Bob Gaines | |
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 Gaines on a geology field trip in the Nopah Range Wilderness Area, California | |
| Born | Robert R. Gaines 1973 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Institutions | Pomona College |
| Thesis | Dissecting a Cambrian Lagerstätte: Insights from the Wheeler Formation, Utah (2003) |
Robert Riepma Gaines (born 1973) is an American geologist who teaches at Pomona College in Claremont, California. From July 2019 to June 2022, he served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the college. He is known for his research on fossils in Burgess Shale-type deposits, having been a member of two teams that made two of the most important fossil discoveries in recent decades, one in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, Canada and the other in the Yangtze Gorges area in South China.[1][2]
- ^ Fu, Dongjing; Tong, Guanghui; Dai, Tao; Liu, Wei; Yang, Yuning; Zhang, Yuan; Cui, Linhao; Li, Luoyang; Yun, Hao; Wu, Yu; Sun, Ao; Liu, Cong; Pei, Wenrui; Gaines, Robert R. (22 March 2019). "The Qingjiang biota—A Burgess Shale–type fossil Lagerstätte from the early Cambrian of South China". Science. 363 (6433): 1338–1342. Bibcode:2019Sci...363.1338F. doi:10.1126/science.aau8800. PMID 30898931. S2CID 85448914.
- ^ "ROM Researchers discover 'epic' new Burgess Shale site in Canada's Kootenay National Park". Royal Ontario Museum. 11 Feb 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2020.