Donald R. Prothero
Author
1954 –
Who is Donald R. Prothero?
Donald Ross Prothero is an American paleontologist, geologist, and author who specializes in mammalian paleontology. His research has been in the field of magnetostratigraphy, a technique to date rock layers of the Cenozoic era and its use to date the climate changes which occurred 30-40 million years ago. He is currently the author or editor of more than 30 books and over 250 scientific papers, including five geology textbooks.
Stephen Jay Gould cited Prothero's research on the lack of response to climate change in mammals from the Eocene, Oligocene and Pleistocene epochs to support the punctuated equilibrium model of evolution. He called Prothero “the best punctuated equilibrium researcher on the West Coast”.
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- Born
- Feb 21, 1954
Glendale - Also known as
- Donald Prothero
- Donald Ross Prothero
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- PhD, Columbia University
Geological Sciences
( - 1982)
- PhD, Columbia University
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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