HARVARD.EDU HOME Members Publications Research Teaching Lab News Join Us! Useful Links Menu background HOME / Lab 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 The Paleontological Society Statement Against Asian Hatred March 23, 2021 The Lab for Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution at OEB/MCZ and Harvard stands firmly with the Statement Against Asian Hatred published by the Paleontological Society, the flagship scientific society for our discipline in the United States. We stand with and support the Asian members of our community in the face of systemic atrocities stemming from misinformation... Read more about The Paleontological Society Statement Against Asian Hatred Congratulations to Jessica Cundiff for 20 years at MCZ! February 3, 2021 A big thank you to Jessica Cundiff for her hard work, amazing support, and incomparable dedication for 20 years serving as Curatorial Associate and Curation Manager of the Invertebrate Paleontology collection at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Jessica and her team play a critical role in the day to day activities of the IP collection, including supervising departmental staff, developing collection policies, working with visiting... Read more about Congratulations to Jessica Cundiff for 20 years at MCZ! Palaeontological Association Virtual Meeting 2020 December 18, 2020 Wrapping up 2020, the Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution lab had a strong presence at the Virtual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association organized by our colleagues at the University of Oxford! Contributions included Sarah Losso's first talk at Pal Ass, addressing a fascinating case... Read more about Palaeontological Association Virtual Meeting 2020 National Fossil Day virtual events at Harvard Museum of Natural History October 14, 2020 This year we celebrate National Fossil Day 2020 through various events hosted by the Harvard Museum of Natural History. On October 14th 2020, check out the free webinar entitled "Wonderful Cambrian Beasts", part of the... Read more about National Fossil Day virtual events at Harvard Museum of Natural History Jared Richards and Javier Luque join our team September 18, 2020 With the start of a truly unique Fall Semester 2020, we welcome the newest members of the Laboratory for Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution! New graduate student Mr. Jared C. Richards joins the lab after having completed his undergraduate degree in quantitative biology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Jared's work will broadly address the ecological significance of the Lower Ordovician Fezouata biota in Morocco. Dr. Javier (Javi) Luque comes... 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