Photo of a fossil insect from Florissant Photo of a fossil fern from Florissant Photo of a fossil cranefly from Florissant trilobite

INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY & PALEOBOTANY

Within the paleontology section are two divisions, Vertebrate Paleontology and Invertebrate Paleontology (which includes fossil plants). Invertebrate Paleontology now has over 300,000 cataloged fossil marine invertebrates, terrestrial invertebrates, and plants in the collection.

News From the Lab

  • Alison Dernbach, undergraduate, will be interning at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument this summer
  • Rick Levy, new lab member and graduate student in the Museum and Field Studies Program
  • Jenell Thoene Henning graduates with MS degree from the Museum and Field Studies Program
  • Mary Ellen Benson graduates with PhD degree from the Department of Geological Science
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