Naming species and putting them into their correct place in the family tree is essential in biology and paleontology.
Publications
A non-marine horseshoe crab from the Middle Triassic (Anisian)
Horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura) have a long evolutionary history starting in the Ordovician, but the number of species is relatively low.
Crustaceans in ancient cold seeps
Cold seeps are spots in the oceans where fluids such as methane and hydrogen sulfide escape from the bottom of the ocean into the water column.
Return to a crustacean diversity hotspot
Last month, Dr. Adiel Klompmaker (UA Museums’ Curator of Paleontology) and Dr. Cristina Robins (a UA Museums’ Research Associate) participated in the 8th Symposium on Fossil Decapod Crustaceans organized in
Diversity of Nearctic Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)
A new paper in Diversity, authored by a team of international collaborators that was headed up by Dr. John Abbott (Director of The University of Alabama’s Department of Museum Research
Six new fossil squat lobster taxa discovered
Squat lobsters of the Galatheoidea superfamily live in all oceans today, from shallow waters to depths of thousands of meters, and from hot hydrothermal vents to cold waters in the
Most diverse, oldest fauna of hermit crabs discovered
The evolutionary history of hermit crabs (Paguroidea) has been unraveling over the last 15 years.
Preservation of parasitism in deep time
Over the last two months, two new books on parasitism in the fossil record were published as part of the Topics in Geobiology series.
Crustaceans as hosts of parasites
Over the last decade, parasites in the marine fossil record have been increasingly studied.
Animals hidden in a 100-million-year-old giant clam
The sea floor was a dangerous place for particularly smaller animals. Over the last century, a wealth of information about traces in ancient prey items has been recorded, showing successful