Research interests:

(i) Evolutionary ecology of Mesozoic-Cenozoic brachiopods (Carpathians, Alps, Swabian-Franconian Alb, Swiss Jura, Moroccan Middle and High Atlas, eastern Pacific, Red Sea)

(ii) Modeling time averaging and preservation dynamics of skeletal assemblages, using mollusk assemblages of the southern California shelf and global database of living and death assemblages

(iii) Molluscan macroecology

(iv) Triassic/Jurassic boundary mass extinction

(v) Paleobiology Database

Current projects (Research link):

(i) Bivalves in Time and Space: Testing the accuracy of methods to reconstruct ancestral morphology, dates, geography, and diversification patterns

(ii)Evaluating and modeling ecological stability and turnover of Jurassic communities of the Tethyan

Ocean (Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV-0248-07) and the Slovakian VEGA Agency -2008-2010)

Past projects:

(i) The role of articulate brachiopods in Mesozoic benthic communities (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Grant to Franz T. Fürsich, 2003-2006)

(ii) Global meta-analysis of marine benthic communities (National Science Foundation Grant to Susan Kidwell, 2006-2008)

(iii) Estimating impacts of past natural and anthropogenic disturbances on shelf macrobenthic communities using dead-shell assemblages (University of Southern California Sea Grant Program, 2008-2009) – with Susan Kidwell

Education

Ph.D in Geology/Paleontology (2006), Würzburg University, Germany.

M.S. degree in Geology/Paleontology (2002), Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

Mini CV:

Born: 1978

Nationality: Slovak

1996-2002 - Comenius University (Bratislava, Slovakia)

2001, 2002 – 2006 - Würzburg University, Paleontological Institute (Germany)

05-10/2006, 09/2009-02/2010 – Geological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava, Slovakia)

11/2006-08/2009, 03/2010-present - Research Associate, University of Chicago, Geophysical Sciences

Publications (2003-2009)

(Complete list of publications)

Tomašových A., and Kidwell S.M. 2010. The effects of temporal resolution on species turnover and on testing metacommunity models. American Naturalist 175, 5, in press.

Tomašových A., and Zuschin M. 2009. Variation in Brachiopod Preservation along a Carbonate Shelf-basin Transect (Red Sea and Gulf of Aden): Environmental Sensitivity of Taphofacies. Palaios 24:697-716. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2110/palo.2009.p09-018r

Tomašových A., and Kidwell S.M. 2009. Fidelity of variation in species composition and diversity partitioning by death assemblages: time averaging transfers diversity from beta to alpha levels. Paleobiology 35:97-121.http://www.bioone.org/toc/pbio/35/1

Tomašových A., and Kidwell S.M. 2009. Preservation of spatial and environmental gradients by death assemblages. Paleobiology 35:122-148.http://www.bioone.org/toc/pbio/35/1

Schlögl, J., Mangold, C., Tomašových A., and Golej, M. 2009. Early and Middle Callovian ammonites from the Pieniny Klippen Belt (Western Carpathians) in hiatal successions: unique biostratigraphic evidence from sediment-filled fissure deposits. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 252:55-79. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/njbgeol/2009/00000252/00000001/art00004

Tomašových A., Carlson, S.J., and LaBarbera M. 2008. Ontogenetic niche shift in the brachiopod Terebratalia transversa: relationship between the loss of rotation ability and allometric growth. Palaeontology 51:1471-1496.http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121526826/abstract

Tomašových A. and J. Schlögl. 2008. Analyzing variations in cephalopod abundances in shell concentrations: the combined effects of production and density-dependent cementation rates. Palaios 23:648-666.http://www.bioone.org/toc/palo/23/10

Tomašových A. 2008: Substrate exploitation and resistance to biotic disturbance in the brachiopod Terebratalia transversa and the bivalve Pododesmus macrochisma. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 363: 157-170. http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v363/p157-170/

Tomašových A. 2008: Evaluating neutrality and escalation hypothesis in brachiopod communities from shallow, high-productivity habitats. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10: 667-698.http://www.evolutionary-ecology.com/v1.html

Hautmann, M., Benton, M.J., and Tomašových A. 2008. Catastrophic ocean acidification at the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 249: 119-127.http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/njbgeol/2008/00000249/00000001/art00009

Yanes Y., Tomašových A., Kowalewski M., Castillo C., Aguirre J., Alonso M.R., and Ibáñez M. 2008. Taphonomy and compositional fidelity of Quaternary fossil assemblages of terrestrial gastropods from carbonate-rich environments of the Canary Islands. Lethaia 41:235-256. www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120173775/abstract

Alroy J., and 34 coauthors. 2008. Phanerozoic Trends in the Global Diversity of Marine Invertebrates. Science 5885: 97-100.

