Kyle Hartshorn

Master of Science graduate student in the University of Cincinnati Department of Geosciences focused on Ordovician-Silurian stratigraphy and paleontology, advised by Carlton Brett. Multidisciplinary industry experience in software development (enginering software and simulations, 3D graphics, virtual reality) and scientific illustration.

For more information, please see: kylehartshorn.com

BS: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio, 2010 (Computer Science)

• Ordovician-Silurian stratigraphy, both global and regional 
• Echinoderm paleontology (especially the weird stuff: blastozoans, cyclocystoids, ophiocistioids, etc.)
• Early Paleozoic polyplacophorans (chitons and their relatives)
• Outcrop digitization and modeling

2010 -2024 Kinetic Vision, Evendale, Ohio

Peer Reviewed Publications

Dattilo, Benjamin F., Rebecca L. Freeman, Kyle Hartshorn, David Peterman, Aaron Morse, David L. Meyer, Lindsay G. Dugan, and James W. Hagadorn.  (2024). Paradox lost: Wide gape in the Ordovician brachiopod Rafinesquina explains how unattached filter-feeding strophomenoids thrived on muddy substrates. Palaeontology, 67 (2) , e12697More Information

Brett, Carlton E., Christopher D. Aucoin, Benjamin F. Dattilo, Rebecca L. Freeman, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Patrick I. McLaughlin, and Cameron E. Schwalbach  (2020). Revised sequence stratigraphy of the upper Katian Stage (Cincinnatian) strata in the Cincinnati Arch reference area: Geological and paleontological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 540, 109483More Information

Lam, Adriane R., Jennifer E. Bauer, Susanna Fraass, Sarah Sheffield, Maggie R. Limbeck, Rose M. Borden, Megan E. Thompson-Munson, Andrew J. Fraass, J. Michael Hils, Cameron E. Muskelly, Kyle R. Hartshorn, and Raquel Bryant  (2019). Time Scavengers: An educational website to communicate climate change and evolutionary theory to the public through blogs, web pages, and social media platforms. Journal of STEM Outreach, 21 (1) , 1-8More Information

Other Publications

Brett, Carlton E., Benjamin F. Dattilo, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Nathan Marshall, and Thomas Schramm (2022) A new look at the classic Cincinnatian (Upper Ordovician, Katian Stage) strata of southern Ohio-Indiana: Shales, shell beds, storms, sediment starvation, and cycles .Geological Society of America North-Central & Southeastern Section Post-Meeting Field Trip Guidebook,

Brett, Carlton E., Kyle R. Hartshorn, Allison L. Young, Cameron E. Schwalbach, and Alycia L. Stigall (2018) The classic Upper Ordovician stratigraphy and paleontology of the Eastern Cincinnati Arch .IGCP Project 653 3rd Annual Meeting Field Trip Guidebook,

Hartshorn, Kyle R., Jack W. Kallmeyer, and Carlton E. Brett (2016) Dry Dredging the Cincinnati Arch .FOSSIL Project Mini Conference 2016 Field Trip Guidebook,

Book Chapter

Brett, Carlton E., Kyle R. Hartshorn, Christopher B.T. Waid, Patrick I. McLaughlin, Katherine V. Bulinski, James R. Thomka, Timothy R. Paton, Rebecca L. Freeman, and Benjamin F. Dattilo (2018). Lower to middle Paleozoic sequence stratigraphy and paleontology in the greater Louisville, Kentucky, area. In Ancient Oceans, Orogenic Uplifts, and Glacial Ice: Geologic Crossroads in America’s Heartland. Geological Society of America

Invited Presentations

Kyle Hartshorn (2023. ) Illustrating Life in Ancient Ohio .Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, Columbus, Ohio. Level:State

Poster Presentations

Hartshorn, Kyle R., Jack W. Kallmeyer, Thomas E. Bantel, Donald L. Bissett, Endia J. Crabtree, Ron Fine, Rich Fuchs, William P. Heimbrock, and Nikki E. Zehler (2024. ) Another decade of scientific contributions from the Cincinnati Dry Dredgers: 2014 – 2024 .12th North American Paleontological Convention, Ann Arbor, Michigan. . Professional Meeting. .

Farnam, Cole, Carlton Brett, and Kyle Hartshorn (2022. ) Revised sequence stratigraphy for the uppermost Ordovician strata of the Cincinnati region .GSA Connects, Denver, Colorado. .

Brett, Carlton E., Allison L. Young, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Jessica A. Bowling, and Brendon Myers (2019. ) Revisiting a classic area: Revised stratigraphy and paleontology of the Upper Ordovician (Mohawkian/lower Katian) Millersburg and Nicholas members, Lexington Formation, in north central Kentucky .GSA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona. .

Lam, Adrian R., Jennifer Bauer, Sarah L. Sheffield, Cameron O. Muskelly, Megan Thompson-Munson, Maggie Limbeck, J. Michael. Hils, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Andrew Fraass, Susanna Fraass, and Rose Borden (2018. ) Time Scavengers: A website to disseminate climate change and evolutionary principles to increase public literacy .AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.. .

Kallmeyer, Jack W., Kyle R. Hartshorn, and Carlton E. Brett (2018. ) The “Solenopora” of the Cincinnati Arch: algae or sponges? .IGCP Project 653 3rd Annual Meeting, Athens, Ohio. .

Hartshorn, Kyle R., Jack W. Kallmeyer, William P. Heimbrock, and Thomas E. Bantel (2014. ) Heirs to the ‘Cincinnati School of Paleontology’: Over 70 years of scientific contributions from the Cincinnati Dry Dredgers .10th North American Paleontological Convention, Gainesville, Florida. .

Lecture

Kyle Hartshorn (01-24-2025. ) Unsolved mysteries of the Cincinnatian .Cincinnati, Ohio.

Kyle Hartshorn (05-04-2024. ) Illustrating Life in Ancient Ohio .Cincinnati, Ohio.

Kyle Hartshorn (11-20-2020. ) A brief introduction to Cincinnatian stratigraphy .Cincinnati, Ohio.

Kyle Hartshorn (11-17-2017. ) Looking for the overlooked: Opportunities for advanced amateur paleontology .Cincinnati, Ohio.

Paper Presentations

Brett, Carlton E., Christopher D. Aucoin, Benjamin F. Dattilo, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Patrick I. McLaughlin, and Cameron E. Schwalbach (2018. ) Revised sequence stratigraphy and chronostratigraphy of the upper Katian Stage (Cincinnatian) strata in the Cincinnati Arch reference area .Athens, Ohio.

Brett, Carlton E., Patrick I. McLaughlin, Benjamin F. Dattilo, Christopher D. Aucoin, Kyle R. Hartshorn, Timothy R. Paton, and Allison L. Young (2018. ) Sequence stratigraphy of mixed siliciclastic-carbonate successions in the Katian Stage of the Cincinnati Arch region (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee) .Athens, Ohio.

Hartshorn, Kyle R. (2017. ) Digital dry dredging: Reassessing Eobalanus, Ruedemann’s “ancestral acorn barnacle” .Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Hartshorn, Kyle R. (2014. ) The oldest known multiplacophoran? Review of Eobalanus Ruedemann from the Upper Ordovician of New York State .Cincinnati, Ohio.

stratigraphy, paleontology, Ordovician, Silurian, software, illustration

Geological Society of America,

Paleontological Society,

Dry Dredgers,