Invertebrate Paleontology at Smith College

 

Publications

 

25. Pruss, S. B., Clemente, H.*,and Laflamme, M., 2011, Early Cambrian archaeocyathan reefs of the Forteau Formation, southern Labrador, as a locus for skeletal carbonate production, Lethaia, in press.

24. Pruss, S. B., Stevenson, M.*, and Duffey, S.*, 2011, Drilling predation and taphonomy in modern mollusk death assemblages, San Salvador Island, Bahamas, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, in press

23. Glumac, B., Curran, H.A., Weigner, M.M.*, Motti, S.A*., and Pruss, S.B., in press, Distribution of oolitic sediment along a beach-to-offshore transect, Pigeon Cay, Cat Island, Bahamas: New insights into modern ooid formation, in Gamble, D.W., and Kindler, P., eds., Proceedings of the 15th Symposium on the Geology of the Bahamas and other Carbonate Regions.

22. Bosak, T., Lahr, D. J. G., Pruss, S. B., Madonald, F. A., Gooday, A. J., Dalton, L.*, and Matys, E., 2011, Possible early foraminiferans in post-Sturtian cap carbonates, Geology, in press.

21. Bosak, T., Lahr, D. J. G., Pruss, S. B., Madonald, F. A., Dalton, L.*, and Matys, E., 2011, Agglutinated tests in post-Sturtian cap carbonates of Namibia and Mongolia, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 308, p. 29-40.

20. Glumac, B., Curran, H. A., Motti, S. A.*, Wegner, M. M.*, and Pruss, S. B., 2011, Polygonal sandcracks: Unique sedimentary desiccation structures in Bahamian ooid grainstone, Geology, v. 39, no. 7, p. 615-618.

19. Pruss, S. B., and Clemente, H.*, 2011, Assessing the role of skeletons in Early Paleozoic carbonate production: Insights from Cambro-Ordovician strata, western Newfoundland, in: Laflamme, M., Schiffbauer, J. D., and Dornbos, S. Q.,(eds.), Quantifying the evolution of early life: Numerical and technological approaches to the study of fossils and ancient ecosystems, Topics in Geobiology, Springer, p. 161-183.

18. Pruss, S. B., Bosak, T., Macdonald, F. A., McLane, M.*, Hoffman, P. F., 2010, Microbial facies in a Sturtian cap carbonate, the Rasthof Formation, Otavi Group, northern Namibia, Precambrian Research, v. 181, p. 187-198.

17. Pruss, S. B., Finnegan, S., Fischer, W. W., and Knoll, A. H., 2010, Carbonates in skeleton-poor seas: New insights from Cambrian and Ordovician strata of Laurentia, Palaios, v. 25, n. 1-2, p. 73-84. (*PALAIOS 2010 Paper of the Year)

16. Hurtgen, M. T., Pruss, S. B., and Knoll, A. H., 2009, Evaluating the relationship between the carbon and sulfur cycles in later Cambrian ocean:  An example from the Port au Port Group, western Newfoundland, Canada, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 281, p 288-297.

15. Sumrall, C. D., Sprinkle, J. , Pruss, S. B., Finnegan, S., 2009, Cardiocystella, a new cornute stylophoran from the Upper Cambrian Whipple Cave Formation, eastern Nevada, USA, Journal of Paleontology, v. 83, n. 2, p. 307-312.

14. Pruss, S. B., and Payne, J. L., 2009, Early Triassic microbial oncoids in the Virgin Limestone Member of the Moenkopi Formation, Nevada, USA, Palaios, v. 24, p. 131-136.

13. Pruss, S. B., Corsetti, F. A., and Fischer, W. W., 2008, Seafloor-precipitated carbonate fans in the Neoproterozoic Rainstorm Member, Johnnie Formation, Death Valley Region, USA, Sedimentary Geology, v. 207, p. 34-40.

12. Knoll, A. H., Bambach, R.K., Payne, J.L., Pruss, S.B., and Fischer, W.W., 2007, Paleophysiology and end-Permian mass extinction, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 256, p. 295-313.

11. Baud, A., Richoz, S. and Pruss, S. B., 2007, The lower Triassic anachronistic carbonate facies in space and time, Global and Planetary Change, v. 55, p. 81-89.

10. Pruss, S. B., Payne, J. L. and Bottjer, D. J., 2007, Placunopsis bioherms: The first metazoan buildups following the end-Permian mass extinction, Palaios, v. 22, p. 17-23.

9. Pruss, S. B., Bottjer, D. J., Corsetti, F. A., and Baud, A., 2006, A global marine sedimentary response to the end-Permian mass extinction: Examples from southern Turkey and the western United States, Earth Science Reviews, v. 78, p.193-206.

8. Clapham, M. E., Bottjer, D. J., Jamet, C. M., Bonuso, N., Fraiser, M. L., Marenco, P. J., Dornbos, S. Q., and Pruss, S. B., 2006, Assessing the ecological dominance of Phanerozoic marine invertebrates, Palaios, v. 21, p. 431-444.

7. Pruss, S. B., Corsetti, F. A., and D. J. Bottjer, 2005, Environmental trends of Early Triassic biofabrics: Implications for understanding the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction, in: Morrow, J. D., Over, D. J., and P. B. Wignall (eds.), Understanding Late Devonian and Permian-Triassic Biotic and Climatic Events: Towards and Integrated Approach, p. 313-332.

6. Pruss, S. B., and D. J. Bottjer, 2005, The reorganization of reef communities following the end-Permian mass extinction, in Bottjer, D. J., and J. C. Gall (eds.), The biotic recovery from the end-Permian mass extinction, Comptes Rendus Palevol, v. 4, 485-500.

5. Pruss, S. B., Corsetti, F. A., and D. J. Bottjer, 2005, The unusual sedimentary rock record of the Early Triassic: A case study from the Southwestern United States, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 222, p. 33-52.

4. Corsetti, F. A., Lorentz, N. J., and S. B. Pruss, 2004, Formerly-aragonite seafloor fans from Neoproterozoic strata, Death Valley and southeastern Idaho, United States: Implications for "Cap Carbonate" Formation and Snowball Earth, in Jenkins, G. (ed.), Multidisciplinary Studies Exploring Extreme Proterozoic Environment Conditions, AGU Special Publication, p. 33-44.

3. Pruss, S. B., and D. J. Bottjer, 2004, Early Triassic trace fossils of the western United States and their implications for prolonged environmental stress from the end-Permian mass extinction, Palaios, v.19, p. 559-571.

2. Pruss, S. B., and D. J. Bottjer, 2004, Late Early Triassic microbial reefs of the Western United States: A description and model for their deposition in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass Palaeogeography, Palaoeclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 211, p. 127-137.

1. Pruss, S. B., Fraiser, M. L., and D. J. Bottjer, 2004, The proliferation of Early Triassic wrinkle structures: Implications for environmental stress following the end-Permian mass extinction, Geology, v. 32, 461-464.

*denotes student author

 

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