Exhibits

Exhibit of giraffe fossils in Uppsala Sweden, 2012
Exhibit on human evolution in the UCM, Colorado, 1979.
Exhibit on human evolution at the Goulandris Natural History Museum (GNHM), Greece, 1981.
Construction of a life-sized muscular statue of the dinosaur Deinonychus at Talcott Mountain Science Center, Avon, Connecticut, 1983.

Special Productions and Activities

Solounias N. (editor) 2001. Complete dissection of the human body. Published internally at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Embryology topics for anatomy students. Published internally at NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine 2013.
Solounias N. and the History Channel of TV - Paleontology in Ancient Greece - aired 2004-2008.
Organizer of Symposium on: Mammalian Evolution in the Contexts of Paleoecological and Climatic Change - Phoenix Arizona - With Matthew Mihlbachler, Gina Semprebon and Florent Rivals 2005

Posters and Abstracts

Solounias, N. Dietary adaptations of Miocene ruminants. 1992. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, poster, Toronto.
Solounias, N. 1993. The savanna myth of the Miocene. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, talk in Albuquerque. Journal of Vertebrate
Solounias, N. and L.- A. Hayek. 1994, Seattle. The dietary paleobiology of Giraffidae (Mammalia). Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, talk in Seattle. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 14:46.
Moelleken, S. M. C. N. Solounias and J. M. Plavcan. 1994. A new approach for dietary determination of Tragoportax, Gazella and Pachytragus (Bovidae) from the Miocene of Greece. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, talk in Seattle. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 14:38.
Solounias, N. 1995. The evolution of the giraffe neck. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, talk in Pittsburgh. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 15:54
Solounias, N. 1997. Remarkable new findings regarding the evolution of the giraffe neck. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, talk in Chicago. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 17:78.
Holbrook L. T. and N. Solounias 1999. Evolution of the neck in Giraffidae. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology talk in Denver. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19: 52A.
Samprebon, G. M., C. M. Janis and N. Solounias. 1999. Dietary reconstruction within the Dromomerycidae. Society of vertebrate Paleontology talk in Denver. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19: 75A.
Rehorek, S., W. J. Hillenius, N. Solounias. 2001. Preorbital fossae in mammals: a re-examination of this unusual structure. For: The Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology - Jena, Germany; poster.
Kaiser, T., M. Fortelius and N. Solounias. 2001. The reconstruction of paleodiet in fossil ungulates using tooth morphology and wear - examples from Neogene horses. A contribution for reconstructing habitat properties. The Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology - Jena, Germany; Journal of Morphology 248:247.
Solounias, N. 2001. Probable function of the preorbital fossa of extinct equids. The Sixth International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology - Jena, Germany; Journal of Morphology 248:286-287.
Alexander, J. and N. Solounias. 2001. A uniquely specialized nasal region in n ancient tapir. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, talk in Bozeman Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 21.27A.
Solounias N. and M. Colbert. 2001. Reconstruction of the narial cavity of Merychippus insignis and comparisons with the modern horse, Equus caballus. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Symposium on MRI and paleontology in Bozeman Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 21:poster.
Kaiser, T. and N. Solounias. 2002. The tooth mesowear method and its applications. The annual meeting of the "Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft" is held in the Zoologisches Instutut in Halle Germany.
Mihlblacher, C. M. and N. Solounias. 2002. Body size, dental microwear and brontothere diets through the Eocene. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, Oklahoma.
Solounias N. and C. M. Mihlblacher. 2003. Paleodietary trends among the Merycoidontidae (oreodonts) from the Late Eocene to late Miocene using the abrasion-attrition wear gradient method. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, St Paul, Minnesota.
Green, J., G. M. Semprebon, N. Solounias. 2003. Reconstructing the dietary habits of a large sample of Florida mastodonts via low-magnification stereomicroscopy. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, St Paul, Minnesota.
Semprebon, G. M., N. Solounias N, L. R. Godfrey. 2003. The efficacy of low-magnification stereomicroscopy in diagnosing diet across orders of mammals. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, St Paul, Minnesota.
Solounias, N. M. Mihlbachler, C. M., Colbert. 2004. The meatal diverticulum and conchae of tapirs. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology 7. Journal of Morphology 260(3): 330
Mihlbachler, C. M. and N. Solounias. 2004. Anatomy and evolution of the bizarre "battering ram" of the brontothere, Embolotherium (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology 7. Journal of Morphology 260(3): 313
Mihlbachler C. M. and Solounias, N. 2004. Coevolution of tooth crown height and diet in Eocene-Miocene oreodonts (Merycoidodontidae) of North America: a classic evolutionary "tale" revised. In the Bridges symposium - a NYU/AMNH/NYBG sponsored evolutionary biology symposium.
Rivals N. and N. Solounias 2004 Bison dietary changes in North America during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Denver.
Solounias N. F. Rivals., M. Mihlbachler, C. Blondel and D. Guthrie. 2004. Mammoth and other herbivore diets in Alaska dduring the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Denver.
Mihlbachler and Solounias 2005. Mesowear and the dietary history of north American horses from Hyracotherium to Equus and its relationship with climatic and morphological evolution. Symposium at SVP Phoenix.
Solounias N., F. Rivals and G. Semprebon 2008. Herbivore dietary interpretation and paleoecology of the Pikermian Biome (Late Miocene). SVP Cleveland.
Shockey, B., M. Mihlbachler, N. Solounias 2008. Functional morphology of the knee in rhinos and the evolution of the knee-locking mechanisms among rhinocerotoid perissodactyls. SVP Cleveland.
Guigova, A., A. Ruvo and N. Solounias. 2009. New eye muscles and the evolution of fighting in the giraffe. SVP Abstract, Bristol UK
Trister, R. and N. Solounias. 2009. Intermediate in length fossil necks in Giraffidae. SVP Abstract, Bristol UK
Zheng, H. and N. Solounias. 2009. Horizontal and inclined necks in extinct Giraffidae. SVP Abstract, Bristol UK
Gantumur, O. M.C. Mihlbachler, B. Minjin and N. Solounias 2009. Dental wear in the extant ungulate fauna of the Gobi Desert and implications for paleodiet interpretation of extinct species in arid climates. SVP Abstract, Bristol UK
Florent Rivals, Gina M. Semprebon, Nikos Solounias. 2010. Advances in ungulate dental wear techniques reveal new patterns of niche breadth and expansion throughout the Cenozoic. SVP 2010 Pittsburgh
Ayoub, M. Mihlbachler, N. Solounias. 2010. Paleodiet and resource partitioning in early Eocene herbivorous mammals from the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming: Evidence from dental microwear. SVP 2010 Pittsburgh
Grossman, A. and N. Solounias 2013. New giraffoid fossils from the later early Miocene Lothidok Formation (West Turkana, Kenya): implications for giraffoid early diversity. Conference on Ruminant Phylogenetics - Munich 2013 - ICRPM13 Ziteliana:
Beatty B. and N. Solounias 2013. Histological insights into the deep homology of ruminant cranial appendages. Conference on Ruminant Phylogenetics - Munich 2013 - ICRPM13 Ziteliana:
Solounias, N. and S. Hou. 2013. The interrelationships of Giraffidae. Conference on Ruminant Phylogenetics - Munich 2013 - ICRPM13 Ziteliana:

