Education B.S. Geology, Brigham Young University, 1982 M.S. Geology, Brigham Young University, 1987 Ph.D., University of Calgary, 1993

Professional Background

2002 - Current    Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
                        Associate Professor (2002-Current)

1998 - 2002       Stewart Museum, Ogden, Utah
                        Director

1993-1998         Museum of Western Colorado, Grand Junction, Colorado
                        Curator of Paleontology

Teaching

Geology 103: Life of the Past
Geology 111: Physical Geology
Geology 112: Historical Geology
Geology 286: Prehistoric Vertebrates
Geology 586: Vertebrate Paleontology

Research

A. Early Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation

Fauna, taphonomy and sedimentology of the Dalton Wells fauna, Moab, Utah

Age, stratigraphy and paleoenvironmental aspects of the formation

Redescription of the poorly understood dromaeosaurid dinosaur, Utahraptor

Description and relationships of several new sauropods from the formation, including a titanosaurid, brachiosaurid, and camarasaurid.

B. Late Jurassic Morrison Formation

Analysis and descriptions of new specimens of the heropod dinosaurs Ceratosaurus, and Torvosaurus.

C. K-T boundary in Utah and surrounding states

Identification of the stratigraphic and paleontological K-T boundary in the North Horn and other formations

D. Postcranial pneumatic bones of the Dinosauria and other archosaurs

Selected Research Publications

Kirkland, J.I., Britt, B.B., Whittle, C.H., Madsen, S.K., and Burge, D.L.  1999.  A small coelurosaurian theropod from the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of eastern Utah.  In, Lucas, S.G., (ed), Lower and middle Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Bulletin 14, pp 239-248.

Kirkland, J.I., Cifelli, R.L., Britt, B.B., Burge, D.L., DeCourten, J.L., Eaton, J.G., and Parrish, J.M., 1999.  Distribution of vertebrate faunas in the Cedar Mountain Formation, east-central Utah.  In, Gillette, D.G., (ed) Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, Utah Geological Survey, pp 201-218.

Lockley, M.G., Kirkland, J.I., DeCourten, F.L., Britt, B.B., and Hasiotis, S.T., 1999. Dinosaur Tracks from the Cedar Mountain Formation of eastern Utah.  In, Gillette, D.G., (ed) Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Miscellaneous Publication 99-1, Utah Geological Survey, pp 253-258.

Britt, B.B., Makovicky, P.J., Gauthier, J., Bonde, N., 1998.  Postcranial pneumatization in Archaeopteryx. Nature, 6700 (395):374-376.

Tidwell, W.D., Britt, B.B., Ash, S.R., 1998.  Preliminary floral analysis of the Mygatt-Moore Quarry in the Jurassic Morrison Formation, west-central Colorado.  Modern Geology, 22:341-378.

Britt, B.B., 1997. Postcranial pneumaticity. In, Currie, P.J., and Padian, K., Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Academic Press, San Diego, pp 590-593.

Britt, B.B., and Stadtman, K.L., 1997.  Dalton Wells Quarry. In, Currie, P.J., and Padian, K., Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Academic Press, San Diego, pp 165-166.

Britt, B.B., and Curtice, B.D., 1997.  Dry Mesa Quarry. In, Currie, P.J., and Padian, K., Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, Academic Press, San Diego, p 196.

Kirkland, J.I., Britt, B.B., Burge, D.L., Carpenter, K., Cifelli, DeCourten, B. Eaton, J., Hasiotis, S., Lawton, T., 1997.  Lower to middle Cretacous dinosaur faunas of the Central Colorado Plateau: A key to understanding 35 million years of tectonics, sedimentology, evolution, and biogeography. In Link, P.K., and Kowallis, B.J., Mesozoic to recent geology of Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies, 42(2):69-103.

Britt, B.B and Naylor, B.G., 1994.  An embryonic Camarasaurus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (Dry Mesa Quarry, Colorado), p. 256-264.  In Carpenter, K., Hirsch, K.F., and Horner, J.R. (eds.), Dinosaur eggs and babies.  Cambridge University Press, New York.

Britt, B.B., 1991.  Theropods of Dry Mesa Quarry (Morrison Formation, late Jurassic), Colorado, with emphasis on the osteology of Torvosaurus tanneri.  Brigham Young University Geology Studies, 37:1-72.

Miller, W.E., Baer, J.L., Stadtman, K.L., and Britt, B.B., 1991.  The Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry, Mesa County, Colorado, p. 31-45. In Averett, W.R., (ed.), The guidebook for dinosaur and tracksite tours: Western Colorado and Eastern Utah.

Miller, W.E., Baer, J.L., Stadtman, K.L., and Britt, B.B., 1991.  The Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry, Mesa County, Colorado, p. 31-45. In Averett, W.R., (ed.), The guidebook for dinosaur and tracksite tours: Western Colorado and Eastern Utah.

Students

Stephen Sandau - M.S.  Flora, fauna, and paleoenvironment of the Eocene age Uinta Formation, Uinta Basin Utah.

Andy Stanton - M.S.  Geology and taphonomy of the Morrison Formation Calico Gulch dinosaur quarry, northwestern Colorado.

Mentoring Projects

Brent Greenhaulgh
•2003 Taphonomic analysis of individual bones from the Dalton Wells Quarry
•2003 Analysis of impact ejecta preserved at the K-T boundary in the North Horn Formation
•2004 Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Cedar Mountain Formation.

Mark Nolte
•2003 Digitization of quarry maps of the Dalton Wells and Dry Mesa quarries.
•2004 Insect borings and wet bone rot on bones from Dalton Wells quarry

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