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CURRICULUM VITAE
(last updated February, 2017)
Lance Grande
Division of Science and Education,
Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60605.
(312) 665-7632
EDUCATION
A.A. General Business, NormandaleCommunity College, 1973
B.S. Geology, University of Minnesota, 1976
M.S. Geology, University of Minnesota, 1979
M.S. Zoology, University of Minnesota, 1979
M.Phil.Biology, CityUniversity of New York, 1982
Ph.D.Evolutionary Biology, joint program of the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York, 1983.
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS AND RESEARCH
Leveraging specimen-basedscience for maximum educationalimpact.
Evolutionary patterns, biodiversity, comparative anatomy, and paleoecology.
Ecosystems through time.
Fish biology, fish ecology, fish paleontology.
PRINCIPAL PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AT THE FIELD MUSEUM
2013-Present Field Museum Distinguished Service Curator(The first appointment of this type at The Field Museum)
2004-2013 Senior Vice President, Head of Collections and Research(2004-2005 VP, 2006-2013 Senior VP)
2001-2004 Chair, Science Advisory Council
(Science Advisory Council isthe“Curatorial Council” for theinstitution).
1983-Present Curator (Assistant Curator 1983-1988; Associate Curator 1988-1992; Full Curator 1992-2013; and Distinguished Service Curator 2013-Present)
BOARD AND COUNCIL MEMBERSHIPS
2007- presentChicago Council on Science and Technology
Board and Founding Member, . (Chair of the Programming Committee, 2008-present).
2010- 2013 Encyclopedia of LifeExecutive Committee
(Functional board for the and )
2011-present Council on the Graham School of the University of Chicago
(Founding Member)
1986-present Member of Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago
OTHER ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENTS
1991-presentUniversity of Illinois at Chicago,Adjunct Professor of Biology
(Visiting Associate Professor of Biology,1991-1993; Adjunct Professor of Biology, 1993-present)
1986-presentUniversity of Chicago,Lecturer for the Biological Sciences Division
(In both the Graham School and the Graduate School)
1984-presentAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York,Research Associate
(Department of Vertebrate Paleontology)
1992-1993University of Massachusetts,Adjunct Professor of Biology
(Sabbatical appointment, U Mass, Amherst)
1979-1982City College of New York, Adjunct Lecturer
(General Biology and Anatomy, Physiology Laboratories)
1979-1982 American Museum of Natural History,DoctoralStudent and Research Assistant, (Department of Ichthyology)
1977-1979University of Minnesota,Teaching Assistant
(Department of Geology)
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING(EXCLUDING TEACHING AS GRADUATE STUDENT)
University of Chicago:
1987, 1988Phylogeny of Fishes (BioSci.283; undergraduates and graduate students). Course developed and taught solo.
1989, 1990Systematic Ichthyology (BioSci.283; undergraduate and graduate students).
Course developed and taught solo.
1990, 1994Research at Field Museum (CEB 398; graduate students). Team taught with 7 other instructors; course organizer in 1994.
1991Evolution and Osteology of Fishes (CEB 398; graduate students). Course developed and taught solo.
2004-PresentStones and Bones: A Course in Paleontological Theory and Practice.
(BIOS 23000; undergraduate course). Course developed and taught solo each year since 2004.
University of Illinois at Chicago:
1991, 1993Biohistory: Ontogeny, Phylogeny and Paleontology (BioSci.490; graduate students and undergraduates with permission). Course developed and team taught with Barry Chernoff for 1991, taught solo in 1993.
1992Systematic Ichthyology (BioSci.491; graduate students and undergraduates with permission). Course developed and taught solo.
1998Systematics and Evolutionary Theory (BioSci.490; graduate students and undergraduates with permission). Course developed and taught solo.
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT AND SERVICE
1970-1976 U.S. Army Reserve Medical Corp
Served as a medic atBrookeArmyMedicalCenter, San Antonio, Texas and RamseyCountyGeneralHospital in St. Paul Minnesota
1988-1990U. S. National Park Service Consultant
Content specialist/developer for Visitor Center museum, Fossil Butte
National Monument, Kemmerer, Wyoming. Museum opened July 9, 1990.
2010 Panel Member for Congressman Daniel Lipinski
(For 2010 reauthorization of funding for the National Science Foundation)
SELECTED NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONRESEARCH GRANTS
1985-1986 $105,829NationalScienceFoundation: Support for care and use of fossil fishes at Field Museum: Grant no. BSR-8411777.
