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Frank Varriale
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Evolutionary Studies
Paleontology

Frank J. Varriale

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Summary

I am a vertebrate paleontologist interested in the evolution of jaw mechanics in herbivorous dinosaurs. My research involves the examination of dental microwear in pachycephalosaurs and ceratopsians as a primary indicator of mandibular action during mastication. I am an assistant professor of biology at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. There I teach a variety of courses including Anatomy and Physiology, Evolution and Diversity, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Earth Science, Physical Geology and a Dinosaurs course for non-majors.

Evolutionary Studies Paleontology Zoology

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King's College

Work details

Assistant Professor

King's College
Department of Biology

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
July 6, 2016
Dental microwear reveals mammal-like chewing in the neoceratopsian dinosaur Leptoceratops gracilis
Frank J. Varriale
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2132 PubMed 27441111