Dr John Paterson
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Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (Macquarie)
Contact
| Email: | jpater20@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W21 , Room 117 (level 2) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2101 (or +61 2 6773 2101 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 2769 |
Other posts
2007-continuing: Honorary Research Associate, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University (Sydney)
2006-2007: Research Fellow, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University (Sydney)
2005: Researcher, Ediacaran & Cambrian fossils, South Australian Museum & Lecturer (affiliate), School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Adelaide
2004: Geologist (fixed term), Department of Mineral Resources, New South Wales
2002-2005: Research Officer, Centre for Ecostratigraphy & Palaeobiology, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University
2002-2004: Casual Academic (Tutor), Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University
Professional activities
2006-continuing: Corresponding member of the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy (ISCS).
2006-continuing: Secretary of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (AAP); a specialist group of the Geological Society of Australia, Inc.
2005-continuing: Member of the editorial board for the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists (AAP) Memoirs series; a publication of the Geological Society of Australia, Inc.
Areas of Teaching
Unit coordinator for:
- first year (100-level) Earth Science subjects (GEOL110 – Geology and the Environment I, Semester 1 & GEOL120 – Geology and the Environment II, Semester 2)
- 200- and 300-level palaeontology units (GEOL202 – Introductory Palaeontology & GEOL310 – Palaeontology and Stratigraphy).
Research interests
General research interests include:
- Systematics (taxonomy & phylogeny), biostratigraphy, palaeobiology and palaeobiogeography of early Palaeozoic (Cambrian and Ordovician) trilobites from Australia
- Early Cambrian arthropods (and other biota) from South Australia
- ALL aspects of the Cambrian ‘explosion’ of life!!!
Current research projects:
- Documenting the palaeobiodiversity of early Cambrian faunas from South Australia [in collaboration with Dr. Glenn A. Brock (Macquarie University, Sydney) and Dr. Christian B. Skovsted (Uppsala University, Sweden)]
- The Cambrian ‘explosion’ of arthropods in Australia: Ediacaran origins, evolution and biodiversity [ARC Linkage grant with A.Prof. Mike Lee (University of Adelaide), Dr. Greg Edgecombe (Natural History Museum, London), Dr. Jim Gehling (South Australia Museum) and A.Prof. Jim Jago (University of South Australia)]
- The organic geochemical record of metazoans during the Cambrian ‘explosion’ [in collaboration with Macquarie University colleagues: A.Prof. Simon George, Dr. Glenn A. Brock and Prof. Malcolm Walter; visit Simon George’s website: http://aca.mq.edu.au/People/SGpages/DecipheringBiogeochemical.htm]
Research facilities
Palaeontological research facilities at the University of New England:
- Digital macrophotography: Canon EOS 5D (12.8 megapixel SLR with 35 mm CMOS sensor) with Canon EF50mm f/2.5 and MP-E65mm f/2.8 1-5x macro lenses. Camera connected to a dedicated desktop computer (for direct transfer of images). Lighting includes fibre optic and fluorescent (maggy) lamps. (Other camera accessories include: Canon angle finder; Kenko extension tube set; remote switch [Canon RS-80N3]).
- Macrofossil preparation lab: pneumatic airscribe (vibrotool) for fine-scale preparation; rotary tool kit for coarse removal of matrix; latex casting.
- Acid lab: acid leaching of carbonate and siliceous rocks using acetic, hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids.
- Thin section facility (http://www.une.edu.au/earthsciences/facilities.php)
- Other palaeo-related facilities within the university include: Dixson Library (with an extensive collection of palaeontological books, journals and monographs), microscope labs and a scanning electron microscope (SEM).
Research grants
2007-2009: Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project LP0774959 (to M.S.Y. Lee, J.R. Paterson, J.G. Gehling, G.D. Edgecombe & J.B. Jago); PROJECT: The Cambrian Explosion of arthropods in Australia: Ediacaran origins, evolution and biodiversity
2006-2009: (non-continuing as of 2007): Macquarie University Research Fellowship; ‘Australia’s oldest fossil trilobites: documenting their biodiversity and evolution during the Cambrian radiation of animal life’
2005-2006: National Geographic Society Research & Exploration Grant (to G.A. Brock, J.B. Jago, J.R. Paterson & C.B. Skovsted); PROJECT: The Cambrian Explosion Down Under: documenting the oldest shelly fossils from Australia
Selected Recent Publications
[* PDF available on request]
Paterson, J.R., Skovsted, C.B., Brock, G.A. & Jago, J.B., in press. An early Cambrian faunule from the Koolywurtie Limestone Member (Parara Limestone), Yorke Peninsula, South Australia and its biostratigraphic significance. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 34.
Topper, T.P., Skovsted, C.B., Brock, G.A. & Paterson, J.R., 2007. New bradoriids from the lower Cambrian Mernmerna Formation, South Australia: systematics, biostratigraphy and biogeography. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 33.
*Paterson, J.R., Jago, J.B., Brock, G.A. & Gehling, J.G., 2007. Taphonomy and palaeoecology of the emuellid trilobite Balcoracania dailyi (early Cambrian, South Australia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 249(3-4): 302-321.
*Skovsted, C.B., Brock, G.A., Lindström, A., Peel, J.S., Paterson, J.R. & Fuller, M., 2007. Early Cambrian record of failed durophagy and shell repair in an epibenthic mollusc. Biology Letters, 3: 314-317.
Paterson, J.R. & Brock, G.A., 2007. Early Cambrian trilobites from Angorichina, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, with a new assemblage from the Pararaia bunyerooensis Zone. Journal of Paleontology, 81(1): 116-142.
*Jago, J.B., Zang, W.-L., Sun, X.-W., Brock, G.A., Paterson, J.R. & Skovsted, C.B., 2006. A review of the Cambrian biostratigraphy of South Australia. Palaeoworld, 15(3-4): 406-423.
*Paterson, J.R., 2006. Prosopiscus (Ordovician; Trilobita) from the Rowena Formation, western New South Wales. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 32: 347-352.
*Paterson, J.R. & Jago, J.B., 2006. New trilobites from the Lower Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte at Big Gully, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 32: 43-57.
*Skovsted, C.B., Brock, G.A. & Paterson, J.R., 2006. Bivalved arthropods from the Lower Cambrian Mernmerna Formation of South Australia and their implications for the identification of Cambrian “small shelly fossils”. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 32: 7-41.
Paterson, J.R. & Laurie, J.R. (eds) 2006. Cambro-Ordovician Studies II. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 32: 1-422.
*Paterson, J.R. & Edgecombe, G.D., 2006. The Early Cambrian trilobite family Emuellidae Pocock, 1970: systematic position and revision of Australian species. Journal of Paleontology, 80(3): 496-513.
*Paterson, J.R., 2005. Systematics of the Cambrian trilobite family Nepeidae, with revision of Australian species. Palaeontology, 48(3): 479-517.
*Paterson, J.R., 2005. Revision of Discomesites and Estaingia (Trilobita) from the Lower Cambrian Cymbric Vale Formation, western New South Wales: taxonomic, biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 126: 81-93.
*Brock, G.A. & Paterson, J.R., 2004. A new species of Tannuella (Helcionellida, Mollusca) from the Early Cambrian of South Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 30: 133-143.
*Paterson, J.R. & Laurie, J.R., 2004. Late Cambrian trilobites from the Dolodrook River limestones, eastern Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 30: 83-111.
Paterson, J.R., 2004. Palaeobiogeography of the Ordovician trilobite Prosopiscus, with a new species from western New South Wales. Alcheringa, 28: 65-76.