Fieldwork
Fundy Basin
Nova Scotia,Canda
The Mesozoic exposures in the Fundy Basin capture a critical interval for archosaur evolution and monumental ecosystem restructuring through the End Triassic Extinction near the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. I have led two field seasons in Middle Triassic, Late Triassic, and Early Jurassic exposures to add to the body of fossils known from Nova Scotia and better understand these ecosystems.
Funding: Nova Scotia Musuem Research Fund, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Brian Patterson Memorial Grant, Paleontological Society Student Research Grant
Photos by H. Burch and S. Srivastava.
Texas and Arizona, USA
with the VT Paleobiology Research Group
I have participated in three field seasons in western Texas and northeastern Arizona with the Nesbitt and Stocker labs to excavate (and screenwash!) microfossils, as well as larger body fossils. The microfossils recovered at these sites have formed the core of my dissertation; understanding how communities change through deep time.
