| Institution | Degree | Graduation Date |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Tech University | PhD in Geosciences | 2008 |
| Texas Tech University | MS in Geosciences | 2005 |
| State University of New York College at Geneseo | BA in Geological Sciences | 2003 |
| Employer | Position | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midwestern State University | Associate Professor of Geology | 08/15/2022 | |
| Cisco College | Adjunct Instructor of Geology | 09/01/2021 | 12/12/2021 |
| Texas Tech University | Adjunct Instructor | 06/05/2011 | 06/24/2011 |
| Hardin-Simmons University | Professor of Geology | 08/16/2008 | 08/12/2022 |
Peer Reviewed Publications
Rosscoe, S. J., Barrick, J.E., Backus, T. S., and Nestell, M. K. 2025. Age of the Porvenir Formation-Alamitos Formation Contact at the Porvenir Type Section, Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico. In: Lucas, S. G., Morgan, G. S., Hunt, A. P., and Lichtig, A. J. (eds.). Fossil Record 10. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, No. 100, pp. 197-205.
Barrick, J. E., Hogancamp, N. J., and Rosscoe, S. J. 2023. Evolutionary Patterns in Late Pennsylvanian Conodonts. In: DiMichele, W. A., Lucas, S. G., Oplustil, S., Schneider, J. W., and Wang, X. (eds.). Ice Ages, Climate Dynamics, and Biotic Events: The Late Pennsylvanian World. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, vol. 535, pp. 383-408.
Rosscoe, S. J., and Barrick, J. E. 2021. Conodont faunas from the lower part of the Tinajas Member of the Atrasado Formation (Upper Pennsylvanian/Missourian), Manzanita Mountains, New Mexico. In Lucas, S. G., et. al., eds. Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstätte. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin, No. 84, pp. 241-253.
Gee, B. M., Rosscoe, S. J., Scott, D. Ostlein, J., & Reisz, R. R. 2018. Faunal overview of the Mud Hill locality from the early Permian Vale Formation of Taylor County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology, 92, no. 6, pp. 1092-1106.
Hogancamp, N. J., Rosscoe, S. J., and Barrick, J. E. 2017. Geometric morphometric analysis of P1 element asymmetry in the Late Pennsylvanian conodont Idiognathodus magnificus Stauffer and Plummer 1932. Stratigraphy, vol. 14, nos. 1-2, pp. 179-196.
Barrick, J. E., Lambert, L. L., Heckel, P. H., Rosscoe, S. J., and Boardman II, D. R. 2013. Midcontinent Pennsylvanian conodont zonation. In Heckel, P. H. ed. Pennsylvanian genetic stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of midcontinent North America. Stratigraphy, vol. 10, nos. 1-2, pp. 55-72.
Rosscoe, S. J. & Barrick, J. E. 2013. North American species of the conodont genus Idiognathodus from the Moscovian-Kasimovian Boundary Composite Sequence and correlation of the Moscovian-Kasimovian stage boundary. In Lucas, S. G., DiMichele, W. A., Barrick, J. E., Schneider, J. W., and Spielmann, J. A., eds. The Carboniferous-Permian Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science: Bulletin, no. 60, pp. 354-371.
Barrick, J. E., Heckel, P. H. & Rosscoe, S. J. 2012. Conodont-based correlation of lower Conemaugh marine units (Late Pennsylvanian) in Northern Appalachian Basin. Stratigraphy, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 273-279.
Falcon-Lang, H. J., Heckel, P. H., DiMichele, W. A., Blake, B. M., Easterday, C. R., Eble, C. F., Elrick, S., Gastaldo, R. A., Greb, S. F., Martino, R. L., Nelson, W. J., Pfefferkorn, H. W., Phillips, T. L., & Rosscoe, S. J. 2011B. Reply to comment on No major stratigraphic gap exists near the Desmoinesian-Missourian Stage Boundary in North America. Palaios, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 125-139. Palaios, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 672-673.
Falcon-Lang, H. J., Heckel, P. H., DiMichele, W. A., Blake, B. M., Easterday, C. R., Eble, C. F., Elrick, S., Gastaldo, R. A., Greb, S. F., Martino, R. L., Nelson, W. J., Pfefferkorn, H. W., Phillips, T. L., & Rosscoe, S. J. 2011A. No major stratigraphic gap exists near the Desmoinesian-Missourian Stage Boundary in North America. Palaios, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 125-139.
Rosscoe, S. J. & Barrick, J. E. 2009. Revision of Idiognathodus species from the Desmoinesian-Missourian (Moscovian-Kasimovian) boundary interval in the Midcontinent Basin, North America. In Over, D. J. ed. Conodont studies commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first conodont paper (Pander, 1856) and the 40th anniversary of the Pander Society. Paleontographica Americana, no. 62, pp. 115-147.
Newsletter Articles
Rosscoe, S. J. & Barrick, J. E. 2009. Idiognathodus turbatus and other key taxa of the Moscovian-Kasimovian boundary interval in the Midcontinent Region, North America. Newsletter on Carboniferous Stratigraphy, vol. 27, pp. 21-25.
Conference Abstracts
Rosscoe, S. J. and Bader, J. D. 2025. SUBMITTED. Late Desmoinesian to Missourian Platformed Species of Gondolella from the Type Region and Interval of Stauffer and Plummer (1932), Brazos River Valley, Texas. Geological Society of America.
