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101. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Baird, G.C.*, Huntley, J.W., Selly, T., Shabica, C.W., Laflamme, M., and Muscente, A.D. 283,821 concretions, how do you measure the Mazon Creek? Revisiting the integrity of the Braidwood-Essex assemblage divide in a taphonomically informed paleoecological context. Paleobiology.
100. Darroch, S.A.F.*, Mocke, H., Gibson, B.M., Tingle, K., Schiffbauer, J.D., Nelson, L.L., and Laflamme, M. Ediacaran soft-bodied fossils from the Nama Group. Journal of the Geological Society of London Lagerstätten.
99. Anderson, E.P., Rosbach, S.A., Pulsipher, M.A., Mikulic, D.G., and Schiffbauer, J.D.* The ‘butterfly animal’, Papiliomaris kluessendorfae gen. et sp. nov.: An enigmatic bivalved arthropod of the Waukesha biota. Journal of Paleontology.
2025
98. Becker-Kerber, B.*, Ortega-Hernández, J., Schiffbauer, J.D., Lerosey-Aubril, R., Warren, L., Simões, M., Mouro, L., Rodella, C., Basei, M., and Archilha, N.L. Rebuilding Earth’s first skeletal animals: The original morphology of Corumbella (Ediacaran, Brazil). Royal Society Open Science 12:250206. <link>
97. Opitek, K.*, Zatoń, M., Hu, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., Selly, T., and Myrow, P. Morphology and mode of life of a peculiar Devonian microconchid tubeworm Aculeiconchus from Wyoming, USA. Lethaia 57: 1–13. <link>
96. Ma, S., Kimmig, J.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Li, R., Peng, S., Yang, X.* Deep-water vetulicolians from the lower Cambrian of China. PeerJ 13:e18864. <link>
2024
95. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Wong, C., Davis, C., Selly, T., Nelson, L.L., and Pruss, S.B.* Reassessing the diversity, affinity, and construction of terminal Ediacaran tubiform fossils from the La Ciénega Formation, Sonora, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 98: 266–282. <link>
94. Kimmig, J.*, and Schiffbauer, J.D.*. A modern definition of Fossil-Lagerstätten. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 39: 621–624. <link>
93. Herbst, T.*, Whittington, A.G., Pistone, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., and Selly, T. Release the crackin’: the influence of brittle behavior on gas retention in crystal-rich magma. Bulletin of Volcanology 86: 58. <link>
92. Maloney, K.M.*, Halverson, G.P., Lechte, M., Gibson, T.M., Bui, T.H., Schiffbauer, J.D., and Laflamme, M. The paleoredox context of early eukaryotic evolution: insights from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountains Supergroup, Canada. Geobiology 22: e12598. <link>
91. Kimmig, J.*, LaVine, R.J., Schiffbauer, J.D., Egenhoff, S.O., Shelton, K.L., & Leibach, W.W. Annelids from the Cambrian (Wuliuan Stage, Miaolingian) Spence Shale Lagerstätte of northern Utah, USA. Historical Biology 36: 934–943. <link>
90. Jacobs, G.S., Jacquet, S.M., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D., and Huntley, J.W.*. Resolving taphonomic and preparation biases in silicified faunas through paired acid residues and X-ray microscopy. PeerJ 12: e16767. <link>
2023
89. Yang, X.*, Kimmig, J.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., and Peng, S. Herpetogaster collinsi from the Cambrian of China elucidates the dispersal and palaeogeographic distribution of early deuterostomes and the origin of the ambulacrarian larva. PeerJ 11: e16385. <link>
88. Darroch, S.A.F.*, Smith, E.F., Nelson, L.L., Craffey, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Laflamme, M. Causes and consequences of end-Ediacaran extinction: An update. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction 1: e15. <link>
87. Jacquet, S.M.*, Webb, J.L., Huntley, J.W., Selly, T., & Schiffbauer, J.D. X-ray tomographic microscopy of Eocene coprolites from Pipestone Springs Main Pocket, southwest Montana. Frontiers in Earth Science 11: 1130107. <link>
86. Gibson, B.M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Wallace, A.F., & Darroch, S.A.F. The role of iron in the formation of Ediacaran ‘death masks’. Geobiology. <link>
85. Maloney, K.M.*, Maverick, D.P., Schiffbauer, J.D., Halverson, G.P., Xiao, S., & Laflamme, M. Systematic paleontology of macroalgal fossils from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountain Supergroup. Journal of Paleontology 97: 499–515. <link>
84. Nolan, M.R.*, Walker, S.E., Selly, T., & Schiffbauer, J.D. Is the middle Cambrian Brooksella a hexactinellid sponge, trace fossil or pseudofossil? PeerJ 11: e14796. <link>
News release example: Phys.org <link>
83. Muscente, A.D., Vinnes, O., Sinha, S., Schiffbauer, J.D., Maxwell, E.E., Schweigert, G., & Martindale, R.C.* What role does anoxia play in exceptional fossil preservation? Lessons from the taphonomy of the Posidonia Shale (Germany). Earth-Science Reviews 238: 104323. <link>
