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Paleontology; Macroevolution; Phylogenetics; Paleobiology; Echinodermata; Crinoidea

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Employment (1)

University of Oklahoma: Norman, Oklahoma, US

2022-08-16 to present | Assistant Professor/Curator (Sam Noble Museum and School of Geosciences)
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David Wright

Education and qualifications (3)

The Ohio State University: Columbus, OH, US

2016 | Ph.D. Geological Sciences
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David Wright

Ohio University: Athens, OH, US

2012 | M.S. Geological Sciences
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David Wright

University of Kansas: Lawrence, KS, US

2010 | B.S. Geology
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David Wright

Works (42)

Diversification and speciation among Laurentian brachiopods during the GOBE: insights from basinal and regional analyses.

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Stigall, Alycia L; Censullo, Shaolin M; Hennessey, Sarah A; Bauer, Jennifer E; Lam, Adriane R; Wright, David F
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David Wright

Phylogenetic position of Bohemiacinctus gen. nov.(Echinodermata, Cincta) from the Cambrian of Bohemia: implications for macroevolution and the role of taxon sampling in palaeobiological systematics

Papers in Palaeontology
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Zamora, Samuel; Wright, David F; Nohejlová, Martina
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David Wright

Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development

Biological Reviews
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Nanglu, Karma; Cole, Selina R; Wright, David F; Souto, Camilla
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David Wright

Worms and gills, plates and spines: the evolutionary origins and incredible disparity of deuterostomes revealed by fossils, genes, and development

Biological Reviews
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Karma Nanglu; Selina R. Cole; David F. Wright; Camilla Souto
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Phylogenetic position of Bohemiacinctus gen. nov. (Echinodermata, Cincta) from the Cambrian of Bohemia: implications for macroevolution and the role of taxon sampling in palaeobiological systematics

Papers in Palaeontology
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Samuel Zamora; David F. Wright; Martina Nohejlová; Imran Rahman
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Digital accessible knowledge: Mobilizing legacy data and the future of taxonomic publishing

Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Fawcett, Susan; Agosti, Donat; Cole, Selina R; Wright, David F
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David Wright

Framing the future for taxonomic monography: Improving recognition, support, and access

Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Gorneau, Jacob A; Ausich, William I; Bertolino, Sandro; Bik, Holly; Daly, Marymegan; Demissew, Sebsebe; Donoso, David A; Folk, Ryan; Freire-Fierro, Alina; Ghazanfar, Shahina A et al.
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David Wright

Miniaturization during a Silurian environmental crisis generated the modern brittle star body plan

Communications Biology
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Thuy, Ben; Eriksson, Mats E; Kutscher, Manfred; Lindgren, Johan; Numberger-Thuy, Lea D; Wright, David F
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David Wright

Niche evolution and phylogenetic community paleoecology of Late Ordovician crinoids

Elements of Paleontology
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Cole, Selina R; Wright, David F
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David Wright

Author Correction: Miniaturization during a Silurian environmental crisis generated the modern brittle star body plan

Communications Biology
2022-02-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Ben Thuy; Mats E. Eriksson; Manfred Kutscher; Johan Lindgren; Lea D. Numberger-Thuy; David F. Wright
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Miniaturization during a Silurian environmental crisis generated the modern brittle star body plan

Communications Biology
2022-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Ben Thuy; Mats E. Eriksson; Manfred Kutscher; Johan Lindgren; Lea D. Numberger-Thuy; David F. Wright
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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: A User's Guide for Paleontologists

Elements of Paleontology
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Soul, Laura C; Wright, David F
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David Wright

Testing character evolution models in phylogenetic paleobiology: a case study with Cambrian echinoderms

Elements of Paleontology
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, April; Wagner, Peter; Wright, David
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David Wright

Niche evolution and phylogenetic community paleoecology of Late Ordovician crinoids

2021-09-27 | Preprint
Contributors: Selina Cole; David Wright
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Homology of posterior interray plates in crinoids: a review and new perspectives from phylogenetics, the fossil record and development

Palaeontology
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Ausich, William I; Wright, David F; Cole, Selina R; Sevastopulo, George D
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David Wright

Ignoring fossil age uncertainty leads to inaccurate topology and divergence times in time calibrated tree inference

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Barido-Sottani, Joëlle; Van Tiel, Nina; Hopkins, Melanie J; Wright, David F; Stadler, Tanja; Warnock, Rachel CM
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David Wright

Paleocommunity composition, relative abundance, and new camerate crinoids from the Brechin Lagerstätte (Upper Ordovician)

Journal of Paleontology
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Cole, Selina R; Wright, David F; Ausich, William I; Koniecki, Joseph M
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David Wright

Re-evaluating the phylogenetic position of the enigmatic early Cambrian deuterostome Yanjiahella

Nature Communications
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Zamora, Samuel; Wright, David F; Mooi, Rich; Lefebvre, Bertrand; Guensburg, Thomas E; Gorzelak, Przemysław; David, Bruno; Sumrall, Colin D; Cole, Selina R; Hunter, Aaron W et al.
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David Wright

Paleocommunity composition, relative abundance, and new camerate crinoids from the Brechin Lagerstätte (Upper Ordovician)

