R Ewan Fordyce
Professor
Geology
Otago University
New Zealand
Biography
Professor R Ewan Fordyce BSc PhD(Cant) FRSNZ
Research Interest
vertebrate paleobiology (see paleontology section of this website), especially New Zealand-Southwest Pacific systematics and phylogeny of Cetacea (whales and dolphins) Cretaceous-Cenozoic paleontology, stratigraphy, and paleoecology paleoceanography and paleoclimates paleontology and geology for the public - Vanished World Trail and Vanished World Centre of North Otago
Publications
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Fordyce, R. E., & Marx, F. G. (2013). The pygmy right whale Caperea marginata: The last of the cetotheres. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 280(1753), 20122645. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2645
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Marx, F. G., & Fordyce, R. E. (2015). Baleen boom and bust: A synthesis of mysticete phylogeny, diversity and disparity. Royal Society Open Science, 2, 140434. doi: 10.1098/rsos.140434
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Mead, J. G., & Fordyce, R. E. (2009). The Therian Skull: A lexicon with emphasis on the odontocetes. Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 248p
