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.