Research
Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory: Graduate Studies in Vertebrate Paleontology
Current Faculty and Staff Research Interests
Most of the current research in Vertebrate Paleontology is multidisciplinary, and many ongoing projects involve field study together with laboratory and theoretical analysis. Many of these projects involve student participation.
- Pleistocene faunas of the world
- Pleistocene extinction
- Impacts of climate change on vertebrate communities
- North American Pliocene and Pleistocene small mammal biostratigraphy and biochronology
- Cranial anatomy and systematics of turtles
- Morphology and systematics of the Carnivora
- Morphology and variability in tapirs
- Cranial anatomy and systematics of squamate reptiles
- Aerodynamics and skeletal function of pterosaurs
- Phylogenetic systematics of mammals and their extinct relatives among Synapsida
- Phylogenetic systematics of extant and extinct crocodilians
- Phylogenetic systematics of birds and their extinct relatives among dinosaurs
- Late Cretaceous vertebrate faunas of Trans-Pecos Texas
- Fauna of the Early Jurassic Kayenta Formation, northern Arizona
- Fauna of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation, northern Arizona
- High-resolution X-ray Computed Tomographic scanning for vertebrate morphology
