Collections & Research Staff
Kevin Seymour
Assistant Curator
B.Sc. (Honours), Biology/Geology, Queen’s University, 1980
M.Sc., Geology, University of Toronto, 1983
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Toronto, 1999
Kevin Seymour is an Assistant Curator in Vertebrate Palaeontology and is Collections Manager for the ROM’s famous collection of fossil vertebrates.
Born and raised in Ottawa, Kevin has worked at the ROM since 1983, and completed his Ph.D. while working at the Museum. His dissertation research examined the South American small cats (taxonomy, morphology, palaeontology) to better understand the evolutionary relationships of this group. He has done fieldwork collecting fossil vertebrates in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Kevin’s research interests include the Quaternary faunas of eastern North America, especially Ontario, and the evolution of the North and South American cats. He was coordinating curator for the new Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals, and was also heavily involved in the planning for the new James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs.
Recent Publications
| 2010 | Simmons, N.B., K.L. Seymour, J. Habersetzer and G.F. Gunnell. "Inferring echolocation in ancient bats." Nature, 466: E8-E9. |
| 2008 | Simmons, N.B., K.L. Seymour, J. Habersetzer and G.F. Gunnell. "Primitive Early Eocene bat from Wyoming and the evolution of flight and echolocation." Nature, 451: 818-821. |
| 2005 | Seymour, K. "A Tribute to Loris Shano Russell, 1904-1998." Canadian Field-Naturalist, 118: 451-464. |
| 2004 | Seymour, K. "Pleistocene vertebrates from the pre-Late Wisconsinan Mill Creek site, St. Clair County Michigan." Michigan Academician, 36: 191-211. |
| 2004 | Seymour, K. "Empirical data for archaeological fish weight analyses." In Maya Zooarchaeology: New Directions in Method and Theory, edited by K.F. Emery. Los Angeles: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Monograph 51, pp 159-173. |
| 2001 | Karrow, P.F., J.H. McAndrews, B.B. Miller, A.V. Morgan, K.L. Seymour and O.L. White. "Illinoian to Late Wisconsinan stratigraphy at Woodbridge, Ontario." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 38: 921-942. |
| 2000 | Yensen, E. and K.L. Seymour. "Oreailurus jacobita." Mammalian Species, 644: 1-6. |
| 1997 | Morgan, G.S. and K.L. Seymour. "Fossil history of the panther (Puma concolor) and the cheetah-like cat (Miracinonyx inexpectatus) in Florida." Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 40: 177-219. |
Galleries
Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals
James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs
ROM Images
Dinosaurs
Vertebrate Fossils
Prehistoric Animals
Contact Information
Royal Ontario Museum
Department of Natural History
100 Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
M5S 2C6
Tel: 416.586.5754
Fax: 416.586.5553
E-mail: kevins@rom.on.ca
Kevin in his office holding a jaguar (Panthera onca) skull.
Kevin (centre) unpacking the ROM's new fossil palm frond (Sabalites sp.) with Pete Fenton (left) and Brian Iwama (right).
Kevin examining the skull of the extinct bird Phorusrhacos longissimus.
