Dr. Annaka M. Clement is a sedimentary geologist and invertebrate paleontologist. Her work usually involves studying ecosystems in deep time, using both the physical environment preserved in the rocks and the organisms preserved as fossils to uncover how ancient communities developed and responded to environmental changes. Annaka has conducted field work in the Western United States and Aotearoa New Zealand, researching environments and seafloor communities in the lead-up to the end-Triassic mass extinction. Following her graduation from North Dakota State University, Annaka came to DMNS in mid-2023 as a postdoctoral scholar. Annaka is involved in a variety of projects at DMNS including paleo-mapping of the Rocky Mountain Region to reconstruct what Colorado looked like in deep time and the integration of fossil data into these maps.
For more information on her research, outreach, and other interests please visit https://annakaclement.rocks
Featured Publications
Clement, A. M., Tackett, L. S., Marolt, S., 2024. Biosediment assemblages reveal disrupted silica cycling and redox conditions throughout the Rhaetian Stage: evidence for a precursor event to the end-Triassic mass extinction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 112034. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112034
Tackett, L. S., Zierer, D., Clement, A. M., 2022. Actinopterygian and chondrichthyan ichthyoliths reveal enhanced cosmopolitanism in Late Triassic marine ecosystems. Historical Biology. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2131405
Monarrez, P. M., Zimmt, J. B., Clement, A. M., Gearty, W., Jacisin, J. J., Jenkins, K. M., Kusnerik, K. M., Poust, A. W., Robson, S. V., Sclafani, J. A., Stilson, K. T., Tennakoon, S. D., Milagros Thompson, C. 2022. Our past creates our present: a brief overview of racism and colonialism in Western paleontology. Paleobiology. Vol. 48(2), p. 173–185. DOI: 10.1017/pab.2021.28
Clement, A. M., Tackett, L. S., 2021. Facies stacking and distribution in the Gabbs Formation (late Triassic, west-central Nevada, USA): An environmental baseline to the end-Triassic carbonate crisis. Sedimentary Geology. Vol. 425, 106021. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.106021
Clement, A. M., Tackett, L. S., Ritterbush, K. A., & Ibarra, Y., 2020, Formation and stratigraphic facies distribution of early Jurassic iron oolite deposits from west-central Nevada, USA. Sedimentary Geology. Vol. 395, 105537. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.105537
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