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Analytical Focus (Some selected publications: this list is incomplete):

Albright, L. B. III, M. O. Woodburne, Theodore Fremd and others.  (2008).  Revised  Chronostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of the John Day Formation (Turtle Cove and Kimberly Members), Oregon, with Implications for Updated Calibration of the Arikareean North American Land Mammal Age.  Journal of Geology, volume 116, p. 211-237.

Bestland, E. A., G. J. Retallack and T. Fremd (1994). Sequence stratigraphy of the Eocene-Oligocene transition: examples from the non-marine volcanically influenced John Day Basin. Field Trip Guidebook of the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America: 19 pages.

Bestland, E. A., Retallack, G. J., and Fremd, T., 1999, Geology of the Late Eocene Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Central Oregon: National Park Service, Paleontological Research Volume 2, Santucci, V. L., editor, National Park Service Technical Report NPS/NRPO/NRTR-93/11, p. 111-124.

Bestland, E.A., Forbes, M.S., Krull, E.S., Retallack, G.J., and Fremd, T.   2009.  Stratigraphy, paleopedology, and geochemistry of the middle Miocene Mascall Formation (type area, central Oregon, USA).  Paleobios 28(2) 34pp.

Bryant, H. N. and T. J. Fremd (2001). The evolutionary history of the Nimravidae (Carnivora) in the John Day Basin of Oregon.  PaleoBios 21: 2: 35-36.

Coombs, M. C., Robert M. Hunt, Jr., Ellen Stepleton, L. Barry Albright III, and Theodore J. Fremd (2001). Stratigraphy, Chronology, Biogeography, and Taxonomy of Early Miocene Small Chalicotheres in North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3): 607-620.

Dunn, R., T. Fremd, and others.  (2007) Paleontological Parks and Global Change.  Proceedings of the 2007 George Wright Society Conference • 238-243.

Foss, S. E. and T. Fremd (1998). A Survey of the Species of Entelodonts (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) of the John Day Basin, Oregon. Dakoterra 5: 63-72.

Foss, S. E. and T. J. Fremd. 2001. Biostratigraphy of the Entelodontidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the John Day Basin, Oregon.  Paleobios 21: 53.

Fremd, Theodore J.  2010.  Guidebook to the 2010 SVP Field Symposium and John Day Basin Field Conference.  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Guidebook Publications, 149 pages.

Fremd, T. (1999). Places of Discovery: Paleontology, Research,  and Natural Areas. IN: Harmon, D., Ed. Proc. 10th. Conf. on Research and Res. Man. In Parks. 130-137.

Fremd, T. (1995). Cyclic Prospecting to Preserve Vertebrate Paleontological Resources. San Bernardino County Museum Association Quarterly 4(2): 19-25.

Fremd, T. J. (2001). Paleontology data and NPS collections: unbounded resources, or, between managers and scientists. Crossing boundaries in park management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands. D. Harmon. Hancock, Michigan, The George Wright Society: 342-348.

Fremd, T. J. and X. Wang (1995). Resolving Blurred Faunas: Biostratigraphy in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. NPS Paleontological Research., Technical Report NPS/NRPO/NRTR-95/16. V. Santucci and L. McClelland: 73-76.

Fremd, T. J., E. A. Bestland and G. J. Retallack (1994).  John Day Basin Field Trip Guide and Road Log.  1994 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meetings, Northwest Interpretive Association. 80 pp.

Fremd, T. (1996). Fruits and Seeds of the Middle Eocene Nut Beds Flora, Clarno Formation, Oregon Oregon Geology 58(3): 70-71.

Fremd, Ted. (1997).  Cooperative Management of “Our Fossil Heritage”: An Example from the John Day Basin.  IN:  Johnston, M. and J. McChristal, eds.  Partners in Paleontology.  NPS/NRFLFO/NRR-97/01

Fremd, T. (1992). "Time in the Blue Mountains." Natural Resource News 2(4): 7-10.

Fremd, T. J.  2001.  Appraising the significance of complex assemblages and data defragmentation: an example from the volcaniclastics of eastern Oregon.  PaleoBios 21: 54-55.

Fremd, T. J. and D. P. Whistler.  (2009).  Preliminary Description of a New Microvertebrate Assemblage from the Arikareean (Early Miocene) John Day Formation, Central Oregon.  In Albright, L. B. III, ed.  Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne.  Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65, Flagstaff, Arizona.  Pp. 159-170.

