The Vertebrate Paleontology Lab, located in the University of Oregon’s Department of Earth Sciences, is a research lab with a focus on mammalian paleoecology. We work on projects ranging from studies of within-lineage evolution to regional community paleoecology, using data from fossils, lithology, stratigraphy, phylogenetics, biogeography and modern organisms.

Visit the Museum of Natural and Cultural History’s webpage, where you can tour the Explore Oregon natural history exhibit that takes visitors through the geological and paleontological history of Oregon. See fossils collected by members of the UO Vertebrate Paleo Lab!

Check out recent work by UO Vert Paleo alumni John Orcutt and Jonathan Calede describing fossils of a giant sabertoothed cat from the Northwest that they first found in our collections during their time at UO.