PUBLICATIONS
Awalt, K.M., P.A. Holroyd, and J.F. Parham. 2013. New specimens of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelyidae) from the Miocene of Orange County shed light on morphological trends. 73rd Meeting of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Los Angeles, California, Program and Abstracts.
Awalt, K., Holroyd, P., Parham, J.F. March 2014. New specimens of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelyidae) from the Miocene of Orange County shed light on morphological trends. California State University NSM Symposium, Fullerton, California, Poster Presentation.
Awalt, K.M., J.F. Parham, and P.A. Holroyd. In Preparation. New data on the evolutionary morphology of leatherback sea turtles.
RESEARCH
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Undergraduate Research
My undergraduate research was conducted at California State University, Fullerton, with Dr. James Parham. It focused on morphological descriptions of new specimens of Miocene-aged leatherback sea turtles from Orange County, California. Leatherback evolution is very poorly understood, and previous to my research only specimens from Europe, and the east coast of North America had been described. Through my study of unpublished specimens from the west coast of California, morphological trends, and temporal and geographic patterns were refined.
Graduate Research
My graduate research will be conducted at California State University, Fullerton with Dr. James Parham. It will focus on the evolution and ecology of desmostylians in Southern California.