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Lena Cole

@leptaena.bsky.social
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Asst. Professor & Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History/U. Research on fossil crinoids, echinoderms, extinction, & paleoecology. Always interested in birds, gaming, punk/metal, & nature.

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Crinoid biology and ecology" by A. Stevenson & M.A. Veitch
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Crinoid biology and ecology
Crinoids (Class Crinoidea) are the oldest extant echinoderm lineage and possess one of the most complete fossil records of any marine animal group, sp…
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Casey Dunn @caseywdunn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My new book, Phylogenetic Biology, is now published. Available online for free at dunnlab.org/phylogenetic... . Physical copies can be purchased at shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params... or your favorite bookstore.
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Lena Cole @leptaena.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Congrats to Kiera!
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Lena Cole @leptaena.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Incredibly proud of my master's student, Nicolas Bell, who successfully defended his thesis today on "Environmental controls on Late Ordovician (Katian) crinoid feeding ecology"! @oupaleobiology.bsky.social
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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is celebrating our department's collections manager, Lyndsey Farrar! Many thanks for all the awesome work you do behind the scenes in the invertebrate paleontology collections and to the public! #FossilFriday
A happy, smiling person holding a large fossil cephalopod with both hands. Other images show museum specimens in cabinets, including a fossil bivalve, starfish, and a snail
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Lena Cole @leptaena.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Excited to share my newest paper with @daveyfwright.bsky.social and colleagues on soft tissue preservation of tube feet in an Ordovician crinoid! doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Exceptional soft-tissue preservation reveals the oldest evidence for tube feet and their ecological significance in crinoids
Abstract. Tube feet are extensions of the echinoderm water vascular system that play essential roles in feeding and ecology in living crinoids. However, on
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Paleobiology Research Group at OU @oupaleobiology.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
OU Geosciences undergraduate Macie Menard and Colby Higdon (both advised @leptaena.bsky.social) presented at the department's annual Student Research Symposium and Expo. Both projects were made possible via the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History's Invertebrate Paleontology collections. Great job!
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Lena Cole @leptaena.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
After a long social media break, I'm finally on Bluesky! I'm here for the science community, nature, paleontology, and weird and wonderful fossil echinoderms!
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