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Overview

David W. Krause is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on paleontology. Their work spans multiple main fields and subfields including Paleontology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Social Psychology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research contributions are often related to Evolution and Paleontology Studies and Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology. Other topics covered in their work include Primate Behavior and Ecology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, and Amphibian and Reptile Biology.

David W. Krause has published extensively. Some of their recent papers include:

  • Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity, 2020, Nature
  • Late Cretaceous bird from Madagascar reveals unique development of beaks, 2020, Nature
  • A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires, 2021, Royal Society Open Science
  • Perceptions, Attitudes, Experiences and Opinions of Tuberculosis Associated Stigma: A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives among the Bolgatanga Municipality People of Ghana, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Phylogenetic placement of Adalatherium hui (Mammalia, Gondwanatheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar: implications for allotherian relationships, 2020, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Frequent coauthors of David W. Krause include:

  • Simone Hoffmann (13 publications)
  • Guillermo W. Rougier (7 publications)
  • John R. Wible (6 publications)
  • Joseph Groenke (5 publications)
  • Yaoming Hu (4 publications)

Their work has appeared in a variety of publication venues. Some of the most frequent include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (11 publications)
  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (9 publications)
  • Nature (2 publications)
  • MorphoBank datasets (2 publications)
  • Royal Society Open Science (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Predatory Dinosaur Remains from Madagascar: Implications for the Cretaceous Biogeography of Gondwana

    Scott D. Sampson;Lawrence M. Witmer;Catherine A. Forster;David W. Krause

  • Cosmopolitanism among Gondwanan Late Cretaceous mammals

    David W. Krause;G. V. R. Prasad;Wighart von Koenigswald;Ashok Sahni

  • A pug-nosed crocodyliform from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

    Gregory A. Buckley;Christopher A. Brochu;David W. Krause;Diego Pol

  • The biogeographic origins of late Paleocene–early Eocene mammalian immigrants to the Western Interior of North America

    David W. Krause;Mary C. Maas

  • Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction

    T. R. Lyson;I. M. Miller;A. D. Bercovici;A. D. Bercovici;K. Weissenburger

  • Jaw movement, dental function, and diet in the Paleocene multituberculate Ptilodus

    David W. Krause

  • Spatial and temporal arrival patterns of Madagascar's vertebrate fauna explained by distance, ocean currents, and ancestor type

    Karen E. Samonds;Laurie R. Godfrey;Jason R. Ali;Steven M. Goodman

  • “Late Cretaceous Terrestrial Vertebrates from Madagascar: Implications for Latin American Biogeography.”

    David W. Krause;Patrick M. O'Connor;Kristina Curry Rogers;Scott D. Sampson

  • Stratigraphic Analysis of Upper Cretaceous Rocks in the Mahajanga Basin, Northwestern Madagascar: Implications for Ancient and Modern Faunas

    Raymond R. Rogers;Joseph H. Hartman;David W. Krause

  • Late Cretaceous bioconnections between Indo‐Madagascar and Antarctica: refutation of the Gunnerus Ridge causeway hypothesis

    Jason R. Ali;David W. Krause

  • "The Late Cretaceous Vertebrate Fauna of Madagascar: Implications for Gondwanan Paleobiogeography."

    Raymond Rogers;D.W. Krause;C.A. Forster;J.H. Hartman

  • Imperfect isolation: factors and filters shaping Madagascar's extant vertebrate fauna.

    Karen E. Samonds;Laurie R. Godfrey;Jason R. Ali;Steven M. Goodman

  • Competitive exclusion and taxonomic displacement in the fossil record; the case of rodents and multituberculates in North America

    David W. Krause

  • First cranial remains of a gondwanatherian mammal reveal remarkable mosaicism

    David W. Krause;Simone Hoffmann;John R. Wible;E. Christopher Kirk

  • Cannibalism in the Madagascan dinosaur Majungatholus atopus

    Raymond R. Rogers;David W. Krause;Kristina Curry Rogers

  • The first Cretaceous bird from Madagascar

    Catherine A. Forster;Luis M. Chiappe;David W. Krause;Scott D. Sampson

  • Craniofacial Morphology of Simosuchus clarki (Crocodyliformes: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

    Nathan J. Kley;Joseph J. W. Sertich;Alan H. Turner;David W. Krause

  • OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY, TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF MAJUNGASAURUS CRENATISSIMUS (THEROPODA: ABELISAURIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MADAGASCAR

    David W. Krause;Scott D. Sampson;Matthew T. Carrano;Patrick M. O'Connor

  • A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar

    Susan E. Evans;Marc E. H. Jones;David W. Krause

  • Mammalian generic diversity and turnover in the late Paleocene and early Eocene of the Bighorn and Crazy Mountains Basins, Wyoming and Montana (USA)

    Mary C. Maas;Mark R.L. Anthony;Philip D. Gingerich;Gregg F. Gunnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Raymond R. Rogers
Raymond R. Rogers Macalester College
Catherine A. Forster
Catherine A. Forster George Washington University
Philip D. Gingerich
Philip D. Gingerich University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Susan E. Evans
Susan E. Evans University College London
Jason R. Ali
Jason R. Ali Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Alan H. Turner
Alan H. Turner Stony Brook University
John J. Flynn
John J. Flynn American Museum of Natural History
Frederick E. Grine
Frederick E. Grine Stony Brook University
Robert H. Silverman
Robert H. Silverman Kent State University

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