82. El Gizawy, A.S.*, Ma, X., Pfeiffer, F., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Selly, T. Characterization of microarchitectures, stiffness and strength of human trabecular bone using micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) scans. BioMed 3: 89–100. <link>
2022
81. Downen, M.R.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Selden, P.A., & Olcott, A.N. Steinkern spiders: A microbial mat-controlled taphonomy pathway in the Oligocene Aix-en-Provence Fossil-Lagerstätte, France. Palaeoentomology 5: 524–536. <link>
80. Miller, A.A., Jacquet, S.M.*, Anderson, E.P., & Schiffbauer, J.D. Conulariids from the Silurian (Late Telychian) Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin. Historical Biology 34: 2374–2394. <link>
79. Pulsipher, M.A., Anderson, E.P.+, Wright, L.S., Kluessendorf, J., Mikulic, D.G., & Schiffbauer, J.D.*. Description of Acheronauta gen. nov., a possible mandibulate from the Silurian Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin, USA. Journal of Systematic Paleontology 20: 2109216. <link>
78. Lindsay-Kaufman, A., Rosbach, S.A., Wright, L.S., Vaziri, S.H., Majidifard, M.R., Selly, T., Laflamme, M., & Schiffbauer, J.D.*. Describing difficult shell-hash assemblages from the lower Cambrian Soltanieh Formation, Alborz Mountains, Northern Iran. Palaios 37: 374–391. <link>
77. Muir, L.A.*, Botting, J.P., Walker, S.N.A., Schiffbauer, J.D., & MacGabhann, B.A. Onuphionella corusca sp. nov.: an early Cambrian-type agglutinated tube from Upper Ordovician strata of Morocco. In Hunter, A.W., Álvaro, J.J., Lefebvre, B., Van Roy, P., & Zamora, S. (eds.). The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Insights from the Tafilalt Biota, Morocco. The Geological Society of London Lyell Collection Special Publications 485: 297-309. [Special issue contribution] <link>
76. Olcott, A.N.*, Downen, M.R., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Selden, P.A. Diatom-influenced fossil preservation across the Cenozoic. Communications Earth & Environment 3: 94. <link>
75. Maloney, K.M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Halverson, G.P., Xiao, S., & Laflamme, M. Preservation of early Tonian Macroalgae from the Dolores Creek Formation, Yukon. Scientific Reports 12: 6222. <link>
74. Whitaker, A.F.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Briggs, D.E.G., Leibach, W.W., & Kimming, J. Preservation of soft-bodied fossils and the occurrence of phosphate-associated rare earth elements in the Cambrian (Wuliuan) Spence Shale Lagerstätte. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 592: 110909. <link>
73. Jacquet, S.M.*, Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Brock, G.A. Sclerite assembly, articulation, and protective system of lower Devonian machaeridians. Papers in Palaeontology 8: e1410. <link>
2021
72. Ren, G., Meng, F.*, Pulsipher, M.A., Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Yuan, J., Zhao, Y., Guo, Y., Gao, J., & Chang, C. A contiguous record of the SPICE event, sea level change, and the first appearance of Fenghuangella laevis in Shandong Province, North China. Lethaia 54: 631–642. <link>
71. Sinha, S.*, Muscente, A.D., Schiffbauer, J.D., Williams, M., Schweigert, G., & Martindale, R.C. Global controls on phosphatization of fossils during the Toarcian ocean anoxic event. Scientific Reports 11: 24087. <link>
70. De Baets, K.*, Huntley, J.W., Klompmaker, A.A., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Muscente, A.D. The fossil record of parasitism: Its extent and taphonomic constraints. In De Baets, K., & Huntley, J.W. (eds.). Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism, vol. 2: Coevolution and Paleoparasitological Techniques. Topics in Geobiology [Springer] 50: 1–50 (ch. 1). [Book chapter] <link>
69. Leibach, W.L.* #, Lerosey-Aubril, R.*, Whitaker, A.F., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Kimmig, J. First palaeoscolecid from the Cambrian (Miaolingian, Drumian) Marjum Formation of western Utah. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66: 663–678. <link>
68. Selly, T.*, & Schiffbauer, J.D. X-ray tomographic microscopy as a means to systematically track experimental decay and fossilization. Palaios 36: 216–224. [Cover article] <link>
67. Anderson, E.P.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Jacquet, S.M., Kluessendorf, J., & Mikulic, D.G. Stranger than a scorpion: a reassessment of Parioscorpio venator, a problematic arthropod from the Llandoverian Waukesha Lagerstätte. Palaeontology 64: 429–474. <link>
66. Maloney, K.M.*, Halverson, G.P. Schiffbauer, J.D., Xiao, S., Gibson, T.M., Lechte, M.A., Cumming, V.M., Millikin, A.E.G., Murphy, J.G., Wallace, M.W., Selby, D., & Laflamme, M.* New multicellular marine macroalgae from the early Tonian of northwestern Canada. Geology 49: 743–747. <link>
