My World; Myself

Site author with a friend at 2001 SVP

Some of you out there may be wondering who I am.
I’m Rob Gay, and I'm a science teacher at Page Middle School. I graduated from Northern Arizona University with a B.A. in Biology and minor in Geology. The curriculum I teach includes cells, botany, evolutionary history of vertebrates, comparative anatomy, energy and power, and weather and climate. I am still somewhat active in paleontology, though not to the extent I wish. My main areas of paleontological study include late Triassic archosaurs, early Jurassic fauna in the southwest, and ceratosaurs (sensu lato).
Current research includes manus movement in Dilophosaurus, functional morphology of the tail of Coelophysis, and a few other things I’m trying to develop. I am also the sponsor for the Middle School science club, and I am trying to get them involved in actual paleo research beginning in the 2010-2011 school year.

In my free time I restore tractors, hike the desert, look for fossils and Anasazi ruins, and generally have a good time.

Member: Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists

References

Some articles are available to be downloaded here. Abstracts are marked with a *

Gay, Robert J. 2001. "New specimens of Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the early Jurassic Kayenta Formation of northern Arizona." Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists annual meeting volume. Mesa, Arizona.

Gay, Robert J. 2001. "An unusual adaptation in the caudal vertebrae of Coelophysis bauri (Dinosauria: Theropoda)." PaleoBios 21: supplement to number 2. Page 55. *

Gay, Robert J. 2001. "Evidence for sexual dimorphism in the early Jurassic theropod dinosaur Dilophosaurus and a comparison with other related forms." Journal of Vertebrae Paleontology 21(3); 53A. *

Gay, Robert J. 2002. “The myth of cannibalism in Coelophysis bauri.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3); 57A *

Gay, R. 2005. Sexual Dimorphism in the Early Jurassic Theropod Dinosaur Dilophosaurus and a Comparison with Other Related Forms; pp. 277-283 IN K. Carpenter (ed.), The Carnivorous Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN.

Gay, R. 2010. Evidence related to the cannibalism hypothesis in Coelophysis bauri, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico; pp. 7-22 IN Notes on early Mesozoic Theropods.

Gay, R. 2010. Kayentavernator elysiae, a new tetanuran from the Kayenta Formation of Arizona; pp. 23-36 IN Notes on early Mesozoic Theropods.

Communication

E-mail: rob@dinodomain.com

Photos courtesy of Randall Irmis.

This page updated on May 13, 2010.