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Christopher J. Bell
Jackson School of Geosciences
Department of Geological Sciences
1 University Station, C 1100
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas 78712-025
USA
Bell's research centers on understanding the complex
dynamics of vertebrate faunal communities during the Quaternary Period. Chris is
interested in investigating patterns of vertebrate evolution, biodiversity and
biogeography throughout the Quaternary, and the responses of different
vertebrate groups to the various changes in climate that took place during the
last two million years. Two major current research areas are: 1) the study of
early and middle Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) North American arvicoline rodent
biochronology, and 2) the study of anatomy and systematics of extant and fossil
turtles and squamate reptiles (lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians). |