Research Story: Mat Roloson

Mat Roloson, a Carleton Earth Sciences master’s student, is trying to solve a paleontological mystery that dates back more than 66 million years. He and Jordan Mallon, a paleobiologist at the Canadian Museum of Nature and an adjunct professor at Carleton went on a field trip to Saskatchewan to determine whether an older Triceratops species found in Montana gradually evolved into the younger Canadian species (or if their evolution told a more complex tale). Back in Ottawa, Roloson immersed himself in “skull morphology” — more detective work — as he learned how the shapes of Triceratops skulls have changed over time.

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