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James W. Hagadorn is affiliated with the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on paleontology and stratigraphy. Hagadorn's work encompasses a variety of subfields including Paleontology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

Their main research topics include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies

Hagadorn has contributed to several publications, frequently collaborating with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Karl E. Karlstrom, Mark D. Schmitz, Carol M. Dehler, Arturo Barrón, and Frederick A. Sundberg.

Common venues for Hagadorn's publications reflect a strong presence in geological and paleontological research communities. These venues include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Rocky Mountain Geology
  • Geology
  • The Mountain Geologist
  • GSA Today

Recent published papers by Hagadorn or including their contributions are:

  • Redefining the Tonto Group of Grand Canyon and recalibrating the Cambrian time scale, 2020, Geology
  • The Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary: Evaluating stratigraphic completeness and the Great Unconformity, 2020, Precambrian Research
  • Asynchronous trilobite extinctions at the early to middle Cambrian transition, 2020, Geology
  • A link between rift-related volcanism and end-Ediacaran extinction? Integrated chemostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, and U-Pb geochronology from Sonora, Mexico, 2020, Geology
  • An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, USA, 2023, Papers in Palaeontology

Best Publications

  • The Cambrian Substrate Revolution

    David J. Bottjer;James W. Hagadorn;Stephen Q. Dornbos

  • Wrinkle structures: Microbially mediated sedimentary structures common in subtidal siliciclastic settings at the Proterozoic-Phanerozoic transition

    James W. Hagadorn;David J. Bottjer

  • Restriction of a late Neoproterozoic biotope; suspect-microbial structures and trace fossils at the Vendian-Cambrian transition

    James W. Hagadorn;David J. Bottjer

  • Precambrian Animal Diversity: Putative Phosphatized Embryos From the Doushantuo Formation of China

    Jun-Yuan Chen;Paola Oliveri;Chia-Wei Li;Gui-Qing Zhou

  • 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

  • Cellular and subcellular structure of neoproterozoic animal embryos.

    James W. Hagadorn;Shuhai Xiao;Philip C. J. Donoghue;Stefan Bengtson

  • Precambrian-Cambrian transition: Death Valley, United States

    Frank A. Corsetti;James W. Hagadorn

  • EDIACARAN FOSSILS FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN GREAT BASIN, UNITED STATES

    James W. Hagadorn;Ben Waggoner

  • Earth's air pressure 2.7 billion years ago constrained to less than half of modern levels

    Sanjoy M. Som;Sanjoy M. Som;Roger Buick;James W. Hagadorn;Tim S. Blake

  • A Fungal Analog for Newfoundland Ediacaran Fossils

    Kevin J. Peterson;Ben Waggoner;James W. Hagadorn

  • Sustained low marine sulfate concentrations from the Neoproterozoic to the Cambrian: Insights from carbonates of northwestern Mexico and eastern California

    Sean J. Loyd;Sean J. Loyd;Pedro J. Marenco;James W. Hagadorn;Timothy W. Lyons

  • Possible evolution of mobile animals in association with microbial mats

    Murray Gingras;James W. Hagadorn;Adolf Seilacher;Stefan V. Lalonde

  • Stranded on a Late Cambrian shoreline: Medusae from central Wisconsin

    James W. Hagadorn;Robert H. Dott;Dan Damrow

  • EARLY CAMBRIAN EDIACARAN-TYPE FOSSILS FROM CALIFORNIA

    James W. Hagadorn;Christopher M. Fedo;Ben M. Waggoner

  • The fossil record of cnidarian medusae

    Graham A. Young;James W. Hagadorn

  • Rare helical spheroidal fossils from the Doushantuo Lagerstätte: Ediacaran animal embryos come of age?

    Shuhai Xiao;James W. Hagadorn;Chuanming Zhou;Xunlai Yuan

  • 10 A Grand Unified Theory of Biomineralization

    Joseph L. Kirschvink;James W. Hagadorn

  • The developmental cycles of early Cambrian Olivooidae fam. nov. (?Cycloneuralia) from the Yangtze Platform (China)

    Michael Steiner;Yi Qian;Guoxiang Li;James W. Hagadorn

  • Microbial influence on erosion, grain transport and bedform genesis in sandy substrates under unidirectional flow

    James W. Hagadorn;Conor Mcdowell

  • Beyond Beecher's Trilobite Bed: Widespread pyritization of soft tissues in the Late Ordovician Taconic foreland basin

    Úna C. Farrell;Markus J. Martin;James W. Hagadorn;Thomas Whiteley

  • Cambrian Sauk transgression in the Grand Canyon region redefined by detrital zircons

    Karl E. Karlstrom;James W. Hagadorn;George E. Gehrels;William A. Matthews

  • Supporting Online Material for Cellular and Subcellular Structure of Neoproterozoic Animal Embryos

    James W. Hagadorn;Shuhai Xiao;Philip C. J. Donoghue;Stefan Bengtson

Frequent Co-Authors

Karl E. Karlstrom
Karl E. Karlstrom University of New Mexico
Frank A. Corsetti
Frank A. Corsetti University of Southern California
Mark D. Schmitz
Mark D. Schmitz Boise State University
David J. Bottjer
David J. Bottjer University of Southern California
Laura J. Crossey
Laura J. Crossey University of New Mexico
Alan J. Kaufman
Alan J. Kaufman University of Maryland, College Park
Timothy W. Lyons
Timothy W. Lyons University of California, Riverside
Roger Buick
Roger Buick University of Washington
David C. Catling
David C. Catling University of Washington
Chuanming Zhou
Chuanming Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences

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