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Poster Presentations

New giraffid fossils from Kalodirr (Kenya): implications for our understanding of the early Giraffidae Ari Grossman and Nikos Solounias Department of Anatomy Midwestern University Glendale Arizona and NYCOM
Dietary reconstruction of Chinese shovel-tusked gomphotheres: evidence from dental microwear from molars and tusks Gina Semprebon, Deng Tao, Nikos Solounias Bay Path College Longmeadow Massachusetts - Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology Beijing China and NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
G. M. Semprebon, Solounias N., F. Rivals, 2012 Elucidating the paleodietary trends in North American horses from Hyracotherium to Equus using tooth micowear analysis

Invited Lectures and Seminars

2012 Invited to present summary of my research at the Senckenberg Museum Frankfurt
2012 Invited to Beijing IVPP - and Hezheng Museums China
2011 Invited to Beijing IVPP China - International conference on Asian paleontology and biostratigraphy
Solounias N., R. Florent, G. Semprebon 2011. Tooth mesowear and tooth microwear: methods for assessing diets in herbivorous ungulates, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern Switzerland
Solounias, N. and M. C. Mihlbachler. 2009. The evolution of the nasal cavity in Perissodactyla with special attention to that of the tapir and the horse. In: Evolutionary Morphology of the Head-and-Neck Region in Land Vertebrates - Structures, Transformations and Functions. Cape Town South Africa.
Neogene Terrestrial Mammalian Biostratigraphy and Chronology in Asia. Solounias, N., G. Semprebon, M. Mihlbachler and F. Rivals. 2009. Comparisons of herbivore paleodiet between Pikermi, Samos and the late Miocene of China. Beijing, China.
Solounias, N. 2008. Grazers and browsers and their evolution. American Museum of Natural History. Sponsored by the New York Paleontological Society. Nov. 16, 2008.
The significance of the Samos fossils. 2007. Pythagorion Samos. Public lecture organized by the Mayor of Samos.
Organizer of Symposium on: Mammalian Evolution in the Contexts of Paleoecological and Climatic Change - Phoenix Arizona - With Matthew Mihlbachler, Gina Semprebon and Florent Rivals 2005
Tapir and horse anatomy - International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology Florida 2004
Evolution NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine
Human Diversity - NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2004
Diet of Ungulates. White Oaks National Reserve, Florida, February, 2002
Diet of Ungulates. Los Angeles Museum of Natural History, November, 2001
Pikermi paleoecology. Siena Italy, 1998
Evolution of the giraffe's neck American Museum of Natural History, 1998
Giraffe paleodiet, Evolution of the giraffe's neck, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies and the Wildlife Conservation Society, Airlie Virginia, 1997
Samos paleoecology. Reisensburg, Germany, 1992
Ungulate diets and paleoecology. Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1993
Methods of determining paleodiet, Museum of Zoology, Helsinki, Finland, 1993
Dietary evolution of ungulates. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1993
Adaptation and evolution of ungulates. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1992
Interpreting the diet of extinct ruminants. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1990
Methods for dietary determination of extinct ruminants. University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Microwear and diet of herbivores, 1984. Brown University, Masticatory morphology of ruminants, 1983
Masticatory morphology of ruminants. Harvard University, 1982, 1983
The Samos fauna. University of Hartford, 1982
The Samos fauna. Yale University, 1981
The Samos fauna. American Museum of Natural History, 1980