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Invertebrate Paleontology and Paleobotany - Research and Publications

Cedrelosperum from Florissant Fossil Beds showing insect feeding damage
Cedrelospermum from Florissant Fossil Beds showing insect feeding damage

We have an active program that has had a recent focus on terrestrial ecosystems of North America. To learn more about specific research programs, please visit our People pages.

Some highlights of our current research:

  • Evolution and preservation of insects - Dr. Dena M. Smith
  • Early freshwater diatoms from Florissant, Colorado - Mary Ellen Benson
  • Plant-insect interactions from the Miocene to Recent of North America - Erin Leckey
  • Eocene-Oligocene climate change: impact on terrestrial floral assemblages from the Rocky Mountains - Melissa Barton
  • Taphonomy and paleoecology of Barstow Formation arthropods - Kevin Webster
  • Post-natal allometry and its phylogenetic implications in extant Crocodylia - Andrea Jaszlics

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