65. Pulsipher, M.A., Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Jeffrey, M.J., Huntley, J.W., Fike, D.A., & Shelton, K.L. A meta-analysis of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion: The SPICEraq database. Earth-Science Reviews 212: 103442. [Special issue contribution] <link>
64. Darroch, S.A.F.*, Cribb, A.T., Buatois, L.A., Germs, G.J.B., Kenchington, C.G., Smith, E.F., Mocke, H., O’Neil, G.R., Schiffbauer, J.D., Maloney, K.M., Racicot, R.A., Turk, K.A., Gibson, B.M., Almond, J., Koester, B., Boag, T.H., Tweedt, S.M., & Laflamme, M. The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion. Earth-Science Reviews 212: 103435. <link>
2020
63. Whitaker, A.F.*, Jamison, P.G., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Kimmig, J. Re-description of the Spence Shale palaeoscolecids in light of new morphological features with comments on palaeoscolecid taxonomy and taphonomy. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 94: 661–674. <link>
62. Lekakh, S.N.*, Zhang, X., Tucker, W., Lee, H.K., Selly, T., & Schiffbauer, J.D. Micro-CT quantitative evaluation of graphite nodules in SGI. International Journal of Metalcasting 14: 318–327. <link>
61. Shelton, K.L*, Cavender, B.D., Perry, L.E., Schiffbauer, J.D., Appold, M.S., Burstein, I., & Fike, D.A. Stable isotope and fluid inclusion studies of deep Zn-Cu-(Ni-Co)-rich ores of the Brushy Creek mine, Viburnum Trend MVT district, Missouri, U.S.A.: Products of multiple sulfur sources and metal-specific fluids. Ore Geology Reviews 118: 103358. <link>
60. Selly, T.*, Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Jacquet, S.M., Smith, E.F., Nelson, L.L., Andreasen, B.D., Huntley, J.W., Strange, M.A., O’Neil, G.R., Thater, C.A., Bykova, N., Steiner, M., Yang, B., & Cai, Y. A new cloudinid fossil assemblage from the terminal Ediacaran of Nevada, USA. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18: 357–379. <link>
59. Yang, B.*, Steiner, M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Selly, T., Wu, X., & Liu, P. Ultrastructure of Ediacaran cloudinids suggests diverse taphonomic histories and affinities with non-biomineralized annelids. Scientific Reports 10: 535. <link>
58. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Selly, T.*, Jacquet, S.M., Nelson, L.L., Strange, M.A., Cai, Y., & Smith, E.F. Discovery of bilaterian-type through-guts in cloudinomorphs from the terminal Ediacaran Period. Nature Communications 11: 205. <link>
2019
57. Lekakh, S.N.*, Zhang, X., Tucker, W., Lee, H.K., Selly, T., & Schiffbauer, J.D. 3D characterization of structure and micro-porosity in two cast irons with spherical graphite. Materials Characterization 158: 109991. <link>
56. Muscente, A.D.*, Martindale, R.C., Schiffbauer, J.D., Creighton, A., & Bogan, B.A. Taphonomy of the Lower Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte at Ya Ha Tinda (Alberta, Canada) and its significance for exceptional fossil preservation during oceanic anoxic events. Palaios 34: 515–541. <link>
55. Meng, F.*, Zhang, Z., Schiffbauer, J.D., Zhuo, Q., Zhao, M., Ni, P., Liu, W., Ahsan, N., & Rehman, S. The Yudomski Event and subsequent decline: New evidence from δ34S data of lower and middle Cambrian evaporites in the Tarim Basin, western China. Carbonates and Evaporites 34: 1117–1129. <link>
54. Muscente, A.D.*, Bykova, N., Boag, T.H., Buatois, L.A., Mángano, M.G., Eleish, A., Prabhu, A., Pan, F., Meyer, M.B., Schiffbauer, J.D., Fox, P., Hazen, R.M., & Knoll, A.H. Ediacaran biozones identified with network analysis provide evidence for pulsed extinctions of early complex life. Nature Communications 10:911. <link>
53. Nordén, K.K.*, Faber, J.W., Babarović, F., Stubbs, T.L., Selly, T., Schiffbauer, J.D., Štefanić, P.P., Mayr, G., Smithwick, F.M., & Vinther, J. Melanosome diversity and convergence in the evolution of iridescent avian feathers–implications for palaeocolor reconstruction. Evolution 73: 15–27. <link>
52. MacGabhann, B.A.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Hagadorn, J.W., Van Roy, P., Lynch, E.P., Morrison, L., & Murray, J. Resolution of the earliest metazoan record: Differential taphonomy of Ediacaran and Paleozoic fossil molds and casts. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 513: 146–165. <link>
2018
51. Huntley, J.W.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Avila, T.D., & Broce, J.S. Ecophenotypy, temporal and spatial fidelity, functional morphology, and physiological trade-offs among intertidal bivalves. Paleobiology 44: 530–545. <link>
50. Gibson, B.M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., & Darroch, S.A.F. Ediacaran-style decay experiments using mollusks and sea anemones. Palaios 33: 185–203. <link>
49. Selly, T., Hale, K.E., Schiffbauer, J.D., Clapp, D.A., & Huntley, J.W.* The influence of environmental gradients on molluscan diversity, body size, and predator-prey interactions in a modern carbonate tidal creek setting. American Journal of Science 318: 246–273. <link>
48. Muscente, A.D.*, Boag, T.H., Bykova, N., & Schiffbauer, J.D. Environmental disturbance, resource availability, and biologic turnover at the dawn of animal life. Earth-Science Reviews 177: 248–264. <link>
2017
47. Han, J., Cai, Y.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Hua, H., Wang, X., Yang, X., Uesugi, K., Komiya, T., & Sun, J. A Cloudina-like fossil with evidence of asexual reproduction from the lowest Cambrian, South China. Geological Magazine 154: 1294–1305. <link>
46. Broce, J.S., & Schiffbauer, J.D.* Taphonomic analysis of Cambrian vermiform fossils of Utah and Nevada, and implications for the chemistry of Burgess Shale-type preservation. Palaios 32: 600–619. <link>
45. Yang, X.-G., Han, J.*, Wang, X., Schiffbauer, J.D., Uesugi, K., Sasaki, O., & Komiya, T. Euendoliths versus ambient inclusion trails from early Cambrian Kuanchuanpu Formation, South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 476: 147–157. <link>
44. Cai, Y.*, Cortijo, I., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Hua, H. Taxonomy of the late Ediacaran index fossil Cloudina and a new similar taxon from South China. Precambrian Research 298: 146–156. <link>
43. Muscente, A.D.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Broce, J., Laflamme, M., O'Donnell, K., Boag, T.H., Meyer, M., Hawkins, A.D., Huntley, J.W., McNamara, M., MacKenzie, L.A., Stanley Jr., G.D., Hinman, N.W., Hofmann, M.H., & Xiao, S. Exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages through geologic time and space. Gondwana Research 48: 164–188. <link>
42. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Huntley, J.W., Fike, D.A., Jeffrey, M.J., Gregg, J.M., & Shelton, K.L. Decoupling biogeochemical records, extinction, and environmental change during the Cambrian SPICE event. Science Advances 3: e1602158. <link>
2016
41. Cotroneo, S., Schiffbauer, J.D., McCoy, V. E., Wortmann, U.G., Darroch, S.A.F., Peng, Y., & Laflamme, M.* A new model of the formation of Pennsylvanian iron carbonate concretions hosting exceptional soft-bodied fossils in Mazon Creek, Illinois. Geobiology 14: 543–555. [Cover article] <link>
40. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Huntley, J.W., O’Neil, G.R., Darroch, S.A.F., Laflamme, M., & Cai, Y. The latest Ediacaran wormworld fauna: Setting the ecological stage for the Cambrian explosion. GSA Today 26: 4–11. [Cover article] <link>
39. Cui, H.*, Kaufman, A.J., Xiao, S., Peek, S., Cao, H., Min, X., Cai, Y., Siegel, Z., Liu, X.-M., Peng, Y., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Martin, A.J. Environmental context for the terminal Ediacaran biomineralization of animals. Geobiology 14: 344–363. <link>
38. Selly, T., Huntley, J.W., Shelton, K.L., & Schiffbauer, J.D.* Ichnofossil record of selective predation by Cambrian trilobites. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 444: 28–38. <link>
37. Cavender, B.D., Shelton, K.L.*, & Schiffbauer, J.D. An atypical orebody in the Viburnum Trend MVT district, Missouri, USA: Early Cu-(Ni-Co)-Zn-rich ores at the Lamotte Sandstone/Bonneterre Dolomite contact. Economic Geology 111: 259–269. <link>
2015
36. LoDuca, S.T.*, Wu, M., Zhao, Y., Xiao, S., Schiffbauer, J.D., Caron, J.-B, and Babcock, L.E. Reexamination of Yuknessia from the Cambrian of China and first report of Fuxianospira from North America. Journal of Paleontology 89: 899–911. <link>
35. Cortijo, I.*, Cai, Y., Hua, H., Schiffbauer, J.D., and Xiao, S. Life history and autecology of an Ediacaran index fossil: Development and dispersal of Cloudina. Gondwana Research 28: 419–424. <link>
34. LoDuca, S.T.*, Caron, J.-B., Schiffbauer, J.D., Xiao, S., and Kramer, A. A reexamination of Yuknessia from the Cambrian of British Columbia and Utah. Journal of Paleontology 89: 82–95. <link>
2014
33. Xiao, S.*, Muscente, A.D., Chen, L., Zhou, C., Schiffbauer, J.D., Wood, A.D., Polys, N.F., & Yuan, X. The Ediacaran Weng’an biota and the radiation of multicellular eukaryotes. National Science Review 1: 498–520. [Review article] <link>
Received Best Paper Award from National Science Review in 2016
32. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Xiao, S., Cai, Y., Wallace, A.F., Hua, H., Hunter, J.L., Xu, H., Peng, Y., & Kaufman, A.J. A unifying model for Neoproterozoic–Paleozoic exceptional fossil preservation through pyritization and carbonaceous compression. Nature Communications 5: 5754. <link>
31. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Wallace, A.F., Broce, J., & Xiao, S. Exceptional fossil conservation through phosphatization. The Paleontological Society Papers 20: 59–82. [Special collections chapter] <link>
30. Esposito, R.*, Hunter, J.L., Schiffbauer, J.D., Shimizu, N., & Bodnar, R.J. An assessment of the reliability of melt inclusions as recorders of the pre-eruptive volatile content of magmas. American Mineralogist 99: 976–998. <link>
