Background
Archibald, James David was born on March 23, 1950 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of James R. and Donna L. (Accord) Archibald.
( The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction--t...)
The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction--the period during which dinosaurs disappeared from Earth--from the perspective of the fossil record.
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paleontologist Biology educator
Archibald, James David was born on March 23, 1950 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of James R. and Donna L. (Accord) Archibald.
Bachelor of Science in Geology, Kent State University, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy in Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, 1977.
Gibb's instructor department geology, Yale University, New Haven, 1977-1979; assistant, then associate professor department biology, Yale University, New Haven, 1979-1983; curator of mammals, Peabody Museum Natural History, New Haven, 1979-1983; associate professor, then professor department biology, San Diego State University, since 1983. Extensive field expeditions in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Pakistan, and former Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, since 1973.
( The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction--t...)
Past trustee San Diego Natural History Museum. Member Society Vertebrate Paleontology, Geological Society American, Paleontological Society, Society Systematic Zoologists, American Society Mammalogists, Willi Hennig Society, Society for Study of Evolution, Phi Beta Kappa Nu Chap lecturer, Sigma Xi.