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Peter J. Wagner is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their primary research contributions fall within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus that includes several subfields such as Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's work frequently addresses key topics including Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, and studies on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology.

Peter J. Wagner has contributed to multiple academic journals and venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Paleontology
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Late Quaternary extinctions in the Indian Subcontinent" (2020), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • "The 'Bio-Crime Model' of Cross-Border Cooperation Among Veterinary Public Health, Justice, Law Enforcements, and Customs to Tackle the Illegal Animal Trade/Bio-Terrorism and to Prevent the Spread of Zoonotic Diseases Among Human Population" (2020), Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • "A multidisciplinary approach to resolving the end-Guadalupian extinction" (2023), Evolving Earth
  • "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
  • "Permian trilobites and the applicability of the 'living fossil' concept to extinct clades" (2023), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Among frequent collaborators, Peter J. Wagner has coauthored extensively with April Wright, Margaret M. Yacobucci, S. Kathleen Lyons, Mark E. Patzkowsky, and Matthew Craffey.

In addition to journal articles, Peter J. Wagner has contributed to book literature, notably with a publication by Cambridge University Press titled Testing Character Evolution Models in Phylogenetic Paleobiology (2021).

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

  • Integrating ambiguously aligned regions of DNA sequences in phylogenetic analyses without violating positional homology.

    François Lutzoni;Peter Wagner;Valérie Reeb;Stefan Zoller

  • Abundance Distributions Imply Elevated Complexity of Post-Paleozoic Marine Ecosystems

    Peter J. Wagner;Matthew A. Kosnik;Scott Lidgard

  • Extinction trajectories of benthic organisms across the Triassic–Jurassic boundary

    Wolfgang Kiessling;Martin Aberhan;Benjamin Brenneis;Peter J. Wagner

  • Systematics and the Fossil Record

    Peter J. Wagner;Andrew Smith

  • EXHAUSTION OF MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTER STATES AMONG FOSSIL TAXA

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Testing evolutionary constraint hypotheses with early Paleozoic gastropods

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Stratigraphic tests of cladistic hypotheses

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Fossil Plant Relative Abundances Indicate Sudden Loss of Late Triassic Biodiversity in East Greenland

    Jennifer C. McElwain;Peter J. Wagner;Stephen P. Hesselbo

  • Evolutionary patterns in early tetrapods. I. Rapid initial diversification followed by decrease in rates of character change

    Marcello Ruta;Peter J Wagner;Michael I Coates

  • Patterns of morphologic diversification among the Rostroconchia

    Peter J. Wagner

  • The Quality of the Fossil Record and the Accuracy of Phylogenetic Inferences about Sampling and Diversity

    Peter J. Wagner

  • CONTRASTING THE UNDERLYING PATTERNS OF ACTIVE TRENDS IN MORPHOLOGIC EVOLUTION.

    Peter J. Wagner

  • A likelihood approach for evaluating estimates of phylogenetic relationships among fossil taxa

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the earliest anisostrophically coiled gastropods

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Statistical independence of escalatory ecological trends in Phanerozoic marine invertebrates.

    Joshua S. Madin;John Alroy;Martin Aberhan;Franz T. Fürsich

  • Modelling rate distributions using character compatibility: implications for morphological evolution among fossil invertebrates

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Diversity patterns among early gastropods: contrasting taxonomic and phylogenetic descriptions

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Exploring the influence of ancient and historic megaherbivore extirpations on the global methane budget

    Felisa A. Smith;John I. Hammond;Meghan A. Balk;Scott M. Elliott

  • GASTROPOD PHYLOGENETICS: PROGRESS, PROBLEMS, AND IMPLICATIONS

    Peter J. Wagner

  • Inferring and Testing Hypotheses of Cladistic Character Dependence by Using Character Compatibility

    F. Robin O'Keefe;Peter J. Wagner

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Kathleen Lyons
S. Kathleen Lyons University of Nebraska–Lincoln
John Alroy
John Alroy Macquarie University
Franz T. Fürsich
Franz T. Fürsich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Wolfgang Kiessling
Wolfgang Kiessling University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Mark E. Patzkowsky
Mark E. Patzkowsky Pennsylvania State University
Felisa A. Smith
Felisa A. Smith University of New Mexico
Steven M. Holland
Steven M. Holland University of Georgia
Linda C. Ivany
Linda C. Ivany Syracuse University
Anna K. Behrensmeyer
Anna K. Behrensmeyer National Museum of Natural History
Scott L. Wing
Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History

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