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Steven Heritage
PeerJ Editor & Author
400 Points

Contributions by role

Author 300
Editor 100

Contributions by subject area

Biogeography
Evolutionary Studies
Marine Biology
Paleontology
Zoology
Genetics
Taxonomy
Conservation Biology

Steven Heritage

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Dr. Steven Heritage is a teaching professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He is a a clinical & evolutionary anatomist, mammalogist, and phylogenetic biologist mainly working on African mammals. He also serves as a coordinator for the IUCN SSC Afrotheria Specialist Group.

Anatomy & Physiology Biodiversity Biogeography Ecology Evolutionary Studies Genetics Paleontology Taxonomy Zoology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Duke University
University of Southern California

Work details

Teaching Scholar

University of Southern California
July 2023
KSOM Integrative Anatomical Sciences

Websites

  • Steven Heritage, PhD -- ResearchGate
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 3
  • Edited 1
August 25, 2022
Total evidence time-scaled phylogenetic and biogeographic models for the evolution of sea cows (Sirenia, Afrotheria)
Steven Heritage, Erik R. Seiffert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13886 PubMed 36042864
August 18, 2020
New records of a lost species and a geographic range expansion for sengis in the Horn of Africa
Steven Heritage, Houssein Rayaleh, Djama G. Awaleh, Galen B. Rathbun
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9652 PubMed 32879790
August 16, 2016
Ancient phylogenetic divergence of the enigmatic African rodent Zenkerella and the origin of anomalurid gliding
Steven Heritage, David Fernández, Hesham M. Sallam, Drew T. Cronin, José Manuel Esara Echube, Erik R. Seiffert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2320 PubMed 27602286

Academic Editor on

January 23, 2025
Re-evaluation of mastodon material from Oregon and Washington, USA, Alberta, Canada, and Hidalgo and Jalisco, Mexico
Alton C. Dooley, Chris Widga, Brittney E. Stoneburg, Christopher Jass, Victor M. Bravo-Cuevas, Andrew Boehm, Eric Scott, Andrew T. McDonald, Mark Volmut
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18848 PubMed 39866561