Tomašových A. 2008. Composition and distribution of Hettangian brachiopod communities in the West Carpathians: recovery after the end-Triassic mass extinction event. Fossils and Strata 54: 173-181.

van de Schootbrugge, B., Payne, J.L., Tomašových A., Pross, J., Fiebig, J., Benbrahim, M., Föllmi, K.B., Quan, T.M., 2008. Carbon cycle peturbation and stabilization in the wake of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary mass-extinction event. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v. 9, 10.1029/2007GC001914. The original publication is available at AGU - G3 home. PDF-free.

Logan A., Tomašových A., Zuschin M. and Grill B. 2008. Recent brachiopods from the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Fossils and Strata 54: 299-309. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A. and Siblik M. 2007. Evaluating compositional turnover of brachiopod communities during the end-Triassic mass extinction (Northern Calcareous Alps): removal of dominant groups, recovery and community re-assembly.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 244: 170-200. The original publication is available at Elsevier. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A. 2006. Brachiopod and bivalve ecology in Late Triassic (Alps, Austria): onshore-offshore replacements caused by variations in sediment and nutrient supply. PALAIOS 21, 344-368 (Paleobiology Database Publication 35). The original publication is available at Online - Bioone. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A., Fürsich F.T., and Wilmsen M. 2006. Preservation of autochthonous shell beds by positive feedback between increased hardpart-input rates and increased sedimentation rates. Journal of Geology 114: 287-312. This publication is available online via the University of Chicago Press. PDF-Free (Paleobiology Database Publication 39)

Tomašových A. 2006. Linking taphonomy to community-level abundance: insights into compositional fidelity of the Upper Triassic shell concentrations (Eastern Alps). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 235: 355-381. The original publication is available online at Elsevier. PDF-Free. (Paleobiology Database Publication 38)

Tomašových A., Fürsich F. T., and Olszewski T. D. 2006. Modeling shelliness and alteration in shell beds: variation in hardpart-input and burial rates leads to opposing predictions. Paleobiology 32: 278-298. This publication is available online via Bione. PDF-Free.(Paleobiology Database Publication 36)

Tomašových A. 2006. A new Early Jurassic rhynchonellid brachiopod from the western Tethys and implications for systematics of rhynchonellids from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Journal of Paleontology 80: 212-228. This publication is available at Online – Bioone. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A. and Rothfus T.A. 2005. Differential taphonomy of modern brachiopods (San Juan Islands, Washington State): effect of intrinsic factors on damage and community-level abundance. Lethaia 38: 271-292. The original publication is available online at Francis and Taylor. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A. and Farkaš J. 2005. Cathodoluminescence of Late Triassic terebratulid brachiopods: implications for growth patterns. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 216, 215-233. The original publication is available online at Elsevier. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A. 2004, Postmortem durability and population dynamics affecting the fidelity of size-frequency distributions. PALAIOS 19, 477-496. The original publication is available at Online - Bioone. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A. 2004, Effect of extrinsic factors on biofabric and brachiopod alteration in a shallow intraplatform carbonate setting (Upper Triassic, West Carpathians). PALAIOS 19, 349-371. The original publication is available at Online - Bioone. PDF-Free.

Tomašových A. 2004, Microfacies and depositional environment of an Upper Triassic intra-platform carbonate basin: the Fatric Unit of the West Carpathians (Slovakia). Facies 50, 77-105. The original publication is availaible online at springerlink.com. PDF-Free.

Kowalewski M., Carroll M., Casazza L., Gupta N., Hannisdal B., Hendy A., Krause R. A. Jr., LaBarbera M., Lazo D.G., Messina C., Puchalski S., Rothfus T. A., Sälgeback J., Stempien J., Terry R.C., Tomašových A. 2003, Quantitative fidelity of brachiopod-mollusk assemblages from modern subtidal environments of San Juan Islands, USA. Journal of Taphonomy 1, 43-65. The original publication is available at www.journaltaphonomy.com. PDF-Free.