HARVARD.EDU HOME Members Publications Research Teaching Lab News Join Us! Useful Links Menu background Xiaoshiba biota, South China • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • WE are interested in the origin and evolution of invertebrate animals as informed by exceptionally preserved fossils from Paleozoic deposits. Our research brings together specimen-based traditional paleontology and fieldwork, developmental biology of extant organisms, and state of the art imaging and analytical techniques to study the evolutionary history of euarthropods and their close relatives. To find out more about our research please click HERE NOSOTROS estamos interesados en el origen y evolución de los animales invertebrados con base en el estudio de fósiles excepcionalmente preservados provenientes de depósitos Paleozoicos. El grupo combina paleontología tradicional, trabajo de campo, biología del desarrollo, y técnicas de imagen y análisis de vanguardia para reconstruir la historia evolutiva de los euartrópodos y sus familiares cercanos. Para conocer más sobre nuestras actividades por favor siga este ENLACE cssh2 . Latest News Exceptional fossil invertebrates in amber October 22, 2021 The last few weeks have been full of exciting discoveries on exceptionally preserved invertebrate fossils in amber inclusions. First, graduate student Marc A. Mapalo published a study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B describing the third-ever named species of tardigrade from Miocene-aged (ca. 16 million years old) amber from the Dominican Republic.... Read more about Exceptional fossil invertebrates in amber Fezouata starfish featured in PBS Eons August 24, 2021 Check out the latest installment of PBS Eons addressing the evolution of the earliest echinoderms, more specifically how starfish got their arms! We are particularly excited as the cover artwork, as well as a good chunk of the video, features our recent work on the early Ordovician somasteroid (stem-group asterozoan) Cantabrigiaster fezouataensis, from the Fezouata biota in Morocco. You can check out the original publication in Biology Letters describing this... Read more about Fezouata starfish featured in PBS Eons Fossil nervous systems galore August 18, 2021 The past month has seen the publication of two exciting studies focusing on the preservation and evolutionary significance of fossilized central nervous systems. First, a collaboration with Dr. Russell Bicknell (University of New England) and colleagues, on the discovery of an exceptionally preserved brain in the extinct horseshoe crab Euproops danae from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek deposit in Illinois. The study published in ... Read more about Fossil nervous systems galore Dr. Karma Nanglu joins our team June 12, 2021 We are delighted to wecome Dr. Karma Nanglu as the newest member of the Laboratory for Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution. Karma recently completed a prestigious Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution, and completed his PhD at the University of Toronto while working on exceptional soft-bodied fossils and community analyses of the famous Burgess Shale. Karma's ecological knowledge and skillset will play a critical role in our activities studying the early Ordovician Fezouata biota of Morocco and its... Read more about Dr. Karma Nanglu joins our team NSF CAREER Award to investigate the ecology of the Fezouata biota March 25, 2021 It's finally official! We have received confirmation that the proposal "Ecological turnover at the dawn of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event - quantifying the Cambro-Ordovician transition through the lens of exceptional preservation" will be fully funded through the... Read more about NSF CAREER Award to investigate the ecology of the Fezouata biota More . @InvertebratePal Ordovician_IMLS Check out this Cambrian critters animation created by @ucmpberkeley's own staff illustrator Helina Chin!😍Maybe we're biased, but the Cambrian period was a pretty fantastic time for invertebrates! t.co/BuwGmKoig7 1 week 15 hours ago. MCZHarvard The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, home of public exhibits of MCZ specimens, will soon be welcoming visitors! t.co/rx4SWtN2E7 1 week 19 hours ago. OnlyInBOS All Massachusetts residents aged 18 and over are now eligible to get a COVID-19 booster six months after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or two months since receiving a J&J single dose vaccine. 1 week 4 days ago. ni075 Anatomy of fuxianhuiid arthropod フーシェンフイア類節足動物の解剖学 t.co/YbDnSmEjpV 2 weeks 22 hours ago. InvertebratePal Ediacaran biota, Cambrian Explosion, Ordovician Biodiversification t.co/OBoLYypo3i 2 weeks 2 days ago. Tweets to @InvertebratePal Admin Login OpenScholar Copyright © 2021 The President and Fellows of Harvard College | Accessibility | Digital Accessibility | Report Copyright Infringement