Hi there! I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences here at Yale University. My dissertation explores anatomical innovations in the locomotor and trophic systems of reptiles. I use a number of methods to address this subject, including morphometrics, 3D mesh manipulation, and machine learning. For more information on my dissertation work and future research plans, please check out the CV attached below.
Caleb M. Gordon, Casey W. Dunn. Biological things can have essential features within a processual framework. Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology. In revision.
Lisa A. Treidel, Kevin D. Deem, Mary K. Salcedo, Michael H. Dickinson, Heather S. Bruce, Charles A. Darveau, Bradley H. Dickerson, Olaf Ellers, Jordan R. Glass, Caleb M. Gordon, Jon F. Harrison, Tyson L. Hedrick, Meredith G. Johnson, Jacqueline E. Lebenzon, Kristjan Niitepõld, Sanjay P. Sane, Simon Sponberg, Stav Talal, Caroline M. Williams, Ethan S. Wold. Insect flight: state of the field and future directions. Integrative and Comparative Biology. In revision.
Olaf Ellers, Caleb M. Gordon, Max T. Hukill, Ardit Kukaj, Alan Cannell, André Nel. Scaling of induced power from extant dragonflies suggests that the largest griffenflies were under-powered. Integrative and Comparative Biology. Accepted.
Giovanni Serafini, Caleb M. Gordon, Jacopo Amalfitano, Oliver Wings, Nicole Esteban, Holly Stokes, Luca Giusberti. First record of marine turtle gastroliths in a fossil specimen: Paleobiological implications in comparison to modern analogues. PLOS ONE 19(5): e0302889. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302889.
Giovanni Serafini, Caleb M. Gordon, Davide Foffa, Miriam Cobianchi, Luca Giusberti. Tough to digest: first record of Teleosauroidea (Thalattosuchia) in a regurgitalite from the Upper Jurassic of northeastern Italy. Papers in Paleontology 8(6): e1474. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1474.
Caleb. M. Gordon, Brian. T. Roach, William G. Parker, Derek. E. G. Briggs. 2020. Distinguishing regurgitalites and coprolites: A case study using a Triassic bromalite with soft tissue of the pseudosuchian archosaur Revueltosaurus. Palaios 35(3): 111–121. https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2019.099.
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