Research Description
Dan Blake remains very active in paleontology research and can be found in the department most days.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Geology
Recent Publications
Blake, D. B., & Sprinkle, J. (2021). Arceoaster hintei n. gen. n. sp., a late Silurian homeomorphic asteroid (Echinodermata, Hudsonasteridae). Journal of Paleontology, 95(1), 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.57
Blake, D. B., Gahn, F. J., & Guensburg, T. E. (2020). An Early Ordovician (Floian) asterozoan (Echinodermata) of problematic class-level affinities. Journal of Paleontology, 94(2), 358-365. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2019.82
Blake, D. B., & Koniecki, J. (2020). Taxonomy and functional morphology of the Urasterellidae (Paleozoic Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology, 94(6), 1124-1147. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.42
Blake, D. B., Gahn, F. J., & Guensburg, T. E. (2020). Two new early Asteroidea (Echinodermata) and early asteroid evolution. Journal of Paleontology, 94(4), 734-747. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.7
Blake, D. B., & Nestell, M. K. (2019). Revision of the unusual Carboniferous ophiuroid Cholaster (Echinodermata) and remarks on skeletal differentiation within the Asterozoa. Journal of Paleontology, 93(4), 753-763. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2018.109