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B. S., Biology, University of Pittsburgh, 2000
Certificate degree, German, University of Pittsburgh, 2000

mammalian functional morphology and phylogeny
ecomorphology of fossil chiropteran wing proportions
postcranial functional morphology and phylogenetic position of recent and fossil Macroscelidea
dental ecomorphology of Paleocene and Eocene "Condylarthra"

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Penkrot, T. A., Zack, S. P., Rose, K. D., and Bloch, J. I. In review. Postcranial morphology of Apheliscus and Haplomylus ("Condylarthra," Apheliscidae), and the early Eocene, holarctic origin of the Macroscelidea.

Zack, S., T.A. Penkrot, J.I. Bloch, and K.D. Rose. 2005. Affinities of 'hyopsodontids' to elephant shrews and a Holarctic origin of Afrotheria. Nature 434: 497-501. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit Nature site)

Penkrot, T. A., Zack, S. P., and Strait, S. G. 2004. New postcrania of Macrocranion (Eutheria: Amphilemuridae) from the early Eocene, Bighorn Basin, WY. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (suppl. to 3): 101A. (podium presentation)

Penkrot, T. A., Zack, S. P., Rose, K. D., and Bloch, J. I. 2003. Postcrania of early Eocene Apheliscus and Haplomylus (Mammalia: "Condylarthra"). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (suppl. to 3): 86A. (podium presentation)

Wiens, J. J., and Penkrot, T. A. 2002. Delimiting species using DNA and morphological variation and discordant species limits in spiny lizards (genus Sceloporus). Systematic Biology 51: 69-91.

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