Hanson, D. A.  and T. J. Fremd.  2007.  A John Day Stepchild – the Southern Basin Faunal Assemblages.  PaleoBios 21(2):62

Kohn, Matthew J. and Theodore Fremd.  2007.  Tectonic controls on isotope compositions and species diversification, John Day Basin, central Oregon.  PaleoBios 27(2):48–61

Kohn, Matthew J. and Theodore J. Fremd  (2008).  Miocene tectonics and climate forcing of biodiversity, western United States.  Geology 36(10):  783-786.

Kohn, M. J., Miselis, J. L., and T. J. Fremd. (2002). Oxygen isotope evidence for progressive uplift of the Cascade Range, Oregon. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 204 (2002): 151-165.

Lander, E. B. and T. J. Fremd.  2001.  Late Whitneyan, Arikareean, and earliest Hemingfordian oreodonts (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Agriochoeridae and Oreodontidae) from the John Day Formation of Central Oregon.  PaleoBios 21: 82.

Martin, J. E. and T. J. Fremd.  2001.  Revision of the Lithostratigraphy of the Hemphillian Rattlesnake Units of Central Oregon.  PaleoBios 21: 89.

Retallack, G. J. and T. J. Fremd (1996). "Reconstructions of Eocene and Oligocene plants and animals of central Oregon." Oregon Geology 58(3): 51-69.

Retallack, G. J., Bestland, E. A., and T. J. Fremd. (2000).  Eocene and Oligocene paleosols of central Oregon.  Geological Society of America Special Paper 344:  192 pages.

Retallack, G. J., Wynn, J. G., and T. J. Fremd.  2004.  Glacial-interglacial-scale paleoclimatic change without large ice sheets in the Oligocene of central Oregon.  Geology: April 2004; v. 32 no. 4: p. 297-300.

Samuels, J. X., Albright, L. B., and T. J. Fremd.  2015.  The Last Fossil Primate in North America, New Material of the Enigmatic Ekgmowechashala from the Arikareean of Oregon.  Amer. Jour. Phys. Anthro.  158: 43-54

Smith, M. E., Fremd, T. J., and R. C. Wood.  2001.  Discovery of a cranium of Stylemys (Reptilia: Chelonia) from the Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation, Central Oregon.  PaleoBios 21: 117-118.

Convenor and Editor, John Day Basin Paleontology Symposium, North American Paleontological Convention, U. C. Berkeley, 2001.  Invited all speakers, moderated session, edited proceedings papers.

In addition to the above, numerous manuscripts concerning taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and other topics are available and/or searchable online.

Additional Publications (Partial)

1987. Paleontology Narrative.In: Hyra, Ron and Neola Knowles, Eds., 1987 Annual Science Report, National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 30

with Chure, Daniel J. 1987.  Protecting Fossil Resources in the National Park System.Natural Areas Journal., Vol. 7, No. 4, pp.  194-196.

1988.  Assemblages of Fossil Vertebrates in Pre‑Ignimbrite Deposits of the Turtle Cove Member, John Day Formation (Arikareean), from Outcrops within the Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology  8(3) , 15A

1989. Paleontological Monitoring. In: Hyra, Ron. Ed., 1988 Annual Science Report, National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 30.

1989. Taphonomy and Paleoecology of the Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation. In: Hyra, Ron. Ed., 1988 Annual Science Report, National Park Service, Pacific Northwest Region , 29

1991.  Searching for Treasures at John Day Fossil Beds. IN: Fox, Lissa.  Highlights of Natural Resources Management. Natural Resources Report NPS/NRPO/NRR‑91‑03 , 25

1991. Early Miocene Mammalian Populations from Turtle Cove, Oregon.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3) , 29A

1992. Cyclic Prospecting and Salvaging Fossils. In: Benton, R. and Ann Elder, Eds.,  Proceedings on the Third  Conference on Fossil Resources, Natural Resources Report NPS/NRFOBU/NRR‑94‑14 , 65‑68

1992.  Cooperative Management of Paleontological Resources in the John Day Basin, Central Oregon. Seventh Conference on Research and Resource Management, George Wright Society , 24

1992.  Paleontological Resource Management, NPS‑77, and Its Practical Applications.  In: Benton, R. and Ann Elder, Eds.,  Proceedings on the Third  Conference on Fossil Resources, Natural Resources Report NPS/NRFOBU/NRR‑94‑14 , 61‑64

1992.  Cooperative Agreements and Administration of Vertebrate Fossil Localities. Third Conference on Fossils in the NPS, Program with abstracts, 20

1992.  "I've Seen the Miocene" in Central Oregon.  Park Science Vol. 12, Number 3 , 12‑13

