Invertebrate Paleontology Research
KU Invertebrate Paleontology focuses on the study of macroevolutionary patterns and processes using analysis of the fossil record.
Biodiversity on a Changing Planet
Using the Past to Predict the Future – Pliocene to recent mollusks from the Western Atlantic.
![Hundreds of white mollusk shells in halves.](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2023/Figure%203.1.jpg)
Macroevolution
Curator Bruce S. Lieberman's entire career has been dedicated to the study of the patterns and processes of macroevolution using the fossil record.
![Stratified rocks in western Kansas, with Bruce in the field looking at fossils. Credit: Richard Bryant](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/Monument_Rocks_KS-w.png)
Digitizing Fossils
Digitizing Fossils to Reconstruct Evolving Ecosystems in the Western Interior Seaway.
![Monument Rocks area of Kansas, with soaring stratified rock natural structures. Credit: Bruce Lieberman](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/MonumentRocks.jpg)
Integrating Fossil Data
Integrating Fossil Data into Likelihood-Based Phylogenetic Analyses with Trilobites as a Model System
![fossil](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/canadaspis2.jpg)