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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Mark E. Patzkowsky is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on paleontology and related subfields.

The main areas of study covered by their work include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological Studies and Exploration

Their notable recent publications are:

  • "An early burst in brachiopod evolution corresponding with significant climatic shifts during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Does evolutionary relatedness predict ecological similarity?", 2020, Paleobiology
  • "Faunal and stratigraphic analysis of the basal Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary event deposits, Brazos River, Texas, USA," 2022, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "Stratigraphic paleobiology," 2024, Paleobiology
  • "AN EARLY BURST IN BRACHIOPOD EVOLUTION CORRESPONDING WITH SIGNIFICANT CLIMATIC SHIFTS DURING THE GREAT ORDOVICIAN BIODIVERSIFICATION EVENT," 2021, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Frequent coauthors associated with Patzkowsky's work include:

  • Kayla M. Irizarry
  • Wolfgang Kiessling
  • Curtis R. Congreve
  • Richard K. Bambach
  • A. J. Boucot

Patzkowsky's publications have appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Paleobiology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Their expertise extends to several subfields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, including:

  • Paleontology
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Environmental Chemistry

Among honors, Mark E. Patzkowsky has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates.

    John Alroy;Martin Aberhan;David J. Bottjer;Michael Foote

  • Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification

    J. Alroy;C. R. Marshall;R. K. Bambach;K. Bezusko

  • A weathering hypothesis for glaciation at high atmospheric pCO2 during the Late Ordovician

    L.R Kump;M.A Arthur;M.E Patzkowsky;M.T Gibbs

  • Sequence stratigraphy and long-term paleoceanographic change in the Middle and Upper Ordovician of the eastern United States

    Steven M. Holland;Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Stratigraphic Paleobiology: Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space

    Mark Edward Patzkowsky;Steven Matthew Holland

  • GRADIENT ECOLOGY OF A BIOTIC INVASION: BIOFACIES OF THE TYPE CINCINNATIAN SERIES (UPPER ORDOVICIAN), CINCINNATI, OHIO REGION, USA

    Steven M. Holland;Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Late Middle Ordovician environmental change and extinction: Harbinger of the Late Ordovician or continuation of Cambrian patterns?

    Mark E. Patzkowsky;Leta M. Slupik;Michael A. Arthur;Richard D. Pancost

  • Response of Late Ordovician paleoceanography to changes in sea level, continental drift, and atmospheric pCO2: potential causes for long-term cooling and glaciation

    Achim D Herrmann;Achim D Herrmann;Bernd J Haupt;Mark E Patzkowsky;Mark E Patzkowsky;Dan Seidov

  • Geographic controls on nannoplankton extinction across the Cretaceous/Palaeogene boundary

    Shijun Jiang;Timothy J. Bralower;Mark E. Patzkowsky;Lee R. Kump

  • Biotic response to a Middle Ordovician paleoceanographic event in eastern North America

    Mark E. Patzkowsky;Steven M. Holland

  • From Cyclothems to Sequences: The Record of Eustasy and Climate on an Icehouse Epeiric Platform (Pennsylvanian-Permian, North American Midcontinent)

    Thomas D. Olszewski;Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Biofacies replacement in a sequence stratigraphic framework; Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Nashville Dome, Tennessee, USA

    Mark E. Patzkowsky;Steven M. Holland

  • Distal orogenic effects on peripheral bulge sedimentation: Middle and Upper Ordovician of the Nashville Dome

    Steven M. Holland;Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Diversity partitioning of a Late Ordovician marine biotic invasion: controls on diversity in regional ecosystems

    Mark E. Patzkowsky;Steven M. Holland

  • Patterns of turnover in Middle and Upper Ordovician brachiopods of the Eastern United States; a test of coordinated stasis

    Mark E. Patzkowsky;Steven M. Holland

  • The stratigraphy of mass extinction

    Steven M. Holland;Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Measuring Recurrence of Marine Biotic Gradients: A Case Study from the Pennsylvanian-Permian Midcontinent

    Thomas D. Olszewski;Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Gradient analysis of Middle Ordovician brachiopod biofacies; biostratigraphic, biogeographic, and macroevolutionary implications

    Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Models for simulating the fossil record

    Steven M. Holland;Mark E. Patzkowsky

  • Application of the Fujita-Ziegler paleoclimate model: Early Permian and Late Cretaceous examples

    Mark E. Patzkowsky;Loren H. Smith;Paul J. Markwick;Cynthia J. Engberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven M. Holland
Steven M. Holland University of Georgia
Timothy J. Bralower
Timothy J. Bralower Pennsylvania State University
Katherine H. Freeman
Katherine H. Freeman Pennsylvania State University
Lee R. Kump
Lee R. Kump Pennsylvania State University
Peter J. Wagner
Peter J. Wagner University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Linda C. Ivany
Linda C. Ivany Syracuse University
Richard D. Pancost
Richard D. Pancost University of Bristol
Michael A. Arthur
Michael A. Arthur Pennsylvania State University
Arnold I. Miller
Arnold I. Miller University of Cincinnati
Franz T. Fürsich
Franz T. Fürsich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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