Independent Research Projects by Paleontology Students

Paleontology students at Westminster College don't just spend their time reading about the history of life in a textbook. They also help to write the history of life in the lab. Original research is an integral part of our students' education. Westminster paleo students have done research investigating the history of both plants and animals ranging in time from recently extinct snails to trilobites that have been dead for over half a billion years.

Examples of independent research projects by Westminster students can be viewed by clicking on the links below:

• Competitive Character Displacement in Two Species of Recent Snails 
• Extraction of Ancient Pollen Grains from Emigration Creek Sediments 
• Ontogenetic Shape Change in Agnostid Trilobites from the Wheeler Shale 
• Digital Reconstruction of Fossils from Serial Sections 
• Community Structure of Mollusk Shell Beds from Bear Lake