Research Activities of Russell Graham

Research Interest Areas:

  • Vertebrate evolution & Global change
  • Cenozoic mammals
  • Morphometrics
  • Community evolution
  • Database & quantitative Biogeograpphy & paleoecology
  • Taphonomy

Current Research Projects:
NEOTOMA – Multiproxy Database for Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene Biotas

Quantitative Biogeography & Paleoecology – Interdisciplinary analysis of NEOTOMA database

Taphonomy, Biogeography & Paleoecology of Quaternary Cave Faunas, Black Hills, SD

Taphonomy of Modern Wolf Dens and Scavenging Sites in Nunavut
Paleobiology of the Giant Beaver (Castoroides)

Potential Cause(s) of the Terminal Pleistocene Extinction
Taphonomy of Fluvially Derived Bone Deposits (actualistic and fossil studies)

Isotopes and Paleoecology

Graham Lab Group