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

Overview

Rodney M. Feldmann is affiliated with Kent State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily across Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on the subfields of Ecology, Oceanography, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Paleontology. The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to biology and ecology in marine environments, as well as paleontological studies.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Rodney M. Feldmann has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Carrie E. Schweitzer
  • Hiroaki Karasawa
  • Eduard V. Mychko
  • Günter Schweigert
  • Denis Audo

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Treatise Online, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Journal of Crustacean Biology, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, and Paläontologische Zeitschrift. The volume of publications in these venues includes:

  • Treatise Online (25 publications)
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (11 publications)
  • Journal of Crustacean Biology (8 publications)
  • Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen (7 publications)
  • Paläontologische Zeitschrift (2 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rodney M. Feldmann include:

  • Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding "Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data": Myanmar amber, 2020, Paläontologische Zeitschrift
  • Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding "Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil-based scientific data": the importance of private collections, 2020, Paläontologische Zeitschrift
  • Revision of Cyclida (Pancrustacea, Multicrustacea), with five new genera, 2020, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
  • Selective extinction at the end-Cretaceous and appearance of the modern Decapoda, 2023, Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • Malayacyclus gen. nov., the first Southeast Asian Cyclida (Crustacea) from the Early Carboniferous of Terengganu, Malaysia, 2021, Geological Journal

Rodney M. Feldmann has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • A Classification of Living and Fossil Genera of Decapod Crustaceans

    Sammy De Grave;N. Dean Pentcheff;Shane T. Ahyong;Tin-Yam Chan

  • Systematic List of Fossil Decapod Crustacean Species

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;Alessandro Garassino;Hiroaki Karasawa

  • Geology and Paleontology of Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula

    Rodney M. Feldmann;Michael O. Woodburne

  • Cenozoic High Latitude Heterochroneity of Southern Hemisphere Marine Faunas

    William J. Zinsmeister;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • Revision of Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Decapoda: Brachyura) with Emphasis on the Fossil Genera and Families

    Hiroaki Karasawa;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • EARLY CRETACEOUS ARTHROPODS FROM THE TLAYUA FORMATION AT TEPEXI DE RODRIGUEZ, PUEBLA, MEXICO

    Rodney M. Feldmann;Francisco J. Vega;Shelton P. Applegate;Gale A. Bishop

  • The Late Devonian Palaeopalaemonidae and the earliest decapod crustaceans

    Frederick R. Schram;Rodney M. Feldmann;M. J. Copeland

  • Late Cretaceous and Paleocene Decapod Crustaceans from James Ross Basin, Antarctic Peninsula

    Rodney M. Feldmann;Dale M. Tshudy;Michael R. A. Thomson

  • Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island British Columbia, Canada

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;John Fam;William A. Hessin

  • LATEST CRETACEOUS/EARLIEST TERTIARY TRANSITION ON SEYMOUR ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

    William J. Zinsmeister;Rodney M. Feldmann;Michael O. Woodburne;David H. Elliot

  • Fossil Decapod Crustaceans from the Jagüel and Roca Formations (Maastrichtian–Danian) of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

    Rodney M. Feldmann;Silvio Casadío;Luis Chirino-Gálvez;María Aguirre-Urreta

  • PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DECAPOD CRUSTACEA

    Rodney M. Feldmann;Carrie E. Schweitzer

  • Gondwanan Radiation of the Southern Hemisphere Crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae): Evidence from Fossils and Molecules

    Alicia Toon;Marcos Pérez‐Losada;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • NEW CRABS FROM THE EOCENE AND OLIGOCENE OF BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EVOLUTIONARY AND PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC IMPLICATIONS OF MEXICAN FOSSIL DECAPODS

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;Gerardo Gonzáles-Barba;Francisco J. Vega

  • THE DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA) AS PREDATORS ON MOLLUSCA THROUGH GEOLOGIC TIME

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • The influence of reefs on the rise of Mesozoic marine crustaceans

    Adiël A. Klompmaker;Adiël A. Klompmaker;Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann;Michał Kowalewski

  • NEW SPECIES OF CALAPPID CRABS FROM WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND RECONSIDERATION OF THE CALAPPIDAE SENSU LATO

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • Correlation of Marine Beds Based on Sr- and Ar-date Determinations and Faunal Affinities across the Paleogene/Neogene Boundary in Southern Patagonia, Argentina

    Ana Maria Parras;Ana Maria Parras;Miguel Griffin;Miguel Griffin;Rodney Feldmann;Silvio Alberto Casadio;Silvio Alberto Casadio

  • NEW MIDDLE EOCENE DECAPODS (CRUSTACEA) FROM CHIAPAS, MÉXICO

    Francisco J. Vega;Timothy Cosma;Marco A. Coutiño;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • NEW FOSSIL PORTUNIDS FROM WASHINGTON, USA, AND ARGENTINA, AND A RE-EVALUATION OF GENERIC AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE PORTUNOIDEA RAFINESQUE, 1815 (DECAPODA: BRACHYURA)

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

  • DIFFERENTIATION OF THE FOSSIL HEXAPODIDAE MIERS, 1886 (DECAPODA: BRACHYURA) FROM SIMILAR FORMS

    Carrie E. Schweitzer;Rodney M. Feldmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Carrie E. Schweitzer
Carrie E. Schweitzer Kent State University at Stark
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Sergio A. Marenssi
Sergio A. Marenssi University of Buenos Aires
Tin-Yam Chan
Tin-Yam Chan National Taiwan Ocean University
Michael J. Benton
Michael J. Benton University of Bristol
Darryl L. Felder
Darryl L. Felder University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Rafael Lemaitre
Rafael Lemaitre National Museum of Natural History
Michał Kowalewski
Michał Kowalewski Florida Museum of Natural History
Carlos Jaramillo
Carlos Jaramillo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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