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Professor of Palaeobiology at UCL (he/him) | profiles.ucl.ac.uk/25923-philip-man…

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 9h
🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh! Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTC355/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time at The University of Edinburgh
Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Evolution over Deep Time role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Sophie Boerman @crocsophie.bsky.social · 16h
🌊🐊 Were some of the earliest crocodylians venturing into the sea? 🦴 For our new paper in Palaeontology, we CT-scanned three skulls of “thoracosaurs” and found clues for a shallow-marine lifestyle in these enigmatic critters. ➡ doi.org/10.1111/pala... ️📖
A thoracosaur crocodylian hunting for fish in a colorful, biodiverse lagoonal ecosystem
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Great talk by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student @bethanyerinpittard.bsky.social at the @bou.org.uk Avian Futures meeting on using past data to better understand the future of UK bird species
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Serjoscha Evers @sirjoscha.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1/4 🐢 What should fossil turtle systematics look like ten years from now? Walter Joyce & I offer our personal answer in a new review paper: "Transforming Turtle Systematics: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Path Ahead" Out now in @journalsystpal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Figure 1 from our paper, highlighting turtle ecology across phylogeny
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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Susanne Fritz, who is great, is advertising a macroevolution/macroecology/biogeography postdoc at iDiv in Leipzig: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/c...
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Macroevolution and Macroecology
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Gemma Benevento @gemmabenevento.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Delighted to finally share our paper examining Paleogene mammal faunas and global and regional environmental change in Central Asia.... www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nielsmeijer.bsky.social @sgn.one @idiv-research.bsky.social
An infographic showing the fossil localities map in Central Asia, and a graph showing the timing of mammal faunal changes alongside geological proxies for global and regional environmental change.
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Harriet B. Drage @harriedrage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Interested in fossil arthropods, palaeoecology, dispersal, and interesting methods? 🦀 🌎 I'm hiring a 4-year, fully funded PhD student at the University of Geneva as part of my European Research Council (ERC) grant. Deadline: 16th October. Reach out if any questions! www.unige.ch/sciences/ter...
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our new paper led by @devinhoffman.bsky.social + @piginatutu.bsky.social on growth in mekosuchine crocodylians, with implications for their extinction versus the survival of Crocodylus in Australasia (+ @houssayecnrs.bsky.social, @rnf.bsky.social, @reddirtpalaeo.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
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Lauren Sumner-Rooney @laurensr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📢 JOB ALERT! 📢 I am recruiting a 30-month postdoc to work on modelling the vision of trilobites @hfspo.bsky.social ! If you like 3D data, fossils, and functional morphology, this is the one for you! 📆Deadline 27. Aug Pls contact me with any Qs and share widely! www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🌟 Volunteer Opportunity! 🦖📚 Help shape the future of palaeontology! The Palaeontological Association is looking for volunteer reviewers from our Membership to assist with reviewing grant applications. 🔗 Complete the webform below ⬇️ palass.org/awards-grant... #palass #opportunity #posts
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Palaeoverse @palaeoverse.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
💻 Our new website is now live! 💻 Over the past few months, we've been working hard to create a hub of resources designed to support the palaeontological community. 🔗 Find out more and visit the new site here: palaeoverse.org
Our new website is live now! Visit: https://palaeoverse.org/.
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
23 month research associate job now available with our team to work on Middle Jurassic mammals from Scotland. Requires strong experience with segmentation of CT data but does not require a PhD. Deadline for applications is 26th July. edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Research Associate (Leverhulme) - School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - 105138 - Grade 6
This is a Research Associate position to assist in palaeobiological research conducted as part of the project “New Insights Into Early Mammal Evolution From Exceptional Scottish Fossils” funded by the...
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Jens-Christian Svenning @jcsvenning.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📢 We’re hiring at Aarhus University! Tenure-track or permanent on vertebrate-driven #ecosystem processes, especially large #mammals w/in @econovoau.bsky.social's strong interdisciplinary environment spanning #ecology, paleoecology, biodiversity science & global change biology 🦬🌿🌍 ➡️More info below
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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nice article by @joshlukedavis.com on our Antarctic sauropod paper: www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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First ever dinosaur fossil discovered on Antarctica identified as a titanosaur | Natural History Museum
Antarctica was once a thriving, forested ecosystem filled with a diversity of dinosaur life.
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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nice piece on our little Antarctic dino find courtesy of the BBC Science team: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Antarctica's first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawer
The fossil, collected in Antarctica in 1985, is part of the tail of a beast called a Titanosaur.
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Our new paper led by @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social & Mark Evans @bas.ac.uk on a sauropod from Antarctica 🦕 that represents the earliest collected dinosaur fossil from this continent: www.app.pan.pl/article/item... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @es-ucl.bsky.social
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A titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Dr Paul M.J. Burke @palaeoburke.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
World, here is your Crocodile Brain Encyclopedia. Our new paper, which details the internal cranial anatomy of over 43 crocodylian species is finally out! Read here: doi.org/10.1111/joa.... @pdmannion.bsky.social
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Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha
The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth ...
