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Courses Taught |
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| | GE 70
ESS 17 |
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Current Research Interest |
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| | My current research interests include: molluscan paleontology and biology of polyplacophoran molluscs (chitons). |
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Professional Organizations |
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| | - The Geological Society of America
- The Paleontological Society
- American Malacological Society
- Southern California Union of Malacology
- Western Society of Malacologists
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Education |
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| | A.B., 1993, University of Southern California
Ph.D., 1999, University of California, Los Angeles |
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Selected Publications |
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| | Vendrasco, Michael J., and Bruce Runnegar. 1995. The role of Matthevia and its allies in the early evolution of chitons (polyplacophoran molluscs). CalPaleo Conference abstracts (UC Riverside), p. 13. |
| | Vendrasco, Michael J., and Bruce Runnegar. 1997. Cambrian and Ordovician stem group chitons from Utah, Missouri and New York; no problematica!. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America ; Vol. 29, No. 6, p. A-98. |
| | Vendrasco, Michael J. and Bruce Runnegar. 1997. Early Paleozoic stem group chitons from Utah and Missouri: no Problematica!. Abstracts - American Malacological Union / Western Society of Malacologists annual meeting, p. 52. |
| | Vendrasco, Michael J. 1998. Chiton shells through time: discordant trends in morphological disparity with different character suites. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America; Vol. 30, No. 7, p. A- 287. |
| | Vendrasco, Michael J. In Press. Polyplacophora. Entry for the McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. |
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Publications in Prep/Press |
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| | Stem group chitons from the Cambrian of Utah. In press. Journal of Paleontology. |
| | An articulated multiplacophoran from the Carboniferous of Indiana and implications for the evolution of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Submitted to Nature. |
| | Paleozoic diversification of Polyplacophora (chitons). Submitted to Lethaia. |
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