Susan Butts Research

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06/10/18


Dr. Susan Butts is an invertebrate paleontologist at the Yale peabody museum. She researches brachiopod paleocommunities.  She also works with Dr. Derek Briggs in finding both sedimentological and biological factors of silica replacements. Dr Butts works on the iDigPaleo project, which is about fossilized insects.

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