A 350-million-year-old marine ecosystem in Scotland
Vertebrates before and after the end-Devonian extinction (from Sallan and Galimberti, Science, 2015)
The earliest shell-crushing ray-fin, Fouldenia, 348 million years ago
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| Lauren Sallan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Earth and Environmental Science
& Evolution Cluster
University of
Pennsylvania
lsallan@upenn.edu
CV Google Citations, Impact Story
Research Summary
We are broadly interested in how global events, environmental change and ecological interactions affect long-term evolution (macroevolution) in early vertebrates (half of vertebrate history) and ray-finned fishes (half of vertebrate diversity).
Research Interests
Paleobiology/Paleontology
Macroevolution, Macroecology,
Early Vertebrates, Ichthyology
Mass Extinction, Phylogenetics
Biomechanics, Evo-Devo
Listen to a Palaeocast interview about our research on early vertebrate macroevolution and paleobiology
News
September 28, 2016: Multiple lab members will be speaking at the GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, CO. Look out for their presentations!
October 17, 2015: Our paper on Bandringa has won the Taylor & Francis Award for Best Paper in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, second place.
August 28, 2015: Jack Stack has been named a Student Ambassador for the Paleontological Society. He will represent the Society at GSA in Baltimore and on social media. Congratulations, Jack!
August 7, 2015: Lauren received the Stensio Award for top early career researcher at the 13th International Symposium on Early Vertebrates/Lower Vertebrates in Melbourne, Australia!
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| A 310-million-year-old freshwater ecosystem in Illinois
(From Sallan, Biological Reviews, 2014)
A later shell-crushing ray-fin, Styracopterus, 340 million years ago
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