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John A. Chamberlain
Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: 5300 Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x2885
Fax: 718.951.4753
Email:
John A. Chamberlain's Web site
Education:
Ph.D., University of Rochester - 1971 (Paleontology)
B.A., Johns Hopkins University - 1965 (Geology)
Books and Publications
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, H.M., IV, Becker, M.A., Raines, B.W., and CHAMBERLAIN, J.A., 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., Westermann, G.E.G., and Chamberlain, J.A., Jr., Ammonite aptychi: Functions and role in propulsion. Geobios, 47: 45-55.
(Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2014
Ward, P., CHAMBERLAIN, J., Chamberlain, R., Barord, G., Ilano, A., Catlin, E., 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?191. (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
Becker, M. A., Maisch, H. M. IV, Raines, B., and Chamberlain, J. A.. JR., Chondrichthyans from the Lisbon-Tallahatta Formation contact (Middles Eocene), Choctaw County, Silas, Alabama. Geol. Soc. Amer.,Abstr. With Program, 46: no. 2, 81.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Knoll, K., Chamberlain, J.A., Jr., Chamberlain, R. B., Escape burrowing of modern freshwater bivalves as a paradigm for escape capabilities of Archanodon catskillensis (Devonian), the oldest known freshwater bivalve. Geol. Soc. Amer.,Abstr. With Program, 46: no. 2, 81. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Dastas, Natalie, R., Chamberlain, J.A., Jr., and Garb, M.P. Dinoflagellates of the K/PG transition sequence in southeastern Missouri. Geological Society of America , Abstracts with Programs, 45: no. 2, 7 (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
John, J., Chamberlain, J.A., Jr., & Tappero, R. Trace and Minor Element Chemistry of Modern Shark Teeth and Implications for Shark Tooth Geochronometry. Geological Society of America , Abstracts with Programs, 45: no. 2, 10. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
Maisch, H.M., Becker, M.A., and Chamberlain, J.A., 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
