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    Rodney Feldmann

    Rodney Feldmann

    Earth Sciences
    Professor Emeritus
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Hours:
    Monday thru Friday 9:00 - 11:00 am.
    Contact Information
    Email:
    rfeldman@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-2506
    Personal Website:
    https://sites.google.com/a/kent.edu/ksudecapoda/home

    Biography

    I received my PhD from the University of North Dakota in 1967 and was on the active faculty at Kent from 1965 until my retirement.  I continue to teach graduate-level courses in paleontology, direct graduate students in that area, and conduct grant-funded research.  I have conducted field and museum research concentrating on fossil crabs, lobsters, and shrimp since before coming to Kent.  This work has taken me to many international sites, including Antarctica, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and the countries of western, central and eastern Europe.  This work is frequently conducted in collaboration with students and with Dr. Carrie Schweitzer.

    Paleontology is the most exciting subject I can think of, and the most enjoyable part of teaching in paleontology is conveying that excitement to students by guiding them through the research process.  Asking, and answering, questions through the research process is the essence of education. I am very interested in working with students on research in the area of paleontology and, particularly, in helping to prepare them for professional careers as paleontologists.

    I have concentrated on the systematics, evolution, ecology, and biogeography of fossil decapod crustaceans, but have also worked with other arthropod groups including phyllocarids, isopods, and horseshoe crabs.

    Education

    Ph.D. University of North Dakota, 1967
    M.S. University of North Dakota, 1963
    B.S. University of North Dakota, 1961
    University of the Pacific, Marine Biological Station, 1961
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957-58

    Expertise

    Biostratigraphy
    Paleontology
    Evolution
    Crustacea
    Functional Morphology
    Biogeography
    Natural and Physical Sciences
    Mathematics and Technology
    Earth Sciences
    Geology

    Publications

    • Yost, S.L., Feldmann, R.M., and Schweitzer. 2023. New Decapoda (Anomura) from the Paleocene Kambuhel Formation, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A, 124:149-166
    • Miller, J.B., Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2023. New Decapoda (Brachyura) from the Paleocene Kambuhel Formation, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A, 124: 125-148
    • Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2023. Selective extinction at the end-Cretaceous and appearance of the modern Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 43: 1-16
    • Hartzell, S.M., Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2022. Extinction and survival of raninoid crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Raninoida) from the Early Cretaceous to the present. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 42: 1-28
    • Schweitzer, C.E., Feldmann, R.M., and Casadio, S. 2022. Revision of Decapoda (Glypheidea, Axiidea) from the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous of Argentina. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 87: 291-307
    • Mychko, E.V., Alekseev, A.S., Zaytseva, E.L., Schweitzer, C.E., and Feldmann, R.M. 2022 New finding of Cyclida (Crustacea) from Mississippian and not-cyclidan from Perman of Russia. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen, 305: 75-85
    • Schweitzer, C.E., Hyzny, M., and Feldmann, R.M. 2021. New Paleogene and Neogene decapod crustaceans (Axiidea, Brachyura) from Venezuela. 245 - 266. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen, 300
    • Schweitzer, C.E., Karasawa, H., and Feldmann, R.M. 2021. Reevaluation of Thelecarcinus Bohm, 1891 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Raninoida: Paranecrocarcinidae). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, No. 48: 21-25
    • Schweitzer, C.E., Feldmann, R.M., and Karasawa, H., 2021. Part R, Revised. Volume 1, Chapter 8T15. Systematic descriptions: Superfamily Portunoidea. Treatise Online, 151: available online April 16, 2021
    • Feldmann, R.M., and Schweitzer, C.E. 2021. Transfer of decapod specimens to the Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, No. 47: 95.

      Affiliations

    • Geological Society of America
    • Paleontological Society
    • American Association of Petroleum Geologists
    • Northern Ohio Geological Society
    • Sigma Xi
    • Sigma Gamma Epsilon
    • Geoscience Journal
    • Smithsonian Institution
    • Cleveland Museum of Natural History
    • Carnegie Institute
    • Earth Science
    • Paleontological Research Institution
    • Crustacean Society
    • Documents

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