaur extinction as well as the environments of their origin.
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- Evolution of the Earth (GEO 204)
- The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (GEO 102)
- Evolution (BIO/GEO 250)
- Understanding the Earth (GEO 103)
- Reconstructing Terrestrial Paleoenvironments (GEO 555)
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| Recent Research Activity: |
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- (2006 – 2007), A new and unexpected dinosaur-bearing region from the Late Cretaceous of south-central México (State of Michoacán, México), National Geographic Society, $19,077.
- (2004 - 2005), Collaborative study of dinosaur-bearing paleoenvironments in Coahuila and Chihuahua, Mexico, Fulbright Garcia-Robles Scholar Program (Council for International Exchange of Scholars), $38,000.
- (2003), Geological Field Trip to the Colorado Plateau, Rhode Island Space Grant (NASA), $3000.
- (2002), (w/ T.B. Boving, P.I.), A Preliminary Web Portal for RI Water Resources, RI Water Resources Center, $5000.
- (2002), (w/ O.D. Hermes, P.I.), New X-ray fluorescence spectrophotometer for the University of Rhode Island XRF Laboratory, National Science Foundation, $119,686.
- (2002), (w/ T.B. Boving, P.I.), Enhancing the Chemical Retention Capacity of a Roadway Runoff Retention Pond System using Wood Filters, URI Transportation Center, $87,097.
- (2002), Stratigraphy and Geochronology, Late Triassic Chinle Formation, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, Petrified Forest Museum Association, $4220.
- (2002), Geological Field Trip to the Colorado Plateau, Rhode Island Space Grant (NASA), $3000
- (2001), (w/ A.I. Veeger, Co-PI) A new curriculum for the Geosciences, College of the Environment and Life Sciences: Experiential Learning Initiative, $5000.
- (1999 - 2001), Magnetostratigraphic correlation of Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene vertebrate-bearing deposits, Nemegt Basin, Mongolia, National Science Foundation, $75,327.
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| Selected Publications: |
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- Fastovsky, D.E., and Weishampel, D.B., 2005, Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (second edition): Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 485 p.
- Fastovsky, D.E., Hermes, O.D., Strater, N.H., Bowring, S.A., Montellano, M., and Hernandez, R., 2005, Pre-Late Jurassic, Fossil-Bearing Volcanic and sedimentary red beds of Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico, in, Anderson, T.H., Nourse, J.A., and McKee, J.W. (eds.), 2005, The Mojave-Sonora Megashear Hypothesis: Development, Assessment, and Alternatives, Geological Society of America Special Paper, no. 393, p. 401 - 426.
- Fastovsky, D.E., and Sheehan, P.M., 2005, The Extinction of the Dinosaurs in North America: GSA Today, v. 15, p. 4 - 10.
- Fastovsky, D.E., and Smith, J.B., 2004, Dinosaur Paleoecology, in, Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., and Osmolska, H., The Dinosauria (2nd Edition): University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 614 - 626.
- Archibald, J.D., and Fastovsky, D.E., 2004, The extinction of the dinosaurs, in, Weishampel, D.B., Dodson, P., and Osmolska, H., The Dinosauria (2nd Edition): University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 672 - 684.
- Fastovsky, D.E., Huang, Y., Hsu, J., Martin-McNaughton, J., Sheehan, P.M., and Weishampel, D.B., 2004, The shape of Mesozoic dinosaur richness: GEOLOGY, v. 32, p. 877 – 880.
- Kashiyama, Y., Fastovsky, D.E., Rutherford, S., King, J., and Montellano, M., 2004, Genesis of a locality of exceptional fossil preservation: Tepexi de Rodriguez (mid-Cretaceous, Puebla, Mexico): Cretaceous Research, v. 25, p. 153 - 177.
- Fastovsky, D.E., 2000, Dinosaur architectural adaptations in a gymnosperm-dominated world, in, Gastaldo, R.A. and DiMichele, W.A., eds., Phanerozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems: The Paleontological Society Papers, v. 6, p. 183 – 207.
- Sheehan, P.M., Fastovsky, D.E., Barreto, C., and Hoffmann, R.G., 2000, Dinosaur abundance was not declining in a “3 m gap” at the top of the Hell Creek Formation, Montana and North Dakota: GEOLOGY, v. 28, p. 523-526.
- Therrien, F., and Fastovsky, D.E., 2000, Paleoenvironments of early theropods, Chinle Formation (Late Triassic), Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona: PALAIOS, v. 15, p. 194-211.
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| Professional Organizations: |
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- Geological Society of America
- Paleontological Society
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
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