Research Interests
Vertebrate
Paleontology: origin, definition, evolution of early mammals;
functional anatomy of
tribosphenic molar teeth in mammals; scanning electron microscopy of tooth
enamel as it bears on above areas; distribution of Mesozoic
vertebrates (dinosaurs, mammals,
etc.) in Africa, Asia, and North America, centering on recent fieldwork in Ethiopia,
Korea, and north-eastern China.
Fieldwork
October 2003, reconnaissance of Late Cretaceous dinosaur localities
near Jiayin, south bank of Heilongjiang (Amur) River, Heilongjiang
Province, northeastern China; results - participation in 5th International
Symposium of Geosciences in Contiguous Regions of China, Russia, and
Mongolia, October 8-11, Changchun, China.
July 2002, August, 2000, Cretaceous of Jilin Province, P.R. China;
results -agreements with Geology Museum of Jilin University to develop a
new "Mid-Cretaceous" dinosaur and mammal locality - includes visits to
Providence College by Jilin University colleagues in spring, 2002, and
additional field and lab work during 2001-2003.
Summer fieldwork (1998,1999, 2000, 2003) in Jurassic and Cretaceous strata of
South Korea; results - tour and exploration of vertebrate sites and
trackways, introduction to Korean paleontological community, liaisons for
further work
January fieldwork in Mesozoic strata of Ethiopia during 1993, 1996,
1997, 1998; results - first Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates from Ethiopia
(1993), first dinosaurs from Ethiopia (1996), first Triassic/Jurassic
temnospondyl amphibian from Horn of Africa (1997), Learning Channel
Documentary "Hunting the Dinosaur" (1999)
Visit the link below for more information:
http://www.UCMP.Berkeley.EDU/mesozoic/bluenile.html
Education
Ph.D., M.A. Harvard University
M.S., University of Wyoming
A.B., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Appointments
Research Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University,
1994 to present
Associate Editor for the Journal of the Paleontological Society of
Korea, 2001-2006
Honorary Guest Professor, Jilin University, 2002-
Publications
Zan, S.Q.,
C.B. Wood, G.W. Rougier, L.Y. Jin, J. Chen, and C.R. Schaff.
2006. A New "Middle" Cretaceous Zalambdalestid mammal, from a new
locality in Jilin Province, northeastern China. Journal of the
Paleontological Society of Korea 22(1): 153-172.
Wood, C.B., and G.W. Rougier. 2005. Updating and rescoring
enamel microstructure in Mesozoic Mammals: In search of discrete
characters for phylogenetic reconstruction. Journal of Mammalian
Evolution 12:433-460.
Wood, C.B., and W.A. Clemens. 2001. A new specimen and a functional reassociation of the molar dentition of Batodon tenuis
(Placentalia, incertae sedis), latest Cretaceous (Lancian), North America.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard University),
156(1):99-118.
Lee, Y-N., K-M. Yu, and C.B. Wood. 2001. A review of vertebrate faunas
from the Gyeongsang Supergroup (Cretaceous) in South Korea. Paleogeography,
Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, 165:357-73.
Wood, C.B. 2000. Tooth enamel microstructure in Deltatheridium (Metatheria,
Late Cretaceous of Mongolia) with comparisons to some other Mesozoic
mammals. Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea, Special
Publication No. 4:127-152.
Goodwin, M.B., W.A. Clemens, T.H. Hutchison, C.B. Wood, M.S. Zavada, A.
Kemp, C.J. Duffin, and C.R. Schaff. 1999. Mesozoic continental vertebrates
with associated palynostratigraphic dates from the northwestern Ethiopian
Plateau. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 19(4): 728 - 741.
Wood, C.B., E.R Dumont, and A.W. Crompton. 1999. A review of enamel
microstructure in non-therian mammals: Implications for enamel prisms as a
synapomorphy of Mammalia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution., 6(2): 177-214.
Warren, A., A. Yates, R. Damiani, M. Goodwin, C.B. Wood, and C. Schaff.
1998. The first temnospondyl amphibian (Stereospndyli: Capitosauroidea)
from Ethiopia. N. Jahrbuch Geol. Paleont. Mh, Stuttgart, 11:694-704.
Wood, C.B., and D.N. Stern. 1997. The first prisms in mammalian and
reptilian enamel. Chapter 4 (pp. 63-83) in W.V. Koenigswald & P.M.
Sander, Eds., Tooth Enamel Microstructure, A.A. Balkema, Publishers,
Rotterdam.
Wood, C.B. 1996. Reminiscence of a travelling scholar: Learning and
teaching on the road and in the field. Providence, Summer, pp. 40-43.
Crompton, A.W., C.B. Wood, and D.N. Stern. 1994. Differential wear of
enamel: a mechanism for maintaining sharp cutting edges. Chapter 10 (pp.
321-346) in V.L. Bels, M. Chardon, & P. Vandewalle, Eds., Advances in
Comparative and Environmental Physiology, vol. 18, SpringerVerlag.
