Stephen Dornbos
Adjunct Professor
Lapham Hall 372
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/dornbospaleo/
Education
PhD, University of Southern California
MS, University of Southern California
BA, College of Wooster
Research Interests
Evolution and preservation of early life on Earth; Geobiology of microbial structures in Precambrian and Cambrian sedimentary rocks; Evolutionary paleoecology of early animals during the Ediacaran–Cambrian biodiversification event.
Other Activities
Physical Scientist, U.S. Department of Defense
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, U.S. Department of Defense
Fellow, Geological Society of America
Selected Publications
Cordie, D. R., Dornbos, S. Q., Marenco, P. J., Oji, T., & Gonchigdorj, S. (2019). Depauperate skeletonized reef-dwelling fauna of the early Cambrian: Insights from archaeocyathan reef ecosystems of western Mongolia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 514, 206–221.
Cordie, D. R., Dornbos, S. Q., & Marenco, P. J. (2019). Increase in carbonate contribution from framework-building metazoans through early Cambrian reefs of the western Basin and Range, USA. PALAIOS, 34(3), 159–174.
Cordie, D. R., & Dornbos, S. Q. (2019). Restricted morphospace occupancy of early Cambrian reef-building archaeocyaths. Paleobiology, 45(2), 331–346.
Oji, T., Dornbos, S. Q., Yada, K., Gonchigdorj, S., Hasegawa, H., Mochizuki, T., Takayanagi, H., & Iryu, Y. (2018). Penetrative trace fossils from the late Ediacaran of Mongolia: Early onset of the agronomic revolution. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 172250.
Dornbos, S. Q., Oji, T., Kanayama, A., & Gonchigdorj, S. (2016). A new Burgess Shale-type deposit from the Ediacaran of western Mongolia. Scientific Reports, 6, 23438.
Novek, J. M., Dornbos, S. Q., & McHenry, L. J. (2016). Palaeoredox geochemistry and bioturbation levels of the exceptionally preserved early Cambrian Indian Springs biota. Lethaia, 49, 604–616.
Fedorchuk, N. D., Dornbos, S. Q., Corsetti, F. A., Isbell, J. L., Petryshyn, V. A., Bowles, J., & Wilmeth, D. T. (2016). Early non-marine life: Evaluating the biogenicity of Mesoproterozoic fluvial-lacustrine stromatolites. Precambrian Research, 275, 105-118.
Kloss, T. J., Dornbos, S. Q., Chen, J., McHenry, L. J., & Marenco, P. J. (2015). High-resolution geochemical evidence for oxic bottom waters in three Cambrian Burgess Shale-type deposits. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 440, 90-95.