Anomalocardia squamosa
Paleontology Laboratory
California Academy of Sciences
Animated trophic metanetwork
Dr. Peter D. Roopnarine
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Peter D. Roopnarine
Curator of Geology and Paleontology
With Rhiannon at Ocean Beach
    Current Appointments
  • Associate Curator, California Academy of Sciences
  • Research Professor, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University
  • Research Associate, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
Tel.: 415-321-8271
E-mail: proopnarine at calacademy.org
FAX: 415-321-8615
Department: Invertebrate Zoology and Geology
    Professional Biography
  • Associate Curator, California Academy of Sciences, 2005-present
  • Department Chair, California Academy of Sciences, 2001-2004
  • Assistant Curator, California Academy of Sciences, 1999-2004
  • Research Associate, University of Arizona, 1997-1999
  • Assistant Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, 1994-1998
  • Lecturer, University of California Davis, 1994
    Education
  • 1994 - Ph.D., Geology, University of California Davis
  • 1988 - M.S., Ocean Sciences, Nova Southeastern University
  • 1984 - B.Sc., Biology, Mount Allison University
    Research Interests
  • Theory of extinction, mass extinctions, and community evolution
  • Mathematical modelling of  paleocommunity perturbative dynamics
  • Morphometric analysis of morphological integration
  • Venerid and corbulid bivalve evolution and systematics
  • Evolutionary ecology of Neogene tropical American marine molluscs
fossil bivalve, Capitola Beach

Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology
California Academy of Sciences