General Research Interests
• Functional
morphology and anatomy of ankylosaurs and particularly Early
Cretaceous
polacanthid ankylosaurs
• Paleoenvironment
and paleoecology of Mesozoic vertebrate faunas
Experience in Fossil Preparation
• Preparation
and restoration of Carnegie Museum of Natural History specimens
and dinosaur skeletons of Dryosaurus, Camptosaurus,
Stegosaurus, Corythosaurus and Triceratops for the Dinosaurs
in Their Time restoration project (Carnegie Museum of Natural
History, Pittsburgh, PA).
• Preparation
and restoration along with assisting on molding and casting of
Samson, an exceptionally preserved Tyrannosaurus skull (Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA).
• Preparation
of a partial skull and skull elements of an Early Cretaceous
unnamed sauropod from Dinosaur National Monument
(Brigham Young University, Provo, UT).
• Preparation
of various Late Jurassic dinosaur elements from the historic
Carnegie Quarry (Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
Pittsburgh, PA).
• Preparation of Early Cretaceous ankylosaur elements for
master’s thesis study (Brigham Young University, Provo, UT).
• Preparation
of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous dinosaur partial skeletons
and individual elements from multiple quarries
(Brigham Young University, Provo, UT).
Recent Publications
• *Shaw, A. 2007.
Preparation, restoration, molding and casting of an exceptionally
preserved Tyrannosaurus cranium using
a newly developed apparatus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):33A.
• Tidwell, V.,
Stadtman, K., and A. Shaw. 2005. Age-Related Characteristics
Found in a Partial Pelvis of Camarasaurus. P. 180-186,
in Thunderlizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs (V. Tidwell and
K. Carpenter, eds.). Indiana University Press, Indiana.
• Shaw, A. 2003.
The taphonomy, sedimentology, and stratigraphy of a bonebed
from the Lower Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation,
Grand County, Utah. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Geology, Brigham
Young University, Provo, UT, 144 p.
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