Dr. Thomas Stemann

Lecturer

tom.stemann@uwimona.edu.jm

Current Research

• Overview of coral biodiversity in Jamaica from the Late Eocene through Miocene.
• Coral Community turnover during the Oligocene/Miocene transition in the Caribbean
• Paleocene corals of Colombia.
• Biostratigraphy of Jamaican Cretaceous solitary corals (in conjunction with Dr. S.Mitchell)
• Quantitative assessment of coral communities and reef growth during the late Pleistocene

Selected Publications

• Mitchell, S.F., R.K. Pickerell, and T.A. Stemann, 2001. the Port Morant Formation (Upper Pleistocene, Jamaica): high resolution sedimentology and paleoenvironmental analysis of a mixed carbonate clastic lagoonal succession. Sedimentary Geology 144:291-306.
• Budd, A. F., K. G. Johnson and T. A. Stemann, and B.H. Tompkins, 1999. Pliocene to Pleistocene reef coral assemblages in the Limon Group of Costa Rica. In: L. S. Collins & A. G. Coates (eds.),: A Paleobiotic Survey of Caribbean Faunas from the Neogene of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletins of American Paleontology, no. 357, 119-158.
• Stemann, T. A., 1997. The Salt Mountain Limestone of Alabama: Part IV, Corals. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology, 30(1):31-38.
• Bosellini, F. and T. A. Stemann, 1996. Autoecologic significance of growth form in the scleractinian Actinacis rollei Reuss (Oligocene, Lessini Mountains, Northern Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana Spec. Vol. 3:31-43.
• Budd, A. F., F. Bosellini and T. A. Stemann, 1996. Systematics of the Oligocene to Miocene reef coral Tarbellastraea in the Northern Mediterranean region. Palæontology 39:515-560.
• Budd, A. F., K. G. Johnson and T. A. Stemann, 1996. Plio-Pleistocene turnover and extinctions in the Caribbean reef coral fauna. In Evolution and Environment in Tropical America, J. B. C. Jackson, A. F. Budd, & A. G. Coates (eds.) Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, pp. 168-204.
• Johnson, K. G., A. F. Budd and T. A. Stemann, 1995. Extinction selectivity and ecology of Neogene Caribbean reef-corals. Paleobiology, 21(1):52-73.
• Budd, A. F., T. A. Stemann and K. G. Johnson, 1994. Stratigraphic distributions of Neogene to Recent Caribbean reef corals: A new compilation. Journal of Paleontology, 68:951-977.
• Budd, A. F., K. G. Johnson and T. A. Stemann, 1993. Plio-Pleistocene extinctions and the origin of the modern Caribbean reef-coral fauna. In: Global Aspects of Coral Reefs: Health, Hazards and History. University of Miami, Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. pp 7-13.
• Stemann, T. A. and K. G. Johnson, 1992. Coral assemblages, biofacies, and ecological zones in the mid-Holocene reef deposits of the Enriquillo Valley, Dominican Republic. Lethaia, 25:231-241.
• Budd, A. F., T. A. Stemann and R. Stewart,1992. Eocene Caribbean reef corals: A unique fauna from the Gatuncillo Formation of Panama. Journal of Paleontology, 66:578-602.

Courses

• GL10A/GEOL1001: Introduction to Earth Sciences I
• GL10B/GEOL1002: Introduction to Earth Sciences II
• GL21A/GEOL2001: Paleontology
• GL311: Field Mapping
• GG32E/GGEO3203: Disaser Management

Graduate Students

Deborah Ann Cidonnee Rowe - Project Title "Eocene Echinoidea of Swanswick Formation, Upper Eocene Jamaica".

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