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Invertebrate Paleontology
Invertebrate Paleontology is the study of prehistoric invertebrates by analyzing invertebrate fossils. Invertebrates are animals that lack a backbone.
Dr. Lisa Amati
State Paleontologist, Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
I am an invertebrate paleontologist with a focus on the paleoecology and evolutionary relationships of trilobites. I mainly study the Middle to Late Ordovician trilobites of New York, Ontario, and Quebec but have recently started working on the Upper Cambrian trilobites of the Potsdam Sandstone...Read more
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