Who am I?

Dr Gerard F Willemsen

Born in 1957 in Arnhem, Netherlands. I studied biology at Utrecht State University from 1975 to 1982. I got my PhD from the Faculty of Geology at the same university in 1990 on a thesis called "A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe". I have been involved in research concerning island evolution under the guidance of the late Dr Paul Y. Sondaar, and done some work on cervids in this respect. I have also been working on pleistocene faunas during a number of years when working at the Archaeological Dep. of the Arnhem Museum (Netherlands, mid-1980-ies). Carnivores have all the time had my special interest.

During 1993-1996 I studied some theology at the Theological Seminary at Lidingö (Stockholm), which explains my interest in the field of Science and Theology, especially evolutionary theory and theology. I am currently (spring 2003) working on a book on this subject.

Main research interests:

Mammalian paleontology, with emphasis on carnivores, but other groups as well.
Evolution on islands
Pleistocene paleontology
General evolutionary theory, speciation, extiction
Evolutionary theory and theology

Adress:
Dr Gerard F. Willemsen
Parkvägen 5
S 92332 Storuman
Sweden
tel. +46-95133229 (0951-33229)
email gerard.willemsen@wtnord.net

Bibliography

Willemsen, G.F., 1980. Comparative study of the functional morphology of some Lutrinae, especially Lutra lutra, Lutrogale perspicillata and the Pleistocene Isolalutra cretensis. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, B, 83: 289-326

Willemsen, G.F., 1981. Enkele aanpassingen van de otter. Natura 78, 2: 42-47

Willemsen, G.F., 1983. Den kortbenta svalbardrenen. Fauna och Flora, 78: 19-22

Willemsen, G.F., 1983. Osteological mesurements and some remarks on the evoluton of the Svalbard reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 48: 175-185

Willemsen, G.F., 1983. Paralutra garganensis sp. nov. (Mustelidae, Lutrinae), a new otter from the Miocene of Gargano, Italy. Scripta Geologica 72, 1-9

Willemsen, G.F., 1984. De evolutie van het rendier. Cranium 1, 2: 55-62

Willemsen, G.F., 1984. Europese otters door de tijden heen. Lutra, 27: 11-18

Willemsen, G.F., 1986. Lutrogale palaeoleptonyx (Dubois, 1908), a fossil otter from Java in the Dubois collection. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, B, 89: 195-200

Willemsen, G.F., 1986. De Mustelidae: een overzicht. Cranium 3, 1: 25-29

Malatesta, A. & Willemsen, G.F., 1986. Algarolutra g.n. established for a fossil otter of the Sardinia island. Geologica Romana 25: 285-286

Willemsen, G.F. & Malatesta, A., 1987. Megalenhydris barbaricina sp. nov., a new otter from Sardinia. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, B, 90: 83-92

Willemsen, G.F., 1988. Mustela and Enhydricytis (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Tegelen (the Netherlands). Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, B, 91: 311-320

Willemsen, G.F., 1992. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Scripta Geologica 101: 1-115

Willemsen, G.F., 1996. The Cretan Otter, Lutrogale cretensis. In: Reese, D.S. (ed.): Pleistocene and Holocene Fauna of Crete and Its First Settlers, Monographs in World Archaeology 28: 153-157

Willemsen, G.F., 1999. Some remarks on the Enhydrini (Lutrinae) from the Siwaliks, Pakistan. In: Reumer, J.W.F. & De Vos, J.: Elephants have a snorkel! Papers in honour of Paul Y. Sondaar. Deinsea 7:411-418.