Our labs investigate the diversity, ecology, & evolution of fossil invertebrates @ The University of Oklahoma (Geoscience) & Sam Noble Museum of Natural History
Norman, OK
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Welcome! This account is dedicated to promoting research, education, & outreach in paleobiology at the University of Oklahoma and Sam Noble Museum of Natural History!
Professors/Curators of Invertebrate Paleontology: @Davey_F_Wright & @LenaDoesScience
samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collec…
As the end of the year approaches, we're pleased to announce the OU Invert Paleo group at the @SamNobleMuseum documented and described 33 new species in 2025, including fossil crinoid echinoderms, brachiopods, and snails
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🚨New paper out in Palaeontology! Check it out if you're interested morphological evolution, fossil phylogenetics, and macroevolution
"Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data"
dx.doi.org/10.1111/pala.7003…
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Assessing the impact of character evolution models on phylogenetic and macroevolutionary inferences from fossil data onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @Davey_F_Wright @datadryad @wileyearthspace
ALT Series of plots and graphs illustrating the five different evolution model configurations studied. They correspond to a range of simple to (moving down the page) increasingly complex and parameter-rich models of morphological evolution.
A lot of great talks and posters by @ougeosciences paleobiology students at the GSA meeting. Well done!
🧵The Geological Society of America / Paleontological Society annual meeting is next week! Here's a thread of research presentations involving OU Paleobiology:
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.
New paper from Dr. Selina Cole's lab!
"Competition or coexistence? Ecology and niche partitioning of pelmatozoan echinoderms from the Late Ordovician Bromide Formation (Oklahoma, USA)"
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Huge congrats to @ougeosciences graduate student Kiera Crowley (Wright lab) and colleagues on publishing a major taxonomic revision of Paleocene gastropods!
Congratulations to @ougeosciences graduate student Kiera Crowley (Wright lab) and colleagues on their new publication examining niche evolution in gastropods across the K-Pg extinction!
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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📰 Assistant professor in OU Mewbourne + assistant curator of invertebrate paleontology @samnoblemuseum, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 has received a Junior Faculty Fellowship.
👀 more: link.ou.edu/3HOMVrS
📮Wright's feature in The Norman Transcript: link.ou.edu/4jXPPrG
ALT Promotional poster featuring David Wright, announcing a fellowship to study life after mass extinctions, from OU.edu/news.
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Happy to be working these jaw dropping beautifully preserved fossil echinoderms on #FossilFriday
