Paleobiology Research Group at OU
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Paleobiology Research Group at OU
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Our labs investigate the diversity, ecology, & evolution of fossil invertebrates @ The University of Oklahoma (Geosciences) & Sam Noble Museum of Natural History
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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
Burnett, E., Soreghan, M., and Cole, S.R. Variation in shell morphometry of Neothauma in Lake Tanganykia, Africa
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Stigall, A.L., Wright, D.F., and Censullo, S.M. Species-level diversity dynamics during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: a phylogenetic case study of Laurentian brachiopod lineages.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Soto, G.E., Cole, S.R., Wright, D.F., and Hopkins, M.J. Complex morphological variation within the trilobite Celtencrinurus laurentinus (Twenhofel, 1928), based on newly discovered specimens from Anticosti Island, Quebec.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Bell, N.J.M., Cole, S.R., Wright, D.F., Ausich, W.I., and Cournoyer, M. Environmental controls on niche space occupation and feeding ecology of Late Ordovician (Katian) crinoid communities.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Zazubec, A. and Cole, S.R. The order of survival: clade confections in Silurian crinoids.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Cole, S.R., Ausich, W.I., Cournoyer, M., and Wright, D.F. Echinoderms from the Neuville Lagerstätte (Late Ordovician, Québec, Canada): an exceptional taphonomic window into biotic interactions and functional ecology.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Crowely, K.D. and Wright, D.F. On the Origin of the Flexibilia: modeling the rise and ecomorphological radiation of a major crinoid clade in a Bayesian phylogenetic framework.
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Wright, D.F. Unraveling the evolutionary origin and macroevolutionary dynamics of crown group Crinoidea (Echinodermata) using fossils, genes, and phylogenies
October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM