Ted Daeschler
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Ted Daeschler is an American
vertebrate paleontologist and Associate Curator and Chair of Vertebrate Biology at the Academy of Natural Sciences
in Philadelphia. He is a specialist is fish paleontology, especially in the Late Devonian
, and in the development of the first limbed vertebrates.
He is the discoverer of the transitional fossil
tetrapod
Hynerpeton bassetti, and a Devonian fish-like specimen of Sauripterus taylorii with fingerlike appendages, and was also part of a team of researchers that discovered the transitional fossil Tiktaalik
.
He received a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1998. He has held recent research grants from the National Science Foundation
, the National Geographic Society
, and other donors. He is also known for his work on the preservation of natural history collections.
He is married, and has three daughters.
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vertebrate paleontologist and Associate Curator and Chair of Vertebrate Biology at the Academy of Natural Sciences
Academy of Natural Sciences
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the New World...
in Philadelphia. He is a specialist is fish paleontology, especially in the Late Devonian
Devonian
The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic Era spanning from the end of the Silurian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya , to the beginning of the Carboniferous Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya...
, and in the development of the first limbed vertebrates.
He is the discoverer of the transitional fossil
Transitional fossil
A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a lifeform that exhibits characteristics of two distinct taxonomic groups. A transitional fossil is the fossil of an organism near the branching point where major individual lineages diverge...
tetrapod
Tetrapod
Tetrapods are vertebrate animals having four limbs. Amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals are all tetrapods; even snakes and other limbless reptiles and amphibians are tetrapods by descent. The earliest tetrapods evolved from the lobe-finned fishes in the Devonian...
Hynerpeton bassetti, and a Devonian fish-like specimen of Sauripterus taylorii with fingerlike appendages, and was also part of a team of researchers that discovered the transitional fossil Tiktaalik
Tiktaalik
Tiktaalik is a genus of extinct sarcopterygian from the late Devonian period, with many features akin to those of tetrapods . It is an example from several lines of ancient sarcopterygian "fish" developing adaptations to the oxygen-poor shallow-water habitats of its time, which led to the...
.
He received a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
in 1998. He has held recent research grants from the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
, the National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical...
, and other donors. He is also known for his work on the preservation of natural history collections.
He is married, and has three daughters.
Selected Major Publications
- Daeschler, E. B. and N. H. Shubin. 1998. Fish with Fingers?. Nature 391:133.
- Daeschler, E. B. 2000. An early actinopterygian fish from the Upper Devonian Catskill Formation in Pennsylvania, USA. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences 150:181-192.
- Daeschler, E. B. 2000. Early tetrapod jaws from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania, USA.Journal of PaleontologyJournal of PaleontologyThe Journal of Paleontology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the field of paleontology, published by The Paleontological Society.-Indexing:The Journal of Paleontogy is indexed in:*BIOSIS Previews*Science Citation Index...
74(2):301-308. - Ahlberg, P. E., Z. Johanson, and E. B. Daeschler. 2001. The Late Devonian lungfish Soederberghia (Sarcopterygii, Dipnoi) from Australia and North America, and its biogeographic implications.Journal of Vertebrate PaleontologyJournal of Vertebrate PaleontologyThe Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology was founded in 1980 at the University of Oklahoma by Dr. Jiri Zidek. It is a scientific journal that publishes original contributions on all aspects of the vertebrate paleontology, including vertebrate origins, evolution, functional morphology, taxonomy,...
21(1):1-12. - Downs, J.P. and E.B. Daeschler. 2001. Variation within a large sample of Ageleodus pectinatus teeth (Chondichthyes) from the Late Devonian of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(4):811-814.
- Daeschler, E. B., A. Frumes and C. F. Mullison. In press. Groenlandaspidid placoderm fishes from Late Devonian of North America. Records of the Australian Museum.