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 Curator
of Vertebrate Paleontology
Ph.D.,
1969, University of California, Los Angeles
Phone: (412) 622-3248
Fax: (412) 622-8837
Email:
bermand@CarnegieMNH.org
General
Research Interests
- Terrestrial
Vertebrate Faunas of the Late Paleozoic
- Evolution
of Early Tetrapods and Early Amniotes
- Dinosaur
Paleontology
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Research
Projects
- Evolution
and Biogeography of Late Paleozoic Terrestrial Tetrapods.
- Early Permian
Vertebrates of Central Europe.
- Field Expeditions
to the Late Paleozoic in North America and Germany.
Some Recent
Publications
- 2003. Berman,
D. S, and A. C. Henrici. Homology of the astragalus and structure
and function of the tarsus of Diadectidae. Journal of Paleontology,
77:172-188.
- 2003. Berman,
D. S, A. C.Henrici, R. Kissel, S. S. Sumida, and T. Martens. A
new diadectid (Diadectomorpha), Orobates pabsti, from the
Early Permian of central Germany. Bulletin of the Carnegie
Museum of Natural History, 16:1-37.
- 2001. Berman,
D. S, Reisz, R. R., Martens, T., and Amy C. Henrici. A new species
of Dimetrodon (Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae) from the Lower Permian
of Germany records first occurrence of genus outside of North
America. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 38:803-812.
- 2001. Reisz,
R. R., and Berman, D. S. The skull of Mesenosaurus romeri,
a small varanopseid (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) from the Upper
Permian of the Mezen River Basin, northern Russia. Annals of
Carnegie Museum, 70:113-132.
- 2000. Berman,
D. S, Reisz, R. R., Scott, D., Henrici, A. C., Sumida, S. S.,
and Martens, T. Early Permian bipedal reptile. Science,
290 (5493):969-972.
- 2000. Berman,
D. S, Henrici, A. C., Sumida, S. S. and Martens, T. Redescription
of Seymouria sanjuanensis (Seymouriomorpha) from the Lower
Permian of Germany based on complete, mature specimens with a
discussion of paleoecology of Bromacker locality assemblage. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology, 20 (2):253-268.
- 2000. Berman,
D. S. Origin and early evolution of the amniote occiput. Journal
of Paleontology, 74:938-956.
- 1996. Sumida,
S. S., D. S Berman, and T. Martens. Biostratigraphic correlations
between the Lower Permian of North America and central Europe
using the first record of an assemblage of terrestrial tetrapods
from Germany. Pp. 1-12, in: The Uses of Vertebrate Fossils in
Biostratagraphic Correlation (C.J. Bell and S. S. Sumida, eds.),
PaleoBios 17(2-4):1-69.
- 1995. Madsen,
J. H. Jr., McIntosh, J. S., and Berman, D. S. Skull and atlas-axis
complex of the Upper Jurassic sauropod Camarasaurus Cope (Reptilia:
Saurischia). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History
31:1-115.
- 1995. Berman,
D. S, R. R. Reisz, J. R. Bolt, and D. Scott. The cranial anatomy
and relationships of the mammal-like reptile Varanosaurus
(Pelycosauria: Ophiacodontidae) from the Early Permian of Texas
and Oklahoma. Annals of Carnegie Museum 64:99–133.
- 1993. Berman,
D. S, and T. Martens. First occurrence of Seymouria (Amphibia:
Batrachosauria) in the Lower Permian Rotliegend of central Germany.
Annals of Carnegie Museum 62:63–79
- 1992. Berman,
D. S, S. S. Sumida, and R. E. Lombard. Reinterpretation of the
temporal and occipital regions in Diadectes and the relationship
of diadectomorphs. Journal of Paleontology 66:481–499.
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