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  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Philip D. Gingerich is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their work spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on paleontology and related disciplines.

Their research topics cover a diverse range, including:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Philip D. Gingerich's subfields of study include Paleontology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their frequent publication venues demonstrate a focus on paleobiological and geological sciences and include:

  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Philip D. Gingerich cover a wide range of geological and paleontological topics, such as:

  • "Carbon isotope and mammal recovery from extreme greenhouse warming at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary in astronomically-calibrated fluvial strata, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA" (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Swift Weathering Response on Floodplains During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum" (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Rates of geological processes" (2021), published in Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Skeleton of a new owl from the early Eocene of North America (Aves, Strigiformes) with an accipitrid-like foot morphology" (2020), published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • "Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna from the Aridal Formation, Sabkha of Gueran, southwestern Morocco" (2021), published in Geodiversitas

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Philip D. Gingerich include:

  • Samir Zouhri
  • Hemmo A. Abels
  • Ayoub Amane
  • Estelle Bourdon
  • Sylvain Adnet

Throughout their career, Philip D. Gingerich has been recognized by several professional organizations and holds a set of fellowships:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2001)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1992)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Correlation between isotope records in marine and continental carbon reservoirs near the Palaeocene/Eocene boundary

    Paul L. Koch;James C. Zachos;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Review of Ichthyodectiform and Other Mesozoic Teleost Fishes and the Theory and Practice of Classifying Fossils.

    Philip D. Gingerich;Colin Patterson;Donn Eric Rosen

  • Rates of evolution: effects of time and temporal scaling.

    Philip D. Gingerich

  • Allometric scaling in the dentition of primates and prediction of body weight from tooth size in fossils

    Philip D. Gingerich;B. Holly Smith;Karen Rosenberg

  • Origin of whales from early artiodactyls: hands and feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan.

    Philip D. Gingerich;Munir ul Haq;Munir ul Haq;Iyad S. Zalmout;Intizar Hussain Khan;Intizar Hussain Khan

  • New Earliest Wasatchian Mammalian Fauna from the Eocene of Northwestern Wyoming: Composition and Diversity in a Rarely Sampled High-Floodplain Assemblage

    Philip D. Gingerich

  • Environment and evolution through the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum

    Philip D. Gingerich

  • Cranial Anatomy and Evolution of Early Tertiary Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates)

    Philip D. Gingerich

  • Quantification and comparison of evolutionary rates

    Philip D. Gingerich

  • SIZE VARIABILITY OF THE TEETH IN LIVING MAMMALS AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF CLOSELY RELATED SYMPATRIC FOSSIL SPECIES

    Philip D. Gingerich

  • Paleontology and phylogeny; patterns of evolution at the species level in early Tertiary mammals

    P. D. Gingerich

  • Origin of whales in epicontinental remnant seas: new evidence from the early eocene of pakistan.

    Philip D. Gingerich;Neil A. Wells;Donald E. Russell;S. M. Ibrahim Shah

  • Rapid Asia–Europe–North America geographic dispersal of earliest Eocene primate Teilhardina during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum

    Thierry Smith;Kenneth D. Rose;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Hind Limbs of Eocene Basilosaurus: Evidence of Feet in Whales

    Philip D. Gingerich;B. Holly Smith;Elwyn L. Simons

  • Evidence for rapid climate change in North America during the latest Paleocene thermal maximum: oxygen isotope compositions of biogenic phosphate from the Bighorn Basin (Wyoming)

    Henry C. Fricke;William C. Clyde;James R. O'Neil;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Mammalian community response to the latest Paleocene thermal maximum: An isotaphonomic study in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

    William C. Clyde;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Global change at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary: climatic and evolutionary consequences of tectonic events

    David K. Rea;James C. Zachos;Robert M. Owen;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Causes and consequences of globally warm climates in the early Paleogene

    Scott L. Wing;Philip D. Gingerich;Birger Schmitz;Ellen Thomas

  • Two massive, rapid releases of carbon during the onset of the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum

    Gabriel J. Bowen;Bianca J. Maibauer;Mary J. Kraus;Ursula Röhl

  • Mammalian responses to climate change at the Paleocene-Eocene boundary: Polecat Bench record in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

    Philip D. Gingerich

  • 3. Paleocene Biochronology: The Puercan Through Clarkforkian Land Mammal Ages

    Donald L. Lofgren;Jason A. Lillegraven;William A. Clemens;Philip D. Gingerich

  • New Whale From The Eocene Of Pakistan And The Origin Of Cetacean Swimming

    Philip D. Gingerich;S. Mahmood Raza;Muhammad Arif;Mohammad Anwar

  • A new Eocene archaeocete (Mammalia, Cetacea) from India and the time of origin of whales

    Sunil Bajpai;Philip D. Gingerich

  • Marine Mammals (Cetacea and Sirenia) from the Eocene of Gebel Mokattam and Fayum, Egypt: Stratigraphy, Age and Paleoenvironments

    Philip D. Gingerich

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Clyde
William C. Clyde University of New Hampshire
Gabriel J. Bowen
Gabriel J. Bowen University of Utah
Scott L. Wing
Scott L. Wing National Museum of Natural History
Mary J. Kraus
Mary J. Kraus University of Colorado Boulder
Thomas Westerhold
Thomas Westerhold University of Bremen
Thierry Smith
Thierry Smith Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Hemmo A. Abels
Hemmo A. Abels Delft University of Technology
Roy H Wilkens
Roy H Wilkens University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant
Elwyn L. Simons
Elwyn L. Simons Duke University
Lucas Joost Lourens
Lucas Joost Lourens Utrecht University

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