Alexander van Nievelt, Research Scientist

Contact Info:

Office Location:	266 Sands Building
Office Phone:	+1 919 684 2417
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Education:

Ph.D.	Duke University	2002
A.M.	University of Michigan	1986
A.B.	Dartmouth College	1984

Specialties:

Vertebrate Paleontology

Research Interests: Evolutionary and functional aspects of dental development and tooth replacement

Areas of Interest:

tooth development
tooth replacement
evolution
rates and patterns of growth and development
mammals
marsupials

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith, To replace or not to replace: The significance of reduced tooth replacement in marsupial and placental mammals, Paleobiology, vol. 31 no. 2 (2005), pp. 324-346  [abs]
2. van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith, Tooth eruption in Monodelphis domestica and its significance for phylogeny and natural history, Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 86 no. 2 (2005), pp. 333-341  [abs]
3. van Nievelt, A.F.H., Somatic growth and growth of the erupted dentition in a marsupial, Journal of Morphology, vol. 260 no. 3 (2004), pp. 336
4. van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith, Evolution of reduced tooth replacement in therian mammals, Journal of Morphology, vol. 248 no. 3 (2001), pp. 294
5. van Nievelt, A.F.H. and K.K. Smith, A case of bilateral 180° rotation of the last lower molars of Monodelphis domestica (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Archives of Oral Biology, vol. 42 no. 8 (1997), pp. 587-591