Welcome to the Coates Lab!
We sit at the crossroads of evolutionary developmental biology, paleobiology, and anatomy. Our research interests are wide-ranging, and broadly fall under the evolution and diversity of early vertebrates, as well as adding paleontological and comparative anatomy perspectives to evo-devo. We are also very interested in the use of new imaging and visualization technologies in our work, such as CT scanning and 3D printing.
NEWS
What Cheer!!! Ben’s Whatcheeria paper is out!
Congratulations to Ben Otoo for publishing his first thesis chapter, "The postcranial anatomy of Whatcheeria deltae and its implications for the family Whatcheeriidae" in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society! In Ben's words... Whatcheeria is a stem tetrapod...
Burns Night 2021
The Coates Lab celebrated a virtual Burns Night, with guest appearances by Possum the Cat, and other assorted acts. With graveness, we read this year's poem that was specifically written to reflect the times that we live in now. I have a meeting too With Mike and Ben....
While you were out…
We've been busy! Here's a roundup of what we've been up to over the last little while. SVP was virtual this year, and Mike, Ben, and Abby gave talks on their research. Mike presented work that he and collaborators have been involved with in his capacity as part of...
Recent Publications
The postcranial anatomy of Whatcheeria deltae and its implications for the family Whatcheeriidae
Benjamin K A Otoo, John R Bolt, R Eric Lombard, Kenneth D Angielczyk, Michael I Coates. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021; https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa182