
Pedro M. Monarrez
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Geological Sciences
Web page: https://profiles.stanford.edu/pedro-monarrez
Professional Education
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Doctor of Philosophy, University of Georgia (2019)
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Master of Science, California State University, Fullerton (2012)
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Bachelor of Science, California State University, Fullerton (2009)
Current Research and Scholarly Interests
My research at Stanford focuses on the evolution of body size of marine animals throughout the fossil record. Specifically, I am using body size as a predictor for marine animal extinction and origination throughout the last 500 million years. I am also working on body size evolution during intervals of rapid diversification of marine invertebrates during the early Paleozoic.
My overall research interests broadly focus on stratigraphic paleobiology. In particular, I seek to understand the various environmental and biotic factors driving macroevolutionary patterns of marine invertebrates in the fossil record within a sequence stratigraphic context. I am also interested in the variation and reconciliation of local and regional expressions of global macroevolutionary patterns and perturbations, such as mass extinctions.
All Publications
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The interaction of recovery and environmental conditions: An analysis of the outer shelf edge of western North America during the early Triassic
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
2019; 513: 52–64
View details for DOI 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.014
View details for Web of Science ID 000454964700006
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Regional and environmental variation in escalatory ecological trends during the Jurassic: a western Tethys hotspot for escalation?
PALEOBIOLOGY
2017; 43 (4): 569–86
View details for DOI 10.1017/pab.2017.12
View details for Web of Science ID 000412546400004
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Patterns of fossil distributions within their environmental context from the Middle Triassic in South Canyon, Central Nevada, USA
JOURNAL OF PALAEOGEOGRAPHY-ENGLISH
2014; 3 (1): 74–89
View details for DOI 10.3724/SP.J.1261.2014.00004
View details for Web of Science ID 000410403900004
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A Holocene record of Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)-related hydrologic variability in Southern California (Lake Elsinore, CA)
JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY
2010; 44 (3): 819–39
View details for DOI 10.1007/s10933-010-9454-0
View details for Web of Science ID 000281973500006