Professor of Palaeobiology @ES_UCL @UCL & @RoyalSociety University Research Fellow (he/him)

London, England
Joined August 2016
Here's a short film I recorded with @royalsociety about extinction, the evolution of gigantism, and the application of conservation palaeobiology, featuring @NHM_London's @Tweetisaurus: youtu.be/rjdHd-IafC0 🦥🐧🐍 @ES_UCL
Giants, like the 13m long snake 'titanoboa', have existed throughout history. But do they always go extinct? And can the fossil record help us preserve species today? @pdmannion and @Tweetisaurus explore gigantism and extinction: @NHM_London @ES_UCL youtube.com/watch?v=rjdHd-Ia…
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The First Circular for our @EAVPalaeo Meeting in Krakow is out: eavp2025.wixsite.com/eavp202… You are most welcome and looking forward to meeting the Palaeo-community in Krakow this summer!
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Where did dinosaurs originate? Our new paper, led by @ES_UCL PhD student Joel Heath (with @nhcooper123 & Paul Upchurch), accounts for variation in sampling within biogeographic analyses to indicate a novel a low paleolatitude origin for dinosaurs: cell.com/current-biology/ful…
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🚨 REMINDER 🚨 Abstract submission closes soon! 🗓️ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025 🕒 Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below! 👉 cpeg-cpb25.uzh.ch/en.html # CPEGCPB25
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Come join our amazing team with some truly incredible fossils and a really great supervisory team! 🦴🐸
PhD position alert: join a diverse team of palaeontologists to study the evolution of temnospondyls! The PhD project @SMNStuttgart will focus on bone microanatomy: lots of fun with thin-sections and CT-data in perspective. tinyurl.com/msvntnd9
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New paper led by former @ucl undergraduate @palaeocarly (now @GeosciencesEd) + @ES_UCL PhD student @palaeoburke on the internal cranial anatomy of the Paleogene crocodylian Argochampsa, with an evaluation of salinity tolerance in extinct crocodyliforms doi.org/10.1111/joa.14213
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Interested in conservation, corals, & predictive modelling? 🪸 PhD project supervised by myself (@ES_UCL) & @nsantodomingo (@NHM_London) on the tropicalisation of marine communities across time & space available @NERC_TREES_DLA 🗓️ Apply by 20th Jan 2025 trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/les…
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✨✨ Interested in learning more about TREES DLA and the application process? ✨✨ Come along on the 20th Dec (11:00am GMT) to our webinar for potential applicants! 📝 For more details and registration see here: tinyurl.com/w4z4um5h trees-dla.ac.uk
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Great set of presentations @ThePalAss meeting in Erlangen from @es_ucl researchers @palaeoburke, @paiva_als, @piginatutu, @PrincessQuatris, @LewisAlanJones, @geowendywen, Devin Hoffman, Sarah Jamison-Todd, & Joel Heath, including a best talk prize for @geowendywen! #PalAss24
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Conservation Palaeobiology PhD project @ZSLScience and @ES_UCL supervised by Clare Duncan, Sam Turvey and I on recent extinctions on islands as part of the @NERC_TREES_DLA. Application deadline = 20th Jan 2025: trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/eco…
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Can we really determine temporal and spatial patterns in Mesozoic dinosaur diversity and diversification? New paper @RSocPublishing discussing what patterns we can and can’t (currently) recognise given spatiotemporal sampling heterogeneity: doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2024.04…
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PhD project @ES_UCL supervised by me on the evolution and biogeography of alligatoroid crocodylians, utilising CT scan data to evaluate internal cranial anatomy, as part of the @NERC_TREES_DLA. Application deadline = 20th Jan 2025: trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/neu…
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Fancy doing a PhD with Prof Karl Bates, me and the team at Liverpool University? Apply at palass.org/careers/phd-oppor… #phdopportunities #zoologists #zoology #palaeontologist #palaeontology #stem #universityofliverpool
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PhD project @LivUni on the evolution of body size, shape and locomotor ecology in tetrapods, with a supervisory team led by Karl Bates, alongside @nhcooper123, @peterfalkingham, @MaherAlice & myself, including working with @NML_Muse: palass.org/careers/phd-oppor…
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🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us @GeosciencesEd! Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens! Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfof @tanytrachelos Erin Maxwell & me. Details👇
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🌱 Announcing TREES! 🌍 The NERC-funded Doctoral Landscape Award led by UCL & partners will train future environmental scientists through interdisciplinary research and a commitment to EDI & sustainability. 🔗 Learn more: trees-dla.ac.uk
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Glad to see my review on Mesozoic dinosaur macroecology published today in Biology Letters (@RSocPublishing) for the Special Issue on the 200 years of #dinosaur science🦖 Artwork by @d_bonadonna 🧵 1/5 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
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