Adam Tomašových
The University of Chicago
The Department of the Geophysical Sciences
5734 S. Ellis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA
Tel: 001-773-834-2512
Research interests:
(i) Preservation and live-dead agreement of mollusk assemblages of the southern California shelf, modeling time-averaging in fossil assemblages
(ii) Evolutionary ecology of Mesozoic-Recent brachiopods
(iii) Ecology and preservation of present-day brachiopods and mollusks
(iv) Triassic/Jurassic boundary mass extinction
(v) Paleobiology Database
Current projects
(i) Global meta-analysis of marine benthic communities (National Science Foundation Grant to Susan Kidwell, 2006-2008)
(ii)Estimating impacts of past natural and anthropogenic disturbances on shelf macrobenthic communities: a field test using dead-shell assemblages (Sea Grant Program, University of Southern California, 2008-2010)
(iii) The role of articulate brachiopods in Mesozoic benthic communities (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Grant to Franz T. Fürsich, 2003-2006)
(iv) Morphometry and functional analysis of brachiopod adjustor scars (John Sepkoski Award 2006)
Education
Ph.D in Geology/Paleontology (2006), Würzburg University, Germany. Dissertation: Differential effects of environmental factors on ecology of brachiopods and bivalves during the Late Triassic and Jurassic
M.S. degree in Geology/Paleontology (2002), Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Mini CV:
Born: 1978
Nationality: Slovak
1996-2002 - Comenius University (Slovakia)
2001, 2002 – 2006 - Würzburg University, Paleontological Institute (Germany)
05-10/2006 – Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava, Slovakia)
11/2006 – present - Research Associate, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
Publications
Tomašových A. and Siblik M. 2007. Evaluating compositional turnover of brachiopod communities during the end-Triassic mass extinction (Northern Calcareous Alps): removal of dominant groups, recovery and community re-assembly.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 244: 170-200. The original publication is available at Elsevier. PDF
Tomašových A. 2006. Brachiopod and bivalve ecology in Late Triassic (Alps, Austria): onshore-offshore replacements caused by variations in sediment and nutrient supply. PALAIOS 21, 344-368 (Paleobiology Database Publication 35). The original publication is available at Online - Bioone. PDF
Tomašových A., Fürsich F.T., and Wilmsen M. 2006. Preservation of autochthonous shell beds by positive feedback between increased hardpart-input rates and increased sedimentation rates. Journal of Geology 114: 287-312. This publication is available online via the University of Chicago Press. PDF(Paleobiology Database Publication 39)
Tomašových A. 2006. Linking taphonomy to community-level abundance: insights into compositional fidelity of the Upper Triassic shell concentrations (Eastern Alps). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 235: 355-381. The original publication is available online at Elsevier. PDF (Paleobiology Database Publication 38)
Tomašových A., Fürsich F. T., and Olszewski T. D. 2006. Modeling shelliness and alteration in shell beds: variation in hardpart-input and burial rates leads to opposing predictions. Paleobiology 32: 278-298. This publication is available online via Bione. PDF(Paleobiology Database Publication 36)
Tomašových A. 2006. A new Early Jurassic rhynchonellid brachiopod from the western Tethys and implications for systematics of rhynchonellids from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Journal of Paleontology 80: 212-228. The original publication is available at Online – Bioone. PDF
Tomašových A. and Rothfus T.A. 2005. Differential taphonomy of modern brachiopods (San Juan Islands, Washington State): effect of intrinsic factors on damage and community-level abundance. Lethaia 38: 271-292. The original publication is available online at Francis and Taylor. PDF
Tomašových A. and Farkaš J. 2005. Cathodoluminescence of Late Triassic terebratulid brachiopods: implications for growth patterns. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 216, 215-233. The original publication is available online at Elsevier. PDF
Tomašových A. 2004, Postmortem durability and population dynamics affecting the fidelity of size-frequency distributions. PALAIOS 19, 477-496. The original publication is available at Online - Bioone. PDF
Tomašových A. 2004, Effect of extrinsic factors on biofabric and brachiopod alteration in a shallow intraplatform carbonate setting (Upper Triassic, West Carpathians). PALAIOS 19, 349-371. The original publication is available at Online - Bioone. PDF
Tomašových A. 2004, Microfacies and depositional environment of an Upper Triassic intra-platform carbonate basin: the Fatric Unit of the West Carpathians (Slovakia). Facies 50, 77-105. The original publication is availaible online at springerlink.com. PDF
Kowalewski M., Carroll M., Casazza L., Gupta N., Hannisdal B., Hendy A., Krause R. A. Jr., LaBarbera M., Lazo D.G., Messina C., Puchalski S., Rothfus T. A., Sälgeback J., Stempien J., Terry R.C., Tomašových A. 2003, Quantitative fidelity of brachiopod-mollusk assemblages from modern subtidal environments of San Juan Islands, USA. Journal of Taphonomy 1, 43-65. The original publication is available at www.journaltaphonomy.com. PDF
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