University State

Jeffrey G. Eaton

Department of Geosciences

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah 84408-2507

801-***-****

E-Mail:abqipf@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, August, 1987. Dissertation: Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and age of Cretaceous mammal bearing rocks in Utah, and systematics of the Multituberculata (Mammalia).

M.S., Geology, University of Wyoming, May, 1982.

Graduate studies in Music, University of Wyoming, 1972-73.

Bachelor of Music Degree, Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1971.

Attended Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, 1966-67.

EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:

Teaching Positions:

Professor of Geosciences, Weber State University, 2004-present.

Associate Professor of Geosciences, Weber State University, 1998-2004.

Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Weber State University, 1995-1998.

Adjunct Faculty, Weber State University, 1993-1995.

Adjunct Professor, Northern Arizona University, 1990-92.

Scholar-In-Residence, Museum of Northern Arizona - Northern Arizona University, 1988-1989.

Visiting Professor, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1987.

Teaching Associate, University of Wyoming Department of Music, 1974-1979.

Head Teacher, Laramie Head Start Program, 1973-74.

Instructor, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 1967-71.

Museum Positions:

Research Curator, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1999-present.

Adjunct Curator of Paleontology, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1993-1999.

Research Associate, Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1992-1993.

Associate Curator of Paleontology, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1991-1992.

Assistant Curator of Paleontology, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1989-1991.

Research Associate, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, 1986- 89.

Museum Graduate Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1982-84, collections management duties.

Curator, University of Wyoming Geological Museum, 1975-81.

Field research in Wyoming in association with the American Museum of Natural History, 1971-75.

Museum Exhibits:

Guest Curator, "Dinosaurs - A Global View," Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah, Fall, 1993.

Curator, with Drs. Gwen Waring and Larry Stevens, "The History of Extinction," opened at MNA in January 1989, and then traveled to the Dan O'Leary Museum, Moab, Utah; The University of New Mexico, Las Cruces; The Red Rocks Museum, Gallup, New Mexico; The Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction: The Price Prehistoric Museum, Price, Utah; 1989 through May, 1993.

Curator, with Dr. Michael Morales (principal investigator), reinstallation of permanent Museum of Northern Arizona Geology displays under National Science Foundation Grant MDR-8954719, 1989-92, $178,000.

Curator for traveling exhibit "Dinosaurs - A Global View," Museum of Northern Arizona, September, 1991 to January, 1992.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Geological Society of America

Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution

Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters

National Center for Science Education

HONORS

John S. Hinckley Fellow Award for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service, Weber State University, March, 2008.

George and Beth Lowe Innovative Teaching Award, Weber State University, April, 2007.

Selected to give the WSU Last Lecture - A Brief History of Life - on March 27, 2007.

Tripennaculus eatoni, new species scicomorph lizard named . . . in honor of Jeffrey G. Eaton who discovered the type locality and has contributed significantly to the study, interpretation, and understanding of the biostratigraphy and paleontology of the Kaiparowits Plateau by Randall Nydam and Gina Vovi, 2007, Journal of Herpetology, v. 41, no. 2, p. 211-219.

Alphadon eatoni, new species of marsupial named . . . in recognition of his contributions to knowledge of Cretaceous mammals from the State of Utah by Richard Cifelli and Christian de Muizon, 1998, Journal of Paleontology, v. 72 (3), p. 532-537.

Elected to Phi Kappa Phi - 1997.

Eatonichnus, new genus of trace fossil named " . . . in recognition of his many important contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Cretaceous and Tertiary of Utah" by Bown, T. M. and others, 1997, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2153, p. 52.

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS:

Fulbright Research Scholar, 2002-2003, Microvertebrates of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic. Prague, September, 2002-May, 2003.

Fellowship, University of Colorado, 1986-87, $11,000.

Shell Oil Scholarship, University of Colorado, 1985, $1000.

Walker Van Riper Award, University of Colorado Museum, 1983 $1175; 1984 - $1000; 1985 - $945

Arco Fellowship, University of Colorado, 1983, $1200.

