Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬
@daveyfwright.bsky.social
Paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, & punk rock enthusiast. Assistant Professor & Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology. U Oklahoma/Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. Macroevolution, phylogenetic methods, echinoderms https://daveyfwright.wordpress.com
There's also a discussion of "treespace" and how different assumptions about character evolution can impact phylogenetic inferences
October 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There's also a discussion of "treespace" and how different assumptions about character evolution can impact phylogenetic inferences
Check it out if you're interested in modeling morphological evolution, its impact on fossil phylogenies, and the macroevolutionary inferences derived from them. There's a bit of a cautionary(?) tale about continuous characters in here, too. Can't believe they let me quote Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan!
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Check it out if you're interested in modeling morphological evolution, its impact on fossil phylogenies, and the macroevolutionary inferences derived from them. There's a bit of a cautionary(?) tale about continuous characters in here, too. Can't believe they let me quote Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan!
Absolutely jaw dropping, spectacularly preserved & beautiful fossil crinoid (left) and blastozoan (right) echinoderms. These fossils are from the Bromide Fm of Oklahoma and nearly all specimens shown here are from the type collection at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 🧪
October 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Absolutely jaw dropping, spectacularly preserved & beautiful fossil crinoid (left) and blastozoan (right) echinoderms. These fossils are from the Bromide Fm of Oklahoma and nearly all specimens shown here are from the type collection at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 🧪
OU vs Texas means it's a Pentaceratops horns down kind of day
October 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
OU vs Texas means it's a Pentaceratops horns down kind of day
🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
October 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674
Very weird to discover Elements of Paleontology is somehow being sold on Amazon, including my paper w/ Laura Soul about PCMs for paleontologists (we don't receive $ for any copies sold & it's freely available from the Paleontological Society)
I appreciate the two anonymous 5 star reviews, though 😅
I appreciate the two anonymous 5 star reviews, though 😅
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very weird to discover Elements of Paleontology is somehow being sold on Amazon, including my paper w/ Laura Soul about PCMs for paleontologists (we don't receive $ for any copies sold & it's freely available from the Paleontological Society)
I appreciate the two anonymous 5 star reviews, though 😅
I appreciate the two anonymous 5 star reviews, though 😅
Everything Sucks Without Fossils (aka Davey Goes to College but you knew about that) 🧪🏴
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Everything Sucks Without Fossils (aka Davey Goes to College but you knew about that) 🧪🏴
New @oupaleobiology.bsky.social logo just dropped
August 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New @oupaleobiology.bsky.social logo just dropped
Very cool to see a poster about the paleobiology of mass extinction in the Port Menier airport on Anticosti Island 🧪
August 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Very cool to see a poster about the paleobiology of mass extinction in the Port Menier airport on Anticosti Island 🧪
Wrapping up out last day of paleontological fieldwork on Anticosti Island. It's been a very productive but exhausting 3 weeks in the early Paleozoic. Can't wait to sleep indoors and in a real bed again. Fingers crossed the multi-day trip back to Oklahoma goes smoothly...
August 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Wrapping up out last day of paleontological fieldwork on Anticosti Island. It's been a very productive but exhausting 3 weeks in the early Paleozoic. Can't wait to sleep indoors and in a real bed again. Fingers crossed the multi-day trip back to Oklahoma goes smoothly...
