19+ hour, 5+ min ago  (905+ words) The nearly impossible natural conditions required to preserve soft tissue as fossils mean that the preserved tube feet of Dendrocrinus simcoensis, described by Cole and her colleagues in a groundbreaking new study, represent one of only two known examples of…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (551+ words) Higdon's research'began in 2022 after taking Fundamentals of Invertebrate Paleontology with'Dr. Lena Cole, assistant curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Sam Noble Museum and assistant professor in OU's School of Geosciences. "I approached Dr. Cole after class and asked if she'had…...