Mark McMenamin is a professor of geology at Mount Holyoke College. His main research interests are early fossil life, particularly the Ediacaran biota. He is the author of several books, most recently The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the Earliest Complex Life and "Science 101: Geology." He is credited with co-naming several geological formations in Mexico, describing several new fossil genera and species, and naming the Precambrian supercontinent Rodinia. The Cambrian archeocyathid species Markocyathus clementensis was named in his honor in 1989. His research on the Phoenician world map helped to inspire Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos's 2007 novel "The Navigator."
Bibliography
- Mark A. S. McMenamin The Garden of Ediacara: Discovering the Earliest Complex Life Columbia University Press; New Ed edition (October 15, 2000) ISBN 0-231-10559-2
- Mark A. S. McMenamin and Dianna L. Schulte McMenamin The Emergence of Animals: The Cambrian Breakthrough Columbia University Press (January 1990) ISBN 0-231-06646-5
- Mark A. S. McMenamin and Dianna L. Schulte McMenamin Hypersea : Life on the Land Columbia University Press (1994) ASIN B000OQ10S6
- Mark A. S. McMenamin Carthaginian cartography: A stylized exergue map Meanma Press (1996) ISBN 0-965-11361-2
- Mark A. S. McMenamin Science 101: Geology (Science 101) Collins (June 26, 2007) ISBN 0-060-89136-X
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