Author Archives: Andy Farke

Some (finalish) results!

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Andy Farke

Matt and I have been meeting weekly for the past three weeks to have ODP work days–just to crank through analyses, etc. Mostly, it’s a matter of sitting down and forcing each other to do stuff. Matt’s posting soon, but … Continue reading →

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Presentation Draft – Early Results

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Andy Farke

On Saturday, I’ll be giving a short presentation about (very) preliminary results from the ODP, for the 1st Annual Southwest Regional Joint DVM&DCB (Division of Vertebrate Morphology and Division of Comparative Biology) meeting of SICB (Society of Integrative and Comparative … Continue reading →

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Quick Update

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Andy Farke

The best way to spur work on a project is to agree to present it at a professional conference. Thus, I submitted a title (no abstract necessary) for the upcoming Southwest Regional Meeting for the Division of Vertebrate Morphology / … Continue reading →

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Is there a finish line? (and how to get there)

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Andy Farke

Yes. . .I hope there is a finish line. As with many things started with the best of intentions, the ODP (and its heads – particularly me) has gotten waylaid. That said, it would be a shame to let the … Continue reading →

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Mopping Up the Data

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Andy Farke

Thanks to Alexandre Fabre, Falko Gauß, and others, we are starting to close out some of the nagging verification entries for the data set (all of which are now accordingly updated in the public files). David Dreisigmeyer has also noted … Continue reading →

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On continua and categories in paleoecology. . .or, an example application of ODP data

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Andy Farke

Today we’re delighted to have a guest post from Dr. Chris Noto, a new assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and an old friend of mine from our graduate school days together at Stony Brook University. Chris has had a … Continue reading →

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A First Pass at Figures

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Andy Farke

Even though our paper is intended for a technical audience, it is still important to ensure that a broad range of readers can access and understand the information contained within the text. For instance, not even a competent dinosaur paleontologist … Continue reading →

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Some Things to Do, and a Progress Update

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Andy Farke

We’ve had some good discussion and suggestions for ways to tweak the phylogeny, so keep them coming! At the bottom of this post, I have a new and improved version of the phylogeny. In the meanwhile, we’re still trying to … Continue reading →

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An updated (updated) phylogeny

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Andy Farke

As mentioned in the previous post, a few papers with new or updated phylogenies for various ornithischians have appeared in the last year. Thus, I spent a few hours going through them and updating the tree topology as well as … Continue reading →

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Filling in the Blanks

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Andy Farke

During the extended gestation/hibernation/dormancy of the ODP, a few new papers with relevant data have slipped into circulation, some with ornithischians preserving limb bones, as well as new or updated phylogenetic analyses. So, if you’re looking for a final chance … Continue reading →

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