Dave Bohaska

After over 3 decades of service, Dave Bohaska has officially retired from the Smithsonian. The Paleobiology Department would like to congratulate Dave on his retirement and thank him for his many years of dedicated service to the department and the fossil community at large.

Any inquiries about the fossil marine mammal collections should be directed to Amanda Millhouse or Nick Pyenson.

• M.S. University of California, Los Angeles, 1978
• B.A. Rutgers College, 1973

Fossil marine mammals of the Tertiary, mid-Atlantic coast of North America.

Journal Article

• Godfrey, Stephen J., Bohaska, David J., and Maisey, John. 2022. "The report of a rare deformed eagle ray (Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae) tooth plate from the Neogene of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, U.S.A." Carnets Géol., 22, (6) 161–169. https://doi.org/10.2110/carnets.2022.2206.
• Feldmann, Rodney M., Schweitzer, Carrie E., and Bohaska, David J. 2018. "Libinia marylandicus Palmer, 1935: discovery of a forgotten specimen from the Maryland Miocene, USA, and re-evaluation of Libinia ssp. from the Maryland Miocene." Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, 44 1–8.

Book Chapter

• Paterson, Ryan, Rycbynski, Natalia, Bohaska, David J., and Pitulko, Vladimir V. 2017. "Deep Time: the Narwhal and Beluga Fossil Record." In Narwhal: Revealing An Arctic Legend. Fitzhugh, William W. and Nweeia, Martin T., editors. 84–88. Hanover, New Hampshire and Washington DC: IPI Press and Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.
• Eshelman, Ralph E., Emry, Robert J., Domning, Daryl P., and Bohaska, David J. 2002. "Biography and Bibliography of Clayton Edward Ray." In Cenozoic Mammals of Land and Sea: Tributes to the Career of Clayton E. Ray. Emry, Robert J., editor. 1–13. Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 93.
• Bohaska, David J. 1998. "Fossil Marine Mammals of the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Site, Delaware." In Geology and Paleontology of the Lower Miocene Pollack Farm Fossil Site, Delaware. Benson, R. N., editor. 179–191. Newark, Delaware: Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware. In Delaware Geological Survey Special Publication.
• Gottfried, M. D., Bohaska, D. J., and Whitmore, Frank C., Jr. 1994. "Miocene Cetaceans of the Chesapeake Group." In Contributions in Marine Mammal Paleontology Honoring Frank C. Whitmore, Jr.. Berta, A. and Deméré, T. A., editors. 229–238. San Diego, California: San Diego Society of Natural History.
• Vickers-Rich, Patricia and Bohaska, David J. 1976. "The World’s Oldest Owl: A New Strigiform from the Paleocene of Southwestern Colorado." In Collected papers in avian paleontology honoring the 90th birthday of Alexander Wetmore. 87–93. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 27. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.27.87.

Book

• Ray, Clayton E. and Bohaska, David J. 2001. Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III, Ray, Clayton E. and Bohaska, David J., editors. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, 90. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.90.1.