Research Projects

Permian Kansas Fossils

The Permian of Kansas is producing a rich fauna of vertebrates from lakes marginal to the old seaway. Much of this...Read more
Tags lungfish

Wyoming Dinosaurs

Morrison Formation

Our excavations in northeastern Wyoming have produced one of the best collections of sauropod dinosaurs, including...Read more
Tags dinosaurs, Jurassic, Morrison Formation, sauropods

Kansas River Fossils

The Kansas River sandbars are producing the first extensive collection of late Pleistocene vertebrates from the eastern...Read more
Tags Pleistocene mammals

Mosasaur isotope study

Tags Niobrara, Platecarpus

Anatomy and function of bird feet—the effect of behavior, medium and avian morphotype on trackway morphology

Modern comparison studies of traces (footprints, burrows, etc.) have been applied to...Read more
Tags fossil birds, modern birds, trace fossils, trackways