1986-1988 $81,844NationalScienceFoundation: Collection and preparation of Cretaceous fishes from southern Mexico (David Bardack from the University of Illinois was a subcontract on this grant): Grant no. BSR-8518677.
1988-1990 $119,000NationalScienceFoundation: Systematics, osteology and historical biogeography of paddlefishes (Chondrostei: Polyodontidae). (With William Bemis as Co-P.I.): Grant no. BSR-8806539..
1992-1995 $226,638NationalScienceFoundation: Systematics, ontogeny, osteology and historical biogeography of fossil and living bowfins (Actinopterygii: Amiiformes). (W. Bemis is Co-P.I.): Grant no. BSR-9119561.
1992 $ 99,522 NationalScienceFoundation: Support for the involvement of minority undergraduates in management of systematic collections at F.M.N.H. (co-P.I. with 9 other P.I.s).
1993-1997 $265,000NationalScienceFoundation: Comparative embryology of the adenohypophysis of actinopterygian fishes. (W. Bemis as Co-P.I.): Grant no. BSR-8806539..
1997-2001 $190,007NationalScienceFoundation: Systematics, ontogeny, osteology and historical biogeography of fossil and living gars (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteiformes). Grant no. DEB 9707705.
2000-2004 $239,485NationalScienceFoundation: Morphology and evolution of fossil and living gars (Actinopterygii: Lepisosteiformes), part 2. (With William Bemis as Co-P.I.). Grant no. DEB 0075460.
2002-2005 $121,403NationalScienceFoundation: Comparative anatomy, phylogeny and biogeography of fossil and living gonorynchid fishes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). (With T. Grande as Co-P.I.): Grant no. DEB 0128794.
2002-2005 $143,107National Science Foundation: Comparative osteology and phylogenetic relationships of fossil and living sturgeons (Actinopterygii: Acipenseriformes). (With Eric Hilton and William Bemis as Co-P.I.s): Grant no. DEB 0128929.
2004-2007 $185,076National Science Foundation: Comparative osteology and phylogenetic systematics of fossil and living sturgeons (Actinopterygii, Acipenseriformes) Part 2. (With Eric Hilton as Co-P.I.): Grant no. DEB 0414552.
2007-2010 $ 50,000NationalScienceFoundation: Integrated study of an exceptional avifauna from the Green River Formation: New data on avian evolution and taphonomy.
SELECTED PRIVATE FOUNDATION GRANTS (WHERE I WAS THE PRIMARY DEVELOPER)
2005 $750,000 Elizabeth and Robert O. Bass Foundation: Endowment for Visiting Scientist Fund at Field Museum (to establish a new fung for the FM Scholarship Committee while I was chair).
2005-2007 $1,500,000 NegauneeFoundation: Endowment for a Collection Manager
of Mammals. Developed, submitted and presented the proposal personally.
2007-2009 $150,000NegauneeFoundation: Grant for support of “Expeditions at the Field” program, to put field expeditions on a museum website (together with Bob Martin).
2008-2011 $7,300,000Tawani Foundation: Grant to found the Robert A. PritzkerCenter for Meteoritics and Polar Studies. Developed, submitted, and personally negotiated the proposal.
2008 $350,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Research and operations in the Collections and Research Division.
2009 $400,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Research and operations in the Collections and Research Division.
2010 $400,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Research and operations in the Collections and Research Division.
2010 $900,000 Tawani Foundation: Grant to establish the Polar Research Fund at The Field Museum. Three year commitment from the Foundation for $300K per year.
2011 $400,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Research and operations in the Collections and Research Division.
2012 $400,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Research and operations in the Collections and Research Division.
2013 $400,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Research and operations in the Collections and Research Division.
2014 $400,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Curatorial Research operations in the Collections and Research Division. Co-written with Debby Moskovits and Thorsten Lumbsch.
2015 $400,000 NegauneeFoundation: Grant in support of Curatorial Res operations in the Collections and Research Division.Co-written with Debby Moskovits and Thorsten Lumbsch.
2015 $6,000,000 Negaunee Foundation: Endowed curatorial positions for Lance Grande and Larry Heaney.
2016 $30,000 Negaunee Foundation: Support for work on a new Cretaceous fish locality by Lance Grande and Eric Hilton.
HONORARY AWARDS
2008 The James A. Lovell Award. From ThePlanetary Studies Foundation for conception and development of The Robert A. Pritzker Center of Meteoritics and Polar Studies
at The Field Museum.
