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I am a Hoosier-grown vertebrate paleontologist by way of Texas and Arizona. I live in Holbrook, Arizona and I am the lead park paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park. I am interested in vertebrate, invertebrate, plant, and trace fossil transitions across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. I conduct research all around the Colorado Plateau and enjoy working in a variety of museum collections.
Recent Press Articles
Funky fossil: New discovery named after Ohio Players hit. Dayton.com, January 25, 2023. https://www.dayton.com/what-to-know/funky-fossil-new-discovery-named-after-ohio-players-hit/UTLUKVLA6RAWPFZFDOSAPVIM2M/
This ancient reptile was discovered in Arizona's 'Triassic Park'. Now it has a new name. 12news, September 28, 2022. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/arizona/newly-discovered-ancient-reptile-species-named-arizona-couple/75-b4ae7736-2bfb-433c-bbbe-70ddb35e9c63.
National Park Service interns unearthed fossils of a bizarre 220-million-year-old reptile. CNN, October 16, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/us/reptile-fossil-220-million-years-arizona-scn-trnd/index.html​.
'Jurassic Park' got almost everything wrong about this iconic dinosaur. National Geographic, July 7, 2020. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/jurassic-park-got-almost-everything-wrong-about-iconic-dinosaur-dilophosaurus/.
Rare frog fossil sheds light on a gap in Arizona geologic record. Arizona Daily Sun, May 13, 2019. https://azdailysun.com/news/local/rare-frog-fossil-sheds-light-on-a-gap-in-arizona/article_66c9cf2c-4f34-5c0c-bd42-13cd8ec70d11.html.
Paleontologists identify small fossils as that of oldest frog relative found in North America. Virginia Tech Daily, February 27, 2019. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/02/Science-Chinle_frog_fossil_northamerica.html.
Fossil finding reveals how some dinosaurs got so big. The Daily Texas, October 22, 2018. https://www.dailytexanonline.com/2018/10/23/fossil-finding-reveals-how-some-dinosaurs-got-so-big.
Newly described fossils could help reveal why some dinos got so big. Phys.Org, October 10, 2018. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-newly-fossils-reveal-dinos-big.html.
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