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
If you've ever wondered what the inside of a crocodile's skull looks like, wonder no more! Here are 43 of them in our new paper led by @palaeoburke.bsky.social in which we evaluate endocranial anatomy across extant + fossil crocodylians 🐊: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @es-ucl.bsky.social
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Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha
The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth ...
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
JOB ALERT! We are recruiting at @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social - a lecturer (Grade 8) or associate professor (Grade 9) in primate or human evolutionary anatomy (research and teaching). Contact Susan Evans or myself for further details. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRZ412/l...
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Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy at UCL
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer / Associate Professor in Primate or Human Evolutionary Anatomy opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Bridget Wade @bridgetwade.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Full-time or part-time Research Technician in Micropalaeontology available in my lab @bridgetwade.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social as part of the NERC TONIC Large Grant. Closing date: 18th June 2026. More details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #technician #micropalaeontology #plankton #NERC
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Ryan N. Felice @rnf.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hey look: A job! @echinerd.bsky.social and I are looking for a research technician to work on sea urchin development. If you are good at segmenting CT scans and want a chance to work on some super cool organisms, this job here at UCL is for you! apply now: bit.ly/4o2qccY
CT scan of a juvenile sea urchin
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Our new 🦕 paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Sam Beeston shows that pneumaticity extends far into the tail in multiple sauropod dinosaur lineages, including brachiosaurids, suggesting that its evolution was probably complex across the clade: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Selina Brace @selinabrace.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looking for a postdoc to join my group at the NHM London & work on aDNA of dogs/wolves! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Postdoctoral Researcher ancient DNA:South Kensington
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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🚨 New croc paper alert! Another study led by Ana Laura Paiva (PhD student I co-supervise with Max Langer) is out today in Palaeontology! We revisit a classic question with new tools: how big were notosuchians, really? 🐊📏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Art: @mirantakouvari.bsky.social
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
New paper @thepalass.bsky.social led by PhD student Ana Laura Paiva (with @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social, @paleodaniel.bsky.social & others) estimating body size in notosuchian crocodylomorphs, with implications for extinction selectivity across the K/Pg mass extinction: doi.org/10.1111/pala...
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Paleobiology Database @paleodb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The New Paleobiology Database User Guide is here! This is the second edition of the volume designed to be a comprehensive guide for Paleobiology Database users -- escholarship.org/uc/item/9gg7...
Image of a world map with colored dots on it and a geological timescale below and the title "PaleoBios" at the top.
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Sachin Bhardwaj Lock @sachinbhardwajlock.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Privileged to have had the chance to discuss my work with the global crocodylian conservation community at the 28th IUCN SSC Crocodile Specialist Group Working Meeting in Agadir, Morocco last week. Thrilled to have been awarded first prize for my talk on our Cuban crocodile research 🐊 #CSG2026
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Laura Mulvey @lauramulvey.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
📣 10 days left to register for our workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology and Phylogenetics Questions? Reach out to any of the organisers: @rachelwarnock.bsky.social @niklashohmann.bsky.social More information and registration 👉 www.lorentzcenter.nl/site/index.p...
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Sethapanichsakul, T., Khansubha, SO., Manitkoon, S. et al. The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia. Sci Rep 16, 12467 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Introducing Nagatitan, a new, large-bodied titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand, with our paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Perth Sethapanichsakul: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We’re hiring a herpetology curator @nhm-london.bsky.social - come join us! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...
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Senior Curator in Charge, Herpetology:South Kensington
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Professor Anjali Goswami FRS @evoswami.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Job alert: Director of Science @ Defra! Join my team in a critical science leadership role to ensure robust evidence underpins decisions on nature, climate, pollution, food & more. Apply if you enjoy solving big, complex challenges & want to make a real difference! www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs hiring Director of Science in England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 1:55:56 PM. LocationThis role can be based at any Defra Group policy hub location which includes Bristol…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Re-evaluation of the Early Cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus leonardii from the Triunfo Basin, Brazil: implications for the initial radiations of Somphospondyli and Titanosauria academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
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Re-evaluation of the Early Cretaceous titanosauriform sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus leonardii from the Triunfo Basin, Brazil: implications for the initial radiations of Somphospondyli and Titanosaur...