2009 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. From The Association of American Publishers for “the year’s best publication in earth sciences”, “Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty in the Mineral World” by Lance Grande and Allison Augustyn.
2012 Robert H. Gibbs, Jr. Memorial Award. From The American Society of
Ichthyologistand Herpetologists, for “an outstanding body of published work in
SystematicIchthyology”.
2013 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. From The Association of American Publishers for “the year’s best publication in earth sciences”,
“The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time” by Lance Grande
PUBLICATIONS
Scientific books and major monographs authored:
Grande, L., 1980. The paleontology of the Green River Formation with a review of the fish fauna. Geological Survey of Wyoming, Bull. 63, pp. 1-334. [For published review of this see Milner, 1982, Bulletin of the Palaeontological Society.]
Grande, L., 1984. The paleontology of the Green River Formation with a review of the fish fauna. Second Edition. Geological Survey of Wyoming, pp. 1-334. [This volume is now in its sixth printing, with over 16,000 copies in print.]
Grande, L., 1985. Recent and fossil clupeomorph fishes with materials for revision of the subgroups of clupeoids. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 181, art. 2, pp. 231-373.
Grande, L. and W. Bemis, 1991. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of fossil and Recent paddlefishes (Polyodontidae) with comments on the interrelationships of Acipenseriformes. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 1 (supplement to vol. 11, no. 1, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology), pp. i-viii, 1-121.
Grande, L. and W. E. Bemis, 1998. A comprehensive phylogenetic study of amiid fishes (Amiidae) based on comparative skeletal anatomy. An empirical search for interconnected patterns of natural history. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Memoir 4:i-x, 1-690; supplement to Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1). [For published reviews of this see Janvier (1998), Science 281:1150; and Gardiner (1999), Copeia 1999(1):240-242.]
Liem, K. F., W. E. Bemis, W. F. Walker, and L. Grande, 2001. Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (third edition). Saunders College Publishers, Fort Worth i-xxi, 1-810.
Carvalho, M. R., J. G. Maisey, and L. Grande, 2004. Freshwater stingrays of the Green River Formation of Wyoming (Early Eocene), with the description of a new genus and species and an analysis of its phylogenetic relationships (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 284:1-136.
Grande, L. and A. Augustyn, 2009. Gems and Gemstones: Timeless Natural Beauty of the Mineral World. University of Chicago Press, 386 pp. [Winner of the 2009 Prose Award for best publication in Earth Sciences.]
Grande, L. and A. Augustyn, 2010. Gems and Jewels. An ebook interactive ap for the
iPad. Touch Press. [Apple “ap of the week” shortly after being released].
Grande, L., 2010. An empirical synthetic pattern study of gars and closely related species (Lepisosteiformes) based mostly on skeletal anatomy: The resurrection of Holostei. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Special Publication 7., Allen Press, 874 pp.
Hilton, E., L. Grande, and W. E. Bemis, 2011. Skeletal anatomy of the shortnose sturgeon, Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur, 1818, and the systematics of sturgeons (Acipenseriformes, Acipenseridae). Fieldiana, Life and Earth Sciences no. 3:1-185.
Grande, L. 2013.The Lost World of FossilLake:Snapshots from Deep Time.University of Chicago Press, 440 pp.
Grande, L. 2017. Curators: Behind the Scenes of Natural History Museums. University of Chicago Press, 412 pages.
Scientific books edited:
Grande, L. and O. Rieppel (editors), 1994. Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. i-viii, 1-297. [Published review by Forey, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(4):861-863.]
Scientific Journal Articles authored:
Grande, L., 1979. Eohiodon falcatus, a new species of hiodontid (Pisces) from the late Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology, vol. 53:103-111.
Feldman, R. M., L. Grande, C. Birkhimer, J. T. Hannibal and D. McCoy, 1981. Decapod fauna of the Green River Formation (Eocene) of Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology, 55: 788-799.
Grande, L., 1982. A revision of the fossil genus Diplomystus with comments on the interrelationships of clupeomorph fishes. AmericanMuseum Novitates 2728, pp. 1-34.
Grande, L., 1982. A revision of the fossil genus Knightia, with a description of a new genus from the Green River Formation (Teleostei, Clupeidae). AmericanMuseum Novitates 2731, pp. 1-22.
Grande, L., J. Eastman and T. Cavender, 1982. Amyzon gosiutensis, a new catostomid fish from the Green River Formation. Copeia, no. 3, pp. 523-532.
