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David A. Eberth

David A. Eberth

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Earth Science

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Overview

David A. Eberth is affiliated with the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Canada. Their research activities focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Paleontology. This specialization is reflected in numerous publications and contributions to the understanding of geological and paleontological phenomena.

The main fields of study associated with David A. Eberth include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within this broader domain, the following subfields have been explored:

  • Paleontology
  • Geophysics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Geology

Their published work also covers various scientific topics such as:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization

David A. Eberth's recent papers include:

  • "Calibrating the zenith of dinosaur diversity in the Campanian of the Western Interior Basin by CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology" (2022, Scientific Reports)
  • "Calibrating geologic strata, dinosaurs, and other fossils at Dinosaur Provincial Park (Alberta, Canada) using a new CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology" (2023, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • "The Shishugou Fauna of the Middle-Late Jurassic Transition Period in the Junggar Basin of Western China" (2022, Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition)
  • "The 'Judith River−Belly River problem' revisited (Montana-Alberta-Saskatchewan): New perspectives on the correlation of Campanian dinosaur-bearing strata based on a revised stratigraphic model updated with CA-ID-TIMS U-Pb geochronology" (2023, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • "Stratigraphic architecture of the Belly River Group (Campanian, Cretaceous) in the plains of southern Alberta: Revisions and updates to an existing model and implications for correlating dinosaur-rich strata" (2024, PLoS ONE)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jahandar Ramezani
  • Raymond R. Rogers
  • Caleb M. Brown
  • Philip J. Currie
  • Tegan L. Beveridge

David A. Eberth commonly publishes in venues such as:

  • Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Scientific Reports
  • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin

Best Publications

  • A Jurassic ceratosaur from China helps clarify avian digital homologies.

    Xing Xu;James M. Clark;Jinyou Mo;Jonah Choiniere

  • Tectonic, stratigraphic, and sedimentologic significance of a regional discontinuity in the upper Judith River Group (Belly River wedge) of southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and northern Montana

    David A. Eberth;Anthony P. Hamblin

  • A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China

    Xing Xu;James M. Clark;Catherine A. Forster;Mark A. Norell

  • The Taphonomy of a Centrosaurus (Ornithischia: Certopsidae) Bone Bed from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada, with Comments on Cranial Ontogeny

    Michael J. Ryan;Anthony P. Russell;David A. Eberth;Philip J. Currie

  • Evidence for taphonomic size bias in the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian, Alberta), a model Mesozoic terrestrial alluvial-paralic system

    Caleb Marshall Brown;David C. Evans;David C. Evans;Nicolás E. Campione;Lorna J. O'Brien

  • Stratigraphy, sedimentology and evolution of a vertebrate-bearing, braided to anastomosed fluvial system, Cutler Formation (Permian-Pennsylvanian), north-central New Mexico

    David A. Eberth;Andrew D. Miall

  • Cretaceous Extinctions: Multiple Causes

    J. David Archibald;W. A. Clemens;Kevin Padian;Timothy B Rowe

  • Djadokhta Formation correlative strata in Chinese Inner Mongolia: an overview of the stratigraphy, sedimentary geology, and paleontology and comparisons with the type locality in the pre-Altai Gobi

    T. Jerzykiewicz;P. J. Currie;D. A. Eberth;P. A. Johnston

  • Sequence stratigraphy, paleoclimate patterns, and vertebrate fossil preservation in JurassicCretaceous strata of the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China

    David A Eberth;Donald B Brinkman;Pei-Ji Chen;Feng-Tian Yuan

  • Bonebeds : genesis, analysis, and paleobiological significance

    Raymond R. Rogers;David A. Eberth;Anthony R. Fiorillo

  • Remarkable Preservation of Undigested Muscle Tissue Within a Late Cretaceous Tyrannosaurid Coprolite from Alberta, Canada

    Karen Chin;David A. Eberth;Mary H. Schweitzer;Thomas A. Rando

  • A revised stratigraphy and depositional history for the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous), southern Alberta plains

    David A. Eberth;Dennis R. Braman

  • Lower Permian Terrestrial Paleoenvironments and Vertebrate Paleoecology of the Tambach Basin (Thuringia, Central Germany): The Upland Holy Grail

    David A. Eberth;David S Berman;Stuart S. Sumida;Hagen Hopf

  • Feathered Non-Avian Dinosaurs from North America Provide Insight into Wing Origins

    Darla K. Zelenitsky;François Therrien;Gregory M. Erickson;Christopher L. DeBuhr

  • A juvenile specimen of a new coelurosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Middle–Late Jurassic Shishugou Formation of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

    Jonah N. Choiniere;James M. Clark;Catherine A. Forster;Mark A. Norell

  • Dinosaur biostratigraphy of the Edmonton Group (Upper Cretaceous), Alberta, Canada: evidence for climate influence

    David A. Eberth;David C. Evans;Donald B. Brinkman;François Therrien

  • A Practical Approach to the Study of Bonebeds

    David A. Eberth;Raymond R. Rogers;Anthony R. Fiorillo

  • Taphonomy of debris-flow hosted dinosaur bonebeds at Dalton Wells, Utah (Lower Cretaceous, Cedar Mountain Formation, USA)

    Brooks B. Britt;David A. Eberth;Rod D. Scheetz;Brent W. Greenhalgh

  • Comparing rates of recrystallisation and the potential for preservation of biomolecules from the distribution of trace elements in fossil bones

    Clive N. Trueman;Martin R. Palmer;Judith Field;Karen Privat

  • Origin and significance of mud‐filled incised valleys (Upper Cretaceous) in southern Alberta, Canada

    David A. Eberth

  • Vertebrate palaeocommunities of the lower Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta, Canada, as interpreted from vertebrate microfossil assemblages

    Donald B. Brinkman;Anthony P. Russell;David A. Eberth;Jianghua Peng

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald B. Brinkman
Donald B. Brinkman University of Alberta
David C. Evans
David C. Evans Royal Ontario Museum
Raymond R. Rogers
Raymond R. Rogers Macalester College
Philip J. Currie
Philip J. Currie University of Alberta
Anthony R. Fiorillo
Anthony R. Fiorillo New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
Clive N. Trueman
Clive N. Trueman University of Southampton
Xing Xu
Xing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Catherine A. Forster
Catherine A. Forster George Washington University
Martin R. Palmer
Martin R. Palmer University of Southampton
Mark A. Norell
Mark A. Norell American Museum of Natural History

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