John A. Chamberlain

Education:

Ph.D., University of Rochester - 1971 (Paleontology)

B.A., Johns Hopkins University - 1965 (Geology)

Books and Publications

2016. CHAMBERLAIN, J.A., JR., Chamberlain, R.B., and Brown, J.O., A Mineralized Alga and Acritarch Dominated Microbiota from the Tully Formation (Givetian) of Pennsylvania, USA. Geosciences, 6: 57; doi:10.3390/geosciences6040057 (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016

Becker, M.A., Maisch, H.M., IV, and CHAMBERLAIN, J.A., Jr. Turtles From an Arkadelphia Formation?Midway Group Lag Deposit (Maastrichtian?Paleocene), Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA. Geosciences, 6: 41-53. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016

Maisch, H.M., IV, Becker, M.A., Raines, B.H., and Chamberlain, J.A., Jr., Osteichthyans from the Tallahatta-Lisbon Formation contact (Middles Eocene?Lutetian) Pigeon Creek, Conecuh-Covington counties, Alabama with comments on transatlantic occurrences in the northern Atlantic Ocean Basin. PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology ,13:1-22. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2016

Naglik, C., Tajika, A., CHAMBERLAIN, J.A., JR., and Klug, C. Ammonoid Locomotion. in Klug, C., et al. (eds.), Ammonoid Paleobiology: From Anatomy to Ecology, Topics in Geobiology 43, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9630-9_17, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, p. 649-688. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2015

Maisch IV, H.M., M.A. Becker and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyans from a lag deposit between the Shark River Formation (Middle Eocene) and Kirkwood Formation (Early Miocene), Monmouth County, New Jersey." Paludicola 10: 149-183. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2015

Dastas, Natalie R., John A. Chamberlain Jr. and Matthew P. Garb. "Cretaceous-Paleogene Dinoflagellate Biostratigraphy and the Age of the Clayton Formation, Southeastern Missouri, USA." Geosciences 4: 1-29. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2014

Maisch IV, H.M., M.A. Becker, B.W. Raines and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichththyans From the Tallahatta-Lisbon Formation Contact (Middle Eocene), Silas, Choctaw County, Alabama." Paludicola 9: 183-209. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2014

Parent, H., G.E.G. Westermann and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Ammonite aptychi: Functions and Role in Propulsion." Geobios 47: 45-55. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2014

Ward, P., J. Chamberlain, R. Chamberlain, G. Barord, A. Ilano and E. Catlin. "Function of Calcium Phosphate Renal Concrements in Extant Nautilus: A Paradigm for Cambrian-relict Short-term Mineral Reserve Equivalent to Vertebrate Bone." Zoology 117: 185-91. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2014

Becker, M.A., H.M. Maisch IV and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Plesiosaurian Remains From the Arkadelphia Formation -- Midway Group Contact (Maastrichtian - Paleocene) Hot Spring County, Near Malvern, Arkansas, USA." Paludicola 9: 131-43. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013

Landman, N.H., Z. Remin, M.P. Garb and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Cephalopods From the Badlands National Park Area, South Dakota: Reassessment of the Position of the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary." Cretaceous Research 42: 1-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013

Becker, M.A. and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Osteichthyans From the Paleocene Clayton Limestone of the Midway Group, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA: Bony Fish Evolution Across the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary." Paludicola 8: 194-207. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

Becker, M.A. and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Squalicorax Chips a Tooth: A Consequence of Feeding-related Behavior From the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Late Cretaceous: Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA." Geosciences 2: 109-29; doi:10.3390. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

Becker, Martin A., Harry M. Maisch, IV, and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Pycnodonts from the Lower Ferron Sandstone Member of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale (Middle Turonian), Emery and Carbon Counties, Utah. The Mountain Geologist 49: 101-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012

John, J., D.E. Seidemann, J.A. Chamberlain Jr., Z. Cheng and M.A. Becker. "Trace and Minor Element Chemistry of Modern Shark Teeth and Implications for Shark Tooth Geochronometry." Strontium: Chemical Properties, Applications, and Health Effects. Eds. M. Wai and X.G. Gong. Nova Science Publishers. 27-53. ISBN: 978-1-62257-631-9. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2012

