Staff Spotlight
Dr. Douglas S. Jones
Director and Curator in Invertebrate Paleontology
291 Dickinson Hall
Museum Road & Newell Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611
(352) 273-1939
Email: dsjones@flmnh.ufl.edu
Ph.D. Geological and Geophysical Sciences, Princeton University, 1980
Complete Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
FLMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
Concurrent Appointments
- Professor of Geology and Zoology, University of Florida
- Natural Science Collection Alliance, Board Member
- Florida Association of Museums, Board Member
- Toomey Foundation for the Natural Sciences, Board Member
- University of Florida Foundation, Board Member
Research Interests
In addition to my administrative duties as Director of the museum, I remain interested in the broad fields of molluscan ecology and paleoecology. My research focuses primarily on the use of growth increments and stable isotopes in the shells of marine molluscs to interpret life history information as well as to reconstruct paleoenvironments and paleoclimates. Many of the research questions that I have addressed used material from the Cenozoic and modern environments of Florida, although certainly not exclusively. A growing research emphasis involves shells from archaeological deposits and examines questions of site seasonality and paleoclimate variability.
Staff
Dr. Graig Shaak - Associate Director, FLMNH
Dr. Scott Robinson - Assistant Director for Collections & Research, Ordway Professor of Ecosystem Conservation
Dr. Douglas Noble - Assistant Director for Exhibits & Public Programs
Dr. Thomas C. Emmel - Director of McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity
Dr. Betty Dunckel - Director of Center for Informal Science Education
Ms. Sharon Thomas - Executive Assistant, Director's Office, FLMNH
Mr. Roger Portell - Collection Manager, Invertebrate Paleontology
Mr. Irvy R. Quitmyer - Research Associate
Representative Publications
1997: A.F. Randazzo and D.S. Jones, eds. The Geology of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 327 p.
1998: D.S. Jones, L.W. Ward, P.A. Mueller, and D.A. Hodell. Age of marine mollusks from the lower Miocene Pollack Farm Site, Delaware, determined by 87Sr/86Sr geochronology, pp. 21-25. In: R.N. Benson, ed. Geology and Paleontology of the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware. Delaware Geological Survey, Special Publication 21, 191p.
1999: D.S. Jones and S.J. Gould. Direct measurement of age in fossil Gryphaea: the solution to a classic problem in heterochrony. Paleobiology 25(2): 158-187.
2000: I.R. Quitmyer and D.S. Jones. The over-exploitation of hard clams (Mercenaria spp.) from five archaeological sites in the southeastern United States. The Florida Anthropologist 53(2-3): 160-168.
2001: N.H. Landman, D.S. Jones, and R.A. Davis. Hatching depth of Nautilus pompilius in Fiji. The Veliger 44(4): 333-339.
2002: K.P. Teusch, D.S. Jones, and W.D. Allmon. Morphological variation in turritellid gastropods from the Pleistocene to Recent of Chile: Association with upwelling intensity. Palaios 17(4): 366-377.
2003: L.C. Ivany, B.H. Wilkinson and D.S. Jones. Using stable isotopic data to resolve rate and duration of growth throughout ontogeny: An example from the surf clam, Spisula solidissima. Palaios 18(2): 126-137.
2004: D.S. Jones, I.R. Quitmyer and C. Fred T. Andrus. Seasonal shell growth and longevity in Donax variabilis from northeastern Florida: Evidence from oxygen isotopes. Journal of Shellfish Research 23(3): 707-714.