Vertebrate Paleontology Research
Evolution of North American Mammals
For more than 20 years, we have been collecting Paleocene and early Eocene mammals and other vertebrates from sites in southwestern Wyoming.
![fieldwork closeup](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2021/P7011003.jpg)
Into Africa
Phylogenetic and biostratigraphic data indicate that the oldest and most basal members of the anthropoid clade are fossil taxa known from the Eocene of Asia
![fieldwork](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2021/2013-01-19-10.12.jpg)
Tibetan Plateau Fossils
Scattered with numerous salt lakes and approximately 2700-3200 m above sea level, the giant Qaidam inland basin on the northern Tibetan Plateau has experienced continuing aridification since the beginning of the Late Cenozoic as a result of the India-Asia
![tibetan plateau thick boned fish](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2022/4-Figure3-1.png)
Mammoth Bite Marks
This project is an investigation of a large mammoth skeleton marked by numerous bite marks. These markings were first noticed during the renovation of the Mammoth and Mastodon Exhibit at the end of 2014.
![fossil](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2021/Screen%20Shot%202021-06-24%20at%202.04.31%20PM.png)
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Fossil preparator David Burnham and party will return to Hell Creek Montana and search for more of KU’s Tyrannosaurus rex.
![Hellcreek](/sites/biodiversity/files/images/2021/hellcreek.jpg)