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Had a great time chatting about our recent work exploring possible evidence of an Ediacaran extinction for the ⁦⁦PNASNews⁩ Science Sessions podcasts Revisiting the history of animal extinctions | Science Sessions | PNAS pnas.org/post/podcast/r…

Species of Dickinsonia from the Ediacaran of South Australia: from 5 to 2 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pa… Dryad

I am proud to announce my first, first author paper: Spatial distributions of Tribrachidium, Rugoconites, and Obamus from the Ediacara Member (Rawnsley Quartzite), South Australia. Published in Paleobiology! doi.org/10.1017/pab.20…

The South Australian Nilpena Ediacara National Park is now open. The oldest animal life, the best fossil beds on the earth. The place where I grew up!

Saturday fun on what I hope will be the first of many FSU paleo field trips with some great grad students exploring Miocene mollusks along the Apalachicola River! Huge thanks to the Florida Geologic Survey for showing us a great time!!

Short but sweet trip to the Yukon to explore the amazing Ediacaran rocks of the Wernecke Mountains!! Huge shout out to Justin Strauss, Brenhin Keller (seen below enjoying the many disks of the disk member) and Geordi Geier for a great field season!! Can’t wait to go back…

I’m pumped to share my latest paper out today in Current Biology with Scott Evans and mary droser describing the first Ediacaran ecdysozoan body fossil! (free via this link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1k7J73QW8S6G…)

Tonight, 8-11 pm ET, paleobiologist Dr. Scott Evans from FSU EOAS will discuss his work studying ancient marine creatures via fossils of these soft-bodied organisms. All while playing Tony Hawk’s Underground. Join us at Ask_a_Scientist_Gaming: twitch.tv/ask_a_scientis…