Rosscoe, S. J. and Bader, J. D. 2024. Gondolella species of the upper Salesville Formation, Palo Pinto County, Texas. Museum of Paleontology, the University of Michigan. Papers on Paleontology No. 39, p. 370.
Rosscoe, S. J. and Bader, J. D. 2023. Conodonts from the Mineral Wells Fossil Park (Late Pennsylvanian), North-Central Texas. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, vol. 55, no. 6.
Hogancamp, N. J., Rosscoe, S. J., and Barrick, J. E. 2016. Landmark-based morphometric analyses of Idiognathodus magnificus and development of comprehensive protocols to study morphological variation in conodont P1 Elements. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, vol. 48, no. 7.
Heckel, P. H. Barrick, J. E., and Rosscoe, S. J. 2011. Conodont-based correlation of lower Conemaugh marine units (Late Pennsylvanian) in northern Appalachian Basin. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, vol. 43, no. 1, p. 74.
Butler, G. Holterhoff, P., and Rosscoe, S. 2010. High frequency sequence stratigraphic controls on sequence architecture of an Upper Pennsylvanian regressive limestone (Bethany Falls Limestone), Mid-Continent, USA. AAPG Search and Discover Article #90104, AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April, 2010.
Rosscoe, S. J. and Bader, J. D. 2010. Conodont biostratigraphy of the Upper Salesville Shale (Canyon – Upper Pennsylvanian) of north-central Texas as compared to the Hushpuckney Shale of the Midcontinent Basin, USA. Geological Society of America: Abstract with Programs, vol. 42, no. 2, p. 72.
Over, D. J., Travis, M., Morgan, P., Baird, G. C., Rosscoe, S, Bartholomew, A., and Schramm, T. 2009. Conodonts, dacryoconarids, magnetic susceptibility, and placement of the Eifelian-Givetian Boundary in the Marcellus Shale of the lower Hamilton Group, Appalachian Basin, western New York State. Permophiles: Newsletter of the Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy, no. 53, supp. 1, p. 38.
Rosscoe, S. J. and Barrick, J. E. 2009. Morphological features, possible functions, and evolution of Late Carboniferous idiognathodid P1 elements. Permophiles: Newsletter of the Subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy, no. 53, supp. 1, p. 44-45.
Graduate Student Thesis Projects
- Kasey Chreene (2025) - Reservoir Characterization of the Pennsylvanian Lower Caddo Play, Vera Field in Clay County, Texas.
- Wiltany Rolle (2024) - Accumulation of Microplastics in beach sediments at Long Beach, New York; track variation and spatial variation.
- Lauren Stancik (2024) - Description and analysis of the cleithrum from Dimetrodon and coeval species, Permian of North Texas.
Undergraduate Student Research Projects
- Brandi Morales (UGROW 2023) - Which is Which? Finding the differences between two closely-related conodont genera.
- Indigo Burke (AY 2023-24) - Comparison of growth series of Early Missourian brachiopod species from the Mineral Wells Fossil Park, North-Central Texas.
- Fionn Bryant (UGROW 2024) - Building robust sedimentary data sets in the field.
- Indigo Burke (EURECA 2024-25) - Fossil plants from the Permian Colwell Creek Pond locality, Foard County, Texas.
- Kyler Kenvin (EURECA 2024-25) - Microstratigraphy of the Craddock Bone Bed, Baylor County, Texas.
- Audrey Lane (EURECA 2025) - Analysis of disarticulated crinoid columnals from the Mineral Wells Fossil Park, Mineral Wells, Texas.
- Tameka Philip (AY 2024-25) - Integrating spectral gamma ray and magnetic susceptibility data for stratigraphic correlation of Pennsylvanian cores.
- Audrey Lane (UGROW 2025) - Crinoid Conundrum - Describing and evaluating variation in complex crinoid columnals.
- Madeline Price (EURECA 2025-26) - Chemostratigraphy of the uppermost East Mountain Shale, North-Central Texas and interpretation of depositional topography.
Student Research Conference Abstracts
Lane, A. and Rosscoe, S. 2025. SUBMITTED. Crinoid Conundrum: Analysis of Disarticulated Crinoid Columnals from Mineral Wells, Texas.
Burke, I. and Rosscoe, S. 2025. Comparison of Brachiopod Genera from the Mid-Late Pennsylvanian in North-Central Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 57, no. 1.
Kenvin, K. and Rosscoe, S. 2025. High-Resolution Stratigraphy of the Permian Craddock Bone Bed, Seymour, Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 57. no. 1.
Stancik, L., Flis, C., and Rosscoe, S. 2024. Variation in the Early Permian North American Synapsid Cleithrum. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2024, pp. 515-516.
Jones, C. & Rosscoe, S. J. 2022. An enigmatic limestone conglomerate in the predominantly siliciclastic Antlers Formation, Taylor County, Texas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs vol. 54, no. 2.
Deen, J. M., Mann, C. D., Garcia, A., & Rosscoe, S. J. 2020. Preliminary textural analysis of the Antlers Sandstone, Taylor County, Texas. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, vol. 52, no. 1.
Robinson, S. E., Rosscoe, S. J., and Dose, M. M. 2017. Preliminary analysis of gamma radiation, conodont element abundance, and finer than sand fraction relationships in the lower Barnett Shale, San Saba, Texas, U.S.A. Geological Society of America: Abstracts with Programs, vol. 49, no. 1.