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June 21, 2017
This is the latest installment from the Geozoic Body Size Working Group that was funded through NESCent.
June 21, 2017
Welcome Stanford Earth Young Investigators: Biodiversity Program
June 21, 2017
We are excited to welcome Elsie Carrillo to the lab!
Elsie is a middle school science teacher who will work with us on body size evolution for the summer through the Ignited Program. She is funded through an NSF RET supplement.
Latest Publications
Jost et al 2017 G3
Jost AB, Bachan A, van de Schootbrugge B, Brown ST, DePaolo DJ, and Payne JL. 2017. Additive effects of acidification and mineralogy on calcium isotopes in Triassic/Jurassic boundary limestones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 18:113-124. DOI:10.1002/2016GC006724
Kelley et al 2017
Kelley BM, Lehrmann DJ, Yu M, Minzoni M, Enos P, Li X, Lau KV, and Payne JL. 2017. The Late Permian to Late Triassic Great Bank of Guizhou: An isolated carbonate platform in the Nanpanjiang Basin of Guizhou Province, China. AAPG Bulletin 101:553-562. DOI:10.1306/011817DIG17034
Lau et al 2017 EPSL
Lau KV, Macdonald FA, Maher K, and Payne JL. 2017. Uranium isotope evidence for temporary ocean oxygenation in the aftermath of the Sturtian Snowball Earth. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 458:282-292. DOI:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.043
Featured Publications
Lau et al 2016 PNAS
Lau KV, Maher K, Altiner D, Kelley BM, Kump LR, Lehrmann DJ, Silva-Tamayo JC, Yu M, and Payne JL. 2016. Marine anoxia and delayed Earth system recovery after end-Permian extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113:2360-2365. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1515080113
Payne et al 2016 Science
Payne JL, Bush AM, Heim NA, Knope ML, McCauley DJ. 2016. Distinctive ecological selectivity of the emerging mass extinction in the oceans. Science 353:1284-1286. DOI:10.1126/science.aaf2416
Cope’s rule in the evolution of marine animals
Heim NA, Knope ML, Schaal EK, Wang SC, and Payne JL. 2015. Cope’s rule in the evolution of marine animals. Science 347:867-870. DOI: 10.1126/science.1260065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF].
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Opportunities in the Payne Laboratory
In the Payne Paleobiology Lab, we study the relationship between environmental change and biological evolution over geological timescales through field studies, geochemical measurements and modeling, and statistical analysis of large datasets. We are particularly interested in the causes and consequences of major extinction events in the history of animal life. Our research provides a variety of opportunities for students broadly interested in the history of life at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral levels. There are opportunities for students at any level to participate in all of the areas of research described here. You are also welcome to propose your own ideas for research projects. Please contact Jonathan Payne if you are interested in pursuing work in paleobiology.
