A5055896961- Marine and fisheries research
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
University of Leeds
2023-2024
University of Bristol
2024
The Triassic was a time of ecological upheaval as life recovered from the Permian-Triassic mass extinction. Archosauromorphs were key component recovery, diversifying substantially during and encompassing origins dinosaurs, pterosaurs crocodylomorphs. Here, we explore evolution locomotion in Archosauromorpha to test whether dinosaurs show any distinctive locomotory features that might explain their success. We implement geometric morphometrics on limb bone shapes use ratios calculate...
Biological communities are changing rapidly in response to human activities, with the high rate of vertebrate species extinction leading many propose that we midst a sixth mass event. Five past events have most commonly been emphasised across Phanerozoic, last occurring at end Cretaceous, 66 million years ago. Life on Earth has, however, always changed and evolved, known existed now extinct. The question is, activities increasing magnitude into realms rarely seen life history? Considering...
The end of the Pliocene (~2.5-3 Mya) saw a period biotic turnover in marine ecosystems with significant losses megafauna (36% genera globally) including giant apex predator, Otodus megalodon. This recently identified extinction event coincided notable climatic change, glaciation Northern Hemisphere causing drop global sea level. A positive correlation has been found between probability and those that had high energy requirements were associated coastal, shelf habitats. As such, it...