This hilarious photo of me sums up this year's paleo fieldwork in the "wilderness" of beautiful Anticosti Island. We worked & slept outside for 3 weeks. We hiked a total of 150 miles. We discovered many new fossil species. I appreciate the permission to be here & can't wait to share our results 🧪
August 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This hilarious photo of me sums up this year's paleo fieldwork in the "wilderness" of beautiful Anticosti Island. We worked & slept outside for 3 weeks. We hiked a total of 150 miles. We discovered many new fossil species. I appreciate the permission to be here & can't wait to share our results 🧪
In addition to the beautiful and scientifically significant Paleozoic fossils, Anticosti Island has spectacular views. The left is a photo of camp during sunset near the east end, on the right is a view of the sun rising from the north coast. Neither image used a filter or are altered in any way 🧪
August 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In addition to the beautiful and scientifically significant Paleozoic fossils, Anticosti Island has spectacular views. The left is a photo of camp during sunset near the east end, on the right is a view of the sun rising from the north coast. Neither image used a filter or are altered in any way 🧪
Mandatory airport photo of the combined Anticosti Island field teams of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History. Grateful for the assistance of students and staff. The core team remains for another week of field work 🧪
August 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Mandatory airport photo of the combined Anticosti Island field teams of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History. Grateful for the assistance of students and staff. The core team remains for another week of field work 🧪
Another day in the field with the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History team on Anticosti Island. Here, Lena and I are joined by OU Geosciences grad students Kiera Crowley (Wright lab) and Alysha Zazubec (Cole lab)
August 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Another day in the field with the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History team on Anticosti Island. Here, Lena and I are joined by OU Geosciences grad students Kiera Crowley (Wright lab) and Alysha Zazubec (Cole lab)
Really great day looking for early Paleozoic echinoderms and trilobites on Anticosti Island. The fossil specimens collected this day were marine animals living in the immediate aftermath of the end-Ordovician mass extinction event ~443 million years ago 🧪
August 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Really great day looking for early Paleozoic echinoderms and trilobites on Anticosti Island. The fossil specimens collected this day were marine animals living in the immediate aftermath of the end-Ordovician mass extinction event ~443 million years ago 🧪
Fieldwork on Anticosti Island is underway! Here, I'm collecting Leptaena brachiopods in the tidal flats and my graduate student, Kiera Crowley, is standing next to an erosional scour and tabulate coral rip up clasts near the Ordovician-Silurian boundary
July 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Fieldwork on Anticosti Island is underway! Here, I'm collecting Leptaena brachiopods in the tidal flats and my graduate student, Kiera Crowley, is standing next to an erosional scour and tabulate coral rip up clasts near the Ordovician-Silurian boundary
Flexible crinoids are really cool group of rare & morphologically distinct fossil echinoderms. They originated during the Ordovician but substantially increase in diversity, disparity, & abundance in the Silurian after the mass extinction, so a new taxon near the boundary is a significant discovery.
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Flexible crinoids are really cool group of rare & morphologically distinct fossil echinoderms. They originated during the Ordovician but substantially increase in diversity, disparity, & abundance in the Silurian after the mass extinction, so a new taxon near the boundary is a significant discovery.
Incredible performance by punk rock legends the Descendents tonight in Oklahoma City! Feeling blessed
July 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Incredible performance by punk rock legends the Descendents tonight in Oklahoma City! Feeling blessed
TFW you're about to leave for fieldwork so you create t-shirts for the team of researchers, staff, and students. This year's intrepid, multi-institutional team involves folks from the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History & the American Museum of Natural History. Does anyone else do this? 🧪
July 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
TFW you're about to leave for fieldwork so you create t-shirts for the team of researchers, staff, and students. This year's intrepid, multi-institutional team involves folks from the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History & the American Museum of Natural History. Does anyone else do this? 🧪
Absolutely fantastic show tonight in Oklahoma City by punk rock legends Social Distortion. Great music and good for the soul
July 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Absolutely fantastic show tonight in Oklahoma City by punk rock legends Social Distortion. Great music and good for the soul
Lady Agrias was so real for this
July 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Lady Agrias was so real for this
I love how the Field Museum is featured so prominently in the NASCAR annual broadcast of the Chicago street race 🧪
July 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I love how the Field Museum is featured so prominently in the NASCAR annual broadcast of the Chicago street race 🧪
The post game drone show also used the Jurassic Park theme but was even more spectacular
July 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The post game drone show also used the Jurassic Park theme but was even more spectacular
Incredible stuff happening here in Oklahoma City. I'm at an OKC Comets game and before it began they had a T-rex fight a pair of raptors while a dance remix of the Jurassic Park theme played at full volume
July 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Incredible stuff happening here in Oklahoma City. I'm at an OKC Comets game and before it began they had a T-rex fight a pair of raptors while a dance remix of the Jurassic Park theme played at full volume
what i mean when i talk about the "red, white, & blue" or the "stars and stripes"
July 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
what i mean when i talk about the "red, white, & blue" or the "stars and stripes"