Kelly E. Lubbers. The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747, USA and Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614, USA. kellyl@mammothsite.org
Kelly Lubbers received her bachelors (B.S.) in geology from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and her masters (M.S.) in geosciences from East Tennessee State University. Since 2022 she has been the Bonebed Paleontologist at the Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD. Her research has focused on paleoecology, primarily of beavers, as well as morphology and ecological niche modeling.
Joshua X. Samuels. Department of Geosciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614, USA and Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614, USA. samuelsjx@etsu.edu
Joshua Samuels received his bachelors (B.S.) in biology from the College of Idaho and a doctorate (PhD) in biology from UCLA. From 2010 to 2016 Josh was Museum Curator/Chief of Paleontology at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon. Since 2016 he has been Assistant Professor of Geosciences at East Tennessee State University and Curator at the Gray Fossil Site & Museum. His research has mainly focused on the paleoecology and evolution of mammals, primarily rodents and carnivorans, as well as systematics, biochronology, and biostratigraphy.