Becker, M.A., L.C. Smith and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyans of the Clayton Limestone Unit of the Midway Group (Paleogene: Paleocene) of Hot Spring County Arkansas, USA." Cainozoic Research 8: 1-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011

Becker, M.A., L.C. Smith and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyans of the Clayton Limestone Unit of the Midway Group (Paleogene: Plaeocene) of Hot Spring County Arkansas, USA." Cainozoic Research 8: 1-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011

Becker, M.A., C.S. Mallery Jr. and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Osteichthyans From an Arkadelphia Formation-Midway Group Lag Deposit (Late Maastrichtian-Paleocene), Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30: 1019-36. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., and R.B. Chamberlain. "Probable Cervical Vertebra of an Extinct Ice Age Elkmoose Dredged from the Inner Continental Shelf of Central New Jersey." Atlantic Geology 46: 7-18. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010

Becker, M.A., R. Wellner, C. Mallery and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyans from the Lower Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Turonian) of Emery and Carbon Counties, Utah, USA." Journal of Paleontology 82: 248-66. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., A.J. Robb, D.O. Terry Jr. and M.P. Garb. "Osteichthyans from the Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota, USA." Cretaceous Research 30: 1031-40. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., J.G. Lundberg, W.J. L'Amoreaux, R.B. Chamberlain and T.M. Holden. "Acanthomorph Fish Fossils with Probable Beryciform Relationships (Osteichthyes:Teleostei:Beryciformes) from the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary of New Jersey." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158: 159-82. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009

Becker, M.A., D.E. Seidemann, J.A. Chamberlain Jr., D. Buhl and W. Slattery. "Strontium Isotopic Signatures in the Enameloid and Dentine of Upper Cretaceous Shark Teeth from Western Alabama: Paleoecologic and Geochronologic Implications." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 264: 188-94. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Becker, M.A., R.B. Chamberlain and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Large Carcharhinoid-type Shark Vertebrae in the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey: Evidence for an Anacoracid Origin." Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences 30: 118-29. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008

Becker, M.A., R.B. Chamberlain and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "The Paradox of Large Carcharhinoid-type Shark Vertebrae in the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey." Contributions to the Paleontology of New Jersey (II). Ed. E. Rainforth. Geological Association of New Jersey. Proceedings of the XXIV Annual Meeting: 69-84. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Chamberlain Jr., J.A. and R.B. Chamberlain. "The Devonian Bivalve Archanodon Catskillensis: A Status Report on the First Freshwater Bivalve from New Jersey." Contributions to the Paleontology of New Jersey (II). Ed. E. Rainforth. Geological Association of New Jersey. Proceedings of the XXIV Annual Meeting: 24-40. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007

Becker, M. A,, J.A. Chamberlain Jr., and G.E. Wolf. "Chondrichthyans from the Arkadelphia Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Maastrichtian) of Hot Spring County, Arkansas." Journal of Paleontology 80: 700-16. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Becker, M.A. and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Anomuran Microcoprolites from the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian), Monmouth County, New Jersey." Ichnos 13: 1-9. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., and L. Goldstein. "Evidence for a Shark-Bitten Turtle Costal from the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Monmouth County, New Jersey." Northeastern Geology & Environmental Science 28: 174-81. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006

Becker, M.A, J.A. Chamberlain Jr. and D. Brady. "Rostral Morphology of the Late Cretaceous Sawfish, Ischyrhiza mira, from the Lower Navesink Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Monmouth County, New Jersey." Northeastern Geology & Environmental Science 27: 37-48. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005

Becker, M.A. and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Anomuran Microcoprolites from the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Maastrichtian), Monmouth County, New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program 37. (Books and Publications: Abstract) 2005

Awards, Honors and Fellowships

PSC-CUNY award, for "Strontium Isotopic Composition of Fossil Shark Teeth: Improving Age Date Reliability of a Geochronologic Tool." $5,970; 2009-10. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009

PSC-CUNY award, for R.B. Chamberlain and J.A. Chamberlain Jr., "Burrowing Behavior of the Freshwater Bivalves Elliptio and Pyganodon and Its Ecologic and Paleoecologic Significance." $5,950; 2008-09. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008

Tow Travel Award, Brooklyn College, for "Archanodon: Paleobiology and Systematics of the First (Devonian) Freshwater Bivalve." $2,000. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008