1992.  Time in the Blue Mountains. Natural Resource News, Vol. 2, No. 4 , 7‑10

with Bestland, Erick., and Retallack, Gregory.  1992.  Cut‑and‑Fill Episodes in the John Day Formation in the Painted Hills Area of Central Oregon.  Abstracts of the 88th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Setion of the Geological Society of America, Eugene, v. 24, P.7

with Retallack, Gregory J. and Bestland, Erick A. 1993.  Reassessment of the Age of Fossil Localities in the Clarno Formation, Hancock Field Station, Wheeler County, Oregon.  Proceddeings of the Oregon Academy of Sciences Meeting, Linfield, v.  29, p.34

1993.  Early Miocene Mammalian Populations from Turtle Cove, Oregon  .IN: Santucci, Vincent L., Editor.  National Park Service Paleontological Research Abstract Volume. Technical Report NPS/NRPEFO/NRTR‑93/11 , 79

1993.  Refinement of Spatial and Temporal Distributions of Biotas Within the Volcaniclastic Sequences of the John Day Basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3), 36(A)

with Bestland, Erick A.,  Retallack, Gregory J.,  and Swisher, Carl C. III. 1993.  Timing of Cut‑and‑Fill Sequences in the John Day Formation (Eocene‑Oligocene), Painted Hills Area, Central Oregon.  Abstracts of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, Reno, v.25, p.9.

with Bestland, E.A. and G. J.  Retallack, G.J. 1994. Sequence stratigraphy of the Eocene‑Oligocene transition: examples from the non‑marine volcanically influenced John Day Basin.  Geol.  Soc.  Am.  Ann.  Mtg. Field Trip Guidebook , pp. 1-20

with Wang, Xiaoming. 1994.  Biostratigraphy of Canidae (Carnivora) from Turtle Cove Member of John Day Formation.  J. Vertebr. Paleontol., Vol. 14, Supplement to No. 3., Abstracts of Papers., Fifty‑Fourth Annual Meeting., Society of Vertebrate Paleontology., Burke Museum, University of Washington., Seattle, Washington , 51A

with Bestland, E.A., and G. J.  Retallack, G.J. 1994. Geology of the late Eocene Clarno Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Central Oregon.  Technical Monographs of the National Park Service, 1‑9, proceedings of the National Park Service Paleontological Research Symposium, Durango, CO,  GSA Rocky Mtn. Section

Fremd, T. J. and Zancanella, J.  1994. Cooperative Management of "Our Fossil Heritage": an example from the John Day Basin. Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Fossil Resources, 7 pp.

Brayant, Harold N. and Ted J. Fremd.  1998.  Revised biostratigraphy of the Nimravidae from the John Day Basin of Oregon.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (3 Suppl):  30A

with Bestland, E.A.,  Retallack, G.J.,  and C.C. Swisher.  1994.  Geology and age assessment of late Eocene fossil localities in the Clarno unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, central Oregon.  Abstracts of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 26, p.4.

with Retallack, Gregory J.,  Bestland, Erick A.,  and Carl Swisher. 1994.  Reassessment of the Age of Oligocene Fossil Localities in The Painted Hills of Oregon.  Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Oregon Academy of Sciences, Corvallis, v.30, p.32.

Fremd, Ted, Bestland, E. B., and G. Retallack, 1994 Guide and Road Log to the 1994 SVP Field Trip to the John Day Basin.  JDNM-94-1, 60 pp.

with  Xiaoming Wang, 1994.  Characterization of Lithosympatric Assemblages: An Example from Volcaniclastics in the John Day Basin.  Abstracts of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Geological Society of America, Vol. 26, p.13.

1995.  Cyclic Prospecting to Preserve Vertebrate Paleontological Resources.  SBCMA Quarterly, 42(3): 19-27.

with Xiaoming Wang, 1995.  Resolving Blurred Faunas: Biostratigraphy in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.  Technical Report NPS/NRPO/NRTR-95/16.  pp.  73-77.

with Racine, Laurel and others, 2009.  A Work in Progress:  Development of United States National Park Service Museum Collection Significance Evaluation Criteria.  Collections Vol. 5, Number 1, pp. 7-60

Fremd, Ted.  2014.  Preventing Geological Book Burning.  Palaeontologia Electronica Vol 17, Issue 1: 1R:3p; palaeo-electronica.org/content/2014/712-review-saved-in-time

Fremd, Theodore, Dunn, Regan, and Joshua Samuels.  In prep.  From Dawn Redwoods to Sunset Dogs: The Fossil Record of Oregon’s John Day Basin.  Indiana Press (contract signed), ~400 pp.