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S. CHRISTOPHER BENNETT
EDUCATION
1991 Ph.D. in Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
1988 M.Phil. in Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
1985 M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven.
1978 B.S. in Biology and German [=double majors], Tulane University, New Orleans. HONORS AND AWARDS
2002 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst [=German academic exchange] Fellowship. 1996 Best Paper Award for Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 69 from the Paleontological Society [for Bennett, 1995; see Journal of Paleontology, 71(4):734]. 1991 Defended Dissertation with Honors, University of Kansas. 1983 Graduate School Alumni Association Fellowship in Biology, Yale University. 1978 German Consulate Prize for Achievement in German, Tulane University.
1974-76 Honors courses in English and Chemistry, Tulane University. CURRENT PROFESSIONAL POSITION
2004-Present. Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, and Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University. PAST PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
1999-2004 Assistant Professor, Division of Basic Sciences, and Director of the Human Anatomy Laboratory, College of Chiropractic and College of Naturopathic Medicine, University of Bridgeport.
2000-03 Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Program, Quinnipiac University, Hamden,
Connecticut. 1992-96 Assistant Professor [non-tenure track], Department of Systematics and Ecology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas. 1992 Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. 1987-92 Teaching Assistant, Department of Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas. 1987 Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. 1985-86 Museum Assistant I, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University. 1982-85 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, and Curatorial Assistant, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University.
1979-82 Research Specialist, Food Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison. SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS International Society of Vertebrate Morphologists Paleontological Society Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS 2003a Bennett, S. C. A survey of pathologies of large pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Palaeontology, 46:1-14. 2003b Bennett, S. C. New crested specimens of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Nyctosaurus. Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 77:61-75. 2003c Bennett, S. C. Morphological evolution of the pectoral girdle of pterosaurs: Myology and function. Pp. 191-215 in Buffetaut, E. and J.-M. Mazin, eds. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society Special Publications 217. Geological Society of London. 2002 Bennett, S. C. Soft tissue preservation of the cranial crest of the pterosaur Germanodactylus from Solnhofen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22:43-48. 2001 Bennett, S. C. The osteology and functional morphology of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A, 260:1-153. 2000a Bennett, S. C. Pterosaur flight: the role of actinofibrils in wing function. Historical Biology, 14:255-284. 2000b Bennett, S. C. Inferring stratigraphic position of fossil vertebrates from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Current Research in Earth Sciences, Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin 244, Part 1, 26 pp. [http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/Current/2000/ bennett/bennett1.html]. 1997a Bennett, S. C. Terrestrial locomotion of pterosaurs: a reconstruction based on Pteraichnus trackways. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17:104-113. 1997b Bennett, S. C. The arboreal leaping theory of the origin of pterosaur flight. Historical Biology, 12:265-290. 1996a Bennett, S. C. On the taxonomic status of Cycnorhamphus and Gallodactylus (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea). Journal of Paleontology, 70:335-338. 1996b Bennett, S. C. Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: taxonomic and systematic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16:432- 444. 1996c Bennett, S. C. Aerodynamics and thermoregulatory function of the dorsal sail of Edaphosaurus. Paleobiology, 22:496-506. 1996d Bennett, S. C. The phylogenetic position of the Pterosauria within the Archosauromorpha. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118:261-309. 1995 Bennett, S. C. A statistical study of Rhamphorhynchus from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: Year-classes of a single large species. Journal of Paleontology, 69:569-580. 1994 Bennett, S. C. Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea). Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 169:1-70. 1993 Bennett, S. C. The ontogeny of Pteranodon and other pterosaurs. Paleobiology, 19:92-106. 1992a Bennett, S. C. Reinterpretation of problematical tracks at Clayton Lake State Park, New Mexico: not one pterosaur, but several crocodiles. Ichnos, 2:37-42. 1992b Bennett, S. C. Sexual dimorphism of Pteranodon and other pterosaurs, with comments on cranial crests. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 12:422-434. 1991 Bennett, S. C. and J. A. Long. A large pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Cretaceous of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 15:435-443. 1990 Bennett, S. C. A pterodactyloid pterosaur pelvis from the Santana Formation of Brazil: Implications for terrestrial locomotion. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 10:80- 85. 1989 Bennett, S. C. A pteranodontid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Peru, with comments on the relationships of Cretaceous pterosaurs. Journal of Paleontology, 63:669-677. 1985 Lucas, S. G., A. P. Hunt, and S. C. Bennett. Triassic vertebrates from east-central New Mexico in the Yale Peabody Museum. Pp. 199-203 in Lucas, S. G., ed. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 36th Field Conference, Santa Rosa, 1985. New Mexico Geological Society. 1983 Griffin, G. F., S. C. Bennett, and F. S. Chu. Simple preparative liquid chromatographic system and its application to the separation of Alternaria metabolites. Journal of Chromatography, 280:363-369.
1981 Chu, F. S. and S. C. Bennett. High performance liquid chromatographic preparation of
alternariol, alternariol methyl ether, and altenuene. Journal of the Association of
Official Analytical Chemists, 64:950-954.
NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS 1999a Bennett, S. C. Aerial Locomotion. Pp. 18-22 in Singer, R., ed. Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn, Chicago. 1999b Bennett, S. C. Pterosaurs. Pp. 996-1004 in Singer, R., ed. Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn, Chicago. 1995 Bennett, S. C. Pterosaurs: The Flying Reptiles. Franklin Watts, Inc., New York, 64 pp. 1994 Bennett, S. C. The pterosaurs of the Niobrara Formation. The Earth Scientist, 11(1):22-25. 1992 Bennett, S. C. [Review of] The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs by Peter Wellnhofer. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 12:125-126. 1990a Bennett, S. C., ed. Niobrara Chalk Excursion Guidebook, 1990 Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 90-60, 81 pp. 1990b Stewart, J. D., S. C. Bennett, and R. J. Zakrzewski. Road log from Lawrence to the type area of the Niobrara Chalk. Pp. 3-12 in Bennett, S. C., ed. Niobrara Chalk Excursion Guidebook, 1990 Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 90-60. 1990c Bennett, S. C. Inferring stratigraphic position of fossil vertebrates from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Pp. 42-72 in Bennett, S. C., ed. Niobrara Chalk Excursion Guidebook, 1990 Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Kansas Geological Survey, Open-file Report 90-60.
1987 Bennett, S. C. New evidence on the tail of the pterosaur Pteranodon (Archosauria:
Pterosauria). Pp. 18-23 in Currie, P. J. and E. H. Koster, eds. Fourth Symposium on
Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Short Papers. Occasional Papers of the Tyrrell
Museum of Paleontology, #3.
IN PRESS 2004 Bennett, S. C. [Abstract] New information on the pterosaur Scaphognathus crassirostris and the pterosaurian cervical series. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2004? Bennett, S. C. [Extended abstract] New insights into Anurognathus and the Anurognathidae. Proceedings of the Eudimorphodon 30th Anniversary Workshop. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", Bergamo.
