Background
Farlow, James Orville was born on February 7, 1951 in Greensburg, Indiana, United States. Son of James Orville and Arlene Mabel (Tomany) Farlow.
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On the Tracks of Dinosaurs
(Describes the formation and discovery of fossilized dinos...)
Describes the formation and discovery of fossilized dinosaur footprints and how paleontologists use them to learn about the probable nature and behavior of the animals who made them.
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The Great Hunters: Meat-Eating Dinosaurs and Their World (Prehistoric Life)
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James Orville Farlow
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James Orville Farlow, American Geologist, educator, researcher. Achievements include development of thermoregulation theory for function of Stegosaurus plates; reporting of first trackway evidence for rapidly running large dinosaurs. Member Society Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontological Society, Indiana Academy Science, Dinosaur Society (vice president since 1993), Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor in Zoology, Indiana U., 1972; Master of Philosophy in Geology, Yale University, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1980; Master of Science (honorary), Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, 1990.
Career
Assistant professor geology, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, 1979-1981; lecturer in geology, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 1978-1979; assistant professor geology, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 1982-1987; associate professor, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 1987-1990; professor, Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, since 1990. Consultant Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, since 1985. Consultant to numerousproducers of science documentaries about dinosaurs.
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Works
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On the Tracks of Dinosaurs
(Describes the formation and discovery of fossilized dinos...)
- Paleobiology of the Dinosaurs, 1989, GSA Special Papers, Number 238 : 100 pages with illustrations.
- The Great Hunters: Meat-Eating Dinosaurs and Their World (Prehistoric Life)
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On the Tracks of Dinosaurs
Membership
Member Society Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleontological Society, Indiana Academy Science, Dinosaur Society (vice president since 1993), Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Karen Ann Beckerman, June 17, 1978. Children: Jill Carleen, Erin Marie.