Harvey Donations Scholarship, University of Wyoming, 1981-82, $5000.

RESEARCH GRANTS:

National Park Service, Inventory of Cretaceous Paleontology, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2009-2010, $29,390.

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University, Hemingway Collaborative Grant, Acquisition of x-ray energy dispersive spectometry (EDS) system for collaborative research, teaching and outreach, Dr. Yonkee lead author on proposal, 2008-2009, $20,000.

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University, Hemingway Vitality Grant, Attend workshop on Microvertebrate Studies, Dinosaur Provincial Park, Canada, 2008, $1,230.

National Park Service, Inventory of Cretaceous Paleontology, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2008, $24.413.

Czech-American Cooperation in Sciences Agreement, Evolution of the anuran assemblages during the Cretaceous in western part of North America; comparisons with the anuran fossil record in Eurasia, with Dr. Zbynĕk Ro ek, 2008-09, $20,400.

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University, Development of petrographic display system for teaching and research, with Dr. Adolph Yonkee, 2007, $12,000

National Park Service, Inventory of Cretaceous Paleontology, Bryce Canyon National Park, 2006-2007, $90,000.

Hemingway Faculty Collaborative Grant, Microbial survival in evaporated salts, with Mohammed Sondossi and Colin Inglefield, 2006, $2,700.

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University, "Testing methods for recovery of fossil vertebrates," 2004, $1016.

National Academies COBASE Program, "Cretaceous anurans of southern Utah," with Dr. Zbynĕk Ro ek, 2002, $3,400.

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University. "Development of a fossil microvertebrate screening facility," 2001, $620.

Petroleum Research Fund Grant ACS-PRF# 34595-B8, Developmental history of Sevier Foreland Sub-Basins, Upper Cretaceous, southwestern Utah, 1999, $27,720.

Research, Scholarship, and Professional growth Committee, Weber State University, Hemingway Grant, Attending and presenting a paper at the ‘VII International Symposium on Mesozoic terrestrial ecosystems’, 1999, $2,300.

Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University, "Developmental history of the Sevier foreland sub-basins, Late Cretaceous, southwestern Utah" (additional support to the PRF Grant), 1996, $665.

Petroleum Research Fund Grant ACS-PRF# 30989-GB8, "Developmental history of Sevier foreland sub-basins, Late Cretaceous, southwestern Utah," 1996, $20,000.

Utah State Historical Society, Support for Paleontological Research and Education, 1991, $650.

National Science Foundation Grant EAR-900456O, "Stratigraphy and faunas of Cenomanian-Turonian strata, southwestern Utah," 1990, $31,974 (co-principal investigator with Dr. J. I. Kirkland).

National Geographic Research Grant 3965-88, "Cenomanian terrestrial faunas of the Dakota Formation, southwestern Utah," 1988, $8,500.

Research Grant, Museum of Northern Arizona, 1987, $10,000.

Ceja Oil Research Grant, University of Colorado, 1985, $1,000.

National Science Foundation Grant EAR-7904369, "Vertebrate paleontological and paleomagnetic exploration of the southeastern Absaroka Range, Wyoming," 1979. $41,821 (co-principal investigator with Dr. P.N. Shive).

TEACHING GRANTS

Research, Scholarship, and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University, Development of petrographic display system for teaching and research, with Dr. Adolph Yonkee, 2007, $12,000

Research, Scholarship and Professional Growth Committee, Weber State University, "Preparation of petrographic thin section suites for teaching," 1997, $1,620 (with Dr. Adolph Yonkee).

PUBLICATIONS:

Refereed Papers in press:

Eaton, J.G., Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Mammals from Cedar Canyon, southwestern Utah, and a Revision of Cenomanian Alphadon-like Marsupials: Papers on Geology, Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne. L. B. Albright III (ed.). Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 64. Flagstaff.

Refereed Papers Published

Nydam, R. L., Eaton, J.G., and Sankey, J., 2007, New taxa of transversely-toothed lizards (Squamata: Scincomorpha) and new information on the evolutionary history of teiids : Journal of Paleontology, v. 8, no. 3, p. 538-549.