Abstract. Somphospondylan titanosauriforms have a rich, global fossil record. However, the early evolutionary history of this sauropod dinosaur clade, incl
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
New paper on the earliest Cretaceous Brazilian sauropod dinosaur Triunfosaurus, possibly the oldest known titanosaur, along with a new perspective on this clade's radiation, casting doubt on previous biogeographic proposals🦕(+ @ismarcarvalho.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/zool... @es-ucl.bsky.social
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you're interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral (or any other) fellowship to come work with me @es-ucl.bsky.social on sauropod dinosaurs, crocodiles, fossil birds, past biodiversity patterns, and/or vertebrate conservation palaeobiology, please get in touch
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
⏰ Abstract Submission Deadline: 16th April ⏰ Don’t miss the opportunity to present your work at the ProgPal 2026 conference! 🦖✨ 🔗 More info: palass.org/progressive-... 📌 Poster ⚡ Lightning Talk 🎤 Full Talk 🌟 Keynote Speaker #conference #ProgPal2026 #palaeontology
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ISPH 2027 @isph2027.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The ISPH is back in Europe! The ISPH returns to Europe for its 8th edition. The symposium will take place at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, in the quiet and charming city of Leiden (the Netherlands) from 6 to 8 July 2027. isph2027.wordpress.com
ISPH logo by George Lyras
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Jack Hatfield @jackhhatfield.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
PDRA positions at Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (York, UK) These include four that I am involved with: beta diversity change ecosystem metrics ecological monitoring & Indigenous and local knowledge food system dynamics & biodiversity sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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LCAB Postdoctoral recruitment
The Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (LCAB) is a major research centre funded by the Leverhulme Trust to increase knowledge of how the relationship between humanity and the natural worl...
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Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity @anthropocenebio.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We are excited to be recruiting a number of new postdoctoral researchers working across a range of topics from biodiversity modelling and creative future visioning to cultural understandings of biodiversity and game design. Find out more and apply by 28 April: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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Colin Beale @cmbeale.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Are you looking for a Post-doc related to biodiversity? We might have just the role for you! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social are curently advertising 10 (yes!) post-docs covering natural & social science of biodivesity. Come work with us & share with anyone appropriate! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/l...
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LCAB Postdoctoral recruitment
The Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity (LCAB) is a major research centre funded by the Leverhulme Trust to increase knowledge of how the relationship between humanity and the natural worl...
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Postdoc advert now live! Come and work with me at the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social on the Mediterranean Neogene insular giant fauna. You'll also get to work with a great team: @toriherridge.bsky.social @nannonstevens.bsky.social and Jesse Hennekam
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Were dinosaurs and other terrestrial vertebrates capable of long-distance transoceanic dispersal? Through a new mechanistic energetic model, our new paper suggests this was possible: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @es-ucl.bsky.social
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ENHYDROSS: A New Mechanistic Model Supports the Trans‐Oceanic Dispersal Capability of Terrestrial Vertebrates
We introduce ENHYDROSS, a new mechanistic model that uses optimal swimming speed and minimum cost of transport to estimate maximum dispersal distances and durations for vertebrates, enabling assessme...
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Erin E. Saupe @eesaupe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
‼️🚨 Job Alert ‼️ 🚨 Two Post Doc Opportunities: PDRA in Macroecology / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... PDRA in Extinction & Conservation / Paleobiology my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... Any questions, please get in touch! Closing date May 1st.
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drphilcox.bsky.social @drphilcox.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Very excited to announce that our Leverhulme grant on insular gigantism was successful! 3 year project with @toriherridge.bsky.social @nannonstevens.bsky.social and Jesse Hennekam. Postdoc advert coming soon, but feel free to contact me via email for more details.
The insular giant moonrat Deinogalerix koenigswaldi next to a modern hedgehog.
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Rachel Warnock @rachelwarnock.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I’m looking for a post doc (up to five years) interested in phylogenetics and earth systems - please spread the word!
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
New paper on the internal anatomy of the skull of the Early Cretaceous crocodyliform Pholidosaurus, with evidence for oceanic capability, led by Sapienza Università di Roma PhD student Leonardo Barbini, with @palaeoburke.bsky.social (@es-ucl.bsky.social): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Emily Rayfield @emilyrayfield.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Come and work with our colleagues @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - three new lectureship posts around School strategic priorities - including 'Evolutionary Biology and understanding the evolution of life'
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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Here's Galahadosuchus, a new saltoposuchid from Gloucestershire that I was brought on to illustrate. Congrats to Ewan Bodenham, Stephan Spiekman (@stephanspiekman.bsky.social), Susie Maidment (@tweetisaurus.bsky.social), Paul Upchurch, and Phil Mannion (@pdmannion.bsky.social) on the publication!
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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Meet Galahadosuchus jonesi, a new crocodylomorph from the Late Triassic of the UK, described by @es-ucl.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social PhD student Ewan Bodenham (with @stephanspiekman.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social & Paul Upchurch): anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Congrats to Ewan Bodenham @stephanspiekman.bsky.social @tweetisaurus.bsky.social Paul Upchurch & @pdmannion.bsky.social on describing Galahadosuchus, a new crocodylomorph from Triassic Gloucestershire. Reconstruction: @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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