Contact Information
1301 W Green
M/C 102
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Description
Dan Blake remains very active in paleontology research and can be found in the department most days.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Geology
Recent Publications
Blake, D. B., & Hotchkiss, F. H. C. (2022). Origin of the subphylum Asterozoa and redescription of a Moroccan Ordovician somasteroid. Geobios, 72-73, 22-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2022.07.002
Blake, D. B., & Sprinkle, J. (2021). Arceoaster hintei n. gen. n. sp., a late Silurian homeomorphic asteroid (Echinodermata, Hudsonasteridae). Journal of Paleontology, 95(1), 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.57
Blake, D. B., Gahn, F. J., & Guensburg, T. E. (2020). An Early Ordovician (Floian) asterozoan (Echinodermata) of problematic class-level affinities. Journal of Paleontology, 94(2), 358-365. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2019.82
Blake, D. B., & Koniecki, J. (2020). Taxonomy and functional morphology of the Urasterellidae (Paleozoic Asteroidea, Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology, 94(6), 1124-1147. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.42
Blake, D. B., Gahn, F. J., & Guensburg, T. E. (2020). Two new early Asteroidea (Echinodermata) and early asteroid evolution. Journal of Paleontology, 94(4), 734-747. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.7