2026/02/11 by Andrew M. Bush, J Bret Bennington, Gwen M. Daley +5 · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Biological evolution #Historical geology #History of Science and Natural History #Medal #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils #Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy
paper · pdf · doi:10.1017/pab.2025.10082
openalex created_date 2026/02/11 · openalex publication_date 2026/02/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
Richard Bambach was a leading figure in the “paleobiology revolution” of the late 1960s and 1970s, keeping the movement grounded with his keen geological and ecological insights. With interests ranging from the functional biology of individual organisms to the largest macroevolutionary trends in the history of life, he was especially adept at linking paleoecological and macroevolutionary patterns across spatiotemporal scales. He authored seminal publications during five different decades and was recognized with both the Moore Medal from the Society for Sedimentary Geology and the Paleontological Society Medal.