CUNY Equipment Grant, for J.A. Chamberlain Jr., W.P. Powell, S.U. Aja and A.R. Rosenberger, "Acquisition of a Portable Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope: Applications in Geology and Anthropology." $58,000. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007

PSC-CUNY award, for "Pyritized Microspheres from the Tully Formation (GIvetian) of Central Pennsylvania." $5,970. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007

National Science Foundation award, for "Archanodon: Paleobiology and Systematics of a Bivalve Pioneer." $124,526. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006

PSC-CUNY award, for "Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Late Cretaceous Sediments, New Jersey Coastal Plain." $3,635; 2006-07. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006

National Science Foundation award, for "Acquisition of a Variable Pressure SEM for a Collaborative Microanalysis and Imaging Lab for Earth, Life and Material Sciences, CUNY." $219,990. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005

PSC-CUNY award, for "Archanodon Catskillensis: Systematics, Paleobiology and Paleoecology of a Bivalve Pioneer." $2,825; 2005-06. (Grants and Fellowships) 2005

PSC-CUNY award, for "Chondrichthyans of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian) in South Dakota." $3,450; 2004-05. (Grants and Fellowships) 2004

Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums

Maisch, H.M., Becker, M.A., Gocklin, C.R., CHAMBERLAIN Jr., J.A., Dubaldi, M., Bartholomew, A., and Chamberlain, Rebecca B., Reconstructing surficial geology in the northern New Jersey Piedmont utilizing fossiliferous glacial erratics from the Lower and Middle Devonian of eastern New York. Geological Society of America. Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 2 doi: 10.1130/abs/2017NE-289906. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017

Becker, M.A., Pacella, O., Bartholomew, A., Maisch IV, H., and Chamberlain, J.A, Jr., Trilobites from the Rickard Hill facies of the Saugerties Member of the Schoharie Formation (Lower Devonian), Helderberg Mountains, New York: a case study from glacial erratics. Geol. Soc. Amer., Abstr with Program, 48: no. 2 , doi:10.1130/abs/2016NE-272049
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Allen, M.K., Connolly, H.C., and Chamberlain, J.A., Jr., Analysis of the Chelyabinsk meteorite constraining the geologic and dynamical history of the parent body of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. Geol. Soc. Amer., Abstr with Program, 48: no. 2, doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NE-272309 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Chamberlain, J.A., JR. And Chamberlain, R.B., A mineralized alga and acritarch dominated microbiota from the Tully Formation (Givetian) of Pennsylvania. Geol. Soc. Amer., Abstr with Program , 48: no. 2, doi: 10.113010/abs/2016NE-271877. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Maisch, H. M., IV, Becker, M. A., and CHAMBERLAIN, J.A. JR., Bathymetric controls on taphonomic reworking and bioerosion of chondrichthyan teeth: a comparative study from the Pungo River asnd Yorktown Formations, Onslow Bay, North Carolina. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 76th Ann. Meet. Abstr. pg. 181. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Maisch, H.M., Becker, M.A., Raines, B.W., and Chamberlain, J.A., JR., Osteichthyans from the Tallahatta-Lisbon Formation contact (Middle Eocene-Lutetian) Pigeon Creek, Covington County, Alabama, Geol. Soc. Amer., Abstr with Program. 48: no. 2 doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NE-271511. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016

Maisch, H.M., R.S. Scimeca, M.A. Becker, B.W. Raines and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Fish remains from the Tallahatta-Lisbon Formation contact (Middle Eocene-Lutetian) Pigeon Creek, Covington County, Alabama." Geologic Society of America Abstracts With Program 47.3: 132. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2015

Becker, M.A., H.M. Maisch IV, B. Raines and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyans From the Lisbon-Tallahatta Formation Contact (Middle Eocene), Choctaw County, Silas, Alabama. Geological Society of America, Abstracts With Program 46.2: 81. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

Dastas, N.R., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., M.P. Garb, E. Larina and R. Rovelli. "Dinoflagellate biostratigraphy of the upper Cretaceous Prairie Bluff Chalk and the Danian Clayton Formation in Alabama and Mississippi, USA." Geological Society of America Abstract With Program 46.6: 754. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

Knoll, K., J.A. Chamberlain Jr. and R.B. Chamberlain. "Escape Burrowing of Modern Freshwater Bivalves as a Paradigm for Escape Capabilities of Archanodon catskillensis (Devonian), the Oldest Known Freshwater Bivalve. Geological Society of America, Abstracts With Program 46.2: 81. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

Ward, P.D., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., R.B. Chamberlain, G.G. Barord, A. Ilano and E. Catlin. "Calcium phosphate concrements in extant Nautilus: a fast-acting, energy-producing mineral reserve system equivalent to vertebrate bone, and its possible role in the Early Paleozoic diversification of cephalopods." Geological Society of America Abstract With Program 46.6: 336. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014

Dastas, Natalie R., J.A. Chamberlain Jr. and M.P. Garb. "Dinoflagellates of the K/PG Transition Sequence in southeastern Missouri. Geological Society of America, Abstracts With Programs 45.2: 7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

John, J., J.A. Chamberlain Jr. and R. Tappero. "Trace and Minor Element Chemistry of Modern Shark Teeth and Implications for Shark Tooth Geochronometry. Geological Society of America, Abstracts With Programs 45.2: 10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Maisch, H.M., M.A. Becker and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyan Remains from the Shark River Formation (Middle Eocene) and Kirkwood Formation (Early Miocene) Lag Deposit, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, Annual Meeting 73: 169. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013

Dastas, Natalie R., J.A. Chamberlain Jr. and M.P. Garb. "Palynomorphs of the Clayton Formation, Southeastern Missouri, as Indicators of Time and Deposition Through the K/PG Mass Extinction Event." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program. 44: 17-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Jesse John, David E. Seidemann, J.A. Chamberlain Jr., Z. Cheng and M.A. Becker. "Trace Element Chemistry of Modern Shark Teeth and Implications for Shark Tooth Geochronometry." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program. 44: 49-7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012

Becker, Martin A., Lauren C. Smith and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyans from the Clayton Limestone Unit of the Midway Group (Tertiary: Paleocene) of Hot Spring County Arkansas." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program 42. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Dastas, Natalie R., John A. Chamberlain Jr. and Martin A. Becker. "Palynomorphs of the Arkadelphia Formation and Midway Group Transition (Maastrichtian-Danian), Hot Spring County, Arkansas." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program 42. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010

Becker, M. A., R.W. Wellner, C.S. Mallery Jr. and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Chondrichthyans from the Lower Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Turonian) of Emery and Carbon Counties, Utah, USA." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 41: 153. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

Chamberlain Jr., J.A., R.B. Chamberlain and W.J. L'Amoreaux. "Pyritized Microspheres from the Tully Formation (Givetian) Lock Haven, Pennsylvania." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 40. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., A.J. Robb, D.O. Terry, Jr., M.P. Garb and J.W. Linteris. "A Cosmopolitan Osteichthyan Fauna from in and around the Debris Cones of Harvester Ant Nests: Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formatikon (Maastrichtian), Meade County, South Dakota." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 39. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., D.E. Seideman and D. Buhl. "Geochronologic Implications of Strontium Isotopic Signatures in the Teeth of Upper Cretaceous Sharks." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 39. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008

Carter, M.T.W., R.O. Johnson, J.A. Chamberlain Jr., and C. Mehling. "A New Vertebrate Fauna from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) New Egypt Formation of New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 39. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

O'Dea, M.S., M.P. Garb, R.A. Rudolph, E.T. Griffiths and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Authigenic Quartz Grains in the Upper Tinton Formation, Cretaceous-Paleocene boundary, Manasquan Basin, New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 39. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008

"Asteroids and the Extinction of Sharks." Explorers Club. New York, May 30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., R.B. Chamberlain, M.C. Sosna and J.W. Linteris. "The Paradox of Large Scyliorhinoid-type Shark Vertebrae in the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Becker, M.A., R.B. Chamberlain and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Annular and Non-Annular Banding in Shark Vertebrae: What It Tells Us about Ontogeny and Behavior in Fossil Sharks." History of Earth Sciences & E.L. Yochelson Memorial Symposium, Northeastern Science Foundation. Troy, N.Y., June 24-26: 7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Becker, M.A., R.B. Chamberlain and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "The Paradox of Large Carcharhinoid-type Shark Vertebrae in the Upper Cretaceous of New Jersey." Contributions to the Paleontology of New Jersey (II). Ed. E. Rainforth. Geological Association of New Jersey. Proceedings of the XXIV Annual Meeting, East Stroudsburg, Pa.: 6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Chamberlain Jr., J.A. and R.B. Chamberlain. "The Devonian Bivalve Archanodon Catskillensis: A Status Report on the First Freshwater Bivalve from New Jersey. Contributions to the Paleontology of New Jersey (II). Ed. E. Rainforth. Geological Association of New Jersey. Proceedings of the XXIV Annual Meeting, East Stroudsburg, Pa.: 3. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007

