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KRAIG LAWRENCE DERSTLER Department of Geology KRAIG LAWRENCE DERSTLER Department of Geology & Geophysics University of New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana 70148 office (504) 280-6799 fax (504) 280-7396 email: [email protected] PERSONAL Home Address: 1224 Lake Avenue, Apt. 313 Metairie, LA 70005 born 7 September 1953 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA to Harry Franklin Derstler & Hazel Kline Derstler; married 19 August 1989, Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA; divorced 19 May 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; no children BACKGROUND 1. EDUCATION Ph.D. in Geology, University of California, Davis----------------- 1985 M.S. in Geology, University of Rochester------------------------- 1977 B.A. in Geology, cum laude, Franklin & Marshall College--------------- 1975 2. EXPERIENCE A. Academic Associate Professor, Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Univ. New Orleans Director, Lance Dinosaur Project ---------------------------------------------- Assistant Professor, Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Univ. New Orleans- Associate Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Univ. California, Davis-------- Lecturer in Geology, Colgate University--------------------------------- Teaching Assistant, University of Rochester-------------------------------- B. Other Secretary and Member of the Board, Natural History Museum of Louisiana, Inc. ---------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Geologist, Haley & Aldrich, Inc. [Geotechnical Engineers]---- Driller's Helper, Rochester Drilling Co. ________ ________________ _ Student Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution (NSF URP Grant GY -10578) _________________ _______ _ Assistant to the Curator of Paleontology, North Museum ---------------- 8/88 to present 5/88 to present 8/82 to 8/88 9/78 to 5/82 1/78 to 5/78 9/75 to 12/77 6/00-present 6/77-9/78 6/76 to 7/76 6/74 to 8/74 9/72 to 5/75 Kraig Lawrence Derstler SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY 1. PUBLICATIONS A. Books: --- none B. Refereed/Invited Publications a. Book Chapters 2 Derstler, K. 1979. Bigeography of stylophoran carpoids (Echinodermata). in 1. Gray & A. Boucot (eds.) Historical biogeography, plate tectonics, and the changing environment. Oregon State University Press (Corvallis): pages 91-104. b. Journal Articles Burnham, D. A., K. L. Derstler, P. J. Currie, R. T. Bakker, Zhou Z., J. H. Ostrom. 2000. Remarkable new birdlike dinosaur (theropoda: Maniraptora) from the Upper Cretaceous of Montana. Paleontological Contributions, The University of Kansas. No. 13: 14 pp. Parsley, R. L., R. J. Prokop, K. Derstler. 2000. Kirkocystid ankyroids (Stylophora: Echinodermata) from the Sarka Formation (Ordovician) of Bohemia: Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey, 75: 37-47. Praha. Brett, C. E., W. D. Liddell, & K. L. Derstler. 1983, Late Cambrian hard substrate communities from Montana/Wyoming: the oldest known hardgroup encrusters. Lethaia, volume 16, number 4: pages 281-289. Wright, T., Garwood, & Derstler, K., 1977, The age of the Martinsburg Formation at Swatara Gap. Jour. Struct. Geology., vol. 9: 365-370. c. Refereed Monographs: --- none d. Refereed Proceedings Patchus, R. & Derstler, K., 1998, A new Edmontosaurus mummy from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Tate Museum Guidebook [Casper College, WY] No.3: p. 103-108. Derstler, K., D. Hembree. 1998. The decline of the pencil-necked duckbill dinosaur. Tate Museum Guidebook [Casper College, WY] No.3: p. 101. Derstler, K., R. Patchus, A. U. Falster. 1998. How to make a mummy: taphonbmy and diagenesis of Edmontosaurus skin impressions from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Tate Museum Guidebook [Casper College, WY] No.3: p. 102. Kraig Lawrence Derstler 3 Burnham, D., K.Derstler, C. Linster. 1997, A new specimen of Velociraptor (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Two Medicine Formation of Montana. In Wo1berg, D., E. Stumpf, E., & Rosenberg, (eds.) Dinofest International. Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia, P A): 73- 75. Derstler, K. 1994. Dinosaurs of the Lance Formation in eastern Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook (44th Annual Field Conference, "The Dinosaurs of Wyoming"): pages 127-146. Derstler, K. 1982. Estimating the rate of morphological change in fossil groups. Proceedings of the Third North American Paleontological Convention, volume 1: pages 131-136. Derstler, K. 1981. Morphological diversity of Early Cambrian echinoderms. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 81-743: pages 71-75. Wright, T. 0., S. M. Garwood, & K. L. Derst1er 1977. The age of the Martinsburg Formation at Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, volume 51: pages 85-87. C. Non-refereed Publications a. Non-refereed Academic Journal Articles: --- none b. Others b-1. Abstracts Derstler, K. 1999. Observations on Confuciusornis sanctus and other fossil Aves. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 19, supplement to No.3: p. 42A. Derstler, K., 1995, The Dragons' Grave - an Edmontosaurus bonebed containing theropod egg shells and juveniles, Lance Formation (Uppermost Cretaceous), Niobrara County, WY. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 15, supplement to number 3: page 26A. Derstler, K., 1994, Evolutionary history of sea turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 14, supplement to number 3: page 23A. Derstler, K., A. Leitch, P. L. Larson, C. Pinsley, & L. Hill, 1993, The world's largest turtles the Vienna Archelon (4.6m) and the Dallas Protostega (4.2m), Upper Cretaceous of South Dakota and Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 13, supplement to number 3: page 33A Derstler, K. & D. Burnham, 1991, The framework ofmosasaurid phylogeny (Squamata, Mosasauridae), showing that tylosaurines evolved from mosasaurines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 11, supplement to number 3: pages 25A-26A. Burnham, D. & K. Derstler, 1991, Co-occurrence of two species of Plioplatecarpus (Squamata, Mosasauridae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, volume 11, supplement to number 3: page 18A. Derstler, K., 1988, A rich vertebrate fauna from the Upper Demopolis Formation of Alabama and Mississippi. Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science, volume 59, number 3: page 144. Kraig Lawrence Derstler 4 Derstler, K., 1986, Protostegid sea turtles from Alabama. Abstracts of the 4th North American Paleontological Convention, Boulder, Colorado. Derst1er, K., 1985, Taxonomic effects of the Cambro-Ordovician Event. Abstract with Programs (Geological Society of America), volume 16, number 7: page Brett, C. E., W. D. Liddell, & K. L. Derstler, 1983, Late Cambrian hardground communities from Montana and Wyoming. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), volume 15, number 4: page 408. Derstler, K., 1982, Cladistic-based measurements of morphological evolution. Abstracts of the Third Willi Hennig Society Meeting (College Park, MD). Derst1er, K., 1982, Helicop1acoids reinterpreted as triradiate edrioasteriods. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), volume 14, number 4: page 159. Derst1er, K., 1982, Variable ligaments and imbricate plates in echinoderm skeletons. in J. M. Lawrence (ed.) Echinoderms: Proceedings ofthe International Conference, Tampa Bay [Florida]. A. A. Ba1kema (Rotterdam): page 77. Derstler, K., 1982, Rates of morphological change in Early Paleozoic echinoderms. Journal of Paleontology, volume 56, supplement (part 2) to number 2: page 8. Derst1er, K., 1981, The evolutionary convergence between Paleozoic isorophid edrioasteroids and modem pso1id ho10thurians. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), volume 13, number 7: page 439. Derstler, K. & D. O. McCandless, 1981, Cambrian trilobites and trace fossils from the southern Lemhi Range, Idaho: their stratigraphic and paleotectonics significance. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), volume 13, number 4: page 194. Derstler, K. L., 1975, Carpoid echinoderms from Pennsylvania. Abstracts with Programs (Geological Society of America), volume 7, number 1: page 48. b-2. Popular Articles, all formats Derstler, K., 1993 Digging dinosaurs in Europe (UNO-Innsbruck-93). Nortkette-Zeitung. 1993, number 3: page 5. Derst1er, K., 1993, Mongolian dinosaurs in Vienna. Nordkette Zeitung (UNO-Innsbruck Newspaper), 1993, number 2: page 2. Derstler, K., 1987, Sea turtles need protection [Invited Guest Column]. Sunday Advocate (Baton Rouge). October 4, 1987: page lIB. Derst1er, K. L. & J. W. Price, Sr., 1975, The Lower Devonian echinoderm Anomalocystites in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geology, volume 6, number 2: pages 7-9.[erratum in volume 6, number 6: page 5] D. Technical Reports (include recipient/client) "Report on the 1994 Field Season for the Lance Dinosaur Project", The Dinosaur Society: 83 pages, 4/95. "Preliminary Report on Brigitta, the Vienna Specimen of Archelon ischyros" DinoWorks, Inc.; Black Hills Institute, Inc.; Nagoya Port Aquarium: 40 pages, 3/92. "Field Report, Pierre Mosasaur Expedition", University of New Orleans: 60 pages, 7/85. Kraig Lawrence Derstler 2. ITEMS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATIONS BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED 3. ARTISTIC OR OTHER CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS 5 2000: Bambiraptor feinbergi skeleton, Graves Museum of Natural History, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - I was consultant and collaborator for this project. 1999: Bambiraptor feinbergi prototype, FossilWorks, Inc., Rapid City, SD and Lawrence, KS - Produced by myself and David Burnham. 1997: Tyrannosaurus rex skull cast, mounted and displayed as a contribution from the Lance Dinosaur Project, on ten year loan at Anna Miller Museum, Newcastle, WY. In my role as Director of the LDP, I organized the display project, arranged funding, designed the restoration,
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