Jonathan J. M. Calede

Jonathan J. M. Calede studies the evolution, ecology, and body form (morphology) of rodents and other mammals, largely using fossils from western North America such as gophers, beavers, squirrels, and jerboa-like rodents. His work combines fossil discovery and description with quantitative shape analysis (geometric morphometrics) to understand how diet, movement (e.g., swimming, burrowing), and body size have evolved over millions of years, and to reconstruct family trees (phylogenetics) of these animal groups. This research contributes to paleontology and evolutionary biology by linking ancient specimens to modern rodent ecology and anatomy.

Publication output was relatively steady with occasional peaks (e.g., 2020) through the early 2020s, but has slowed noticeably since 2023, with only one or two papers per year recently.

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