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Overview

Glenn A. Brock is affiliated with Macquarie University in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Paleontology, accounting for 33 of their publications. Additional subfields of study include Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Geology, and Geophysics.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Marine Biology and Ecology Research. Other notable themes include Geological and Geophysical Studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology, and Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry.

Recent publications illustrate the scope of their research interests and collaborations. Key papers include:

  • An encrusting kleptoparasite-host interaction from the early Cambrian, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Fossil evidence unveils an early Cambrian origin for Bryozoa, 2021, Nature
  • The oldest Cambrian trilobite - brachiopod association in South China, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Brachiopods from the Byrd Group (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) Central Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctica: biostratigraphy, phylogeny and systematics, 2020, Papers in Palaeontology
  • Brachiopod-dominated communities and depositional environment of the Guanshan Konservat-Lagerstätte, eastern Yunnan, China, 2020, Journal of the Geological Society

Frequent co-authors in their work include Zhiliang Zhang, Lars E. Holmer, Zhifei Zhang, Marissa J. Betts, and Feiyang Chen, reflecting ongoing collaborations within their research network.

Their contributions have been published repeatedly in venues such as the Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Gondwana Research, Palaeoworld, Papers in Palaeontology, and the Journal of the Geological Society. These venues represent primary outlets for their scientific communication.

Best Publications

  • An encrusting kleptoparasite-host interaction from the early Cambrian

    Zhifei Zhang;Luke C. Strotz;Timothy P. Topper;Timothy P. Topper;Feiyang Chen;Feiyang Chen

  • Acute vision in the giant Cambrian predator Anomalocaris and the origin of compound eyes

    John R. Paterson;Diego C. García-Bellido;Michael S. Y. Lee;Michael S. Y. Lee;Glenn A. Brock

  • Shelly fossils from the Early Cambrian (Toyonian) Wirrealpa, Aroona Creek, and Ramsay Limestones of South Australia

    Glenn A. Brock;Barry J. Cooper

  • Palaeobiogeographic affinities of Australian Cambrian faunas

    G. A. Brock;M. J. Engelbretsen;J. B. Jago;P. D. Kruse

  • The scleritome of Eccentrotheca from the Lower Cambrian of South Australia: Lophophorate affinities and implications for tommotiid phylogeny

    Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock;John R. Paterson;Lars E. Holmer

  • Early Cambrian trilobites from Angorichina, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, with a new assemblage from the Pararaia bunyerooensis zone

    John R. Paterson;Glenn A. Brock

  • Scleritome construction, biofacies, biostratigraphy and systematics of the tommotiid Eccentrotheca helenia sp. nov. from the Early Cambrian of South Australia

    Christian B. Skovsted;Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock;Timothy P. Topper;John R. Paterson

  • A new lower Cambrian shelly fossil biostratigraphy for South Australia

    Marissa J. Betts;John R. Paterson;James B. Jago;Sarah M. Jacquet

  • A review of the Cambrian biostratigraphy of South Australia

    J. B. Jago;Wen Long Zang;Xiaowen Sun;G. A. Brock

  • The Early Cambrian tommotiid Micrina, a sessile bivalved stem group brachiopod

    Lars E Holmer;Christian B Skovsted;Glenn A Brock;James L Valentine

  • Early Cambrian chronostratigraphy and geochronology of South Australia

    Marissa J. Betts;Marissa J. Betts;Marissa J. Betts;John R. Paterson;Sarah M. Jacquet;Sarah M. Jacquet;Anita S. Andrew

  • The scleritome of Paterimitra: an Early Cambrian stem group brachiopod from South Australia.

    Christian B Skovsted;Lars E Holmer;Cecilia M Larsson;Anette E.S Högström

  • Taphonomy and palaeoecology of the emuellid trilobite Balcoracania dailyi (early Cambrian, South Australia)

    John R. Paterson;James B. Jago;Glenn A. Brock;James G. Gehling

  • A sclerite-bearing stem group entoproct from the early Cambrian and its implications

    Zhifei Zhang;Lars E. Holmer;Christian B. Skovsted;Glenn A. Brock

  • Fossil evidence unveils an early Cambrian origin for Bryozoa.

    Zhiliang Zhang;Zhiliang Zhang;Zhifei Zhang;Junye Ma;Paul D. Taylor

  • Homologous skeletal secretion in tommotiids and brachiopods

    Uwe Balthasar;Christian B. Skovsted;Lars E. Holmer;Glenn A. Brock

  • Shelly Fossils from the Lower Cambrian 'Pararaia bunyerooensis' Zone, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

    Timothy Paul Topper;Glenn Anthony Brock;Christian B. Skovsted;John Paterson

  • Cambrian stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Flinders Ranges and the north coast of Kangaroo Island, South Australia

    James B. Jago;James G. Gehling;John R. Paterson;Glenn A. Brock

  • Global correlation of the early Cambrian of South Australia: Shelly fauna of the Dailyatia odyssei Zone

    Marissa J. Betts;John R. Paterson;James B. Jago;Sarah M. Jacquet

  • The tommotiid Camenella reticulosa from the early Cambrian of South Australia: Morphology, scleritome reconstruction, and phylogeny

    Christian B. Skovsted;Uwe Balthasar;Glenn A. Brock;John R. Paterson

  • Early Cambrian record of failed durophagy and shell repair in an epibenthic mollusc.

    Christian B Skovsted;Christian B Skovsted;Glenn A Brock;Anna Lindström;John S Peel

  • An early Cambrian agglutinated tubular lophophorate with brachiopod

    L. E. Holmer;G. A. Brock;U. Balthasar;C. B. Skovsted

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian B. Skovsted
Christian B. Skovsted Swedish Museum of Natural History
John R. Paterson
John R. Paterson University of New England
Lars E. Holmer
Lars E. Holmer Uppsala University
David A. T. Harper
David A. T. Harper Durham University
Simon C. George
Simon C. George Macquarie University
James G. Gehling
James G. Gehling South Australian Museum
Leonid E. Popov
Leonid E. Popov Cardiff University
Jian Han
Jian Han Northwest University
Michael S. Y. Lee
Michael S. Y. Lee Flinders University
Degan Shu
Degan Shu Northwest University

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