Our research aims to understand critical transitions in the deep-time history of life.
One of the most captivating is the early radiation of mammals, which ultimately led to their striking diversity today. We focus on the first two-thirds of mammal evolution in the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic (220–55 Ma), when major mammal groups originated and fundamental changes in the anatomy, physiology, and ecology of mammals occurred in the context of dinosaur-dominated terrestrial ecosystems, the breakup of Pangaea, and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
This research is collaborative and combines fieldwork to collect new fossils and associated geological data, description and systematic study of fossil specimens, and quantitative analysis of morphology, function, and ecology of extant and extinct taxa and communities. Below are some of the major research areas.
One of the most captivating is the early radiation of mammals, which ultimately led to their striking diversity today. We focus on the first two-thirds of mammal evolution in the Mesozoic and early Cenozoic (220–55 Ma), when major mammal groups originated and fundamental changes in the anatomy, physiology, and ecology of mammals occurred in the context of dinosaur-dominated terrestrial ecosystems, the breakup of Pangaea, and the end-Cretaceous mass extinction.
This research is collaborative and combines fieldwork to collect new fossils and associated geological data, description and systematic study of fossil specimens, and quantitative analysis of morphology, function, and ecology of extant and extinct taxa and communities. Below are some of the major research areas.
- K/Pg Mass Extinction & Recovery
- The Hell Creek Project
- India at the Crossroads
- Evolutionary & Ecological Radiatons of Early Mammaliaforms
- Paleocene Rise of Placentals
- Mesozoic Radiations of Mammaliaforms
- Paleoecology of Early Mammaliaforms
- Exceptional Preservation of Egg Mountain locality
- Field Research
- North America, South America, Africa, India, Europe
