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Join the Great Basin Chapter of Utah Friends of Paleontology for and online-only meeting Thursday May 18, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Speaker: Joseph Peterson, Ph.D.
“Dino-Sores: Inferring Dinosaur Behavior
from Injuries and Feeding Traces”
Dr. Peterson will talk about tyrannosaur and pachycephalosaur pathologies,
feeding traces, and a little late Cretaceous ecology.
Joe teaches Evolution of Earth, Paleontology, and Stratigraphy and Basin Analysis. He also teaches field courses to Utah that involve looking at Mesozoic stratigraphy and paleontology.
Joe’s research interests include vertebrate paleontology and vertebrate taphonomy, focusing specifically on Late Cretaceous dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurs and pachycephalosaurs. He is also investigating the role of microorganisms in the preservation of soft tissues in dinosaur fossils.
Joe received his B.S. in Geology from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, IL, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL.