Grande, L., 1985. The use of paleontology in systematics and biogeography, and a time control refinement for historical biogeography. Paleobiology, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1-11.
Grande, L., 1985. Fish fossils in the Eocene Green River Formation of southwestern Wyoming. National Geographic Society Research Reports, vol. 21, pp. 201-205.
Grande, L. and G. Nelson, 1985. Interrelationships of fossil and Recent anchovies (Teleostei: Engrauloidea) and a description of a new species from the Miocene of Cyprus. AmericanMuseum Novitates 2826, pp. 1-16.
Grande, L. and J. T. Eastman, 1986. A review of the Antarctic ichthyofaunas, in light of new fossil discoveries. Palaeontology, vol. 29, part 1, pp. 113-137.
Grande, L., 1986. The first articulated teleost described from Cretaceous freshwater deposits of North America. Palaeontology, vol. 29, part 2, pp. 365-371.
Grande, L., 1987. Redescription of †Hypsidoris farsonensis (Teleostei: Siluriformes) with a reassessment of its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 24-54.
Grande, L. and S. Chatterjee, 1987. New Cretaceous fish fossils from SeymourIsland, Antarctic Peninsula. Palaeontology, vol. 30, part 4, pp. 829-837, London.
Grande, L. and J. G. L. Lundberg, 1988. Revision and redescription of the genus †Astephus (Siluriformes: Ictaluridae) with a discussion of its phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(2):139-171.
Grande, L., 1988. A well preserved paracanthopterygian fish (Teleostei) from freshwater Middle Paleocene deposits of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 8: 117-130.
Grande, L., 1989. The Eocene Green River lake system, FossilLake, and the history of the North American fish fauna. Pp. 18-28 in Flynn, J. (ed.) Mesozoic/Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology: Classic Localities, Contemporary Approaches. 28th International Geological Congress fieldtrip guidebook T322, pp. 1-77. American Geophysical Union.
Grande, L. and J. J. Flynn, 1989. Vernal, Utah to Kemmerer, Wyoming. Pp. 15-17 in Flynn, J. (ed.) Mesozoic/Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology: Classic Localities, Contemporary Approaches. 28th International Geological Congress fieldtrip guidebook T322, pp. 1-77. American Geophysical Union.
Eastman, J. T. and L. Grande, 1989. Evolution of the Antarctic fish fauna with emphasis on the Recent notothenioids. From Crame, J. A., ed., Origins and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota, Geological Society Special Publication No. 47, pp. 241-252.
Grande, L., 1990. Vicariance biogeography. Pp. 448-451 in Briggs, D. E. G. and P. R. Crowther (eds.) Palaeobiology: a synthesis. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
Eastman, J. T. and L. Grande, 1991. Late Eocene gadiform (Teleostei) skull from SeymourIsland, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1-9.
Ward, D. J. and L. Grande, 1991. Chimaeroid fishes from SeymourIsland, Antarctica (Holocephali: Chondrichthys). Antarctic Science, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 323-330.
Grande, L. and T. Cavender, 1991. Description and phylogenetic relationships of the monotypic †Ostariostomidae (Teleostei). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 11: 405-418.
Grande, L., 1991. Transfer of type specimens of well preserved Eocene fishes from the Green River Formation. Journal of Paleontology, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 542-543.
Bemis, W. E. and L. Grande, 1992. Early development of the actinopterygian head. I. General observations and comments on staging of the paddlefish Polyodon spathula. Journal of Morphology, vol. 213, pp. 47-83.
Grande, L. and N. Micklich, 1993. Paleobiogeography of the Messel and Geiseltal fish faunas. Pp. 245-255 in Schrenk, F. and K. Ernst (eds.) Monument Gruße Messel__Perspectives and Relationships. Part 2, Kaupia, vol. 3.
Grande, L., 1994. Repeating patterns in nature, and "impact" in science. Pp. 61-84 in Grande, L. and O. Rieppel (eds.) Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories. Academic Press, San Diego.
Grande, L. and O. Rieppel, 1994. Preface. Pp. vii-viii in Grande, L. and O. Rieppel (eds.) Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories. Academic Press, San Diego.
Grande, L. and O. Rieppel, 1994. Introduction to pattern and process perspectives. Pp. 1-5 in Grande, L. and O. Rieppel (eds.) Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories. Academic Press, San Diego.
Grande, L. and O. Rieppel, 1994. Glossary [of phylogenetic terms]. Pp. 257-292 in Grande, L. and O. Rieppel (eds.) Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories. Academic Press, San Diego.
