EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Toronto
June 2022
Thesis: Tonian macroalgae and paleoenvironments from the Mackenzie Mountain Supergroup in the
Wernecke Mountains
M.Sc. University of Toronto
August 2017
Thesis: Facies Analysis and Population Structure of Ediacaran Deposits in Southern Namibia
H.B.Sc. McMaster University
April 2016
Integrated Science & Earth Science
Thesis: Scale and Spatial Arrangement of Modern Glacial Landforms in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
June 2022
Thesis: Tonian macroalgae and paleoenvironments from the Mackenzie Mountain Supergroup in the
Wernecke Mountains
M.Sc. University of Toronto
August 2017
Thesis: Facies Analysis and Population Structure of Ediacaran Deposits in Southern Namibia
H.B.Sc. McMaster University
April 2016
Integrated Science & Earth Science
Thesis: Scale and Spatial Arrangement of Modern Glacial Landforms in Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
PUBLICATIONS
2024 Maloney, K.M., Halverson, G.P., Lechte, M., Gibson, T.M., Bui, T.H., Schiffbauer, J., and Laflamme, M., The paleoredox context of early eukaryotic evolution: insights from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountains Supergroup, Canada. Geobiology. 22(3), e12598
2024 Lechte, M., Halverson, G., Wallace, M., Gibson, T., Hood, A.v.S., Wang, C.L., Bui, T.H., Maloney, K., Millikin, A., Oolitic ironstones, continental iron flux and reverse weathering in the Proterozoic Eon: insights from the Tonian Katherine Group, Yukon. In review at Earth Science Reviews. 104790.
2023 Maloney, K.M., Maverick, D.P., Schiffbauer, J.D., Halverson, G.P., Xiao, S., and Laflamme, M., Systematic paleontology of macroalgal fossils from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountains Supegroup. Journal of Paleontology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2023.4
2022 Maloney, K.M., Schiffbauer, J.D., Halverson, G.P., Xiao, S., and Laflamme, M., Preservation of early Tonian Macroalgae from the Dolores Creek Formation, Yukon. Scientific Reports. 12: 6222. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10223-x
2022 Turk, K. Maloney, K.M., Laflamme, M., and Darroch, S.A.F., Paleontology and ichnology of the Late Ediacaran Nasep-Huns transition (Nama Group, southern Namibia). Journal of Paleontology. 96 (4):753-769. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2022.31
2021 Maloney, K.M., Halverson, G.P., Schiffbauer, J.D., Xiao, S., Gibson, T.M., Lechte, M.A, Cumming, V.M., Millikin, A.E.G., Murphy, J.G., Wallace, M.W., Selby, D., and Laflamme, M., New multicellular marine macroalgae from the early Tonian of northwestern Canada. Geology. 49. (6): 743–747. doi: 10.1130/G48508.1
2021 Gibson, B.M., Darroch, S.A.F., Maloney, K.M., and Laflamme, M., The importance of size and location within gregarious populations of Ernietta plateauensis. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 749150. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.749150
2020 Darroch, S., Cribb, A., Buatois, L., Germs, G., Kenchington, C., Smith, E., Mocke, H., O’Niel, G., Schiffbauer, J., Maloney, K., Racicot, R., Turk, K., Gibson, B., Koester, B., Almond, J., Boag, T., Tweedt, S., and Laflamme, M., The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion. Earth Science Reviews. 212. 103435, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103435
2020 Maloney, K.M., Boag, T.H., Facciol, A.J., Gibson, B.M., Cribb, A., Koester, B.E., Kenchington, C.G., Racicot, R.A., Darroch, S.A.F., and Laflamme, M., Paleoenvironmental analysis of Ernietta- bearing Ediacaran deposits in southern Namibia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology. 556, 109884, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109884
2018 Gibson, B.M., Rahman, I.A., Maloney, K.M., Mocke, H., Racicot, R.A., Laflamme, M., and Darroch, S.A.F., Gregarious suspension feeding in a modular Ediacaran organism. Science Advances. 5(6), eaaw0260, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0260
2015 Englert, R., Ingram, R., Madronich, L., Maloney, K., Moor, K., Rooney, K., and Mulligan, R., Quantifying Eroded Sediment Volume during Drumlin Formation in Simcoe County. Cartographica. 50(3): 172-178. doi: 10.3138/cart.50.3.3197C
2024 Lechte, M., Halverson, G., Wallace, M., Gibson, T., Hood, A.v.S., Wang, C.L., Bui, T.H., Maloney, K., Millikin, A., Oolitic ironstones, continental iron flux and reverse weathering in the Proterozoic Eon: insights from the Tonian Katherine Group, Yukon. In review at Earth Science Reviews. 104790.
2023 Maloney, K.M., Maverick, D.P., Schiffbauer, J.D., Halverson, G.P., Xiao, S., and Laflamme, M., Systematic paleontology of macroalgal fossils from the Tonian Mackenzie Mountains Supegroup. Journal of Paleontology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2023.4
2022 Maloney, K.M., Schiffbauer, J.D., Halverson, G.P., Xiao, S., and Laflamme, M., Preservation of early Tonian Macroalgae from the Dolores Creek Formation, Yukon. Scientific Reports. 12: 6222. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-10223-x
2022 Turk, K. Maloney, K.M., Laflamme, M., and Darroch, S.A.F., Paleontology and ichnology of the Late Ediacaran Nasep-Huns transition (Nama Group, southern Namibia). Journal of Paleontology. 96 (4):753-769. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2022.31
2021 Maloney, K.M., Halverson, G.P., Schiffbauer, J.D., Xiao, S., Gibson, T.M., Lechte, M.A, Cumming, V.M., Millikin, A.E.G., Murphy, J.G., Wallace, M.W., Selby, D., and Laflamme, M., New multicellular marine macroalgae from the early Tonian of northwestern Canada. Geology. 49. (6): 743–747. doi: 10.1130/G48508.1
2021 Gibson, B.M., Darroch, S.A.F., Maloney, K.M., and Laflamme, M., The importance of size and location within gregarious populations of Ernietta plateauensis. Frontiers in Earth Science. 9. 749150. doi: 10.3389/feart.2021.749150
2020 Darroch, S., Cribb, A., Buatois, L., Germs, G., Kenchington, C., Smith, E., Mocke, H., O’Niel, G., Schiffbauer, J., Maloney, K., Racicot, R., Turk, K., Gibson, B., Koester, B., Almond, J., Boag, T., Tweedt, S., and Laflamme, M., The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion. Earth Science Reviews. 212. 103435, doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2020.103435
2020 Maloney, K.M., Boag, T.H., Facciol, A.J., Gibson, B.M., Cribb, A., Koester, B.E., Kenchington, C.G., Racicot, R.A., Darroch, S.A.F., and Laflamme, M., Paleoenvironmental analysis of Ernietta- bearing Ediacaran deposits in southern Namibia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology. 556, 109884, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.109884
2018 Gibson, B.M., Rahman, I.A., Maloney, K.M., Mocke, H., Racicot, R.A., Laflamme, M., and Darroch, S.A.F., Gregarious suspension feeding in a modular Ediacaran organism. Science Advances. 5(6), eaaw0260, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw0260
2015 Englert, R., Ingram, R., Madronich, L., Maloney, K., Moor, K., Rooney, K., and Mulligan, R., Quantifying Eroded Sediment Volume during Drumlin Formation in Simcoe County. Cartographica. 50(3): 172-178. doi: 10.3138/cart.50.3.3197C
