Charles Helm was once born in Cape The city, South Africa, in 1957. He graduated with an MBChB on the College of Cape The city in 1981. He moved to Canada in 1986, settled in Tumbler Ridge in northeastern British Columbia in 1992, has practised there since then as a circle of relatives doctor, and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Circle of relatives Physicians of Canada.
Following the invention of Cretaceous dinosaur trackways close to Tumbler Ridge by way of his eight-year-old son and a pal in 2000, he was once a founding member of the Tumbler Ridge Museum in 2002, and thru this organisation he helped identify a neighborhood palaeontology analysis centre, which specialises in ichnology. He has served at the museum board of administrators as president, vice-president and secretary. He has made Cretaceous dinosaur trackway discoveries and Triassic fish and marine reptile discoveries. He led the force for the a hit designation of the Tumbler Ridge Unesco World Geopark. He’s the writer of 9 books, considered one of which is a e book on dinosaurs for youngsters.
He has carried out the palaeontological wisdom he received in Canada to his local South Africa since 2007, documenting the wealth of Pleistocene fossil trackways that he and his analysis crew have came upon alongside a 350km stretch of beach, and has led analysis publications on those findings. Discoveries come with 4 hominin tracksites and proof that patterns made in sand by way of hominins at the moment are preserved in rock surfaces.
He’s a analysis go along with the African Centre for Coastal Palaeoscience at Nelson Mandela College, South Africa, the place he’s recently pursuing his PhD within the Division of Geoscience. He has helped to pioneer the rising self-discipline of geomythology in southern Africa. He has given a large number of talks on palaeontology, ichnology and geomythology to audiences in Canada and South Africa.
Peer reviewed earth science analysis articles:
As lead writer:
Helm, C.W., Anderson, R.J., Buckley, L.G., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C. 2017. Biofilm permits id of avian trackways in Overdue Pleistocene coastal aeolianites, South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana, 52:78–84.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., Cowling, R.M., De Vynck, J.C., Marean, C.W., McCrea, R.T., Rust, R. 2018. Palaeoecology of giraffe tracks in Overdue Pleistocene aeolianites at the Cape south coast. South African Magazine of Science, 114(1/2), 8 pages, Article quantity: 2017-0266. On-line at:
Helm, C.W., McCrea, R.T., Cawthra, H.C., Thesen, G.H.H., Mwankunda, J.M. 2018. Overdue Pleistocene hint fossils within the Goukamma Nature Reserve, Cape south coast, South Africa. Palaeontologia africana, 52, 89–101.
Helm, C.W., McCrea, R.T., Cawthra, H.C., Cowling, R.M., Lockley, M.G., Marean, C.W., Thesen, G.H.H., Pigeon, T., Hattingh, S. 2018. A brand new Pleistocene hominin tracksite from the Cape south coast, South Africa. Medical Reviews. On-line at: www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22059-5 (accessed 01 March 2018).
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22059-5
Helm, C.W., Benoit, J., Mayor, A., Cawthra, H.C., Penn-Clarke, C.R., Rust. R. 2019. Hobby in geological and palaeontological curiosities by way of southern African non-western societies: A assessment and views for long term find out about. Complaints of the Geologists’ Affiliation.
Helm, C.W., Lockley, M.G., Cole, Okay., Noakes, T.D., McCrea, R.T. 2019. Hominin tracks in southern Africa: A assessment and an strategy to id. Palaeontologia africana, 53, 81–96.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Lockley, M.G., McCrea, R.T., Venter, J. 2019.
The Pleistocene fauna of the Cape south coast published via ichnology at two localities.
South African Magazine of Science 115 (1/2), Artwork. #5135.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Helm, C.J.Z., Rust, R., Stear, W. 2019. Patterns within the sand: a Pleistocene hominin signature alongside the South African beach? Complaints of the Geologists’ Affiliation 130(6), 719–740.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., Hattingh, R., Hattingh, S., McCrea, R.T., Thesen, G.H.H. 2019. Pleistocene hint fossils of Robberg Nature Reserve. Palaeontologia Africana 54, 36–47.
Helm. C.W., Klenke, P. 2019. At the Dimension of the Earth – New Approaches to our Planet’s Unique Form. Cartographica.54(3), 145–192.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., Combrink, X., Helm, C.J.Z., Rust, R., Stear, W., Van den Heever, A. 2020. Pleistocene huge reptile tracks and possible swim lines on South Africa’s Cape south coast. South African Magazine of Science 116(3/4), Artwork. #6542.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., Cowling, R.M., De Vynck, J.C., Lockley, M.G., Marean, C.W., Thesen, G.H.H., Venter, J.A. 2020. Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites at the Cape south coast of South Africa and their attainable palaeoecological implications. In: Cleghorn, N., Potts, A.J., Cawthra, H.C. (Eds.), The Palaeo-Agulhas Simple: a misplaced international and extinct ecosystem. Quaternary Science Opinions 235, 105857.
Helm, C.W., Lockley, M.G., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Helm, C.J.Z., Thesen, G.H.H. 2020. Huge Pleistocene avian tracks at the Cape south coast of South Africa. Ostrich 91(4), 275–291.
Helm, C.W., Lockley, M.G., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Dixon, M.G., Helm, C.J.Z., Thesen, G.H.H. 2020. Newly recognized hominin trackways from the Cape south coast of South Africa. South African Magazine of Science 116(9/10), Artwork. #8156.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Dixon, M., Stear, W. 2021. Elephant tracks – a biogenic reason behind potholes in Pleistocene South African coastal rocks. Magazine of Coastal Analysis 37(1), 59–74.
