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Leif Tapanila, PhD
Director, Idaho Museum of Natural History
Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University
Curriculum Vitae

Virtualization Projects
Saturday, September 24 in Denver schedule 

Idaho Virtualization Lab site 

Our Virtual Museum site 

Idaho State Historical Society Collections
Media: July 2016. Idaho Stateman 

Oldest farming termites
Article: Roberts et al. 2016 in PLoS ONE
Media: June 2016. Washington Post 

Alamo Impact in southern Nevada
Media: Jan 2015. LV Review Journal , Science Daily

Helicoprion sharks
Discovery Daily Planet (Shark week 2014) http://youtu.be/g_Tyg6omyLU
Helicoprion jaw function ...  Ramsay et al. 2014
Media: Sept 2014. Nature
Helicoprion redefined...  Tapanila & Pruitt 2013
Biology Letters article describing Helicoprion's jaw!  Tapanila et al., 2013



The Helicoprion movie! (trailer)

Media: Feb 2013. National Geographic  BBC   Discovery  LA Times  Daily Mail Scientific American  ISU 
March 2013. Huffington Post Live (minute 12:00)   Quirks & Quarks CBC Radio   NBC - KPVI 6  ATSE
NBC - KPVI 6Photos: Left: A century of ideas lead to our new Helicoprion make-over (bottom). Art by Ray Troll.