Tag: Paleontology/Geobiology
February 15, 2014
Dinosaur Color Linked to Key Physiological Shift
New research points to an explosion of color in early paravians and maniraptors, but the research also suggests the genes that control the colors of…
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2014
New Research Revises Conventions for Deciphering Color in Dinosaurs While Suggesting Connection between Color and Physiology
New research that revises recently established conventions allowing scientists to decipher color in dinosaurs may also provide a tool for understanding the evolutionary emergence of…
Read MoreDecember 31, 2013
Extinction Detective: Rowan Martindale Investigates the Fates of Ancient Reefs
Growing up amid the crisp, cold landscape of the Canadian Rockies, Rowan Martindale’s family liked to vacation in tropical environs with warm waters. As a…
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Buried leaves reveal precolonial eastern forests and guide stream restoration
Sediment behind milldams in Pennsylvania preserved leaves deposited just before European contact that provide a glimpse of the ancient forests, according to a team of…
Read MoreNovember 8, 2013
Former Graduate Student Redraws Family Tree of Extinct Crocodile-like Animals
Michelle Stocker (PhD ’13), former graduate student in The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, has dramatically rearranged the evolutionary tree for…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2013
The Miracle of Flight
Nobody had any idea just how gigantic a pterosaur could be until the spring of 1971. Douglas A. Lawson, MA ’72, was a 22-year-old graduate…
Read MoreOctober 30, 2013
Professor Jim Sprinkle Retires
Jim Sprinkle, First Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Yager Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, has retired after 42 years of teaching and conducting…
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2013
Special Volume Honors Late Paleontologist Wann Langston Jr.
Colleagues and former students of Wann Langston Jr., an internationally renowned vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Texas at Austin who died in April 2013,…
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Researchers Sequence Genome of 700,000-year-old Horse
This Article reprinted from the website Domain-b. The oldest genome so far from a prehistoric creature has been sequenced by an international team, led by scientists…
Read MoreApril 9, 2013
Memorial: Wann Langston, Jr.
It is with deep regret that I write to confirm that Dr. Wann Langston, Jr. passed away late on Sunday, April 7, 2013. He succumbed…
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