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Over the summer, I worked on a project with Dr. Nagel-Myers on the morphological changes in taxa found throughout the Eocene from Seymour Island in Antarctica. The Eocene was studied specifically for the temperature transition from a 'greenhouse' climate to an 'icehouse' climate. For this project, I focused on three different genera: Polinicies, Eurhomalea, and Saxolucina. I traveled to the Paleontological Research Institute in Ithaca and the University of Florida to photograph these genera and used tpsDIGw64 to landmark these specimens to compare their morphological features against each other. Using MorphoJ, I compared taxa from different telms to identify morphological changes before and after the icehouse climate. This project has provided valuable experience for graduate school, allowing me to become familiar with various software tools that will be helpful for my future. It also helped improve my communication skills, both with my professor and when presenting my research.