Tag Archives: paleontology

Research: SMU paleontologist identifies new Texas fossil species

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

A new species of coelacanth fish has been discovered in Texas. Pieces of tiny fossil skull found in Fort Worth have been identified as 100 million-year-old coelacanth bones, according to SMU paleontologist John Graf. The coelacanth has one of the longest … Continue reading →

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Research: New insight into a 19th-century fossil feud

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Kathleen Tibbetts

In the late 1800s, a flurry of fossil speculation across the American West escalated into a high-profile national feud called the Bone Wars. Drawn into the spectacle were two scientists from the Lone Star State: geologist Robert T. Hill, now acclaimed … Continue reading →

Posted in Research | Tagged Bone Wars, Dedman College, DeGolyer Library, dinosaurs, Edward Drinker Cope, faculty research, Huffington Department of Earth Sciences, Jacob Boll, Louis Jacobs, Margaret Allen, Othniel Charles Marsh, paleontology, Robert T. Hill, Texas dinosaurs | Comments Off

Research Spotlight: Digital dino track a roadmap for saving at-risk natural history resources

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Kathleen Tibbetts

Portable laser scanning technology allows researchers to tote their latest fossil discovery from the field to the lab in the form of lightweight digital data stored on a laptop. But sharing that data as a 3D model with others requires … Continue reading →