Resume

• 2015

  American Society of Mammalogists

• 2002

  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

• 2001

  English

  Spanish

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Paleontology

  Northern Illinois University

• 1996

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Biology/Biological Sciences

  General

  Delta Upsilon

  Amnesty International

  Bowling Green State University

• Physiology

  Teaching

  Research

  Dissection

  Microsoft Office

  Data Analysis

  Laboratory

  Anatomy

  Community Outreach

  Curriculum Development

  Human Anatomy

  Public Speaking

  Microsoft Word

  Evolutionary Biology

  Paleontology

  Student Affairs

  Higher Education

  Lecturing

  Biology

  Microsoft Excel

  Reassessment of the cranial characters of Glossotherium and Paramylodon (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Mylodontidae)

  Reassessment of the cranial characters of Glossotherium and Paramylodon (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Mylodontidae)

  Virginia Naples

  Reconstruction of the cranial musculature and masticatory function of the Pleistocene panamerican sloth Eremotherium (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megatheriidae)

  Feeding mechanics and dietary implications in the fossil sloth Neocnus (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Megalonychidae) from Haiti

  Jeremy Green

  Nicholas Resar

  Reconstructing Paleodiet in ground sloths (Mammalia

  Xenarthra) using dental microwear analysis

  Recent discovery of a supernumerary dental anomaly in two-toed sloths led to an extensive review of extant sloth specimens to look for additional anomalies. In total

  881 museum specimens were examined. These revealed two primary types of anomalies

  hyperdontia (extra teeth) and anodontia (loss of teeth)

  occurring at a rate of 2.4% (n = 21). Two-toed sloths

  Choloepus

  were more likely to have hyperdontia in the anterior dentition

  whereas three-toed sloths

  Bradypus

  experienced anodontia more frequently with the upper caniniforms. Both genera experienced both anomalies. The majority affected the upper dentition

  with only three specimens exhibiting mandibular anomalies. Beyond the patterns of tooth positioning

  all anomalies were random with respect to age

  sex and geography. A few specimens not counted in the initial assessment expressed incomplete anodontia

  indicating that the loss occurred postnatally and was not an embryological anomaly. For Bradypus

  the findings provide new support for the hypothesis that the taxon represents a neotenic lineage and opens new possibilities about its relationship to the extinct ground sloths with a suggested rooting above that of the basal position it typically occupies for Folivora.

  Dental anomalies within the extant members of the mammalian Order Pilosa

  McAfee

  University of Missouri

  Ohio Northern University

  Doane College

  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

  Teach Human Anatomical sciences

  oversee the cadaver lab

  advise students.

  Ohio Northern University

  Visiting Lecturer

  Taught courses in Anatomy & Physiology

  Cell Biology and Advanced Human Dissection.

  Doane College

  Visiting Professor

  University of Missouri

  Assistant Professor

  Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine