William J. Sanders
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American paleontologist
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William J. Sanders's Degrees
- PhD Paleontology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Geology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Geology University of California, Berkeley
Why Is William J. Sanders Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William J. Sanders is a vertebrate paleontologist and research scientist/preparator at the University of Michigan. He has written a number of papers on fossil elephants. Education Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, New York University. Dissertation Title: "Function, Allometry, and Evolution of the Australopithecine Lower Precaudal Spine." 1995.M.Phil. Department of Anthropology, New York University. 1990.B.A. Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago. 1979.
William J. Sanders's Published Works
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Published Works
- Cenozoic Mammals of Africa (2010) (412)
- Oligocene mammals from Ethiopia and faunal exchange between Afro-Arabia and Eurasia (2003) (159)
- New Protocetid Whale from the Middle Eocene of Pakistan: Birth on Land, Precocial Development, and Sexual Dimorphism (2009) (108)
- Comparative morphometric study of the australopithecine vertebral series Stw-H8/H41. (1998) (103)
- Morphometric analysis of lumbar vertebra UMP 67-28: Implications for spinal function and phylogeny of the Miocene Moroto hominoid (1994) (103)
- Predatory behavior of crowned hawk-eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Kibale National Park, Uganda (2001) (95)
- New Oligocene primate from Saudi Arabia and the divergence of apes and Old World monkeys (2010) (90)
- New large-bodied mammals from the Late Oligocene site of Chilga, Ethiopia (2004) (73)
- Taphonomic aspects of crowned hawk-eagle predation on monkeys. (2003) (66)
- Evolution of locomotion in Anthropoidea: the semicircular canal evidence (2012) (54)
- A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a “missing link” between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications (2006) (48)
- Basilosaurus drazindai and Basiloterus hussaini, New Archaeoceti (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Eocene Drazinda Formation, with a Revised Interpretation of Ages of Whale-Bearing Strata in the Kirthar Group of the Sulaiman Range, Punjab (Pakistan) (1997) (43)
- New proboscideans from the early Miocene of Wadi Moghara, Egypt (2002) (41)
- Taxonomic review of fossil Proboscidea (Mammalia) from Langebaanweg, South Africa (2007) (38)
- Functional and Behavioral Implications of Vertebral Structure in Pachyaena ossifraga (Mammalia, Mesonychia) (1992) (33)
- Taphonomic analysis of skeletal remains from chimpanzee hunts at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda. (2007) (33)
- Dietary reconstruction of pygmy mammoths from Santa Rosa Island of California (2016) (30)
- A new evaluation of the significance of the Late Neogene Lusso Beds, Upper Semliki Valley, Zaire (1992) (29)
- Precision and Consistency of the Taphonomic Signature of Predation by Crowned Hawk-Eagles (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in Kibale National Park, Uganda (2006) (22)
- Latest Evidence of Palaeoamasia (Mammalia, Embrithopoda) in Turkish Anatolia (2014) (12)
- Proboscidea from Kanapoi, Kenya. (2020) (11)
- Horizontal tooth displacement and premolar occurrence in elephants and other elephantiform proboscideans (2018) (11)
- A New Assemblage of Mid-Pliocene Proboscideans from the Woranso-Mille Area, Afar Region, Ethiopia: Taxonomic, Evolutionary, and Paleoecological Considerations (2012) (11)
- Elephants and other Proboscideans: a summary of recent findings and new taxonomic suggestions (2001) (10)
- Oldest record of Stegodon (Mammalia: Proboscidea) (1999) (8)
- Fossil Proboscidea from the Wembere-Manonga Formation, Manonga Valley, Tanzania (1997) (8)
- Late Middle Pleistocene Elephants from Natodomeri, Kenya and the Disappearance of Elephas (Proboscidea, Mammalia) in Africa (2019) (4)
- Small vertebrates from Khasm El-Raqaba, late Middle Miocene, Eastern Desert, Egypt (2016) (4)
- The evolution of hominoid locomotor versatility: Evidence from Moroto, a 21 Ma site in Uganda (2023) (1)
- Protecting Our Marine Environment: Destruction of the F/V Challenger (2008) (0)
- H. Basil S. Cooke FRSSAf: an appreciation (2006) (0)
- A New Assemblage of Mid-Pliocene Proboscideans from the Woranso-Mille Area, Afar Region, Ethiopia: Taxonomic, Evolutionary, and Paleoecological Considerations (2011) (0)
- :African Paleoecology and Human Evolution (2023) (0)
- Book Review: Lothagam. The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa. Edited by Meave G. Leakey and John M. Harris. New York: Columbia University Press. 2003. 678 pp. $195 (cloth). ISBN 0-231-11870-8 (2004) (0)
- Proboscidea from the Baynunah Formation (0)
- NEW FOSSILS OF PALAEOAMASIA KANSUI (MAMMALIA, EMBRITHOPODA): IMPLICATIONS FOR EMBRITHOPOD EVOLUTION (2019) (0)
- Isotopic perspectives on the dietary ecology of early Miocene catarrhines (2016) (0)
- In the Steppes of Central Asia: Mammoth Carcasses, Fossil Flora, and Reconstruction of Northern Siberian Paleoclimate and Paleoecology in the Late Pleistocene (2016) (0)
- Mating systems and sexual dimorphism in marine mammals. (2013) (0)
- Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha , and biogeographic implications A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea , a " missing link " between early (2006) (0)
- [European quality wood earns more attention: restart of Robinia Foundation] (2001) (0)
- In the Steppes of Central Asia: Mammoth Carcasses, Fossil Flora, and Reconstruction of Northern Siberian Paleoclimate and Paleoecology in the Late Pleistocene (2016) (0)
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