Recent Publications
Books (In Press):
Sankey, J.T. and S. Baszio, Editors. In Press. Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography. Indiana University Press (Bloomington). (Due out in November, 2007). Download table of contents (pdf).
Journal Articles:
Nydam, R.L., J.G. Eaton, and J.T. Sankey. 2007. New taxa of transversely-toothed lizards (Squamata: Scincomorpha) and new information on the evolutionary history of "Teiids". Journal of Paleontology 81(3):538-549.
Sankey, J.T. 2006. Turtles of the upper Aguja Formation (late Campanian), Big Bend National Park, Texas; pp. 235-243. In: Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. Bulletin 35, S. Lucas and R. Sullivan (eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (Albuquerque).
Sankey, J.T. 2005. Late Cretaceous vertebrate paleoecology, Big Bend National Park, Texas; pp. 98-106. In: Dinosaur Park Symposium, Short Papers, Abstracts, and Program, D.R. Braman, F. Therrien, E.B. Koppelhus, and W. Taylor (eds.). Special Publication of the Royal Tyrrell Museum, September 24-25, 2005. Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.
Sankey, J.T., D.B. Brinkman, M. Guenther, and P.J. Currie. 2002. Small theropod and bird teeth from the Judith River Group (late Campanian), Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 76(4):751-763.
Sankey, J.T. and W.A. Gose. 2001. Late Cretaceous mammals and magnetostratigraphy, Big Bend, Texas. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University No. 77:1-16.
Sankey, J.T. 2001. Late Campanian southern dinosaurs, Aguja Formation, Big Bend, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 75(1):208-215.
Sankey, J.T., T.R. Van Devender, and W.H. Clark. 2001. Late Holocene plants, Cataviña, Baja California, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 46(1):1-7.
Clark, W.H. and J.T. Sankey. 1999. Late Holocene Sonoran Desert arthropod remains from a packrat midden, Cataviña, Baja California Norté, México. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 75(4):183-199.
Schiebout, J.A., S. Ting, and J.T. Sankey. 1997. Microvertebrate concentrations in pedogenic nodule conglomerates: recognizing the rocks and recovering and interpreting the fossils. Palaeontologia Electronica. 1(2):54 pp. http://palaeo-electronica.org/1998_2/toc.htm
Sankey, J.T. 1996. Vertebrate paleontology and magnetostratigraphy of the Upper Glenns Ferry
(latest Pliocene) and Lower Bruneau (Pliocene-Pleistocene) Formations, near Murphy, southwestern Idaho. Journal of the Idaho Academy of Science, 32(1/2):71-88.
Book Chapters:
Sankey, J.T. In Press. Vertebrate paleoecology from microsites, upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous), Big Bend National Park, Texas (26 pp, 4 figs, 1 table). In: The Unique Role of Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages in Paleoecology and Paleobiology, J.T. Sankey and S. Baszio (eds.). Indiana University Press (Bloomington).
Sankey, J.T. In Press. Diversity of latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) small theropods and birds: teeth from the Lance and Hell Creek formations (19 pp, 4 figs, 5 tables). In: The Unique Role of Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages in Paleoecology and Paleobiology, J.T. Sankey and S. Baszio (eds.). Indiana University Press (Bloomington).
Welsh, E. and J.T. Sankey. In Press. First dinosaur eggshells from Texas: Aguja Formation (late Campanian), Big Bend National Park. In: The Unique Role of Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages in Paleoecology and Paleobiology, J.T. Sankey and S. Baszio (eds.). Indiana University Press (Bloomington).
Sankey, J.T., D.B. Brinkman, R.C. Fox, and D.A. Eberth. 2005. Patterns of distribution of mammals in the Dinosaur Park Formation and their paleobiological significance; pp. 436-449. In: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, P.J. Currie and E. Koppelhus (eds). Indiana University Press.
Sankey, J.T., B.R. Standhardt, and J.A. Schiebout. 2005. Theropod teeth from the upper Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Big Bend National Park, Texas; pp. 127-152 In: Carnivorous Dinosaurs, Ken Carpenter (ed), Indiana University Press (Bloomington).
Sankey, J.T. 2002. Vertebrate paleontology and magnetostratigraphy of the Glenns Ferry and Bruneau Formations (Plio-Pleistocene), near Murphy, southwestern Idaho; pp. 1-49 In: W.A. Akersten, H.G. McDonald, D.J. Meldrum, and M.E.T. Flint (eds), And Whereas... Papers on the Vertebrate Paleontology of Idaho Honoring John A. White, Volume 2. Idaho Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 37.
Mead, J.I., J.T. Sankey, and H.G. McDonald. 1998. Pliocene (Blancan) herpetofaunas from the Glenns Ferry Formation, southern Idaho; pp. 94-109 In: W.A. Akersten, H.G. McDonald, D.J. Meldrum, and M.E.T. Flint (eds), And Whereas... Papers on the Vertebrate Paleontology of Idaho Honoring John A. White, Volume 1. Idaho Museum of Natural History Occasional Paper 36.
Recent Abstracts (* indicates student)
Sankey, J.T., S. Atchley, L. Nordt, S. Dworkin, S. Driese. In Review. Dinosaurs and dirt: dinosaur paleoecology, paleosol stratigraphy, and isotope geochemistry from the upper Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous: late Campanian-early Maastrichtian), Big Bend National Park, Texas. 67th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas
Gasaway*, S., V. Meredith*, N. Ortiz*, and J. Sankey. In Review. Paleoecology of a Chasmosaurus mariscalensis bonebed, Late Cretaceous (late Campanian), Big Bend National Park, Texas. 67th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas
MacInnes*, S., D. Tovar*, R. Peltier*, and J. Sankey. In Review. A new hadrosaur site in the uppermost Aguja Formation (early Maastrichtian), Big Bend National Park, Texas. 67th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas
Sankey, J.T. 2007. What were the effects of climate change on Late Cretaceous through Paleocene vertebrates in southern North America? Cal Paleo conference. April 28, 2007, California Academy of Science.
Bantly*, M., 23 other students, and J. Sankey. 2007. Vertebrate paleoecology of Late Cretaceous (late Campanian to early Maastrichtian) deposits, Big Bend National Park, Texas. Cal Paleo conference. April 28, 2007, California Academy of Science.
Sankey, J.T. 2006. Separating terrestrial from extraterrestrial effects on K/T extinctions: changes in vertebrates and climate during the last 10 million years of the Cretaceous in southern North America. 66th Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Abstracts of Papers 26(3)119A.
Sankey, J.T. 2006. Late Cretaceous vertebrates and climate change in the southern Western Interior: Big Bend National Park, Texas, p. 31. In: Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. Bulletin 35, S. Lucas and R. Sullivan (eds.). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science (Albuquerque).
