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Donald B. Brinkman

Donald B. Brinkman

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Earth Science

D-Index
37
Citations
4611
World Ranking
6941
National Ranking
356

Overview

Donald B. Brinkman is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Paleontology, Aquatic Science, Geology, and Ecology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range within paleontology and biology. Main topics include Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, Ichthyology and Marine Biology, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, as well as studies on Evolution and Paleontology, Turtle Biology and Conservation, and the Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils.

Frequent publication venues for their research include the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, The Anatomical Record, Science, and Cretaceous Research.

Brinkman is regularly collaborating with several co-authors. These include Alison M. Murray, David G. DeMar, Neil R. Banerjee, Jaelyn J. Eberle, and Lisa L. Van Loon.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Donald B. Brinkman are:

  • Nesting at extreme polar latitudes by non-avian dinosaurs, 2021, Current Biology
  • A large and unusually thick-shelled turtle egg with embryonic remains from the Upper Cretaceous of China, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • A systematic reappraisal and quantitative study of the nonmarine teleost fishes from the late Maastrichtian of the Western Interior of North America: evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities, 2020, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
  • Paddlefish and sturgeon (Chondrostei: Acipenseriformes: Polyodontidae and Acipenseridae) from lower Paleocene deposits of Montana, U.S.A., 2020, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • A new pan-kinosternid, Leiochelys tokaryki, gen. et sp. nov., from the late Maastrichtian Frenchman formation, Saskatchewan Canada, 2022, The Anatomical Record

Best Publications

  • DISTRIBUTION AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF NON-MARINE CRETACEOUS TURTLES

    Ren Hirayama;Donald B. Brinkman;Igor G. Danilov

  • Paleooecology of the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada: Evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities

    Donald B. Brinkman

  • SMALL THEROPOD AND BIRD TEETH FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS (LATE CAMPANIAN) JUDITH RIVER GROUP, ALBERTA

    Julia T. Sankey;Donald B. Brinkman;Merrilee Guenther;Philip J. Currie

  • 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

  • A review of nonmarine turtles from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta

    Donald B. Brinkman

  • A multidisciplinary study of the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Mussentuchit Wash, Utah: a determination of the paleoenvironment and paleoecology of the Eolambia caroljonesa dinosaur quarry

    James R. Garrison;Donald Brinkman;Douglas J. Nichols;Paul Layer

  • 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

  • Ordosemys leios, n.gen., n.sp., a new turtle from the Early Cretaceous of the Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia

    Donald B. Brinkman;Jiang-Hua Peng

  • Sunosuchus junggarensis sp.nov. (Archosauria: Crocodyliformes) from the Upper Jurassic of Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

    Xiao-Chun Wu;Donald B. Brinkman;Anthony P. Russell

  • 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

  • Size-independent criteria for estimating relative age in Ophiacodon and Dimetrodon (Reptilia, Pelycosauria) from the Admiral and lower Belle Plains formations of west-central Texas

    Donald Brinkman

  • New material of Sinemys (Testudines, Sinemydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China

    Donald B. Brinkman;Jiang-Hua Peng

  • Sineoamphisbaena hexatabularis, an amphisbaenian (Diapsida: Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous redbeds at Bayan Mandahu (Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China), and comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the Amphisbaenia

    Xiao-Chun Wu;Donald B. Brinkman;Anthony P. Russell

  • New material of Xinjiangchelys (Reptilia: Testudines) from the Late Jurassic Qigu Formation (Shishugou Group) of the Pingfengshan locality, Junggar Basin, Xinjiang

    Jiang-Hua Peng;Donald B. Brinkman

  • A new alligator from the Upper Cretaceous of Canada and the relationships of early eusuchians

    Xiao-Chun Wu;Donald B Brinkman;Anthony P Russell

  • The paleogeographic and stratigraphic distribution of ceratopsids (Ornithischia) in the upper Judith River Group of Western Canada

    Donald B. Brinkman;Michael J. Ryan;David A. Eberth

  • Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman formations of the Judith River group (Campanian) of Southeastern Alberta : an illustrated guide /

    Jianghua Peng;Donald. Brinkman;Anthony P. Russell

  • Faunal assemblages from the upper Horseshoe Canyon Formation, an early Maastrichtian cool-climate assemblage from Alberta, with special reference to the Albertosaurus sarcophagus bonebedThis article is one of a series of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme Albertosaurus.

    Derek W. LarsonD.W. Larson;Donald B. BrinkmanD.B. Brinkman;Phil R. BellP.R. Bell

  • New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta, Canada, and the systematics and ecology of the genus

    Takuya Konishi;Donald Brinkman;Judy A. Massare;Michael W. Caldwell

  • Cretaceous Esocoidei (Teleostei): early radiation of the pikes in North American fresh waters

    Mark V. H. Wilson;Donald B. Brinkman;Andrew G. Neuman

  • A NEW TURTLE FROM THE ARUNDEL CLAY FACIES (POTOMAC FORMATION, EARLY CRETACEOUS) OF MARYLAND, U.S.A.

    Thomas R. Lipka;François Therrien;David B. Weishampel;Heather A. Jamniczky

  • Dalton Wells: Geology and significance of debris-flow-hosted dinosaur bonebeds in the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of eastern Utah, USA

    David A. Eberth;Brooks B. Britt;Rod Scheetz;Kenneth L. Stadtman

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Eberth
David A. Eberth Royal Tyrrell Museum
Anthony P. Russell
Anthony P. Russell University of Calgary
John A. Tarduno
John A. Tarduno University of Rochester
Walter G. Joyce
Walter G. Joyce University of Fribourg
Mark V. H. Wilson
Mark V. H. Wilson Colorado College
David C. Evans
David C. Evans Royal Ontario Museum
Philip J. Currie
Philip J. Currie University of Alberta
André Mariotti
André Mariotti Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Xing Xu
Xing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
David J. Smith
David J. Smith Arizona State University

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