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Paleobiology

John P. Hunter

Assistant Professor

2047 Founders Hall (Newark Campus)

1179 University Drive Newark, OH 43055

Phone: 740-366-9102

E-mail: hunter.360@osu.edu

Lab Web Page: http://www.newark.osu.edu/facultystaff/personal/jhunter/Pages/index.aspx/

Education: Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook (1997) A.B., Brown University (1988.5)

Brief Description of Research Interests

Mammalian Paleontology

Detailed Research Interests

My research focuses on the evolution, paleoecology, and biogeography of Cretaceous and Paleogene mammals. My paleontological fieldwork in the North America (North Dakota) is aimed at documenting mammalian survivorship and recovery following the end-Cretaceous extinctions. As I work with the commonly preserved remains of mammals (i.e., teeth and jaws), I have also explored diet reconstruction, large-scale patterns of dental evolution, and reciprocal studies of tooth evolution and development. Finally, I am interested in applying empirical estimates of the completeness of the fossil record to macroevolutionary issues, such as the time and place of origin of modern placental mammals.

Key Citations

Hunter, J. P., and C. M. Janis. 2006. “Garden of Eden” or “Fool’s Paradise”? Phylogeny, dispersal, and the southern continent-hypothesis of placental mammal origins. Paleobiology 32: 339–344.

Hunter, J. P., and J. D. Archibald. 2002. Mammals from the end of the Age of Dinosaurs in North Dakota and southeastern Montana, with a reappraisal of geographic differentiation among Lancian mammals. GSA Special Paper 361: 191–245.

Foote, M., J. P. Hunter, C. M. Janis, J. John Sepkoski, Jr. 1999. Evolutionary and preservational constraints on origins of biologic groups: Divergence times of eutherian mammals. Science 283: 1310–1314.

Jernvall, J., J. P. Hunter, and M. Fortelius. 1996. Molar tooth diversity, disparity, and ecology in Cenozoic ungulate radiations. Science 274: 1489–1492.

Hunter, J. P., and J. Jernvall. 1995. The hypocone as a key innovation in mammalian evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 92: 10718–10722.

Courses

ANATOMY 199: Basic Human Anatomy (Newark), ANATOMY 200: Introductory Human Anatomy (Newark), BIOLOGY 102: Human Biology (Newark), and EEOB 470: Vertebrate Biology (Columbus)

Lab Group

Graduate Students: Daniel "Joe" Wood and Yue Zhang

Undergraduate Students: Ryan Durner

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