Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬

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Paleontologist. Evolutionary biologist. Punk rock enthusiast. Assistant Professor & Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology. OU | Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Fossils, macroevolution, phylogenetic methods, biodiversity daveyfwright.wordpress.com

A lego paleontologist with a hat and binoculars discovers a trilobite. A box of dinosaur shaped snacks can be seen in the background
Breakfast cereal bowl filled with disarticulated fossil crinoid stems. Bowl is filled with milk. A spoon and glass of orange juice can be seen to the right of the bowl. [Note: I saved this image from an unknown online source many years ago and have no idea who to credit.]
A man and woman kneeling in front of an outcrop, looking for fossils. Text reads "Anticosti Island, Quebec. Museum scientists have led fieldwork here to study impacts of the end-Ordovician mass extinction on marine fauna and ecosystems, in part by collecting fossils of species that have not yet been identified or well described. M. Hopkins, D. Wright
Animated scene from Monster Hunter Stories 3 showing a woman with blue hair wearing a brown/tan vest with shoulderpads. Her arms are crossed and has a serious look on her face. Caption: Kora: "Well, geological surveys are sort of my forte. I try to get out into the field whenever I can find the time."
Picture of 4 starfish. Figure caption asks: "How cool are these starfish?" Text above reads, "...an example involving starfish (on the assumption that adding starfish is bound to improve nearly any situation." From Lindell Bromham's excellent book, An Introduction to Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics.
A reconstruction of a cigar-shaped echinoderm on a stalk (theca) living on the sea floor. Ambulacra (food gathering structures) can be seen spiraling around the upright body. The surface of the water can be seen just above the specimen. Unsure of artist (I found this on other social media), but I believe the credit goes to https://www.youtube.com/@BeforeForests
OKC and NYC with a heart between them
A happy, smiling person holding a large fossil cephalopod with both hands. Other images show museum specimens in cabinets, including a fossil bivalve, starfish, and a snail
A 5th floor view of Central Park. A raccoon is looking at the camera
4 happy people standing in front of the stairs near the main entrance of the AMNH
Museum display if echinoderms and early vertebrates
A man with glasses squinting in the sun. A ceratopsian is visible in the background
Two people smiling at a camera with "OU" written on the wall behind them. (left): Kiera in MSc regalia, (right): me in doctoral regalial
Text on the big screen indicating paleontology as a major strength of OU
Band logos for Social Distortion (skeleton) and the Descendents (Milo)
A comic called 'Megafauna Drama #1' featuring Orton Hall at Ohio State, which looks like a castle. An older man inside (bald with glasses and a beard) appears to be engaging in some kind of mad science, Frankenstein-like endeavor he believes will make the city of Columbus 'beg' for Pleistocene Epoch research. He pushes a button and a giant claw appears, which is followed by a caption that says "to be continued"
An excerpt from an incredible eBird checklist of remarkable, absolutely jaw dropping birds of spring migration
Selfie of a man with a beard and blue shirt with a R2-series astromech droid
Sephiroth from the original FF VII game with flowers, a wrapped gift, and a mother's day card. In a caption, he says "Out of my way. I'm going to see my mother"
a feather fluffball owl with large eyes looking like a muppet character
A very colorful bird with a conical bill, rainbow-like plumage. A blue head, red throat, breast, and belly, a green-ish wings and back Image from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_bunting#/media/File:Painted_Bunting_by_Dan_Pancamo.jpg CC BY-SA 2.0view terms File:Painted Bunting by Dan Pancamo.jpg Created: 27 April 2011 Uploaded: 1 May 2011 Location: 28° 56′ 14.22″ N, 95° 18′ 20.13″ W
Sign that says," This refuge is a living museum of natural history. Here you are a guest in ecological communities preserved for your enjoyment. Please help us protect our environmental heritage."
Air abrasion unit with microscope attachment. Slabs of unprepared fossils in the background
Skeleton of Cotylorhynchus romeri on display at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. It has a very tiny head and massive body
A lecture slide with an image of a cute Dodo that reads, "Going the way of the dodo: paleontological perspectives on extinction and the future of life"
An portrait of a man that (sort of?!) looks like Colonel Sanders holding a bucket of Kentucky Fried Crinoids
"AI Overview Crinoid fossils...are spiritually associated with deep grounding, ancient wisdom, and emotional stability."
Dr. Raina Heaton (Associate Curator of Native American Languages) on a stage welcoming a large crowd to this year's event. A sign in the back reads "Welcome to the 23rd Annual Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair"
Screenshot from twitter
A blurry picture of prairie dogs from a distance
Cartoon of Milo from the Descendents in a Valentine's Day heart. Text reads, "Roses are red / Violets are blue / Everthing sucks / Except for you
A cartoon of Charles Darwin as an old man surrounding by floating red valentine's hearts. Text above reads, "I select you. Naturally!"
absolutely horrifying drawing of brachiopods with faces that somehow conveys the late devonian extinctions (FF event) by showing different groups of brachiopods separated by a fence. Brachiopods are either smiling or sad and feeling left out. Image source: The Frasnian-Famennian brachiopod extinction events: A preliminary review Grzegorz Racki Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 43 (2), 1998: 395-411
Black and white cartoon image of a stegosaurus described as a "most grotesque animal" and "freak of nature"
Image of various cartoon echinoderms (starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc) with text that says "I am thankful for echinoderms"
MXPX performing on stage