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Helen Burch
@dingo-fossils.bsky.social
PhD candidate doing triassic community ecology at Virginia Tech :)

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Reposted by Helen Burch
Trophic interactions between microvertebrates from the Chinle Formation of Arizona, USA, presented by
@dingo-fossils.bsky.social as part of the Triassic non-marine tetrapod community symposium.

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November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by Helen Burch
#2025SVP @dingo-fossils.bsky.social: Over 30 tooth morphotypes have been identified in this assemblage. Not always easy to assign to taxonomic group, but still contain ecological information. Incorporating these enigmatic fossils greatly expands the inferred ecological guilds present.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Reposted by Helen Burch
Tree space and a new ray-finned fish out today! We delve into how methods to visualize the forest of phylogenetic tree space can be used to address the rogue taxon problem. Shout out to my co-authors and advisors Michelle Stocker and Michael Gottfried.

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View of A New Lower Permian Ray-Finned Fish (Actinopterygii) From South Dakota and the Use of Tree Space to Find Rogue Taxa in Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Data
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April 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fabulous study on a wee little phytosaur from my friend/roommate/colleague Erika Goldsmith!!!
December 4, 2024 at 6:40 PM