Mr. Edwin Alberto Cadena Rueda

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University of Florida
Department of Geological Sciences
Florida Museum of Natural History
Appointed: 2007
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archaeology
ResidentAppointed: 2005
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Mailing Address

Dickinson Hall. Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, 32611
United States

Contact Information

ecadena@ufl.edu

Qualifications

Universidad Industrial de Santander, Geology, 2003.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interest focuses on vertebrate paleontology, especially studies on systematics, evolutionary history, paleobiogeography and stable isotopes applied to paleoclimate reconstructions. I have been working during the last three years on the systematics and paleobiogeography of fossil turtles from South America. I would like to continue solving questions about the phylogeny and paleobiogeography of this group and other South America vertebrates, and its potential utility in the reconstruction of tropical paleoclimate during Cenozoic time. I like to address these questions using statistical, mathematical and stable isotopes methods.

Other Expertise

Fieldwork in Vertebrate Paleontology (Haile Fossil site). Florida Museum of Natural History. Gainesville, Florida USA. Sep 2007 -April 2008.

Fieldwork in Vertebrate Paleontology (Miocene vertebrates from the Panama Canal). Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Ancon, Panama. April-June 2007

Fieldwork in Vertebrate Paleontology. (Paleocene neotropical vertebrates) Cerrejón Coal Mine Guajira, Colombia. July 2007, January 2007, September 2006, January 2006, June 2005.

Fieldwork in Vertebrate Paleontology (Early Cretaceous pleurodira turtles). Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Zapatota, Colombia. Dec 2006

Fieldwork in Vertebrate Paleontology (Early Cretaceous Pliosaurus). Instituto Colombiano de Geología y Minería. (INGEOMINAS), Villa de Leyva -Colombia July 2006

Fieldwork in Vertebrate Paleontology (Urumaco fauna). Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Urumaco, Venezuela April 2006

Industrial Relevance

Intership. Biostratigraphy of the Neotropics Center for Tropical Paleoecology and Archeology
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Ancon, Panama
Contact: Dr Carlos Jaramillo: jaramilloc@si.edu

Junior Geologist -Vertebrate Paleontologist assistant
Museo Geologico Jose Royo y Gomez
Instituto Colombiano de Geologia y Mineria (INGEOMINAS)
Bogotá, Colombia
Contact: José Arenas: jarenas@ingeominas.gov.co

Junior Geologist. Biostratigraphy Team
Instituto Colombiano del Petroleo (ICP)
Piedecuesta, Colombia
Contact: Carlos Jaramillo: jaramilloc@si.edu

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Animal Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Biogeography, Biostratigraphy, Climate Change, Geology, Marine Zoology, Paleoecology, Paleontology, Systematics, Tropical Biology, Tropical Zone, Vertebrate Physiology.

Additional Terms:

Isotopes, Molecular Paleontology, Turtles Fossils, Vertebrate Paleontology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Functional)

Memberships

Geological Society of America
International Paleontological Association
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Honors and Awards

1997-2003, Best Student Award Universidad Industrial de Santander, Geology

Funding Received

  • Lerner Gray Memorial Fund of American Museum of Natural History - New York: The oldest Pleurodire of Northern of South America, $1,900, Jul 25, 2003 to Jul 25, 2004.
  • Florida Museum of Natural History: Miss Lucy Dickinson Fellowship in Vertebrate Paleontology, 2007 to 2009.
  • Florida Museum of Natural History: International Student Travel Grants to Study the Vertebrate Collection of the FLMNH, $500, 2004 to 2004.

Publications

  • Cadena E, Jaramillo C, Paramo M (2007) The first late Pleistocene record of Kinosternon (CRYPTODIRA:KINOSTERNIDAE) turtles, for the North of South America, Pubenza, South American Journal of Herpetology, 2 (3), 201-205
  • Bloch, J. Cadena, E. Herrera, F Wing, S and Jaramillo, C. (2005) Paleocene vertebrates from the Cerrejon Formation, Guajira Peninsula, Northeastern Colombia in: Sisty-Fifth annual Meeting Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Mesa Arizona USA October 2005, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25
  • Cadena E, Gaffney S, Notoemys Zapatocaensis, a New Side-necked Turtle (Pleurodira: Platychelyidae) From the Early Cretaceous of Colombia, Americam Museum Novitates, 470(1), 1-19, March 2005, ISBN=0003-0082
  • Cadena, E, Jaramillo, C, Paramo, M, New material of Chelus colombiana (Testudines; Pleurodira) from the Lower Miocene of Colombia, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, In Press
  • Cadena E, Bloch, J, Jaramillo, C, A NEW PODOCNEMIDIDAE TURTLE FROM THE MIDDLE PALEOCENE, GUAJIRA PENINSULA, COLOMBIA., Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Submitted

Profile Details

Last Updated: 11/2/2008

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