We group the projects by the staff supervisor in the Department, although many
are led primarily by one of the research fellows or other researchers.
Full details may be read here.
- Taphonomy of melanosomes in vertebrate skin and internal organs: Maria McNamara, Stuart Kearns, Rich Pancost (Chemistry), Mike Benton
- Specimen quality and the record of Mesozoic marine reptiles: Alex Dunhill (Bath), Tom Stubbs, Ben Moon, and Mike Benton
- The quality of the fossil record and the phylogenetic roots of mammalian diversity: Marcello Ruta (Lincoln), Mike Benton, Jennifer Botha-Brink (Bloemfontein), and Davide Pisani
- Evolution of function during the emergence of echinoderms: Imran Rahman, Peter Falkingham (Royal Veterinary College/Brown University), Samuel Zamora (Natural History Museum, London) and Phil Donoghue
- The growth dynamics of Charnia masoni from the UK: Tony Hancy, Jonathan Antcliffe, Phil Wilby (British Geological Survey), Martin Brasier (Oxford), and Philip Donoghue
- Animal embryo fossils from the lowest Cambrian Kuanchuanpu biota: Phil Donoghue, John Cunningham and Stuart Kearns
- Early evolution and growth of stem-lineage arthropods: Davide Pisani and Allison Daley (BMNH)
- Testing the arthropod fossil record using molecular data: Davide Pisani, Omar Rota-Stabelli (Foundation Edmund Mach, Italy) and Allison Daley (BMNH)
- A comprehensive phylogeny of turtles: Davide Pisani, Katie Davis (Bath), Graeme Lloyd (Oxford), and Wasiu Akanni (National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
- Biotic response of bryozoans to ocean acidification and warming in the Southern ocean: Federica Ragazzola, Laura Foster, Daniela Schmidt
- The impacts of anthropogenic CO2 on benthic foraminifera: Laura Foster, Daniela Schmidt, Ellen Thomas (Yale on Sabbatical in Bristol)
- Plankton response to climate variability: Maricel Williams, Daniela Schmidt, Jenny Pike (Cardiff University)
- Morphological and biomechanical evolution of pterosaur jaws: Emily Rayfield, Tom Stubbs, Liz Martin* and Phil Anderson (Massachusetts)
- The survivability of Antarctic bivalves in a changing world: Emily Rayfield, Suzanne Jennions and Jen Bright
- Musculo-skeletal efficiency in birds of prey: Hawks vs. Falcons: Jen Bright, Emily Rayfield, Sam Cobb and Phil Cox (Hull-York Medical School)
- Statistical and mass spectrometric approaches to melanin taphonomy: Jakob Vinther
- Experimental taphonomy of squids and octopuses: Jakob Vinther and Kenneth De Baets
- Organic taphonomy of dinosaur bones: Jakob Vinther, Rich Pancost (Chemistry), Richard Evershed (Chemistry)
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