MuseumTalks Hosts April 29 Paleontology Lecture with Celina Suarez

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Interested in paleontology? Looking for your next read? Then join us for both at MuseumTalks: Fossils at 6 p.m., Friday, April 29, at Pearl's Books, an independent bookstore here in Fayetteville!

Celina Suarez, associate professor of geosciences at the U of A, will speak about her recent research.

Suarez is the primary author of a publication about fossil findings from the Lower Cretaceous Holly Creek Formation of the Trinity Group in southwest Arkansas. The findings include two new Lower Cretaceous species, a small skink Sciroseps pawhuskai and a fish Anomoeodus caddoi, along with a variety of dinosaurs, mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles.

Fossils featured in the presentation were donated to the U of A Museum last fall. A selection of them will be displayed at the event for attendees to see in person. And while you're there, check out the awesome selection of books at Pearl's Books.

Suarez is the first speaker of MuseumTalks, a speaker series organized by the U of A Museum Advisory Council and held in partnership with Pearl's Books. 

If attending in-person, registration is appreciated. Email lalamb@uark.edu with your name and the number of people attending. Pearl's Books is located just off the downtown square at 28 E. Center St., Fayetteville, AR 72701.

The talk will also be available on Zoom; register online.

Suarez is a native of San Antonio, Texas, and an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at the U of A. She received her B.S. in geosciences from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, an M.S. in geology from Temple University and a Ph.D. in geology in 2010 from the University of Kansas. She was also a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Boise State University. Suarez's research focuses on using trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of fossil vertebrates, invertebrates and paleosols to understand fossil preservation, past greenhouse climates and major climate shifts caused by C-cycle perturbations. Her research has taken her throughout the U.S. and to China, South Africa and Lesotho.