Monthly Archives: December 2025

A Blast from the Past: Paleoecology 2025 Visits Cleveland Museum of Natural History

by Claire Elsie and Allie Toombs, with contributions from other Paleoecology students. On Saturday, November 8th, Dr. Lyon’s paleoecology class visited the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for inspiration for our own museum project. We explored the exhibits and analyzed … Continue reading

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A Tradition Continues: Richmond, Indiana – Paleoecology, Fall 2025

Blog post written by students enrolled in the course, including Madeline Eaton and Lynnsey Delio. On August 30th, Dr. Lyon’s Paleoecology class took a trip down to Richmond, Indiana to collect fossils for their lab project. The class found many … Continue reading

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Muscle scars in tiny conical fossils: A new paper describing the musculature of Devonian tentaculitids from Armenia and what they mean for the biology and evolution of the group

A new paper on tentaculitid paleobiology and evolution has just appeared in its final form in the journal Historical Biology. The authors are headed by my Estonian friend Olev Vinn and include two new Armenian colleagues Tamara Hambardzumyan and Vahram … Continue reading

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Possible Linkages Between Climate and Human History in Ohio (the 4.2 yr. ka interval)

Nigel Brush and colleagues have assembled a record of human history in the Walhonding Valley of Ohio (see map below). Along with Jeffrey Dilyard and others, Brush has worked in the region for decades  examining the history of human occupation … Continue reading

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