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1、JohnPojeta,Jr.DaleA.SpringerAmericanGeologicalInstituteThePaleontologicalSocietyAbouttheAuthorsJohnPojeta,Jr.hasbeenanactivepaleontologistDaleA.Springerisasince1957.HeisaScientistEmerituswiththeU.S.paleontologistandProfessorGeologicalSurvey(USGS)andResearchAssociateofGeos
2、ciencesatBloomsburgwiththeDepartmentofPaleobiology,SmithsonianUniversityinBloomsburg,PA.SheInstitution.HeearnedhisB.S.degreeatCapitalearnedherB.A.degreeatLafayetteTrilobiteUniversity,Bexley,OH,majoringinbiologyandCollege,Easton,PA,herM.S.degree(Ordovician)chemistryandearn
3、edhisM.S.andPh.D.degreesattheUniversityofRochester,NY,andfromtheUniversityofCincinnati,majoringingeol-herPh.D.atVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteogyandpaleontology.In1963,hejoinedtheUSGS,andStateUniversity,Blacksburg.Shewasavisit-BranchofPaleontologyandStratigraphy,whereheingf
4、acultymemberatAmherstandSmithCollegesspenthiscareer.HisresearchhascenteredonearlybeforejoiningtheBloomsburgfacultyin1985.Paleozoicmollusks,andhastakenhimtomanyHermajorresearchinterestliesinunderstandingtheAmericanstates,Antarctica,Australia,Canada,factorscontrollingtempor
5、alandspatialchangesinChina,CzechRepublic,Senegal,Sweden,Unitedfossilandmodernmarineinvertebratecommunities.Kingdom,andelsewhere.HehasbeenSecretaryandDr.Springerhasalongstandinginterestingeo-PresidentofThePaleontologicalSociety;Presidentscienceeducation.ShehasservedasChair
6、personofofthePaleontologicalResearchInstitution;Chief,thePaleontologicalSociety’sEducationCommittee,BranchofPaleontologyandStratigraphy,USGS;aswellasonseveralcommitteesoftheAmericanandamemberoftheNationalAcademyofSciencesGeologicalInstitute.CommitteeonPaleontologicalColle
7、cting.CreditsFrontcover—Adaptedfrom“FossilsThroughTime,”aPages10-11—Shark’stooth,Fossilseedfern,PetrifiedU.S.GeologicalSurveyposterandphotographiccol-wood(G.James)lageoflifeonEarthoverthepast600millionyears.Pages12-13—Hubbleimage,EarthriseovermoonInsideCoverandtitlepage—A
8、mmonitefossil(G.James),(NASA),Trilobite(J.Pojeta,photo:G.James)Moderncoralreef(J.Pojeta,Jr.),Fer