Eaton, J. G., 2006, Late Cretaceous mammals from Cedar Canyon, southwestern Utah, in Lucas, S.G., and Sullivan, R.M, eds., Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, p.373-402.

Eaton, J. G., 2006, Santonian (Late Cretaceous) Mammals from the John Henry Member of the Straight Cliffs Formation, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 26, no. 2, p. 446-460.

Korth, W.W., and Eaton, J.G., 2004, Rodents and a marsupial (Mammalia) from the Duschesnean (Eocene) of the Sevier Plateau, Utah, in Dawson, M.R., and Lillegraven, J.A., eds., Fanfare for an Uncommon Paleontologist: papers on Vertebrate Evolution in honor of Malcolm C. McKenna: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Bulletin, No. 36, p. 109-119.

Eaton, J.G., 2004, New screen-washing approaches to biostratigraphy and paleoecology, Cretaceous of southwestern Utah. in Dawson, M.R., and Lillegraven, J.A., eds., Fanfare for an Uncommon Paleontologist: Papers on Vertebrate Evolution in honor of Malcolm C. McKenna: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Bulletin No. 36, p. 21-30.

Goldstrand, P. and Eaton, J.G., 2004, Paleocene to Early Oligocene Basin Evolution, southwest Utah, in Young, R., and Spamer, E.E., Colorado River - Origin and Evolution: Grand Canyon Association Monograph No. 12, p. 25-29.

Eaton, J.G., and Kirkland, J.I., 2003, Nonmarine Cretaceous vertebrates of the Western Interior Basin, in Harries, P.J., (ed.), High-Resolution Stratigraphic Paleontology, Klewer Academic Publishers (Boston), p. 263-313.

Tibert N.E., Leckie, R.M. Eaton, J.G., Kirkland, J.I., Colin, J.-P., Leithold, E.L., and McCormick, M., 2003, Recognition of relative sea-level change in Upper Cretaceous coal-bearing strata: A paleoecological approach using agglutinated foraminifera and ostracodes to detect key stratigraphic surfaces, in Olson, H., and Leckie, R.M., eds., Microfossils As Proxies for Sea level Change and Stratigraphic Discontinuities, Society of Sedimentary Geologists (SEPM) Special Publication 75, p. 263-299.

Eaton, J.G., 2002, Multituberculate mammals from the Wahweap (Campanian, Aquilan) and Kaiparowits (Campanian, Judithian) formations, within and near the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 02-4, 66 p.

Eaton, J.G., and Cifelli, R.L., 2001, Multituberculates from near the Early-Late Cretaceous boundary, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, v, 46, no. 4, p. 453-518.

Eaton, J.G., Laurin, J., Kirkland, J.I., Tibert, N.E., Leckie, R.M., Sageman, B.B., Goldstrand, P.M., Moore, D.W., Straub, A.W., Cobban, W.A., and Dalebout, J.D., 2001, Cretaceous and Early Tertiary Geology of Cedar and Parowan canyons, western Markagunt Plateau, Utah, in Erskine, M.C., Faulds, J.E., Bartley, J.M., and Rowley, P.D., eds., The Geologic Transition, High Plateaus to Great Basin - A Symposium and Field Guide: Utah Geological Association Publication No. 30, Pacific Section AAPG Publication GB78, p. 337-363.

Eaton, J.G., And Kirkland, J.I., 2001, A preliminary assessment of diversity patterns of nonmarine vertebrates in the Cretaceous Western Interior of North America: VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Asociaci n Paleontol gica Argentina, Publicaci nes Especiales 7, p. 85-89.

Yonkee, A.W., and Eaton, J.G., 1999, Geology of the Northern Wasatch Front, Utah: Utah Geological Association field trip road log, September 11, 1999, in Spangler, L.E. and Allen, C.J., eds., Geology of Northern Utah and Vicinity: Utah Geological Association Publication 27, p. 379-407.

Eaton, J.G., Hutchison, J.H., Holroyd, P.A., Korth, W.W., and Goldstrand, P.M., 1999, Vertebrates of the Turtle Basin Local Fauna, Late Eocene, Sevier Plateau, south-central Utah, in Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 463-468.

Eaton, J.G., Cifelli, R.L., Hutchison, J.H., Kirkland, J.I., and Parrish, J.M., 1999, Cretaceous vertebrate faunas from the Kaiparowits Plateau, south central Utah, in Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 345-353.

Eaton, J.G., Diem, S., Archibald, J.D., Schierup, C., and Munk, H., 1999, Vertebrate paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Markagunt Plateau, southwestern Utah, in Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 323-333.

Eaton, J.G., 1999, Vertebrate paleontology of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Upper Cretaceous, southwestern Utah, in Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 335-338.

Eaton, J.G., 1999, Vertebrate paleontology of the Iron Springs Formation, Upper Cretaceous, southwestern Utah, in Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 339-343.

Cifelli, R.L., Nydam, R.L., Eaton, J.G., Gardner, J.D., and Kirkland, J.I., 1999, Vertebrate faunas of the North Horn Formation (Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleocene), Emery and Sanpete counties, in Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 377-388.

Cifelli, R.L., Nydam, R.L., Gardner, J.D., Weil, A., Eaton, J.G., Kirkland, J.I., and Madsen, S.K., 1999, Medial Cretaceous vertebrates from the Cedar Mountain formation, Emery County: The Mussentuchit Local Fauna, in Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 219-242.

Kirkland, J.I., Cifelli, R.L., Britt, B.B., Burge, D.L., DeCourten, F.L., Eaton, J.G., and Parrish, J.M., 1999, Distribution of vertebrate faunas in the Cedar Mountain Formation, east-central Utah, in, Gillette, D.D., ed., Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, p. 201-217.

Eaton, J.G., and Cifelli, R., 1998, Cretaceous vertebrates of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, in Learning From the Land: Grand Staircase-Escalante Science Symposium Proceedings, BLM/UT/GI-98/006+1220, p. 365-372.

Hutchison, J.H., Eaton, J.G., Holroyd, P.A., and Goodwin, M.B., 1998, Larger vertebrates of the Kaiparowits Formation (Campanian) in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and adjacent areas, in Learning From the Land: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Science Symposium Proceedings, BLM/UT/GI-98/006+1220, p. 391-398.

Eaton, J.G., Munk, H., and Hardman, M., 1998, A new vertebrate fossil locality within the Wahweap Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Bryce Canyon National Park and its bearing on the presence of the Kaiparowits Formation on the Paunsaugunt Plateau: National Park Service, Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-98/01, p. 36-40.

Kirkland, J.I., Britt, B., Burge, D.L., Carpenter, K., Cifelli, R., DeCourtin, F., Eaton, J.G., Hasiotis, S., and Lawton, T., 1997, Lower to middle Cretaceous dinosaur faunas of the central Colorado Plateau: a key to understanding 35 million years of tectonics, sedimentology, evolution and biogeography: Brigham Young University Geology Studies, v, 42, part II, p. 69-103.

Eaton, J.G., Kirkland, J.I., Hutchison, J.H., Denton, R., O'Neill, R.C., and Parrish, J.M., 1997, Nonmarine extinction across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary, southwestern Utah, with a comparison to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 109. no. 5, p. 560-567.

Feist, M., Eaton, J.G., Brouwers, E. M, and Maldonado, F., 1997, Significance of charophytes from the Lower Tertiary variegated and volcaniclastic units, Brian Head Formation, Casto Canyon area, southern Sevier Plateau, southwest Utah, in Maldonado, F., and Nealey, L.D., eds., Geologic studies in the Basin and Range-Colorado Plateau transition in southeastern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and northwestern Arizona, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2153, p. 29-37.

Eaton, J.G., 1995, Cenomanian and Turonian (early Late Cretaceous) multituberculate mammals from southwestern Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 15, p. 707-882.