Rieppel, O. and L. Grande, 1994. Summary and comments on systematic pattern and evolutionary process. Pp. 227-255 in Grande, L. and O. Rieppel (eds.) Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories. Academic Press.
Grande, L., 1994. Studies of paleoenvironments and historical biogeography in the Fossil Butte and Laney members of the Green River Formation. Symposium volume on Early Tertiary Paleontology and Environments in Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 15-32.
Grande, L. and P. Buchheim, 1994. Paleontological and sedimentological variation in EarlyEoceneFossilLake. Symposium volume on Early Tertiary Paleontology and Environments in Wyoming. Contributions to Geology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 33-56.
Grande, L., 1994. Fishes through the ages. Pp. 27-31 in Paxton, J. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Fishes, University of New South Wales Press, Australia.
Grande, L., 1996. Using the extant Amia calva to test the monophyly of Mesozoic groups of fishes; pp. 181-190 in Arratia, G., and G. Viohl (eds.) Mesozoic Fishes: Systematics and Paleoecology. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany.
Grande, L. and W. Bemis, 1996. Interrelationships of Acipenseriformes, with comments on "Chondrostei". Pp. 85-115 in Stiassny, M., L. Parenti and D. Johnson (eds.) Interrelationships of Fishes. Academic Press, San Francisco.
Bemis, W. E., E. K. Findeis and L. Grande, 1997. An overview of Acipenseriformes. Environmental Biology of Fishes, vol. 48, pp. 25-71
Grande, L., 1997. A review of "Discovering Fossil Fishes" by John Maisey. Copeia, 1997(3), pp. 639-641.
Li, G.-Q., L. Grande and M. V. H. Wilson, 1997. The species of †Phareodus (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the Eocene of North America and their phylogenetic relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 487-505.
Chang, M-m., and L. Grande, 1997. Redescription of †Paraclupea chetungensis, an early clupeomorph from the Lower Cretaceous of southeastern China. Fieldiana: Geology, n.s. no. 37, pp. 1-19.
Li, G.-Q., M. V. H. Wilson and L. Grande, 1997. Review of †Eohiodon (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha) from western North America, with a phylogenetic reassessment of Hiodontidae. Journal of Paleontology, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 1109-1124.
Grande, L. and M. de Pinna, 1998. Description of a second species of the catfish †Hypsidoris, and a reevaluation of the genus and family †Hypsidoridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):451-474.
Forey, P. and L. Grande, 1998. An African twin to the Brazilian †Calamopleurus (Actinopterygii: Amiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 123:179-195.
Grande, L., 1998. Locked in stone: an extinct 50-million-year-old lake system. Natural History magazine, New York 107:66-69.
Grande, L., 1998. Colin Paterson, Ph.D., F.R.S., 1933-1997. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, News Bulletin 1998(174):78-81.
Rieppel, O. and L. Grande, 1998. A well-preserved fossil amphiumid from the Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:700-708.
Grande, L. 1999. The first †Esox (Esocidae: Teleostei) from the Green River Formation, and a brief review of esocid fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2):271-292.
Grande, L. and W. E. Bemis, 1999. Historical biogeography and historical paleoecology of Amiidae and other halecomorph fishes. Pp. 413-424 in Arratia, G., and H.-P. Schultze (eds.) Mesozoic Fishes II. Systematics and the Fossil Record. Verlag Friedrich Pfeil, München.
Bemis, W. E. and L. Grande. 1999. Development of the median fins of the North American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), with comments on the lateral fin-fold hypothesis. Pp. 41-68 in Arratia, G., and H.-P. Schultze (eds.) Mesozoic Fishes II. Systematics and the Fossil Record. Verlag Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany.
Grande, L. and T. Grande. 1999. A new species of †Notogoneus (Teleostei: Gonorynchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, and the poor Cretaceous record of freshwater fishes from North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(4):612-622.
Grande, L. 2000. Fossils, phylogeny, and Patterson's Rule. Journal of the Linnean Society, Supplement, Special Issue 2:24-32.
Grande, L., G.-Q. Li and M. V. H. Wilson. 2000. Amia cf pattersoni, from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Alberta. Canadian JournalofEarthSciences37:31-37.
Grande, L. 2001. An updated review of the fish fauna from the Green River Formation, the world's most productive lagerstätten. Pp. 1-38 in Gunnell, G. (ed.) Eocene Vertebrates: Unusual Occurrences and Rarely Sampled Habitats. Plenum, New York.