Dr. Judith Schiebout

Associate Curator

Natural Science Musuem

119 Foster Hall

Tel: (225)578-2717

E-Mail: schiebout@lsu.edu

Judith Schiebout

  Education:

• Ph.D., 1973, University of Texas, Austin, TX
• M.A., 1970, University of Texas, Austin, TX
• B.A., 1968, University of Texas, Austin, TX

  Research Interests:

Paleoecology and vertebrate paleontology, particularly the biostratigraphy and paleogeography of southern North America in the Tertiary; early and middle Tertiary mammals; the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Paleocene-Eocene transition, especially in Big Bend, west Texas; Louisiana fossil vertebrates; fluvial deposition.

A current major interest is the Miocene of Fort Polk in western Louisiana. A ten year project has yielded a diverse fauna of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine vertebrates, including rhinos, giant camels, whales, and gomphotheres.

  Selected Publications:

2003. White, Paul D. and Judith A. Schiebout, "Paleosols spanning the Paleocene/Eocene Boundary: Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA." Proceedings of Climate and Biota of the early Paleogene, An International Conference. GSA Special Publication.

2001. Schiebout, J. A. and S. Ting, "Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at locations in the Castor Creek Member, Miocene Fleming Formation, Fort Polk, Louisiana." Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. Open-file report, 95 p.

1998. Judith A. Schiebout, Julia T. Sankey, Barbara R. Standhardt, and Jason Ramcharan, "Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science Collections from Late Cretaceous through Early Eocene Microvertebrate Sites, Big Bend National Park, Texas." National Park Service Paleontological Research, Geologic Resource Division Technical Report NPS/NRGRD/GRDTR-98/01: 32-35.

1998. Schiebout, J. A. , Suyin Ting, and J. T. Sankey, "Microvertebrate concentrations in pedogenic nodule conglomerates: recognizing the rocks and recovering and interpreting the fossils." Palaeontologia Electronica, 1(2): 54p., 2 MB. http://www-odp.tamu.edu/paleo/1998_2/schiebt/issue2.htm

1998. Schiebout, J. A. and S. Ting, "Miocene terrestrial microvertebrates recovered from conglomerate rich in pedogenic nodules, Fleming Formation near Coldspring, Texas." Texas Journal of Science, v. 50(3):199- 204

  Selected Courses Taught:

Geology Dinosaurs, Catastrophes, and Extinctions
Historical Geology
Vertebrate Paleontology
Seminar on Species Concepts and Species in the Fossil Record
Seminar on Critical Transitions in Life History (with three other Geology faculty)

Womens & Gender Studies
Evolution of Sex (with three other scientists. Schiebout is organizer)