Eaton, J.G., 1993, Origin and dispersal of marsupials: National Geographic Research and Exploration, v. 9, no. 4, p. 406-413.

Goldstrand, P.M., Trexler, J.H., Kowallis, B.J., and Eaton, J.G., 1993, Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary tectonostratigraphy of southwest Utah: in Morales, M., ed., Aspects of Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau: Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 59, p. 181-188.

Eaton, J.G., 1993, Mammalian paleontology and correlation of uppermost Cretaceous rocks of the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Utah: in Morales, M., ed., Aspects of Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau: Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 59, p. 163-180.

Eaton, J.G., Goldstrand, P.M., and Morrow, J., 1993, Composition and stratigraphic interpretation of Cretaceous strata on the Paunsaugunt Plateau, Utah: in Morales, M., ed., Aspects of Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 59, p. 153-162.

Eaton, J.G., 1993, Therian mammals of the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Dakota Formation, southwestern Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 13, p. 105-124.

Nations, J.D., and Eaton, J.G., eds., 1991, Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and sedimentary tectonics of the western margin, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Geological Society of America Special Paper 260, 216 p.

Eaton, J.G., and Nations, J.D., 1991, Introduction; Tectonic setting along the margin of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway, southwestern Utah and northern Arizona, in Nations, J.D., and Eaton, J.G., eds., Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and sedimentary tectonics of the western margin, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Geological Society of America Special Paper 260, p. 1-8.

Eaton, J. G., 1991, Biostratigraphic framework for Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: in Nations, J.D., and Eaton, J.G. eds., Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and sedimentary tectonics of the western margin, Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Geological Society of America Special Paper 260, p. 47-63.

Eaton, J.G., and Nelson, M., 1991, Multituberculate mammals from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, San Rafael Swell, Utah: Contributions to Geology, The University of Wyoming, v. 29, p. 1 12.

Eaton, J.G., Kirkland, J.I., and Kauffman, E.G., 1990, Evidence and dating of mid-Cretaceous tectonic activity in the San Rafael Swell, Utah: The Mountain Geologist, v. 27, p. 39-45.

Eaton, J.G., 1990, Stratigraphic revision of Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in the Henry Basin, Utah: The Mountain Geologist, v. 27, p. 27-38.

Eaton, J.G., Kirkland, J.I., and Doi, K., 1989, Evidence of reworked Cretaceous fossils and their bearing on the existence of Tertiary dinosaurs: Palaios, v. 4, p. 281-286.

Eaton, J.G., and Cifelli, R., 1988, Preliminary report on the Late Cretaceous mammalian faunas of the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah: Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming, v. 26, no. 2, p. 45-51.

Eaton, J.G., Kirkland, J.I., Gustason, E.R., Nations, J.D., Franczyk, K.J., Ryer, T.A., and Carr, D.A., 1987, Stratigraphy, correlation, and tectonic setting of the Late Cretaceous rocks in the Kaiparowits and Black Mesa Basins, in Davis, G.H., and VandenDolder, E.M., eds., Geologic diversity of Arizona and its margins: excursions to choice areas: Geological Society of America Field Trip Guidebook, Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology Special Paper 5, p. 113-125.

Eaton, J.G., 1987, Stratigraphy, depositional environments, and age of Cretaceous mammal-bearing rocks in Utah, and systematics of the Multituberculata (Mammalia): Ph.D. thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder, 308 p.

Eaton, J.G., 1987, The Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary in the Western Interior of North America: Newsletters on Stratigraphy, v. 18, p. 31-39.

Cifelli, R., and Eaton, J.G., 1987, Marsupial from the earliest Late Cretaceous of Western U.S.: Nature, v. 325, p. 520-522.

Eaton, J.G., 1985, Paleontology and correlation of the Eocene Tepee Trail and Wiggins formations in the North Fork of Owl Creek area, southeastern Absaroka Range, Hot Springs County, Wyoming: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 5, p. 345-370.

