Hello everyone, I should be finishing up my M.S. in paleontology in the Spring, so I'm starting to look for Ph.D programs. Does anyone know (on- or off-list) of any programs/people that work on morphometrics with respect to 'organizing' taxonomic identities? I know that sounds sort of broad; I am interested in paleontology and biology because I find it exciting, but I also have a great interest in organizing information for the sake of easy comprehension and simple communication, and this is more what I want to work with. At the moment I am using morphological characters to bring about consensus on a genus of ichnofossil, and my M.S. project is using Elliptical Fourier Analysis to determine how many different groups of bivalve there are in a particular assemblage.
If this message is inappropriate for the list, please send me a scathing email. Thanks, Matt Burton-Kelly ----------------------------- Matthew Burton-Kelly Graduate Student Department of Geology and Geological Engineering University of North Dakota (802) 922-3696 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://uweb.und.nodak.edu/~matthew.burton.kelly/ -------------------------------------------- "About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorize; and I well remember someone saying that at this rate a man might as well go into a gravelpit and count the pebbles and describe the colors. How odd it is that anyone should not see that all observation must be for or against some view if it is to be of any service!" -Charles Darwin, in an 1861 letter to Henry Fawcett. -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
