Koskinonodon

Background

Hi there! I am an independent paleontological researcher (associated with the University of Washington's Burke Museum as a research associate) whose day job is as a research data librarian at the University of Texas at Austin. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and my B.A. at Pomona College in the Department of Geology. I also completed several years of postdoctoral work at the University of Washington before pursuing a non-research career. My paleontological research interests are fairly broad (but do not include dinosaurs) and are primarily focused on Permo-Carboniferous tetrapods and Mesozoic temnospondyls.

You can find out more information on my personal website, read my (mostly) weekly blog, or follow me on Twitter!

Objectives on Wikipedia

Most early tetrapod and temnospondyl pages are not well-curated, either being single-sentence stubs or poorly-cited blurbs that draw from popular science websites on the internet. As an active researcher (and blogger) in these areas with relatively easy access to primary academic sources, I am slowly beginning to review and update many of these pages to provide more accurate and cited information on these fascinating animals in this large public forum.

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