Professor of Biology
B.A., New York University, 1970
M.S., University of Arizona, 1975
Ph.D., University of Florida, 1980
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am a vertebrate paleontologist and my principal research is the study of fossil rodents and carnivores. My papers have stressed systematics, but also involve biostratigraphy, biogeography and paleoecology. My current research includes the study of the stratigraphy and paleontology of the Quaternary deposits of the Nueces River valley and the systematics of fossil procyonids.
I teach a variety of courses (I have taught 27 total at TAMUK), including Vertebrate Zoology, Mammalogy, Paleontology, and Evolution.. The six graduate student theses I have directed deal with micropaleontology, paleoecology, stratigraphy, and sedimentology, and kangaroo rats.
My five most cited publications according to Google Scholar
Baskin, J. A. 1998. Procyonidae; pp. 144-151, in Janis, C., K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Cambridge University Press.
Baskin, J. A. 1998. Mustelidae; pp. 152-173, in Janis, C., K. M. Scott, and L. L.
Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Cambridge University Press.
Baskin, J. A. 1982. Tertiary Procyoninae (Mammalia, Carnivora) of North
America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2:71-93.
Baskin, J. A. 1981. Barbourofelis (Nimravidae) and Nimravides (Felidae),
with a description of two new species from the Late Miocene of Florida. Journal of
Mammalogy, 62:122-139.
Baskin, J. A. 1978. Bensonomys, Calomys, and the origin of the
phyllotine group of Neotropical cricetines (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Journal of Mammalogy,
59:125-135.
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