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Kyle Atkins-Weltman

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Ph.D. Student in Paleoecology, Oklahoma State University

I am a PhD student at Oklahoma State University, and I study the paleoecology of the end-Cretaceous. My background is purely in biology, so that is where I focus all of my paleontological efforts. My current focus is biomechanics of locomotion, though this is but one project I have planned.

I believe that learning the present is the key to understanding the past, so when I am not doing biomechanical modeling or other research on fossils, I am working hands-on with living animals, particularly reptiles. This experience has proved valuable to my work, as it inspires me with questions and hypotheses that I can then test on extinct animals.

Experience

  • –present
    Ph.D. Student in , Oklahoma State University
  • 2018–2021
    Master's Student in, University of Kansas

Publications

  • 2021
    Constraining the body mass range of Anzu wyliei (Theropoda: Caenagnathidae) using volumetric and extant–scaling methods, Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Vertebrate Paleontology