Kalb, J., C.Jolly, S.Tebedge, A.Mebrate, C.Smart, E.Oswald, P.Whitehead,
C.Wood, T.Adefris, and V.Rawn-Schatzinger. 1982. Vertebrate faunas from
the Awash Group, Middle Awash Valley, Afar, Ethiopia. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology, 2:237-258.
Kalb, J., C.Jolly, A.Mebrate, S.Tebedge, C.Smart, E.Oswald, D.Cramer,
P.Whitehead, C.Wood, G.Conroy,, T.Adefris, L.Sperling, B.Kana. 1982.
Fossil mammals and artefacts from the Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia.
Nature, 298:25-29.
Kalb, J., C.Wood, C.Smart, E.Oswald, A.Mebrate, S.Tebedge, and
P.Whitehead. 1980. Preliminary geology and paleontology of the Bodo D'Ar
hominid site, Afar, Ethiopia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeoecology, 30:107-120.
Wood, C., G.Conroy, and S.Lucas. 1979. New discoveries of fossil
primates from the type Torrejonian (Middle Paleocene) of New Mexico. Folia
Primatologica, 32:1-7.
Meetings and Abstracts
2006 Goseong County
International Dinosaur Symposium (April 14-June 4) in Gyeongsangnamdo,
Korea. Presentation: A New "Middle" Cretaceous Zalambdalestid mammal,
from a new locality in Jilin Province, northeastern China.
2005 Society of
Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting, Mesa, Arizona, October. Abstract:
“'Gigantoprismatic' enamel microstructure is not plesiomorphic for
Multituberculata." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):132A.
With G.W. Rougier.
2003 First International Conference on Paleontology of Southeast
Asia, Maharasarakham University, November. Abstract: "A new 'middle'
Cretaceous micro-vertebrate locality from Jilin Province, northeastern
China." Mahasarakham University Journal 22:260. With S.Q. Zan,
C.L. Sun, and L.Y. Jin.
2003 5th International
Symposium of Geosciences in Contiguous Regions of China,
Russia, and Mongolia, October 8-11, Changchun,
China.
2003 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting, St. Paul,
Minnesota, October Abstract: "New data on enamel
microstructure in Mesozoic mammals - patterns and updates". Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3): 112A. With G.W. Rougier and A.J.
Werth.
2002 American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, August
2002, Chicago, Illinois. Abstract: "The emotional link - bridging the gap
between biology and sociology", Roundtable Discussion chaired by co-author
B.V. Johnston.
2001 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting, Bozeman,
Montana, October. Abstract: "A New 'Middle' Cretaceous
Microvertebrate Locality from Jilin Province, Northeastern China".
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):116A. With S. Zan, L. Jin, Y. Lee, and C. Schaff.
2000 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting, Mexico City,
October. Abstract: "An old specimen of a "new" (undescribed)
late Paleocene Apternodus-like insectivore". Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, 20(3):80A. With M.McKenna and D.Bosko.
2000 International Dinosaur Symposium for Kosong County, South Korea,
August 3-5. Presentation: "Tooth enamel microstructure in
Deltatheridium (Metatheria, Late Cretaceous of Mongolia) with comparisons
to some other Mesozoic mammals".
1999 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual
meeting, Denver, October. Abstract: "Enamel Hunter- Schreger bonds
in Inia (Odontoceti) and Basilosaurus (Archaeoceti) -
functional versus phylogentic influences. " Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 19(13). With A. Werth and Sina Shah-Hosseini.
1998 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual
meeting, Snowbird Resort, Utah, October. Abstract: "The first
temnospondyl amphibian and other vertebrates from the Late Triassic or
Early Jurassic of Ethiopia". Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, 18(3). With A.Warren, M.Goodwin, and C.Schaff.
1997 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual
meeting, Chicago, October. Abstract: "First palynostratigraphic
dates for Mesozoic vertebrate faunas in the Blue Nile Gorge region,
Ethiopia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17(3):86A.
With M.Zavada, W.Clemens, M.Goodwin, and C.Schaff.
1997 Scanning Microscopy International annual
meeting, Chicago, May. Presentation: "Review - Origin of
prismatic enamel in mammals, prisms as synapomorphy of Mammalia".
With E.Dumont.
1996 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual
meeting, New York City, October. Abstract: "Enamel prisms
in Gobiconodon: Further evidence for prisms as a synapomorphy of
mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 16(3):74A.
1996 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual
meeting, New York City, October. Abstract: "New occurrences of
Mesozoic vertebrates from the upper Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia".
With M.B.Goodwin, W.A.Clemens, & C.R.Schaff, Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, 16(3):38A.
1995 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual
meeting, Pittsburgh, November. Abstract: "The first prismatic
enamel in reptiles and mammals: latest evidence for prisms as a
synapomorphy of Mammalia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,
15(3):60-61A.