Highlighted as an Mineralogical Society of America Notable Paper
29. Broce, J., Schiffbauer, J.D., Sen Sharma, K., Wang, G., & Xiao, S.* Possible animal embryos from the Lower Cambrian (Stage 3) Shuijingtuo Formation, Hubei Province, South China. Journal of Paleontology 88: 385–394. <link>
28. Meyer, M.* , Elliot, D., Schiffbauer, J.D., Hall, M., Hoffman, K.H., Schneider, G., Vickers-Rich, P., & Xiao, S. Taphonomy of the Ediacaran fossil Pteridinium simplex preserved three-dimensionally in mass flow deposits, Nama Group, Namibia. Journal of Paleontology 88: 240–252. <link>
27. Cai, Y.*, Hua, H., Schiffbauer, J.D., Sun, B, & Yuan, X. Tube growth patterns and microbial mat-related lifestyles in the Ediacaran fossil Cloudina, Gaojiashan Lagerstätte, South China. Gondwana Research 25: 1008–1018. <link>
26. Meyer, M.*, Xiao, S., Gill, B.C., Schiffbauer, J.D., Chen, Z., Zhou, C., & Yuan, X. Interactions between Ediacaran animals and microbial mats: Insights from Lamonte trevallis, a new trace fossil from the Dengying Formation of South China. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 396: 62–74. <link>
2013
25. Vitek, N., Vinther, J.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Briggs, D.E.G., & Prum, R. Exceptional three-dimensional preservation and coloration of an originally iridescent fossil feather from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 87: 493–503. <link>
24. Pang, K., Tang, Q., Schiffbauer, J.D., Yao, J., Yuan, X., Wan, B., Chen, L., Ou, Z., & Xiao, S.* The nature and origin of nucleus-like intracellular inclusions in Paleoproterozoic eukaryote microfossils. Geobiology 11: 499–510. <link>
23. Laha, B.*, Bowman, D., & Schiffbauer, J.D. Validation of the MR simulation approach for evaluating the effects of immersion on visual analysis of volume data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 19: 529–538. <link>
22. Chen, Z., Zhou, C., Meyer, M., Xiang, K., Schiffbauer, J.D., Yuan, X., & Xiao, S*. Trace fossil evidence for Ediacaran bilaterian animals with complex behaviors. Precambrian Research 224: 690–701. <link>
2012
21. Tyler, C.L.*, & Schiffbauer, J.D. The fidelity of microstructural drilling predation traces to gastropod radula morphology: Paleoecological applications. Palaios 27: 658–666. <link>
20. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Wallace, A.F., Hunter, J.L., Kowalewski, M., Bodnar, R.J., & Xiao, S. Thermally-induced structural and chemical alteration of organic-walled microfossils: An experimental approach to understanding fossil preservation in metasediments. Geobiology 10: 402–423. <link>
19. Darroch, S.A.F., Laflamme, M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., & Briggs, D.E.G. Experimental formation of a microbial death mask. Palaios 27: 293–303. <link>
18. Meyer, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., Xiao, S.*, Cai, Y., & Hua, H. Taphonomy of the late Ediacaran enigmatic ribbon-like fossil Shaanxilithes. Palaios 27: 354–372. <link>
17. Cai, Y., Schiffbauer, J.D., Hua, H.*, & Xiao, S.* Preservational modes in the Ediacaran Gaojiashan Lagerstätte: Pyritization, aluminosilicification, and carbonaceous compression. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 326–328: 109–117. <link>
16. Zabini, C., Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Xiao, S., & Kowalewski, M. Biomineralization, taphonomy, and diagenesis of Paleozoic lingulid brachiopod shells preserved in silicified mudstone concretions. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 326–328: 118–127. <link>
15. Laha, B.*, Sen Sharma, K., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Bowman, D. Effects of immersion on visual analysis of volume data. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 18: 597–606. <link>
14. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Xiao, S., Sen Sharma, K., & Wang, G. The origin of intracellular structures in Ediacaran metazoan embryos. Geology 40: 223–226. [Cover article] <link>
13. Laflamme, M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., & Narbonne, G.M. Deep-water microbially induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in deep time: The Ediacaran fossil Ivesheadia. In Noffke, N. and Chafetz, H. (eds.). Microbial mats in siliciclastic depositional systems through time. SEPM Special Publications 101: 111–123. [Special collections chapter] <link>
2011
12. Cai, Y., Schiffbauer, J.D., Hua, H., & Xiao, S*. Morphology and paleoecology of the late Ediacaran tubular fossil Conotubus hemiannulatus from the Gaojiashan Lagerstätte of southern Shaanxi Province, South China. Precambrian Research 191: 46–57. <link>
