Q&A with Dalton Meyer ’25 PhD

Dalton Meyer ’25 PhD (Earth and Planetary Sciences) recently completed his graduate studies in December 2025. A vertebrate paleontologist, Meyer was part of a team that identified a new species of lizard during his dissertation research. The finding expands scientists’ knowledge of early gecko evolution and where these reptiles sit in the evolutionary family tree.

From his earliest days, Dalton Meyer ’25 PhD (Earth and Planetary Sciences) knew he wanted to be a paleontologist. While dinosaurs were his first love, his curiosity led him to study mosasaurs, a group of giant lizards that evolved to become marine. A serendipitous meeting with a Yale researcher brought him to New Haven for his PhD studies.

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