Annalisa Berta (born 23 July 1952[1]) is an American paleontologist and professor emerita in the Department of Biology at San Diego State University.[2][3]
Annalisa Berta | |
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| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Known for | contributions to the fossil history of pinnipeds and cetaceans |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Vertebrate Paleontology, Evolution, Systematics |
| Institutions | San Diego State University (1989-Present) |
| Thesis | (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | William A. Clemens, Jr. |
| Website | www |
The focus of her research is the evolution and fossil history of whales and other marine mammals, and among her contributions is the description of the early pinniped Enaliarctos.[4][5]
Berta received her Ph.D. from the Department of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1979, after which she was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Florida before starting as a faculty member at San Diego State University in 1989.[6] Berta served as president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2004-2006[7] and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.[8]
References edit
- ^ Historical Perspectives: Annalisa Berta (Born 23 July 1952), Aquatic Mammals 43(5):570–582,2017 | DOI:10.1578/AM.43.5.2017.570.
- ^ "Berta, Annalisa". San Diego State University. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "Annalisa Berta, Fellow of AAAS". American Association for the Advancement of Sciences. Retrieved 23 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Berta, Annalisa; Sumich, James; Kovacs, Kit (2015). Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology. Academic Press. pp. 1–738. ISBN 9780123970022.
- ^ Berta, Annalisa (1989). "Skeleton of the oldest known pinniped, Enaliarctos mealsi". Science. 244 (4900): 60–62. Bibcode:1989Sci...244...60B. doi:10.1126/science.244.4900.60. PMID 17818847. S2CID 29596040.
- ^ Berta, Annalisa (1988). "Quaternary Evolution and Biogeography of the Large South American Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora)". University of California Publications in Geosciences. 132: 1–151. ISBN 9780520099609.
- ^ "Past Presidents of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology". Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "AAAS Members Elected as Fellows". Science. 350 (6264): 1047–1049. 27 Nov 2015. doi:10.1126/science.350.6264.1047.
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