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James O. Farlow

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1974

Publications

197

Citations

4,349

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
AI-generated

James O. Farlow studies dinosaurs and other extinct and living animals through the analysis of footprints (ichnology), skeletal proportions, and body form, using this evidence to reconstruct how these animals moved, ran, and lived. His work also extends to related topics such as alligator biology and biomechanics, and the paleontology of other vertebrates like carnivorans and crabs found in fossil deposits.

Dinosaur footprints and trackway analysis (ichnology)Locomotion and biomechanics of theropod dinosaursSkeletal proportions and body form in archosaurs (dinosaurs, alligators)Paleontology of Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebratesFossil site documentation and museum collections research

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade, averaging around 3-5 papers per year with a dip in 2024 followed by a rebound in 2025-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.6/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 6 publications6182019: 3 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 5 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 1 publication242025: 5 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×6
  • Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History×4
  • Historical Biology×4
  • Indiana University Press eBooks×4
  • Figshare×4
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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