Sundell, K.A., Shive, P.N., and Eaton, J.G., 1984, Measured sections, magnetic polarity and biostratigraphy of the Eocene Wiggins, Tepee Trail and Aycross Formations within the southeastern Absaroka Range, Wyoming: Earth Science Bulletin, v. 17, p. 1-48.

Eaton, J.G., 1982, Paleontology and correlation of Eocene volcanic rocks in the Carter Mountain area, Park County, southeastern Absaroka Range, Wyoming: Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming, v. 21, p. 153-194.

Sundell, K.A., and Eaton, J.G., 1982, Stratigraphic relations within the southeastern Absaroka volcanic sequence, northwestern Wyoming, in Reid, S.G., ed., Geology of the Yellowstone Park area, northwestern Wyoming: Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, 33rd Annual Field Conference, p. 65-71.

Eaton, J.G., 1980, Preliminary report on paleontological exploration of the southeastern Absaroka Range, Wyoming, in Gingerich, P.D., ed., Early Cenozoic paleontology and stratigraphy of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology, no. 24, p. 139-142.

Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Eaton, J.G., and Bown, T.M., 1979, Theria of metatherian-eutherian grade, in Lillegraven, J.A., Kielan- Jaworowska, Z., and Clemens, W.A., eds., Mesozoic mammals: the first two-thirds of mammalian history: Berkeley, University of California Press, p. 182-191.

Refereed Abstracts Delivered at Meetings (JGE as senior author or presenter)

Eaton, J.G., Fuhrmann, K., and Pollock, G., 2009, Paleontological inventory of Cretaceous rocks, Bryce Canyon National Park – a model for cooperative partnerships: Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Fossil Resources, p. 36-37.

Eaton, J.G., and Cifelli, R.L., 2009, Cretaceous mammals of the Kaiparowits and Paunsaugunt plateaus, southwestern Utah: Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology, p. 18.

Gardner, J., Ro ek, Z., Eaton. J.G., and Cifelli, R.L., 2009, Amphibians from the Late Cretaceous of southwestern Utah: Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology, p. 20.

Eaton, J. G., and Kirkland, J. I., 2008, Cretaceous freshwater rays (Chondrichthyes, Rhinobatoidei) and the development of an integrative approach to nonmarine biostratigraphy: Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain and Cordilleran Sections Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 1 p. 59-60.

Eaton, J.G., 2007, Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) mammals from the Dakota Formation in Cedar Canyon, southwestern Utah: Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 5, p. 6.

Eaton, J.G., 2007, Bryce Canyon National Park Paleontological Inventory – A model for undergraduate science education: Geological society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Program, v. 39, no. 5. p. 15.

Eaton, J.G., 2005, Review of Cretaceous mammalian paleontology: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, v. 37, no. 7, p. 115.

Eaton, J.G., 2005, Vertebrate Paleontology in the Cretaceous Sequence of Bryce Canyon National Park, Paunsaugunt Plateau, Utah: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, v. 37, no. 7, p. 331.

Eaton, J.G., 2005, Santonian mammals from southern Utah and implications for the Aquilan Land Mammal Age : Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain section meetings, v. 37(6), p. 35.

Eaton, J.G., 2004, New approaches to Cretaceous microvertebrate sampling, Utah: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mountain and Cordilleran section meetings, v. 36(4), p. 76.

Eaton, J.G., 2002, Multituberculate mammals from the Wahweap (Campanian, Aquilan) and Kaiparowits (Campanian, Judithian) formations, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah, and implications for biostratigraphic methods. Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 4, p. A-6.

Eaton, J.G. and Kirkland, J.I., 1999, Diversity patterns on nonmarine vertebrates in the Cretaceous Western Interior of North America; Abstracts VII International Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, Buenos Aires, 1999, p. 22. Delivered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 30, 1999.

Eaton, J.G., Maldonado, F., and McIntosh, W.C., 1999, New radiometric dates from Upper Cretaceous rocks of the Markagunt Plateau, southwestern Utah, and their bearing on subsidence histories: Geological Society of America, v. 31, p. A-11.

