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MSc Research Projects

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. Bristol-based supervisors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Full details may be read here.

  1. Testing the dinosaur decline hypothesis Supervisors: Graeme Lloyd (Oxford), Matt Carrano (Smithsonian) and Mike Benton*
  2. Hybodontiform extinction - a gradual process or rapid decline? Supervisors: Stefanie Klug* and Mike Benton*
  3. What do we really know about dinosaur evolution?: the fossil record of British Mesozoic tetrapods Supervisors: Alex Dunhill*, Mike Benton*, and Andrew Newell (BGS)
  4. Tempo of lineage diversification following the KT mass extinction Supervisors: Gavin Thomas (Biology, Bristol) and Mike Benton*
  5. The first possible animal biomeralizers Supervisors: Jonathan Antcliffe*, Richard Callow (Memorial University Newfoundland), Duncan Murdock (Bristol/Leicester Universities), Phil Donoghue*, and Martin Brasier (Oxford University)
  6. The oldest certain bilaterian fossils Supervisors: Jonathan Antcliffe*, Duncan Murdock (Bristol/Leicester Universities), Phil Donoghue*, and Martin Brasier (Oxford University)
  7. The earliest fossil heart Supervisors: Robert Sansom (University of Bath) and Phil Donoghue
  8. Feeding ecology of placoderms - hypercarnivorous apex predators and the key to unraveling the assembly of the vertebrate bodyplan Supervisors: Martin Rücklin*, Phil Anderson*, Emily Rayfield* and Philip Donoghue*
  9. Evolutionary origins of the vertebrate skeleton Supervisors: Duncan Murdock*, Philip Donoghue* and Emily Rayfield*
  10. Functional anatomy and description of a giant Upper Jurassic pliosaur. Supervisors: Emily Rayfield*, Judyth Sassoon* and Mike Benton*
  11. You really are what you eat? The functional plasticity of mice jaws in response to hard or soft food diets Supervisors: Emily Rayfield*, Phil Anderson*, and Sabrina Renaud (Lyon)
  12. Finite element validation of buzzards and parrots Supervisors: Emily Rayfield*, Jen Bright*, Phil Anderson* and Sam Cobb (Hull-York Medical School)
  13. Cranial functional morphology of the phytosaur Ebrachosuchus Supervisors: Emily Rayfield*, Richard Butler (University of Munich) & Oliver Rauhut (BSPG, Munich)
  14. The impacts of ocean acidification on the structural strength of coralline algae Supervisors: Phil Anderson*, Laura Foster*, Federica Ragazzola, Stephen Hallett (Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol)
  15. Occlusion in early mammals - precision cutting or a bit sloppy? Supervisors: Pam Gill*, Bill Clemens (University of California, Berkeley) and Phil Anderson*
  16. Morphological and biomechanical disparity in the jaws of herbivorous dinosaurs Supervisors: Phil Anderson* and Emily Rayfield*
  17. The impact of dissolution on palaeoceanographic reconstructions Supervisors: Marcus Badger* and Kirsty Edgar (Cardiff University)
  18. Testing the Paleogene 'hyperthermal' events Supervisors: Marcus Badger* and Dr Kirsty Edgar (Cardiff University)

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