Garb, M.P., R.O. Johnson and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Stratigraphic Implications of the Distribution of Late Cretaceous Ammonites on the North Atlantic Coastal Plain." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Mielnik, K., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., M.P. Garb and M.A. Becker. "Chondrichthyan Diversity at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary, Western Monmouth County, New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., M.P. Garb, T.M. Holden, M.T.W. Carter and R.O. Johnson. "The First Record of Catfish from the Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary of New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38: 56. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Becker, M.A., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., W.J. Lamoreaux, R. Chamberlain, J. Lundberg and T. Holden. "The First Record of Probable Holocentrids from the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary of New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Carter, M.T.W. and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Pyritized Spinose Microspheres from the Middle Devonian Tully Formation of Pennsylvania: The First Record of Muellerisphaerida from the United States." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Carter, M.T.W., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., and J.O. Brown. "Pyritized Spherical Microfossils from the Tully Formation (Givetian) of Central Pennsylvania, USA." 2nd International Paleontological Convention. Beijing, June 17-21. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Carter, M.T.W., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., and J.O. Brown. "Spherical Microfossils from the Tully Formation (Givetian), Lock Haven, Pennsylvania." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38: 56. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Chamberlain Jr., J.A., P.W. Stoffer, R.A. Scal and P. Messina. "Fossiliferous Nodules from New York Gateway Beaches." 7th Federal Fossil Conference, National Park Service. Albuquerque, N.M., May 21-24. New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin 34: 11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006

Mielnik, K., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., M.P. Garb and M.A. Becker. "Chondrichthyans from the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Sequence, Monmouth County, New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Palamarczuk, S., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., and M.R. Rampino. "Dinoflagellates across the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary in the Jagüel Formation, Bajada de Jagüel Section, Neuquén Province, Argentina: A Quantitative Analysis." XIII Simposio Argentino de Paleobotanica y Palinologia. Bahia Blanca, Argentina, May 22-25. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2006

Palamarczuk, S., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., C. Koeberl, V. Barreda and M. Rampino. "Bajada de Jagüel, Neuquén Province, Argentina: Complete or Incomplete K/Plg Boundary Section." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 38. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2006

Bruno, A., L. Cohen, M. Green, L. Torres, G. Rocha and J.A. Chamberlain Jr. "Sedimentology and Faunal Characteristics of Raritan Bay Beaches." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 37. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005

Chamberlain Jr., J.A. and R.B. Chamberlain. "Archanodon Catskillensis: The Life and Times of a Bivalve Pioneer." North American Paleontology Convention. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Programme and Abstracts: 29. PaleoBios 25: Suppl. to No. 2. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005

Chamberlain Jr., J.A., M.A. Becker and M.P. Garb. "Sharks from the Basal Hornerstown Formation, Monmouth County, New Jersey: Implications for a Chondrichthyan Extinction at or Near the K/T Boundary." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 37. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005

Chamberlain Jr., J.A., P.W. Stoffer, R.A. Scal and P. Messina. "Fossiliferous Concretions from New York Bight Beaches: Contents, Distribution, and Mode of Formation." Friedman Geosciences Conference. Albany, N.Y., September 11-13: 5-6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005

Chamberlain, Jr., J.A., S. Palamarczuk, D.O. Terry, Jr., P.W. Stoffer, M.A. Becker, M.P. Garb and P. Jannett. "Biostratigraphy and Age of the Lower Fairpoint Member of the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian), Badlands Area of South Dakota." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 37. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005

Stoffer, P.W., J.A. Chamberlain Jr., R. Scal and P. Messina. "Late Quaternary and Holocene Fossils from New York City Beaches: Implications for Stability in Coastal Environments in Western Long Island and New Jersey." Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 37. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2005