Contact Information
1301 W Green
M/C 102
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Description
Dan Blake remains very active in paleontology research and can be found in the department most days.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Earth Science and Environmental Change
Recent Publications
Blake, D. B., & Lefebvre, B. (2025). The class Somasteroidea and its significance among early Asterozoa (Echinodermata). Comptes Rendus - Palevol, 24(23), 449-487. https://doi.org/10.5852/CR-PALEVOL2025V24A23
Blake, D. B., & Lintz, H. (2025). The Erinaceasteridae (Stenuroidea; Asterozoa) of the Early Devonian Hunsrück Slate, Germany. Palaontologische Zeitschrift. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-025-00750-z
Blake, D. B., & Lefebvre, B. (2024). Ordovician Petraster Billings, 1858 (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) and early asteroid skeletal differentiation. Comptes Rendus - Palevol, 23(17), 217-239. https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a17
Glass, A., Blake, D. B., & Lefebvre, B. (2024). An unusual new ophiuroid (Echinodermata) from the Late Ordovician (early Katian) of Morocco. Comptes Rendus - Palevol, 23(25), 401-415. https://doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a25
Blake, D. B., & Hotchkiss, F. H. C. (2022). Origin of the subphylum Asterozoa and redescription of a Moroccan Ordovician somasteroid. Geobios, 72-73, 22-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2022.07.002