Joel Cracraft Explained

Joel Cracraft
Birth Date:	31 July 1942
Fields:	Paleontology Taxonomy
Nationality:	American
Education:	University of Oklahoma, B.S., 1964 Louisiana State University, M.S., 1966 Columbia University Ph.D. (1969)
Thesis Title:	Functional Morphology of Locomotion in Birds
Thesis Year:	1969

Joel Lester Cracraft (born July 31, 1942), is an American paleontologist and ornithologist.^[1] He received a PhD in 1969 from Columbia University (Functional Morphology of Locomotion in Birds).

His research interests include: theory and methods of comparative biology, evolutionary theory, biological diversification, systematics, the evolution of morphological systems, historical biogeography, molecular systematics and evolution.

From 1970 he has been a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago; from 1970 to 1992, full professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago; from 1993 to 1994, acting director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History; from 1992, adjunct professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; from 1997 adjunct professor at Columbia University; from 1992 curator at American Museum of Natural History; and from 2002 Lamont Curator of Birds at American Museum of Natural History.

Taxa authored

• Certhiasomus (2015)^[2]
• Hirundineinae (2009)^[3]
• Microrhopiini (2009)^[4]

Publications

• Cracraft. J.. Continental drift, paleoclimatology, and the evolution and biogeography of birds. Journal of Zoology. 169. 4. 2009. 455–543. 0952-8369. 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1973.tb03122.x.
• Cracraft. J.. Phylogenetic Models and Classification. Systematic Biology. 23. 1. 1974. 71–90. 1063-5157. 10.1093/sysbio/23.1.71.
• Cracraft. J.. Phylogeny and evolution of the ratite birds . Ibis. 116. 4. 2008. 494–521. 0019-1019. 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1974.tb07648.x.
• Encyclopedia: Phylogenetic patterns and the evolutionary process. Method and theory in comparative biology. Columbia University Press. 1980. Eldredge, N. . Cracraft, J.. New York. 023103802X.
• Cracraft. J.. 10.1093/auk/98.4.681. Toward a phylogenetic classification of recent birds of the world (Class Aves). The Auk. 681–714. 98. 4. 1981. January 31, 2024.
• Book: Cracraft, J.. Species concepts and speciation analysis in Current Ornithology. 159–187. Plenum Press, New York. 1983. 10.1007/978-1-4615-6781-3_6.
• Cracraft. J.. Historical Biogeography and Patterns of Differentiation within the South American Avifauna: Areas of Endemism. Ornithological Monographs. 36. 1985. 49–84. 0078-6594. 10.2307/40168278. 40168278.
• Cracraft. J.. Deep-history Biogeography: Retrieving the Historical Pattern of Evolving Continental Biotas. Systematic Biology. 37. 3. 1988. 221–236. 1063-5157. 10.1093/sysbio/37.3.221. 10.1.1.1022.9061.
• Cracraft, J. (1988) The major clades of birds in: The phylogeny and classification of the tetrapods 1: 339–361.
• Book: Chapter 2: Speciation and its ontology: the empirical consequences of alternative species concepts for understanding patterns and processes of differentiation. Cracraft, J.. 1989. 28. 59.
• Book: Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0195172345 . Cracraft, J. . Donoghue, M.J..
• Barker. F. K.. Cibois. A.. Schikler. P.. Feinstein. J.. Cracraft. J.. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101. 30. 2004. 11040–11045. 0027-8424. 10.1073/pnas.0401892101. 15263073. 503738. 2004PNAS..10111040B. free.
• Claramunt . S. . Cracraft . J. . A new time tree reveals Earth history's imprint on the evolution of modern birds . Science Advances . 2015 . 1 . 11 . e1501005 . 10.1126/sciadv.1501005. free . 26824065 . 4730849 . 2015SciA....1E1005C .

External links

• Profile: Joel Cracraft (AMNH video)
• Joel Cracraft interview (from Organization for Tropical Studies)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joel L. Cracraft. AMNH. 2019-11-05.
2. Elizabeth Derryberry. Derryberry, E.. Claramunt, S.. Chesser, R.T.. Aleixo, A.. Cracraft, J.. Moyle, R.G.. Brumfield, R.T.. 2010. Certhiasomus, a new genus of woodcreeper (Aves: Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae). 1175-5326. Zootaxa. 2416. 44–50. 10.11646/zootaxa.2416.1.2. 83158075. (PDF)
3. • Tello. J.G.. Moyle. R.G.. Marchese. D.J.. Cracraft. J.. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides). Cladistics. 25. 5. 2009. 429–467. 0748-3007. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00254.x. 34879622. 85422768. free.
4. Moyle, R.G.. Chesser, R.T.. Brumfield, R.T.. Tello, J.G.. Marchese, D.J.. Cracraft, J.. 2009. Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the antbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, and allies (Aves: Passeriformes: infraorder Furnariides). 0748-3007. Cladistics. 25. 4. 386–405. 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00259.x. 34879609. 35771385. free. (PDF)