Eaton, J.G., 1998, New discoveries in the nonmarine Cretaceous of southwestern Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 18(3), p. 39A. Delivered at annual meetings in Snowbird, Utah, Oct. 2, 1998.

Eaton, J.G., 1997, Cretaceous vertebrates of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Delivered at the Grand Staircase-Escalante Natural Science Symposium, Cedar City, Utah, November, 1997.

Eaton, J.G., Willsey, S.P., Yonkee, W.S., Tilton, T.L., and White, T., 1997, The geometry of the Late Cretaceous Sevier Foreland Basin, southwestern Utah: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. A-278. Delivered at annual national meetings in Salt Lake City, October, 1997.

Eaton, J.G., and Hutchison, H., 1995, A late Eocene fauna from undescribed strata overlying the Claron Formation, Sevier Plateau, southwestern Utah: Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 10. Delivered at annual regional meetings, Bozeman, Montana, May, 1995.

Eaton, J.G., 1995, Relationship of North and South American latest Cretaceous-earliest Tertiary vertebrate faunas: Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 9. Delivered at annual regional meetings, Bozeman, Montana, May, 1995.

Eaton, J.G., 1995, Eustacy, paleoecology, and Cenomanian-Turonian (Late Cretaceous) nonmarine extinction, southwestern Utah: Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, 1995 Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. 9. Delivered at annual regional meetings. Bozeman, Montana, May, 1995.

Eaton, J.G., 1994, Vertebrate Paleontology of Cretaceous rocks in Bryce Canyon National Park: Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 6, p. 12. Delivered at annual regional meetings, Durango, Colorado, 1994.

Eaton, J.G., and Kirkland, J.I., 1993, Faunal change across the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary, southwestern Utah: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran and Rocky Mountain Sections, Abstracts with Programs, p. 33-34. Delivered in Reno, Nevada, May, 1993.

Eaton, J.G., 1992, Towards a Late Cretaceous nonmarine biostratigraphy, southwestern Utah: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists 1992 Theme Meeting, Mesozoic of the Western Interior, p. 24. Delivered at annual national meetings, Fort Collins, Colorado, August, 1992.

Eaton, J.G., 1992, Tectonic history of the Cretaceous Sevier Foreland basin, southwestern Utah (abstract): Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists 1992 Theme Meeting, Mesozoic of the Western Interior, p. 24. Delivered at national annual meetings, Fort Collins, Colorado, August, 1992.

Eaton, J.G., 1990, Therian mammals of the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Dakota Formation, southwestern Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 9, p. 21A. Delivered at national annual meetings, Lawrence, Kansas, 1990.

Eaton, J.G., and Morrow, J.R., 1990, Preliminary report on the paleontology of Cretaceous rocks and stratigraphic implications, Paunsaugunt Plateau, southwestern Utah (abstract): Abstracts of the symposium on southwestern geology and paleontology, Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 6. Delivered at Flagstaff, Arizona, 1990.

Eaton, J.G., and Morrow, J.R., 1989. Problems of Cretaceous Stratigraphy, Paunsaugunt Plateau, southwestern Utah: Abstracts of the Symposium on Southwestern Geology and Paleontology, Museum of Northern Arizona, p. 6. Delivered in Flagstaff, Arizona, 1989.

Eaton, J.G., 1988, Cretaceous multituberculates of Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 8, p. 13A -14A. Delivered at national annual meetings at Alberta. Canada, 1988.

Eaton, J.G., 1987, Biostratigraphic framework for Late Cretaceous nonmarine sequence, Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah (abstract): Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, p. 650 -651. Delivered at annual national meetings, Phoenix, Arizona, 1987.

Refereed Coauthored Abstracts Delivered by Other Authors

Brinkman, D.B., Eaton, J.G. Newbry, M., and Neuman, A., 2009, Actinopterygian fish from the Cenomanian to mid-Campanian Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah – Evidence from vertebrate microfossil localities: Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology, p.15.

