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Palentology Museum

Matt Friedman

I became interested in the fossil record generally, and fishes specifically, from growing up in the Cleveland area. Here the rocks contain remarkable fossils of early fishes dating to ~360 million years ago. I was fascinated by these strange animals as a kid, and somehow that interest persisted. The most exciting thing is our ability ...

Selena Smith

While Antarctica is an icy, cold, desolate place today, 80 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous it was warm, forested and biogeographically connected to Australia and South America. What plants were growing in these forests, how diverse were they, and what was their role in the assembly of modern forests in the Southern Hemisphere ...

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Matt Friedman

Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Director and Curator, Paleontology Museum, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Selena Smith

Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Associate Research Scientist, Museum of Paleontology; Associate Professor of Program in the Environment, School for Environment and Sustainability and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts