Paper Published by Dr. Victor Perez, Calvert Marine Museum Department of Paleontology Calvert Marine Museum’s Assistant Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Victor Perez, has just had a paper published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica entitled: “Body length estimation of Neogene macrophagous lamniform sharks (Carcharodon and Otodus) derived from associated fossil dentitions.” This study was conducted […]
Former Calvert Marine Museum Intern Publishes Paper
Explaining the Origin of Local Mega-Tooth Shark, Megalodon Carcharocles megalodon, also known simply as the Megalodon or “Meg”, is arguably the largest macro-predator this world has ever known. They populated Earth’s oceans for 18 million years, from about 20 to 2.5 million years ago. The immediate ancestor of Megalodon was another huge shark with equally […]
SISP Releases Publication on the Fossils from Calvert Cliffs
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press (SISP) Releases Publication on the Fossils from Calvert Cliffs Calvert Marine Museum Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Stephen J. Godfrey, has edited a multi-authored volume published today. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology no. 100, “The Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA,” is online at https://opensi.si.edu/index.php/smithsonian/catalog/book/107. This website has links to […]
Newly Published Paper Authored By CMM’s Paleontologist
Just in Time for Release of “The Meg” Movie Calvert Marine Museum’s Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Stephen Godfrey, is the senior author on a paper published online today in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. It is a collaborative effort between Godfrey, Mike Ellwood, Stephen Groff, and Michal Scott Verdin; avocational paleontologists who found the bitten vertebrae. The […]