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    Pierce Lab 2019

    Phil, Stephanie, Katrina, Brianna, Kate, Sophie, Mark, Zach, Blake, (Tiago in spirit)

  • Thrinaxodon copyright April Neander

    Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine (see Jones et al. 2018)

  • Flesh reconstruction of the stem tetrapod Ichthyostega with 3D skeleton visible beneath (see Pierce et al. 2012)

  • Stephanie preparing a fire salamander to walk through the x-ray fluoroscope gantlet (collaborator J.R. Hutchinson)

  • Petrified Forest Arizona class fossil dig - part of OEB 126 Vertebrate Evolution

  • Finite element analysis of metriorhynchid (crocodylomorph) skull shape (see Pierce et al. 2009)

  • Ex vivo experimental determination of intervertebral joint stiffness (see Molnar et al. 2014)

  • Data comparison between traditional µCT and PPC-SRµCT of a dense stem tetrapod fossil (see Sanchez et al. 2013)

  • In vitro experimental determination of muscle physiological properties (collaborator J.R. Hutchinson)

  • Morphological and biomechanical disparity of Mesozoic crocodylomorphs (see Stubbs et al. 2013)

  • 3D reconstruction of the axial skeleton in the stem tetrapod Ichthyostega (see Pierce et al. 2013)

Lab News

Tetrapods in Nature!

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Fossil fish named after Jenny Clack

Sunday, November 1, 2020

National Fossil Day 2020!

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Dr. Zachary Morris!

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Reptile evolutionary dynamics

Friday, July 3, 2020
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