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Ted Daeschler, Ph.D. Vice President for Collections, Associate Ted Daeschler, Ph.D. Vice President for Collections, Associate Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Associate Professor, Drexel Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science Website: http://clade.ansp.org/vert_zoology/people/daeschler/ Education • B.S., Geology, Franklin and Marshall College, 1981 • M.S., Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley, 1985 • Ph.D., Geology, University of Pennsylvania, 1998 Research Interests My current research program in vertebrate paleontology focuses on the vertebrate fauna of the Late Devonian Period (385-363 million years ago) in eastern North America. The research involves active fossil collecting, systematic work focusing on freshwater vertebrates, and the nature of early non-marine ecosystems. Fieldwork has been ongoing since 1993 in Pennsylvania and since 1999 on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic. Fossil discoveries from the incompletely- known Late Devonian interval help us to answer questions about the diversification of major groups of fishes, the origin of limbed vertebrates, and the invasion of land by plants and animals. Biography Ted Daeschler, Ph.D., has been at the Academy of Natural Sciences since 1987, where he is vice president for collections and associate curator of vertebrate zoology. He studied geology at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., and received a master’s in paleontology at the University of California at Berkeley in 1985. He was awarded his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Ted’s responsibilities at the Academy of Natural Sciences focus on research, collections-building, and public programs within the museum. He served as a scientific advisor for the renovation of the Academy’s Dinosaur Hall and a variety of other paleontological exhibits. Daeschler’s work is a reflection of the rich history of vertebrate paleontology at the Academy, both in research and in public education. Selected Publications • Shubin, N. H., E. B. Daeschler and F.A. Jenkins, Jr. 2014. Pelvic girdle and fin of Tiktaalik roseae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 111(3):893-899. • Long, J.A. and E.B. Daeschler. 2013. First articulated phyllolepid placoderm from North America with comments on phyllolepid systematics. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 162: 33-46. • Downs, J.P., E.B. Daeschler, F.A. Jenkins, Jr. and N.H. Shubin. 2013. Holoptychius bergmanni sp. nov. (Sarcopterygii, Porolepiformes) from the Upper Devonian of Nunavut, Canada, and a review of Holoptychius taxonomy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 162: 47-59. • Downs, J.P., K.E. Criswell and E.B. Daeschler. 2011. Mass mortality of juvenile antiarchs (Bothriolepis sp.) from the Catskill Formation (Upper Devonian, Famennian Stage), Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 161:191-203. • Daeschler, E.B. and W.L. Cressler III. 2011. Late Devonian paleontology and paleoenvironments at Red Hill and other fossil sites in the Catskill Formation of north-central Pennsylvania. Pp. 1-16 In: From Shield to the Sea: Geological Field Trips from the 2011 Joint Meeting of the GSA Northeastern and North-Central Sections, R.M. Ruffolo, and C.N. Ciampaglio Eds. Geological Society of America, Field Guide 20. • Daeschler, Ted and Neil Shubin. 2011. Fossil Discovery and the Origin of Tetrapods. Pp. 297-310 In: In the Light of Evolution, J. Losos (editor), Roberts and Company, Colorado. • Daeschler, E. B., J. A. Clack, and N. H. Shubin. 2009. Late Devonian tetrapod remains from Red Hill, Pennsylvania, USA: how much diversity? Acta Zoologica. • Downs, J. P., E.B. Daeschler, F. A. Jenkins, Jr, and N. H. Shubin. 2008. The cranial endoskeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Nature 445:925-929. • Friedman, M. and E. B. Daeschler. 2006. Late Devonian (Famennian) lungfishes from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, USA. Palaeontology 49(6):1-17. • Shubin, N. H., E. B. Daeschler and F.A. Jenkins, Jr. 2006. The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb. Nature 440:764-771. • Daeschler, E. B., N. H. Shubin and F. A. Jenkins, Jr. 2006. A Devonian tetrapod- like fish and the evolution of the tetrapod body plan. Nature 440:757-763. .
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