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Paleontology, evolution, herpetology, climate change, evolutionary developmental biology
United Kingdom

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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2015-10-01 to present | University Lecturer, Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology (Zoology)
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Jason Head

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Lincoln, NE, US

2015 to 2015 | Associate Professor (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
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Jason Head

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Lincoln, NE, US

2011 to 2015 | Assistant Professor (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
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University of Toronto - Mississauga: Mississauga, ON, CA

2006 to 2011 | Assistant Professor (term-limited appointment) (Biology)
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George Washington University: Washington, DC, US

2005 to 2006 | Visiting Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Education and qualifications (4)

Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC, US

2002 to 2005 | National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Informatics (Paleobiology)
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Southern Methodist University: Dallas, TX, US

1997 to 2002 | Ph.D. (Geology)
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Southern Methodist University: Dallas, TX, US

1995 to 1997 | M.S. (Geology)
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University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

1991 to 1995 | B.S. (Biology)
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Works (23)

A South American snake lineage from the Eocene Greenhouse of North America and a reappraisal of the fossil record of “anilioid” snakes

Geobios
2020-12 | Journal article
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Jason Head

Pectoral myology of limb-reduced worm lizards (Squamata, Amphisbaenia) suggests decoupling of the musculoskeletal system during the evolution of body elongation.

BMC evolutionary biology
2019-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Westphal N; Mahlow K; Head JJ; Müller J
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

Squamate reptiles from Kanapoi: Faunal evidence for hominin paleoenvironments.

Journal of human evolution
2018-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Head JJ; Müller J
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

Merging paleobiology with conservation biology to guide the future of terrestrial ecosystems.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Barnosky AD; Hadly EA; Gonzalez P; Head J; Polly PD; Lawing AM; Eronen JT; Ackerly DD; Alex K; Biber E et al.
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

A new Late Cretaceous iguanomorph from North America and the origin of New World Pleurodonta (Squamata, Iguania).

Proceedings. Biological sciences
2017-01 | Journal article
Contributors: DeMar DG; Conrad JL; Head JJ; Varricchio DJ; Wilson GP
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

Fossil crocodilians from the High Guajira Peninsula of Colombia: Neogene faunal change in northernmost South America

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2016-03-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jorge W. Moreno-Bernal; Jason Head; Carlos A. Jaramillo
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Big cat, small cat: reconstructing body size evolution in living and extinct Felidae.

2015-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Cuff AR; Randau M; Head J; Hutchinson JR; Pierce SE; Goswami A
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

The Fossil Calibration Database—A New Resource for Divergence Dating

Syst Biol
2015-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Daniel T. Ksepka; James F. Parham; James F. Allman; Michael J. Benton; Matthew T. Carrano; Karen A. Cranston; Philip C. J. Donoghue; Jason J. Head; Elizabeth J. Hermsen; Randall B. Irmis et al.
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Evolution of the snake body form reveals homoplasy in amniote Hox gene function

Nature
2015-01-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason J. Head; P. David Polly
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Unusual soft-tissue preservation of a crocodile lizard (Squamata, Shinisauria) from the green river formation (Eocene) and shinisaur relationships.

2014-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Conrad JL; Head JJ; Carrano MT
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

Giant lizards occupied herbivorous mammalian ecospace during the Paleogene greenhouse in Southeast Asia.

2013-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Head JJ; Gunnell GF; Holroyd PA; Hutchison JH; Ciochon RL
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

The Ecology of Morphology: The Ecometrics of Locomotion and Macroenvironment in North American Snakes

Paleontology in Ecology and Conservation
2012 | Other
Contributors: A. Michelle Lawing; Jason J. Head; P. David Polly
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Best practices for justifying fossil calibrations.

2012-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Parham JF; Donoghue PC; Bell CJ; Calway TD; Head JJ; Holroyd PA; Inoue JG; Irmis RB; Joyce WG; Ksepka DT et al.
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Jason Head via Europe PubMed Central

Giant boid snake from the Paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures

Nature
2011-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason J. Head; Jonathan I. Bloch; Alexander K. Hastings; Jason R. Bourque; Edwin A. Cadena; Fabiany A. Herrera; P. David Polly; Carlos A. Jaramillo
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A new species of the snake Madtsoia from the Upper Cretaceous of India and its paleobiogeographic implications

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
2011-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Dhananjay M. Mohabey; Jason J. Head; Jeffrey A. Wilson
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Phylogeny and divergence times of filesnakes (Acrochordus): Inferences from morphology, fossils and three molecular loci

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2010-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kate L. Sanders; Mumpuni; Amir Hamidy; Jason J. Head; David J. Gower
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Predation upon Hatchling Dinosaurs by a New Snake from the Late Cretaceous of India

PLoS Biol
2010-03-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Jeffrey A. Wilson; Dhananjay M. Mohabey; Shanan E. Peters; Jason J. Head; Michael J. Benton
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Head et al. reply

Nature
2009-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason J. Head; Jonathan I. Bloch; Alexander K. Hastings; Jason R. Bourque; Edwin A. Cadena; Fabiany A. Herrera; P. David Polly; Carlos A. Jaramillo
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Jason Head via Crossref Metadata Search

Giant boid snake from the Palaeocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures

Nature
2009-02-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason J. Head; Jonathan I. Bloch; Alexander K. Hastings; Jason R. Bourque; Edwin A. Cadena; Fabiany A. Herrera; P. David Polly; Carlos A. Jaramillo
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Jason Head via Crossref Metadata Search

Making the paper: Jason Head & Jonathan Bloch

Nature
2009-02-05 | Journal article
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Jason Head via Crossref Metadata Search

Palaeontology: Turtle origins out to sea

Nature
2008-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Robert R. Reisz; Jason J. Head
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Dissociation of somatic growth from segmentation drives gigantism in snakes

Biology Letters
2007-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason J. Head; P. David Polly
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Fossil snakes from the Neogene of Venezuela (Falcón state)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
2006-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jason J. Head; Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra; Orangel A. Aguilera
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