Helm, C.W., Lockley, M.G. 2021. Pleistocene reptile swim lines showed from South Africa’s Cape south coast. South African Magazine of Science 117(3/4), Artwork.#8830.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., Cowling, R.M., De Vynck, J.C., Lockley, M.G., Marean, C.W., Dixon, M.G., Helm, C.J.Z., Stear, W., Thesen, G.H.H., Venter, J.A. 2021. Protective and conserving South African aeolianite surfaces from graffiti. Koedoe 63(1), a1656.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Helm. C.J.Z., Rust, R., Stear, W. 2021. Huge geometric patterns from the Center Stone Age in aeolianites at the Cape south coast, South Africa. Rock Artwork Analysis 38(1), 10–22.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Helm. C.J.Z., Rust, R., Stear, W. 2021. Palaeoart on South Africa’s Cape south coast. South African Magazine of Artwork Historical past 35(2), 53–66.
Helm, C.W., Lockley, M.G., Moolman, L., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Dixon, M.G., Stear, W., Thesen, G.H.H. 2021. Morphology of Pleistocene elephant tracks on South Africa’s Cape south coast, and possible elephant trunk drag impressions. Quaternary Analysis.
Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Hattingh, R., Lockley, M.G. 2022. Conceivable Pleistocene hominin tracks from South Africa’s west coast. South African Magazine of Science 118(1/2), Artwork. #11842.
In press:
Helm, C.W., Carr, A.S., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Dixon, M., Stear, W., Stuart, C., Stuart, M., Venter, J.A. Conceivable Pleistocene pinniped ichnofossils on South Africa’s Cape south coast. Magazine of Coastal Analysis.
Below assessment:
Helm, C.W., Lockley, M.G., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, Dixon, M.G., Rust, R., Stear, W., Zipfel, B. May people have formed sneakers within the Center Stone Age?
As co-author:
Feldmann, R.M., Helm, C.W., Lawfild, A.M.W., Schweitzer, C.E. 2021. New Overdue Cretaceous palinurid (Decapoda: Achelata: Palinuridae) from northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 299(2), 149–159.
Lockley, M.G., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Helm, C.W., McCrea, R.T., Nel, R. 2019. New fossil sea turtle trackway morphotypes from the Pleistocene of South Africa spotlight position of ichnology in turtle palaeobiology. Quaternary Analysis 92, 626–640.
Lockley, M.G., Abbassi, N., Helm, C/W. 2021. Huge, unwebbed hen and hen‐like footprints from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic: a assessment of ichnotaxonomy and trackmaker affinity. Lethaia 54(5), 969–987.
Lockley, M.G., Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Perrin, M.R. 2021. Pleistocene golden mole and ‘sand-swimming’ hint fossils from the Cape coast of South Africa. Quaternary Analysis 101, 169–186.
Lockley, M.G. Plint, A.G., Helm, C.W., Sharman, Okay.J., Vannelli, Okay.M. 2021. Crocodylian swim tracks from the Gates Formation (Albian), British Columbia, Canada: comparisons with Cretaceous crocodilian ichnology in western USA. Cretaceous Analysis 128, 104967.
Lockley, M.G., Helm, C.W., Cawthra, H.C., De Vynck, J.C., Dixon, M.G., Venter, J.A. 2022. Pleistocene small mammal and arthropod trackways from the Cape south coast of South Africa. Quaternary Analysis, 1–15.
McCrea, R.T., Buckley, L.G., Currie, P.J., Plint, A.G., Helm, C.W., Haggart, J.W. 2014. A assessment of vertebrate track-bearing formations from the Mesozoic and earliest Cenozoic of western Canada with an outline of a brand new theropod ichnospecies and reassignment of an avian ichnogenus. In Lockley, M.G. and S. Lucas (eds.), Monitoring dinosaurs and different tetrapods in western North The united states. New Mexico Museum of Herbal Historical past Bulletin.
McCrea, R.T., Tanke, D.H., Buckley, L.G., Lockley, M.G., Farlow, J.O., Xing, L., Matthews, N.A., Helm, C.W., Pemberton, G., Breithaupt, B.H. 2015 Vertebrate Ichnopathology: Pathologies Inferred from Dinosaur Tracks and Trackways from the Mesozoic. Ichnos, 22:3-4, 235-260.
Plint, A.G., Charles W. Helm, C.W., Lockley, M.G. 2022. Crocodylian and dinosaur hint fossil assemblages from crevasse splay/levee and floodplain lake environments: center Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, northeast British Columbia, Canada. Historic Biology.
As well as he has authored 36 peer-reviewed publications within the Canadian Magazine of Rural Medication (to be had on request).
Awards
Awards which might be comparable at once or not directly to palaeontology come with:
– Rene Savenye Award (2011) from the British Columbia Paleontological Alliance, in popularity of contributions to British Columbia palaeontology
– In 2013 a newly described genus of fossil marine reptile, Gulosaurus, was once assigned the species title helmi in popularity of his contributions to the invention and find out about of Triassic fish and reptile fossils.
– Honorary Stage in Arts, Northern Lighting fixtures Faculty, British Columbia (2015)
– Absolute best Speaker Award, second Global Convention on Continental Ichnology, Nuy, South Africa (2017).
He has additionally gained awards for postgraduate instructing from the College of British Columbia Division of Circle of relatives Apply, the Walter Smith Visionary Award in popularity of contribution to tourism innovation in northern British Columbia, the Governor Common’s Worrying Canadian Award (2016), the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal (2002), the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012), and the Rural Circle of relatives Doctor of the Yr Award (2016) from the British Columbia Faculty of Circle of relatives Physicians.