2005 Bennett, S. C. [Review of] Posture, Locomotion, and Paleoecology of Pterosaurs by S. Chatterjee and R. J. Templin., and Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs by E. Buffetaut and J.-M. Mazin, eds. Journal of Paleontology. ABSTRACTS 2003 Bennett, S. C. New information on the genera Pterodactylus and Germanodactylus from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23(Suppl. to #3):33A. 2002 Bennett, S. C. A second specimen of Anurognathus from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(Suppl. to #3):36A. 2001 Bennett, S. C. The evolution of the pterosaurian pectoral girdle. Strata (Actes du Laboratoire de Géologie Sédimentaire et Paléontologie de l'Université Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse), Serié 1, 11:15-17. 2000 Bennett, S. C. New information on the skeleton of Nyctosaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20(Suppl. to #3):29A. 1998 Bennett, S. C. Evolution of metabolic and growth rates in pterosaurs. P. 2 in Wolberg, D. L., K. Gittis, S. Miller, L. Carey, and A. Raynor, eds. The DinofestTM Symposium. Presented by The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 17-19, 1998. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 1997 Liggett, G. A., S. C. Bennett, K. Shimada, and J. Huenergarde. A Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) fauna in Russell County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Abstracts, 16:26. 1996a Bennett, S. C. The origin of pterosaurs and their systematic position within the Diapsida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16(Suppl. to #3):22A. 1996b Bennett, S. C. The pectoral girdle of the pterosaur Nyctosaurus: functional morphology and phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16(Suppl. to #3):22A. 1995a Bennett, S. C. The function of the structural fibers in pterosaur wings. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(Suppl. to #3):19A. 1995b Bennett, S. C. An arboreal leaping origin of flight and the relationships of pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(Suppl. to #3):19A. 1994 Bennett, S. C. Aerodynamic effect of tubercles and crossbars of dorsal sails of Edaphosaurus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 14(Suppl. to #3):17A. 1993 Bennett, S. C. Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13(Suppl. to #3):26A. 1989a Bennett, S. C. Orientation of the acetabulum, hind limb function, and terrestrial locomotion of pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 9(Suppl. to #3):13A. 1989b Bennett, S. C. Pathologies of the large pterodactyloid pterosaurs Ornithocheirus and Pteranodon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 9(Suppl. to #3):13A. 1988 Bennett, S. C. Pteranodon subadults, and the ontogeny of pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 8(Suppl. to #3):9A.
1987 Bennett, S. C. Sexual dimorphism in the pterosaur Pteranodon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 7(Suppl. to #3):11A. PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS 2003a Bennett, S. C. New information on the genera Pterodactylus and Germanodactylus from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. 63rd Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2003b Bennett, S. C. New insights into Anurognathus and the Anurognathidae. [Invited] Eudimorphodon 30th Anniversary Workshop. Bergamo, Italy. 2002 Bennett, S. C. A second specimen of Anurognathus from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. 62nd Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Norman, Oklahoma. 2001 Bennett, S. C. The evolution of the pterosaurian pectoral girdle. Pterosaur 2001 Symposium, Toulouse, France. 2000 Bennett, S. C. New information on the skeleton of Nyctosaurus. 60th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mexico City. 1998 Bennett, S. C. Evolution of metabolic and growth rates in pterosaurs. The Dinofest Symposium, Philadelphia. [Invited.] 1996 Bennett, S. C. The origin of pterosaurs and their systematic position within the Diapsida. 56th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, New York. [Invited.] 1995 Bennett, S. C. The function of the structural fibers in pterosaur wings. 55th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh. 1994 Bennett, S. C. Aerodynamic effect of tubercles and crossbars of dorsal sails of Edaphosaurus. 54th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Seattle. 1993 Bennett, S. C. Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of southern Germany. 53rd Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Albuquerque. 1990a Bennett, S. C. Inferring stratigraphic position of fossil vertebrates from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. 50th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Lawrence, Kansas. [Invited.] 1990b Bennett, S. C. Pterosaur fauna of the Niobrara Formation. 50th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Lawrence, Kansas. [Invited.] 1989a Bennett, S. C. Orientation of the acetabulum, hind limb function, and terrestrial locomotion of pterodactyloid pterosaurs. 49th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas. 1989b Bennett, S. C. Pathologies of the large pterodactyloid pterosaurs Ornithocheirus and Pteranodon. 49th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas. 1988 Bennett, S. C. Pteranodon subadults, and the ontogeny of pterosaurs. 48th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Drumheller, Alberta. 1987a Bennett, S. C. New evidence on the tail of the pterosaur Pteranodon (Archosauria: Pterosauria). 4th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Drumheller, Alberta.
1987b Bennett, S. C. Sexual dimorphism in the pterosaur Pteranodon. 47th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Tucson.
POSTER AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS 1997 Liggett, G. A., S. C. Bennett, K. Shimada and J. Huenergarde. A late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) fauna in Russell County, Kansas. Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Lawrence. 1996 Bennett, S. C. The pectoral girdle of the pterosaur Nyctosaurus: functional morphology and phylogeny. 56th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, New York.
1995 Bennett, S. C. An arboreal leaping origin of flight and the relationships of pterosaurs. 55th Annual
Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh.
MEDIA 2003a Interviewed by Discovery News for comments on "Pterosaurs—a successful invasion of prehistoric skies" by D. Naish and D. M. Martill (Biologist, 50:213-216). Quoted in an article that appeared on the Discovery News website (http://dsc.discovery.com/ news/briefs/20031006/pterosaur.html). 2003b Interviewed by the London Times for comments on the presentation "The Chinese vampire and other overlooked pterosaur ptreasures[sic]" by D. Peters at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Quoted in an article that appeared in the London Times Higher Education Supplement on October 19, 2003. 2003c Interviewed by National Geographic News for comments on "Neuroanatomy of flying reptiles: implication for flight, posture and behaviour of pterosaurs" by L. M. Witmer, S. Chatterjee, J. Franzosa, and T. Rowe (Nature, 425:950-953). Quoted in an article that appeared on the National Geographic News website (http://news. nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1029_031029_pterosaurs.html). 2002a Interviewed by Reuters News Service for comments on "The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the early Cretaceous of Brazil" by A. W. A. Kellner and D. de A. Campos (Science, 297:389-392). Quoted in an article that appeared in various newspapers and web sites (e.g., http://www.cnn.com/2002/ TECH/science/07/21/science.pterosaurs.reut/index.html). 2002b Interviewed by the magazine Geotimes for comments on "The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the early Cretaceous of Brazil" by A. W. A. Kellner and D. de A. Campos (Science, 297:389-392). Quoted in an article in the September 2002 issue of Geotimes magazine. 2001 Interview featured in article entitled "Pterosaurs" by R. Monastersky in National Geographic Magazine, 195(5):86-105. 1994a Interview featured in episode entitled "Flight of the Pterosaurs" of the television series PaleoWorld produced by Wall-to-Wall Television for The Learning Channel and first shown on October 2, 1994.
1994b Interview featured in article entitled "Masters of an Ancient Sky" by C. Zimmer in
Discover, 15(2):42-54.
CONSULTING 2004 Paleontological consultant to the Stanford-National Geographic Society Pterosaur Replica Project.
1991 Consultant for computer animation of Pteranodon in video entitled "Lost Animals" produced by Kaufman Astoria Studios, Astoria, New York.
RESEARCH GRANTS 2002 Research on new Solnhofen pterosaurs at the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Germany. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, €1993.39. 1995 Field work in the "Mesaverde" Formation of Wyoming. Panorama Society Fund, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, $400.00. 1993 Travel to museums in France and Germany to study pterosaurs. Panorama Society Fund, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, $500.00. 1991 Field work in the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. Panorama Society Fund, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, $230.00. 1989 Travel to the University of Texas to study the pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus. Panorama Society Fund, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, $220.00. 1987-89 Dissertation Research: The osteology, taxonomy, and biology of the pterosaur Pteranodon. NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant, BSR-8700547, $9,664.00. 1988 Field work in the "Mesaverde" and Mowry Shale Formations of Wyoming and Montana. Panorama Society Fund, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, $498.00.
1984 Travel to museums to study pterosaurs. J. T. Doneghy Fund, Peabody Museum of
Natural History, Yale University, $250.00.
FIELD WORK 1995 Sundance Formation of Wyoming and Montana. Collecting Jurassic fishes and insects from a lithographic limestone. 1994-95 "Mesaverde" Formation of Wyoming. Collecting a Cretaceous lower vertebrate fauna. 1987-91 Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. Collecting stratigraphic data on localities that have produced fossil vertebrates. 1988 "Mesaverde" Formation of Wyoming and Mowry Shale Formation of Montana. Field work to investigate reports of pterosaurs preserved in concretions. 1984 Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. Preliminary field work to assess feasibility of dissertation project. 1984 Culpeper Basin (Newark Supergroup) of Virginia. Salvage collecting of lower Jurassic fishes from dam(n) construction site.
1983 Hell Creek Formation of southeastern Montana. With Dr. J. D. Archibald, collecting
Cretaceous mammals and other microvertebrates. Last revised 21 September 2004 |