11. Anderson, E.P., Schiffbauer, J.D.*, & Xiao, S*. Taphonomic study of organic-walled microfossils confirms the importance of clay minerals and pyrite in Burgess Shale-type preservation. Geology 39: 643–646. <link>
10. Laflamme, M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Briggs, D.E.G., & Narbonne, G.M. Microbial biofilms and the preservation of the Ediacara biota. Lethaia 44: 203–213. <link>
9. Meng, F., Ni, P.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Yuan, X., & Zhou, C. Ediacaran seawater temperature: Evidence from fluid inclusions in Sinian halite. Precambrian Research 184: 63–69. <link>
8. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, & Xiao, S. Paleobiological applications of focused ion beam electron microscopy (FIB-EM): An ultrastructural approach to the (micro)fossil record. In Laflamme, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Dornbos, S.Q. (eds.). Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life: Numerical approaches to the evaluation of fossils and ancient ecosystems; Series: Topics in Geobiology [Springer], v. 36, ch. 13, pgs. 321–354. [Book chapter] <link>
2010 and earlier
7. Xiao, S.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., McFadden, K.A., & Hunter, J.L. 2010. Petrographic and SIMS pyrite sulfur isotope analyses of Ediacaran chert nodules: Implications for microbial processes in pyrite rim formation, silicification, and exceptional fossil preservation. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 297: 481–495. <link>
6. Cai, Y., Hua, H., Xiao, S.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., & Li, P. 2010. Biostratinomy of the late Ediacaran pyritized Gaojiashan Lagerstätte from southern Shaanxi, South China: Importance of event deposits. Palaios 25: 487–506. [Cover article] <link>
5. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, & Xiao, S. 2009. Novel application of focused ion beam electron microscopy (FIB-EM) in preparation and analysis of microfossil ultrastructures: A new view of complexity in early eukaryotic organisms. Palaios 24: 616–626. <link>
4. Xiao, S.*, & Schiffbauer, J.D. 2009. Fossil preservation through phosphatization and its astrobiological implications. In Seckbach, J., and Walsh, M. (eds.). From Fossils to Astrobiology; Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology [Springer], v. 12, ch. 5, pgs. 89–118. [Book chapter] <link>
3. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Yanes, Y., Tyler, C.L., Kowalewski, M., & Leighton, L.R. 2008. The microstructural record of predation: A new approach for identifying predatory drill holes. Palaios 23: 810–820. <link>
2. Ji, L.*, Meng, F., Schiffbauer, J.D., Xu, J., Yan, K., & Shu, J. 2008. Correlation between highly abundant oil-prone leiosphaerid acritarchs and hydrocarbon source rocks from the Triassic Yanchang Formation, eastern Gansu Province, Northwestern China. Gondwana Research 14(3): 554–560. <link>
1. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Yin, L., Bodnar, R.J., Kaufman, A.J., Meng, F., Hu, J., Shen, B., Yuan, X., Bao, H., & Xiao, S. 2007. Ultrastructural and geochemical characterization of Archean–Paleoproterozoic graphite particles: Implications for recognizing traces of life in highly metamorphosed rocks. Astrobiology 7(4): 684–704. <link>
Field Guides, Highlights, Comments/Replies, & Non Peer-Reviewed Contributions
16. Selly, T.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., Laflamme, M., Warren, L.V., and Liu, A.G. (2024) Ediacaran diversity in space and time. Journal of Paleontology 98: 157–158. [Special issue introduction] <link>
15. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, and Bykova, N. (2024) Paleontology: Ediacaran ecology drove ocean ventilation. Current Biology 34: R734–R736. [Dispatch article] <link>
14. De Baets, K.*, Vanadzina, K., & Schiffbauer, J.D. (2023) Parasitic relationships: Trapped in time. eLife 12: e90008. [Insight article] <link>
13. Schiffbauer, J.D. (2022) Paleontology: Paleogastronomy in the Ediacaran. Current Biology 32: R1343–R1345. [Dispatch article] <link>
12. Cui, H.*, Kaufman, A.J., Xiao, S., Grazhdankin, D.V., Peek, S., Martin, A.J., Bykova, N., Rogov, V.I., Liu, X.-M., Zhang, F., Romaniello, S.J., Anbar, A.D., Peng, Y., Cai, Y., Schiffbauer, J.D., Meyer, M., Gilleaudeau, G., Plummer, R.E., Sievers, N.E., Goderis, S., & Claeys, P. (2019) Recent advances in understanding the terminal Ediacaran Earth-life system in South China and Artic Siberia. Estudios Geológicos 75:e097. [Extended abstract] <link>
11. Smith, E.F., and Nelson, L.L. With contributions from Darroch, S.A.F., Hodgin, E.B., Husson, J., Mehra, A.K., Rodewald, B., Schiffbauer, J.D., Selly, T., Strange, M., & Tarhan, L.G. (2018) Ediacaran–Cambrian Stratigraphy of the Great Basin, Southwest USA: Mt. Dunfee, Montgomery Hills, Nopah Range, and Kingston Range. Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy, International Commission on Stratigraphy. [Field Guide]
10. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, Bykova, N., & Muscente, A.D. (2017) Fossils, proxies, and models: Geobiology at critical transitions in the Proterozoic–Paleozoic. Geobiology 15: 467–468. [Special issue introduction] <link>
9. Huntley, J.W.*, Selly, T., Shelton, K.L., & Schiffbauer, J.D. (2017) Trilobite Predation. AccessScience. [Invited contribution for McGraw Hill Education]. <link>
8. Schiffbauer, J.D.* (2016) The age of tubes: A window into biological transition at the Precambrian–Cambrian boundary. Geology 44: 975–976. [Focus article] <link>
7. Wallace, A.F.*, & Schiffbauer, J.D. (2016)Proteins from the past. eLife 5:e20877. [Insight article] <link>
6. Laflamme, M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., & Darroch, S.A.F. (2014) Reading and writing of the fossil record: Preservational pathways to exceptional fossilization. The Paleontological Society Papers 20: x–xi. [Special collections introduction] <link>
5. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, & Xiao, S. (2014) An examination of life history and behavioral evolution across the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. Journal of Paleontology 88: 205–206. [Special issue introduction] <link>
4. Chen, Z., Zhou, C., Meyer, M., Xiang, K., Schiffbauer, J.D., Yuan, X., & Xiao, S*. (2013) Reply to Comment on “Trace fossil evidence for Ediacaran bilaterian animals with complex behaviors”. Precambrian Research 231: 386–387. [Reply] <link>
3. Xiao, S.*, Knoll, A.H., Schiffbauer, J.D., Zhou, C., & Yuan, X. (2012) Comment on “Fossilized nuclei and germination structures identify Ediacaran ‘animal embryos’ as encysting protists”. Science 335: 1169. [Comment] <link>
2. Schiffbauer, J.D.*, & Laflamme, M. (2012) Lagerstätten through time: A collection of exceptional preservational pathways from the terminal Proterozoic through today. Palaios 27: 275–278. [Special issue introduction] <link>
1. Laflamme, M.*, Schiffbauer, J.D., & Dornbos, S.Q. (2011) Quantifying the evolution of early life: Preface. In Laflamme, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., and Dornbos, S.Q. (eds.). Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life: Numerical approaches to the evaluation of fossils and ancient ecosystems. Series: Topics in Geobiology [Springer], v. 36, pgs. xi–xiv. [Book introduction] <link>
Edited Books & Special Issues
6. Laflamme, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., Selly, T., Warren, L.V., & Liu, A.G. Ediacaran Diversity in Space and Time. Journal of Paleontology v. 98. <link>
5. Schiffbauer, J.D., Bykova, N., & Muscente, A.D. (2017) Fossils, proxies, and models: Geobiology at critical transitions in the Proterozoic–Paleozoic. Geobiology v. 15. <link>
4. Laflamme, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Darroch, S.A.F. (2014) Reading and writing of the fossil record: Preservational pathways to exceptional fossilization. The Paleontological Society Papers v. 20. <link>
3. Schiffbauer, J.D., & Xiao, S. (2014) An examination of life history and behavioral evolution across the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition. Journal of Paleontology v. 88. <link>
2. Schiffbauer, J.D., & Laflamme, M. (2012) Lagerstätten through time: A collection of exceptional preservational pathways from the terminal Proterozoic through today. Palaios v. 27. <link>
1. Laflamme, M., Schiffbauer, J.D., & Dornbos, S.Q. (2011) Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life: Numerical approaches to the evaluation of fossils and ancient ecosystems; Series: Topics in Geobiology [Springer]. <link>
Reviewed by Donoghue, P.C.J. (2012) Geological Magazine 149, 557–558 <link>
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2024–present Professor, University of Missouri Department of Geological Sciences
2022–present Director, University of Missouri X-ray Microanalysis Laboratory, College of Arts & Science
2018–2024 Associate Professor, University of Missouri Department of Geological Sciences
2017–2021 Director, University of Missouri X-ray Microanalysis Core Facility
2012–2018 Assistant Professor, University of Missouri Department of Geological Sciences
2011–present Adjunct Professor, Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences
2011–2012 Research Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory, Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science
2009–2011 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences
GRANTS
GRANTS
External Grant Total: $2,293,084
National Science Foundation, EAR Instrumentation and Facilities Program (NSF# 2242732). EA: Upgrade of the X-ray tomographic microscope to expand operations at the University of Missouri X-ray Microanalysis Laboratory; PI T. Selly; Co-PIs J.D. Schiffbauer, S.M. Jacquet, C.M. Holliday, & K.M. Middleton; $624,996; 2023–2025.
