Phil Mannion
@pdmannion
Professor of Palaeobiology @ES_UCL @UCL & @RoyalSociety University Research Fellow (he/him)
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-…
Tired of flattened early bird fossils? Today is your lucky day. Very happy to finally welcome 'Navaornis hestiae' to the world! It allowed us to see for the first time a (near)complete enantiornithine brain. Today in @Nature: nature.com/articles/s4158… #spinningskull
The First Circular for our @EAVPalaeo Meeting in Krakow is out: eavp2025.wixsite.com/eavp2025 You are most welcome and looking forward to meeting the Palaeo-community in Krakow this summer!
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-biolog…
🚨 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
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
I’m happy to share that my first ever paper is out!! I was lucky enough to work with @pdmannion and @palaeoburke over two summers looking into the neuroanatomy of the gavialoid Argochampsa krebsi doi.org/10.1111/joa.14…
New year, new paper! Led by @palaeocarly and with @pdmannion we present the neuroanatomy of the gavialoid Argochampsa krebsi, and the potential evidence of saltwater tolerance in this species doi.org/10.1111/joa.14…
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.14…
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/lesso…
✨✨ 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
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
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/ecolo…
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.2…
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/neuro…
Fancy doing a PhD with Prof Karl Bates, me and the team at Liverpool University? Apply at palass.org/careers/phd-op… #phdopportunities #zoologists #zoology #palaeontologist #palaeontology #stem #universityofliverpool
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-op…
🚨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👇
PhD studentship alert! Feel free to contact @ChrissyLHam or I and see advert for further details... findaphd.com/phds/project/f…
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
TREES (@NERC_TREES_DLA) – a major new initiative for PhD studentships in environmental science led by three @UCL departments (@ES_UCL, @UCLgeography & GEE @uclbiosciences) and involving ten universities and research institutes... ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/nov/…
🌱 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