Jakob Vinther Graduate E-mail: not available outside yale Office: KGL 230 Phone: (203) 832-8483 personal webpage Research Interests: Early animal evolution Especially molluscs and annelids, lophotrochozoans in general and sponges Fossil preservation, melanin Students and Postdocs: Erik Sperling Selected Publication(s): Vinther, J., Briggs, D.E.G., Clarke, J., Mayr, G., Prum, R.O.P. 2009. Structural coloration in a fossil feather. Biology letters, online. Vinther, J. and Rudkin, D. In Press. the first Articulated specimen of Plumulites canadensis (WOODWARD, 1889) FROM THE UPPER ORDOVICIAN OF ONTARIO, WITH A REVIEW OF THE ANTERIOR REGION OF PLUMULITIDAE (ANNELIDA: MACHAERIDIA). Palaeontology. Vinther, J. 2009. The canal system in sclerites of Lower Cambrian Sinosachites (Halkieriidae: Sachitida): Significance for the molluscan affinities of the sachitids. Palaeontology 52, 689-712. Vinther J. and Briggs, D. E. G. 2009 Machaeridian locomotion. Lethaia 42, 357-364. Vinther, J., Briggs, D. E. G., Prum, R. O. and Saranathan, V. 2008. The colour of fossil feathers. Biology letters Online. Vinther, J. Van Roy, P. and Briggs, D. E. G. 2008. Machaeridians are Palaezoic armoured annelids. Nature 451, 185-188. Vinther, J and Nielsen, C 2005 The Early Cambrian Halkieria is a mollusc, Zoologica Scripta, 34, 81-89