National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Career Development Program (NSF# 2319423). CAREER Supplement: Investigating Controls of Exceptional Fossil Preservation; PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $99,558; 2023–2024.
National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Career Development Program (NSF CAREER# 1652351). CAREER: Investigating controls of exceptional fossil preservation (or: How I learned to stop worrying and love decay); PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $599,307; 2017–2022
National Geographic, Research and Exploration Program (NGS# 9968-16). The rise of animals and first mass extinction of complex life, PI S.A.F. Darroch (Vanderbilt Univ.); Co-PIs E.F. Smith (Johns Hopkins Univ.), M. Laflamme (Univ. of Toronto, Mississauga), J.D. Schiffbauer, & H. Mocke (Geological Survey of Namibia); $20,960; 2017
National Science Foundation, EAR Instrumentation and Facilities Program (NSF# 1636643). Early Career: Acquisition of a Tri-X-Ray Spectrometer Scanning Electron Microscope (3XS SEM) for Enhancement of Research and Education across the Geosciences; PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $867,223; 2016–2019
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Program (PRF# 53833-DNI8). Organic Carbon Preservation in Deep-Time: Exceptional Glimpses from Exceptionally-Preserved Fossils and Laboratory-Based Decay Experimentation; PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $100,000; 2013–2016
Internal Grant Total: $569,618 Internal
University of Missouri MizzouForward Student Success Grant. Machine Learning in the Geosciences: The Development of a New Geological Sciences Curriculum; PIs: E. Sandvol and J.D. Schiffbauer; $100,000.
University of Missouri Research Excellence Program Faculty Scholarship. Faculty Scholar: J.D. Schiffbauer; $140,000.
University of Missouri Research Council Grant, A multi-proxy approach to examine the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary in the Death Valley region; PI T. Selly; Co-PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $14,829; 2022
University of Missouri Student Success Grant, Enhancing student success at Mizzou: Modernizing the geological sciences teaching collections; PI S.M. Jacquet; Co-PIs: J.D. Schiffbauer & H.M. Lamadrid; $100,000; 2022
University of Missouri Research Council Grant, X-ray tomographic microscopy shines a light on fossilized feces to unravel feeding behaviors of 35 million-year-old vertebrates from Montana; PI S.M. Jacquet; Co-PIs T. Selly & J.D. Schiffbauer; $9,789; 2020
Mizzou Advantage, Development of an x-ray microanalysis core facility at the University of Missouri for visualization of complex materials; PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $100,000; 2016
University of Missouri Research Council Summer Research Fellowship, Investigating tempo and mode of Cambrian fossil preservation: Actualistic glimpses from experimentally-made fossils; PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $7,000; 2014
University of Missouri System Research Board Special Opportunities Program, A first step in building the University of Missouri NanoGeoLab; PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $60,000; 2013
University of Missouri Research Council Large Grant, Isolating environmental influences on the quality and expression of soft-tissue fossil preservation at the dawn of animal life; PI J.D. Schiffbauer; $7,500; 2013
Virginia Tech Research Training, Conservation Paleobiology Field Course in Chile. Contributing units: College of Science, Office of Research and Development, Office for Outreach and International Affairs, Undergraduate College, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Geosciences; PI M. Kowalewski (Virginia Tech); Co-PIs S. Mulsow (Univ. Austral de Chile) & J.D. Schiffbauer (Virginia Tech); $30,500; 2011
AWARDS
AWARDS
2024 – University of Missouri Marie M. & Harry L. Smith Endowment
2023 – University of Missouri Research Excellence Program Faculty Scholarship
2018 – University of Missouri System President’s Award for Early Career Excellence
2018 – Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division Pre-tenure Award, Geological Society of America
2016 – University of Missouri Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
2016 – Geology Exceptional Reviewer (Geological Society of America), for consistently prompt, insightful, meticulous, and tactful reviews
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Editorial Boards
Paleobiology (Cambridge); 2023–present
Geology (GSA Publications), 2017–2020
Geobiology (Wiley), 2017–present
Facies (Springer publications), 2011–present
International Commission on Stratigraphy, Subcommission on Ediacaran Stratigraphy
Vice-Chair, 2020–present
Upper Series Working Group Chair, 2018–present
Elected voting member, 2016–present
Terminal Ediacaran Stage working group (Voting member), 2015–present
Second Ediacaran Stage working group (Corresponding member), 2015–present
Corresponding member, 2005–2015
Geological Society of America Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division
Past Chair, 2014–2016
Chair, 2012–2014
Vice Chair, 2010–2012
Secretary, 2008–2010
Paleontological Society
Review panel, Student Grant Program, 2013–2015
Geochemical Society
Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Liaison, Program Committee, 2016–2019
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2009 PhD – Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2004 Dual MS – Marine Biology and Coastal Ecosystem Management, Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University
2000 BA (Honors) – Biology, Department of Biology and Honors College, West Virginia University
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