Thanks to @smithsonianmag.bsky.social for highlighting the Fossil Pollen collection at NMNH and the research we are developing with this collection Meet the Scientist Digitizing Millions of Fossilized Pollen Grains to Reveal Earth’s Climate History - smithsonianmag.com/blogs/nation...

I am recruiting MS students to join my research group at New Mexico State University starting Fall of 2026! Any students interested in late Cretaceous-early Paleogene fossil plants, terrestrial paleoclimate, Earth surface processes, or magnetostratigraphy, please reach out! www.andrewgflynn.com

Estimating carbon assimilation rates from #fossil #leaves & application to the mid-Miocene Clarkia #forest New #AJB research by Melanie Cham, Alexander Lowe, Dana Royer, Sophia Ronan, William Rember & Caroline Strömberg doi.org/10.1002/ajb2... #botany #plantscience #paleobotany #photosynthesis

Rainy but productive day collecting Paleocene - Eocene fossil leaves out of the lower San Jose Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Also found some super cool soft sediment deformation and sedimentary structures!

Day two of collecting earliest Eocene plants from the lower San Jose Formation in the San Juan Basin. Found lots of legumes including some attached!

Successful day collecting earliest Eocene fossil plants from the lower San Jose Formation in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico!