Florida Museum of Natural History
Bloch Lab
Led by Jonathan Bloch · Florida Museum of Natural History (Vertebrate Paleontology)
What we study
The Bloch Lab studies fossil mammals to understand their early evolution and responses to climate change. They use fieldwork in Wyoming, Montana, Colombia, and phylogenetic methods to analyze relationships and functional morphology.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Stratigraphy, paleontology, and depositional setting of the Late Eocene (Priabonian) lower Pagat Member, Tanjung Formation, in the Asem Asem Basin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia
2025 · Journal of Paleontology
Describes marine fossils from Indonesia, showing how the area's environment changed during the late Eocene.
- New remarkably complete skeleton of Mixodectes reveals arboreality in a large Paleocene primatomorphan mammal following the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction
2025 · Scientific Reports
Describes a complete fossil skeleton of a Paleocene primatomorphan mammal, showing it was a mature adult and likely arboreal.
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- A South American sebecid from the Miocene of Hispaniola documents the presence of apex predators in early West Indies ecosystems
2025 · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Describes fossils of a South American crocodyliform found in Hispaniola, challenging ideas about how apex predators evolved in the Caribbean.
- Depositional framework of the Sangkarewang and Sawahlunto Formations, Ombilin Basin, West Sumatra, Indonesia
2025 · Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
Uses pollen data to study ancient lake and marsh environments in Indonesia.
- Evidence for increased animal pollination during the Paleocene–Eocene thermal maximum
2025 · Paleobiology
Examines fossil pollen to suggest increased animal pollination during a past climate event.
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