Yay! Congrats to lab member Abby for winning best poster presentation at GSA this fall about her work on woods from Antarctica!

ICYMI, how about a new fossil Lagerstätte for #FossillFriday? Exciting work including incoming @UMichPaleo curator @anshuswain reports a remarkable Pennsylvanian-age biota from Massachusetts with abundant vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants #OpenAccess

Bomfleur & al. 2023 | Fossil #mosses from the Early #Cretaceous Catefica mesofossil #flora, #Portugal – a window into the #Mesozoic history of #Bryophytes | Fossil Imprint 79(2): https://t.co/OS4YeOuygX #Palaeobotany #Paleontology

🚨 Attention students 🚨 Free spatial methods workshop at @OxUniEarthSci & @morethanadodo, led by me, @PalaeoTom, Rob Whittaker, & @BensonLabOxford. Apply by Feb 1st!

New job opportunity: the @FieldMuseum in Chicago is searching for an Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology. The IP collection is amazing and particularly strong for the Paleozoic! 🪼🐙🦀🦠🦟🐌🪸🐚 Deadline: 03/31/2024 Link:

I am currently exploring the Lasioids in Araceae. Trying to assemble how traits change across the subfamily. I'm using CT scans to dissect fruits and seeds of Pycnospatha – each part tells a unique story! This time, I added some labels so everyone can enjoy 😊 #botany #phdlife

Just wrapped up an incredible week at @MichiganEarth helping @FabianyHerrera, @moccada and Patrick Blomenkemper. We've been hard at work scanning cretaceous fossil plants. 🌿💡 Set batch scans, made amazing discoveries, and had a blast doing it! #FossilPlants #CTScan

Strongly recommend this new book, opened my eyes to the deep connections between the slave trade and natural history collections/knowledge. https://t.co/i9jX45k4Mn

Look at the wonders of seeds and their shapes! 🌱🔍 Take a look at this micro CT scan of Cyrtosperma senegalese seeds – they're campylotropous (bending), with intricate cristate seed coats. The stylar region is full of oxalate crystals! #Seeds #Botany #MicroCT

⏱️Now less than a week until the deadline for symposium, workshop, and field trip proposals for @Napc2024. We have great submissions already, but can accommodate more. There will be a fantastic range of topics here in Ann Arbor next summer!

Application deadline is this Friday for Fall Preview!

Our investigation of plant morphological disparity is out @NaturePlants This is a really special paper for me as it’s the project that got me completely hooked on plant evolution and really influenced my subsequent research. Huge thanks to @glpcjd @sometimesferns + all involved!

📢 Excited to share that my latest paper has just been published! 📚🌿 I explored the intriguing world of Middle Jurassic conifers from Mexico. 🌍🌲 Check out the paper here: https://t.co/kTXyAOipC4 #MasterThesis #Paleobotany

Robert Kooyman and I present our cover article @NewPhyt, a case study for combining paleobotany, ecology, and conservation with geochemistry, hydrology, and paleoclimatology to improve understanding of the Earth system. @PSUEMS @Macquarie_Uni https://t.co/zoVOkcPYPa

ICYMI, we're searching for a new colleague at @UMichPaleo & @MichiganEarth! Application review for the faculty curator position begins in just over a month. Invertebrates & mammals are our top curatorial priorities.

Congrats to @JMT_MHL who won the Paleobotanical Section Cookson Award for best student talk!! Well deserved!

🌿 Join the botanical adventure of a lifetime! 🕰️🌱 Unraveling the secrets of ancient plant fossils 🦕🌾 Let's explore the early evolution of angiosperms and the fascinating world of Arthmiocarpus hesperus! 🍇🌿 #Botany2023 #AncientPlantFossils #BotanicalAdventure 🌏🔬

This #FossilFriday reinvestigating #Paleozoic #MazonCreek #fossilplants from the @FieldMuseum using μCT, Raman spectroscopy, SEM, & Airyscan confocal microscope. https://t.co/AmjByE9Ljg @umich_paleobot @aineander @PhilippHeck2 @MikeDAntonio22