Milner, A.R.C., Kirkland, J. I.,, Feldman, R. M., Hoff, C. H. J., Eaton, J. G., Titus, A., and Frederick, M., 2009, New Late Cretaceous malacostracan localities from southern Utah: Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology, p. 38.

De Blieux, D.D., Kirkland, J.I., Eaton, J.G., Titus, A.L., Getty, M.A., Sampson, S.D., and Hayden, M.C., 2009, Vertebrate paleontology of the lower-middle Campanian Wahweap Formation in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM): Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology, p. 17.

Gates, T.A., Boyd, C.A., Sampson, S.D., Eaton, J.G., and Kirkland, J.I., 2009, The role of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in evolutionary studies of Upper Cretaceous Ornithopods (Dinosauria): Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology, p. 21.

Milner, A.R.C., Kirkland, J. I., Titus, A., Feldman, R. M., Hoff, C. H. J., and Eaton, J. G., 2009, Cretaceous, arthropods, Tropic Shale, Straight Cliffs Formation, Wahweap Formation

Kirkland. J.I., Eaton, J.G., and Brinkman, D.B., 2009, Freshwater elasmobranchs from the Cretaceous of Utah with emphasis on fossils from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM): Advances in Western Interior Late Cretaceous Paleontology and Geology, p. 31.

Young, R.A., Hartman, J.H., Eaton, J.G., Flowers, R.M., Feist, M., and Forester, R.M., 2007, the Eocene-Oligocene transition in northwest Arizona: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, v. 39, No. 6, 305.

Gordon, C.L., Cifelli, R.L., and Eaton, J.G., 2007, New eutherian mammals from the Kaiparowits Formation (Judithian), Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 27, no. 3, p. 83A.

Tibert, N., Colin, J-P., Leckie, M., Kirkland, J. I., and Eaton, J.G., 2005, The taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Cenomanian and Turonian (Late Cretaceous) Ostracoda from the Western Interior Basin, southwest Utah, USA: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, v. 37, no. 7, p. 367.

Wheeler, S.J., Hammer, C.L., Montgomery, C.L., Emdin, W.F, and Eaton, J.G., 2002, Paleontology of the Henefer Formation, northeastern Utah: The Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, v. 79, p. 171.

Kirkland, J.I., and Eaton, J.G., 2002, Late Cretaceous freshwater fish from southern Utah with emphasis on fossils from the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM): Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 4, p. A-5..

Brouwers, E., and Eaton, J.G., 2000, Ostracode faunas from Upper Cretaceous units of the Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah: Geological Society of America National Meetings, Abstracts with Programs, Reno, Nevada, October, 2000, p. 201.

Goldstrand, P., and Eaton, J.G., 2000, Paleocene to Early Oligocene Paleogeography, southwestern Utah, in Young, R. A. ed., A Working Conference on the Cenozoic Geologic Evolution of the Colorado River System and the Erosional Chronology of the Grand Canyon System: June, 2000, p. 27-29.

Tibert, N.E., Leckie, R.M., and Eaton, J.G., 1999, Recognition of relative sea level change in Upper Cretaceous coal-bearing strata: a paleoecological approach using agglutinated foraminifera to detect key stratigraphic surfaces: Abstracts of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, p. A138-A139, April, 1999.

Goldstrand, P., and Eaton, J.G., 1996, Upper Eocene-Oligocene depositional systems and basin development, southern Utah: Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, p. 69.

Bown, T.M., Hasiotis, S.T., Maldonado, F., Brouwers, E., and Eaton, J.G., 1995, Trace fossils of ants and wasps (Hymenoptera) from the lower Tertiary Claron Formation of southwestern Utah: Rocky Mountain Section, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27.

Parrish, J.M., and Eaton, J.G., 1991, Diversity and evolution of dinosaurs in the Cretaceous of the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 11, supplement to no. 3, p. 50A.

Unreviewed Field Trip Guides

Roberts, E., Titus, A., and Eaton, J., 2009, Late Cretaceous depositional systems and paleontology of the southern Sevier Foreland Basin, south central Utah: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Cretaceous Conference, May 24, 2009.

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