Lawrence J. Flynn
Peabody Museum
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
USA

An evolutionary biologist with primary interest in the geological context of multiple, superposed fossil horizons, I have focused on field projects in the rich vertebrate deposits of Pakistan and China.  I worked with Will to develop the microvertebrate biostratigraphy of the Neogene Siwalik sequence of Pakistan, primarily in the Potwar Plateau of the northern part of that country, but also in Baluchistan.  In various basins in China, Will and I worked with Chinese colleagues to develop local biostratigraphies there, as well.  Yushe Basin was one such project.  It was a highly successful collaboration with IVPP under the mentorship of Qiu Zhanxiang and Dick Tedford.  We operated near the field areas out of the Yushe hotel, where this photo was taken.  My interests include systematics of the fossils recovered, especially study of the rodents in the paleocommunities sampled.  Many such taxa are new, and first revealed to paleontology through the efforts of Will.