Dr. Ross Secord

Museum of Paleontology
1109 Geddes Avenue
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
Phone: 734-764-0489
rsecord_@_umich.edu (remove spaces)

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Professional Publications

Secord, R., Wing, S.L., and Chew, A., in review, Stable isotopes in early Eocene mammals as indicators of canopy structure and dietary specialization: Paleobiology, 27 ms pages.

Kelly, T. S., and Secord, R., in review, Biostratigraphy of the Hunter Creek Sandstone, Verdi Basin, Washoe County, Nevada, Geology of the western Great Basin, Geological Society of America Special Paper (30 ms pages).

Secord, R., Gingerich, P.D., Smith, M.E., Clyde, W.C., Wilf, P., and Singer, B.S., 2006, Geochronology and mammalian biostratigraphy of middle and upper Paleocene continental strata, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: American Journal of Science, v. 306, p. 211-245. pdf file

Bloch, J. I., Secord, R., and Gingerich, P. D., 2004,  Systematics and phylogeny
of late Paleocene and early Eocene Palaeoryctinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) from
the Clarks Fork and Bighorn basins, Wyoming.  Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, 31: 119-154. pdf file

Secord, R., Gingerich, P.D., and Bloch, J.I., 2002, Mylanodon rosei, a new Metacheiromyid (Mammalia, Palaeanodonta) from the latest Tiffanian (late Paleocene) of northwestern Wyoming: Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan, v. 30, p. 385-399.

Secord, 1998, Paleocene mammalian biostratigraphy of the Carbon Basin, southeastern Wyoming, and age constraints on local phases of tectonism: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 33, p. 119-154.

Publications in Preparation

Secord, R., and Gingerich, P.D., At least two episodes of short-term warming and mammalian intercontinental dispersal in the Paleogene: (~9 manuscript pages).

Secord, R., in preparation, The Tiffanian land-mammal age (middle and late Paleocene) in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: (~455 manuscript pages).

Published Abstracts

Secord, R., and Wing, S.L., 2005, Paleoenvironmental interpretation of an early Eocene fauna using stable isotopes from mammal teeth: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, Suppl., v. 25.

Clyde, W.C., Hamzi, W., Finarelli, J., Secord, R., and Wing, S.L., 2005, A new basin-wide magnetostratigraphic framework for the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, v. 25.

Hartman, J.H., Secord, R., Hunter, J.P., and Kihm, A.J., 2005, Revised chronostratigraphic framework for the uppermost Cretaceous and lower Paleogene strata of North Dakota: PaleoBios, no. 2, v. 25.

Secord, R., and Wing, S.L., 2005, Paleoenvironmental interpretation of an early Eocene fauna using stable isotopes from mammal teeth: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, Suppl., v. 25.

Secord, R, and Gingerich, P.D., 2004, Revised mammalian biostratigraphy for the Tiffanian and Clarkforkian land-mammal ages (late Paleocene) in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, v. 24, p. 111. (talk)

Smith, M.E., Secord, R., Wilf, P., Gingerich, P.D., Singer, B., 2004, New radioisotopic age control on late Paleocene continental strata: implications for the age of Chron C26n: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 36, no. 5, p. 448. (talk)

Secord, R., 2003, Climate-driven diversity change in Paleocene mammals of the northern Rocky Mountain region: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, v. 23, p. 96. (talk)

Secord, R., 2002, The Y2K Quarry, a new diverse latest Tiffanian (late Paleocene) mammalian assemblage from the Fort Union Formation in the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, v. 22, p. 105. (poster)

Secord, R., and Gingerich, P.D., 2002, Late Paleocene seasonality and possible short-term warming associated with the immigration of rodents into North America - inferences from the stable isotope record of the northern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 34, no. 6, p. 461. (talk)

Secord, R., 2001, Species diversity change through the last two thirds of the Paleocene in the Bighorn and Crazy Mountain basins: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, v. 21, p. 100. (talk)

Secord, R., and Gingerich, P.D., 2000, Estimating faunal turnover using multiple regression: an example from the Bighorn Basin: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, v. 20, p. 69. (talk)

Wroblewski, A.F.J., and Secord, R., 1998, Evidence for tidal influence and incised valley-fills in the Paleocene Hanna Formation, south-central Wyoming, U.S.A.: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 30, p. 41. (talk)

Secord, R., 1997, A transitional Torrejonian-Tiffanian (middle Paleocene) local fauna from Carbon Basin, south-central Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 3, v. 17, p. 75. (poster)

Secord, R., 1996, Mammalian biostratigraphy and age constraints on local tectonism in the Carbon Basin, central Wyoming: Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, v. 28, p. 37. (talk)