Journal of Paleontology
2020-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Selina R. Cole; David F. Wright; William I. Ausich; Joseph M. Koniecki
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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods: A User’s Guide for Paleontologists

2020-10-05 | Preprint
Contributors: Laura Soul; David Wright
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Testing character-evolution models in phylogenetic paleobiology: a case study with Cambrian echinoderms

2020-08-05 | Preprint
Contributors: April Wright; Peter Wagner; David Wright
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Biodiversity, systematics, and new taxa of cladid crinoids from the Ordovician Brechin Lagerstätte

Journal of Paleontology
2020-03 | Journal article
Contributors: David F. Wright; Selina R. Cole; William I. Ausich
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Re-evaluating the phylogenetic position of the enigmatic early Cambrian deuterostome Yanjiahella

Nature Communications
2020-03-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Samuel Zamora; David F. Wright; Rich Mooi; Bertrand Lefebvre; Thomas E. Guensburg; Przemysław Gorzelak; Bruno David; Colin D. Sumrall; Selina R. Cole; Aaron W. Hunter et al.
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Biodiversity, systematics, and new taxa of cladid crinoids from the Ordovician Brechin Lagerstätte

Journal of Paleontology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Cole, Selina R; Ausich, William I
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David Wright

Phylogenetic community paleoecology of one of the earliest complex crinoid faunas (Brechin Lagerstätte, Ordovician)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Cole, Selina R; Wright, David F; Ausich, William I
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David Wright

An echinoderm Lagerstätte from the Upper Ordovician (Katian), Ontario: taxonomic re-evaluation and description of new dicyclic camerate crinoids

Journal of Paleontology
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Cole, Selina R; Ausich, William I; Wright, David F; Koniecki, Joseph M
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David Wright

Disparid and hybocrinid crinoids (Echinodermata) from the Upper Ordovician (lower Katian) Brechin Lagerstätte of Ontario

Journal of Paleontology
2018 | Journal article
Contributors: Ausich, William I; Wright, David F; Cole, Selina R; Koniecki, Joseph M
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David Wright

Bayesian estimation of fossil phylogenies and the evolution of early to middle Paleozoic crinoids (Echinodermata)

Journal of Paleontology
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F
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David Wright

Biotic immigration events, speciation, and the accumulation of biodiversity in the fossil record

Global and planetary change
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Stigall, Alycia L; Bauer, Jennifer E; Lam, Adriane R; Wright, David F
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New crinoids from the Baltic region (Estonia): Fossil tip-dating phylogenetics constrains the origin and Ordovician--Silurian diversification of the Flexibilia (Echinodermata)

Palaeontology
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Toom, Ursula
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David Wright

Phenotypic innovation and adaptive constraints in the evolutionary radiation of Palaeozoic crinoids

Scientific reports
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F
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David Wright

Phylogenetic taxonomy and classification of the Crinoidea (Echinodermata)

Journal of Paleontology
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Ausich, William I; Cole, Selina R; Peter, Mark E; Rhenberg, Elizabeth C
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David Wright

New crinoids from the Baltic region (Estonia): fossil tip‐dating phylogenetics constrains the origin and Ordovician–Silurian diversification of the Flexibilia (Echinodermata)

Palaeontology
2017-11 | Journal article
Contributors: David F. Wright; Ursula Toom; George Sevastopulo
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Phenotypic Innovation and Adaptive Constraints in the Evolutionary Radiation of Palaeozoic Crinoids

Scientific Reports
2017-10-23 | Journal article
Contributors: David F. Wright
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Early phylogeny of crinoids within the pelmatozoan clade

Palaeontology
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Ausich, William I; Kammer, Thomas W; Rhenberg, Elizabeth C; Wright, David F
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Fossils, homology, and “Phylogenetic Paleo-ontogeny”: a reassessment of primary posterior plate homologies among fossil and living crinoids with insights from developmental biology

Paleobiology
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F
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From the stem to the crown: Phylogeny and diversification of pan-cladid crinoids

Progress in Echinoderm Paleobiology: Cuadernos del museo Geominero
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Ausich, William I
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David Wright

Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Crinoidea (Echinodermata)

Progress in Echinoderm Paleobiology: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España Cuaderno del Museo Geominero
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Ausich, William I; Kammer, Thomas W; Wright, David F; Cole, Selina R; Peter, Mark E; Rhenberg, Elizabeth C; Zamora, S; Rábano, I
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Species-level phylogenetic revision of the Ordovician orthide brachiopod Glyptorthis from North America

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
2014 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Stigall, Alycia L
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David Wright

Geologic drivers of Late Ordovician faunal change in Laurentia: investigating links between tectonics, speciation, and biotic invasions

PLoS One
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Stigall, Alycia L
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David Wright

Phylogenetic revision of the Late Ordovician orthid brachiopod genera Plaesiomys and Hebertella from Laurentia

Journal of Paleontology
2013 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Stigall, Alycia L
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David Wright

A trigonotarbid arachnid from the Pennsylvanian of Kansas

Journal of Paleontology
2011 | Journal article
Contributors: Wright, David F; Selden, Paul A
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David Wright