Major Transitions in Vertebrate Evolution
Stephanie E. Pierce Laboratory
Back: Rob, Mark, Tiago, Scott, Peter. Front: Stephanie, Eva, Meg, Catie, Amandine, Christina
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)
Utilizing musculoskeletal modeling to unravel the sprawling-upright postural transition in mammals (Brocklehurst et al. 2022)
Stephanie preparing a fire salamander to walk through the x-ray fluoroscope gantlet
Petrified Forest Arizona class fossil dig - part of OEB 126 Vertebrate Evolution
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)
