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Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory:

Graduate Theses and Dissertations carried out under the supervision of Professors Wann Langston, Jr., Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr., Timothy Rowe, and John A. Wilson, from 1951 - 2000.

  1. Akersten, William Andrew, 1967.   Red Light Fauna (Blancan), South-Eastern Hudspeth County, Texas. (E.L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  2. Anderson, Arthur Edward, 1958.   Geology of the Coldspring Area and Clay Mineralogy of the Fleming Formation, San Jacinto County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  3. Balinsky, Robin Lee, 1997.  Revision of the Pleistocene to Holocene Wilson-Leonard Microvertebrate Fauna and its Paleoenvironmental Significance. (E.L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  4. Bell, Gorden Lee, 1993.  A Phylogenetic Revision of Mosasauroidea (Squamata). (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: PhD

  5. Brochu, Christopher Andrew, 1992.  Ontogeny of the Postcranium in Crocodylomorph Archosaurs. (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: MA

  6. Brochu, Christopher Andrew, 1997.   Phylogenetic Systematics and Taxonomy of Crocodylia. (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: PhD

  7. Busbey, Arthur B. III, 1977.   Functional Morphology of the Head of Pristichampsus vorax (Crocodilia, Eusuchia) from the Eocene of North America. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  8. Cassell, Dwight Eugene, 1958.  Geology of the Coldspring Area and Petrology of the Fleming Formation, San Jacinto County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).   Degree: MA

  9. Colbert, Matthew William, 1999.  Patterns of Evolution in the Tapiroidea (Mammalia: Perissodactyla). (T. B. Rowe and E. L. Lundelius, Jr., co-supervisors).  Degree: PhD

  10. Davies, Kyle L., 1983.  Hadrosaurian Dinosaurs of Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  11. Dincel, Mehmet Bedi, 1952.  Geology of Toyah Lake Area, Reeves County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).   Degree: MA

  12. Dixon, William Ronald, 1958.  Subsurface Geology of an Area in Bastrop and Fayette Counties, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  13. Elder, Ruth L., 1978.  Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Dockum Group, Upper Triassic, Howard County, Texas. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  14. Ferguson, Walter Keene Linscott, 1958.  Geology of Parts of Bastrop and Fayette Counties, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  15. Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Ismael, 1971.  Geology of the Tamazulapan-Teposcolula-Yanhuitlan Area, Mixteca Alta, State of Oaxaca, Mexico.  (J. A. Wilson).   Degree: PhD

  16. Feseha, Mulugeta yebyo, 1996.   Magnetostratigraphy of the Fossil Bearing Igbek Section of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr. and J. Kappelman).  Degree: MA

  17. Froehlich, David Jefferson, 1996.  The Systematics of Basal Perissodactyls and the Status of North American Early Eocene Equids.  (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).   Degree: PhD

  18. Gallup, Marc R., 1975.  Lower Cretaceous Dinosaurs and Associated Vertebrates from North-Central Texas in the Field Museum of Natural History. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  19. Graham, Russell W., 1976.  Pleistocene and Holocene Mammals, Taphonomy, and Paleoecology of the Friesenhahn Cave Local Fauna, Bexar County, Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: PhD

  20. Greenfield, Leslie Lohr, 1957.  Stratigraphy and Micropaleontology of the Cook Mountain Formation, Western Fayette County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  21. Gustafson, Eric P., 1977.  Carnivorous Mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: PhD

  22. Harris, John Michael, 1967.  Oligocene Vertebrates from Western Jeff Davis County, Trans-Pecos Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  23. Hulbert, Richard C. Jr., 1979.  Linear Discriminant Analysis and Variability of Pleistocene and Holocene Leporidae of Texas.  (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).   Degree: MA

  24. King, Elbert Aubrey Jr., 1961.  Geology of Northwestern Gonzales County. (J. A. Wilson).   Degree: MA

  25. Kishi, Kyoko, 1995.  Design, Development, and Implementation of Interactive Multimedia Software for an Introductory Geology Course. (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: MA

  26. Lawson, Douglas A., 1972.  Paleoecology of the Tornillo Formation, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  27. Lehman, Thomas M., 1982.  A Ceratopsian Bone Bed From the Aguja Formation (Upper Cretaceous) Big Bend National Park, Texas. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  28. Lehman, Thomas M., 1985.  Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Paleontology of Upper Cretaceous (Campanian - Maastrichtian) Sedimentary Rocks in Trans-Pecos Texas. (G. Kocurek and W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: PhD

  29. Leve, Gilbert Warren, 1952.  Geology of the Red Bluff Area, Eddy County, New Mexico. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  30. Macrini, Thomas E. 2000.  High Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) of the skull of an Extant Opossum (Monodelphis domestica) and a comparison of its Ontogeny to Synapsid Phylogeny.  (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: MS. 

  31. McCulloh, Richard P., 1977.   Geology of Yellow Hill Quadrangle, Brewster County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  32. Mead, James Glen, 1971.   Paleontology of the Sid McAdams Locality (Permian) Southern Taylor County, Texas. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  33. Merck, John William, 1997.  A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Euryapsid Reptiles. (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: PhD

  34. Miller, Mary Stewart, 1997.  Squamates of the Campanian Terlingua Local Fauna, Brewster County, Texas. (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: MA

  35. Molnar, Ralph E., 1969.  Jaw Musculature and Jaw Mechanics of the Eocene Crocodilian Sebecus icaeorhinus. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  36. Ossian, Clair R., 1974.  Paleontology, Paleobotany and Facies Characteristics of a Pennsylvanian Delta in Southeastern Nebraska.  (W. Langston, Jr.).   Degree: PhD

  37. Owen, Pamela R. 2000.  Phylogenetic Relationships Among American Badgers (Taxidiinae) and the Evolution of the Badger Ecomorph.   (T. B. Rowe and E. L. Lundelius, Jr., co-supervisors).  Degree: PhD

  38. Parks, Peter, 1969.  Cranial Anatomy and Mastication of the Triassic Reptile Trilophosaurus. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  39. Parrish, Walter C., 1975.  Paleoenvironmental Analysis of a Lower Permian Bonebed and Adjacent Sediments, Wichita County, Texas. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  40. Patton, Thomas Hudson, 1962.  Fossil Vertebrates from Miller's Cave, Llano County, Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  41. Patton, Thomas Hudson, 1966.  Miocene and Pliocene Artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: PhD

  42. Pittman, Jeffrey Gill, 1992.  Stratigraphy and Vertebrate Ichnology of the Glen Rose Formation, Western Gulf Basin, USA.  (W. Langston, Jr. and T. B. Rowe, co-supervisors).  Degree: PhD

  43. Porsch, Herman W. Jr., 1965.  Biometry of Enallaster texanus. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.) Degree: MA

  44. Quinn, James Harrison, 1954.  Miocene Equidae of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. (J. A. Wilson).   Degree: PhD

  45. Runkel, Anthony Charles, 1988.  Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Vertebrate Paleontology of Eocene Rocks, Big Bend Region, Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr. and J. A. Wilson, co-supervisors).  Degree: PhD

  46. Sagebiel, James Christopher, 1998.  Late Pleistocene Fauna and Environment at Zesch Cave, Mason County, Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: MS

  47. Sahankaya, Sait, 1952.  Areal Geology of Toyah Lake Area, Reeves County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).   Degree: MA

  48. Sander, Paul Martin, 1984. Depositional Environment and Taphonomy of Some Fossil Vertebrate Occurrences in Lower-Permian Redbeds. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  49. Schiebout, Judith Ann, 1970.  Sedimentology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Western Tornillo Flat, Big Bend National Park, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  50. Schiebout, Judith Ann., 1973.  Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoecology of Paleocene Black Peaks Formation, Big Bend National Park, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: PhD

  51. Semken, Holmes Alford Jr., 1960.   Fossil Vertebrates from Longhorn Cavern, Burnet County, Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  52. Sheldon, Mary Amy, 1992.  Ontogenetic Study of Selected Mosasaurs of North America. (T. B. Rowe).   Degree: MA

  53. Stevens, James Bowie, 1969.  Geology of the Castolon Area, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: PhD

  54. Storrs, Glenn W., 1981.  A Review of Occurrences of the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) in Texas with Description of New Material. (W. Langston, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  55. Strain, William Samuel.  1964, Blancan Mammalian Fauna and Pleistocene Formations, Hudspeth County, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  56. Taylor, Alisa J., 1982.  The Mammalian Fauna from the Mid-Irvingtonian Fyllan Cave Local Fauna, Travis County, Texas.  (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).   Degree: MA

  57. Tebedge, Sleshi, 1980.  Fossil Suidae from the Middle Awash Valley, Afar Depression, Ethiopia. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  58. Tebedge, Sleshi, 1988.  Paleontology and Paleoecology of the Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna of Dark Canyon Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: PhD

  59. Toomey, Rickard Stanley III, 1993. Late Pleistocene and Holocene Faunal and Environmental Changes at Hall's Cave, Kerr County, Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: PhD

  60. Tykoski, Ronald Stephen, 1998.  Osteology of Syntarsus kayentakatae and its Implications for Ceratosaurid Phylogeny. (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: MS

  61. Urbanec, Don Alan, 1963.  Stream Terraces and Related Deposits in the Austin Area, Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: MA

  62. Vanderhill, James B., 1986.  Lithostratigraphy, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Magnetostratigraphy of Plio-Pleistocene Sediments in the Mesilla Basin, New Mexico. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).  Degree: PhD

  63. Walton, Anne H., 1986.  Magnetostratigraphy and the Ages of Bridgerian and Uintan Faunas in the Lower and Middle Members of the Devil's Graveyard Formation, Trans-Pecos Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr. and J. A. Wilson, co-supervisors).  Degree: MA

  64. Ward, William Cruse, 1957.  Geology of the Bartons Creek Area, Bastrop and Fayette Counties, Texas. (J. A. Wilson).  Degree: MA

  65. Weil, Anne Inger, 1992.  The Terlingua Local Fauna: Stratigraphy, Paleontology, and Multituberculate Systematics. (T. B. Rowe).  Degree: MA

  66. Westgate, James William, 1988.  Biostratigraphic and Paleoecological Implications of the First Eocene Land Mammal Fauna from the North American Coastal Plain. (J. A. Wilson and E. L. Lundelius, Jr., co-supervisors).  Degree: PhD

  67. Winans, Melissa C., 1985.  Revision of North American Fossil Species of the Genus Equus (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Equidae).  (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).   Degree: PhD

  68. Winkler, Dale A., 1985.  Stratigraphy, Vertebrate Paleontology and Depositional History of the Ogallala Group in Blanco and Yellowhouse Canyon, Northwestern Texas. (E. L. Lundelius, Jr.).   Degree: PhD

 

 

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