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Phil Mannion

@pdmannion

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

London, England
Joined August 2016
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@pdmannion
Phil Mannion
4 years
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: https://t.co/ncVQdiyouF ๐Ÿฆฅ๐Ÿง๐Ÿ @ES_UCL
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The Royal Society
4 years
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 https://t.co/Wv4Vn3RZMj
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@DrGeorgalis
Dr. Georgios Georgalis
11 months
The First Circular for our @EAVPalaeo Meeting in Krakow is out: https://t.co/HRzEgLqF4j You are most welcome and looking forward to meeting the Palaeo-community in Krakow this summer!
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Phil Mannion
11 months
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: https://t.co/c3dfOSEqU3
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@CPEG_CPB25
CPEG & CPB Symposium 2025
11 months
๐Ÿšจ REMINDER ๐Ÿšจ Abstract submission closes soon! ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Abstract deadline: Feb 1st, 2025 ๐Ÿ•’ Early bird pricing ends: April 1st, 2025 Details on keynote speakers, deadlines, fees, workshops & more below! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://t.co/BtIFaHjMBD # CPEGCPB25
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@StephanSpiekman
Stephan Spiekman
11 months
Come join our amazing team with some truly incredible fossils and a really great supervisory team! ๐Ÿฆด๐Ÿธ
@AmsonEli
EliAmson
11 months
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. https://t.co/EQbgdN4yUL
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@palaeocarly
Carly Pligersdorffer
11 months
Iโ€™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
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We reconstructed the endocranial anatomy of Argochampsa krebsi, a fossil gavialoid crocodylian from the early Paleogene of North Africa, identifying potential osteological correlates for salt...
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@palaeoburke
Dr Paul M. J. Burke
11 months
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
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We reconstructed the endocranial anatomy of Argochampsa krebsi, a fossil gavialoid crocodylian from the early Paleogene of North Africa, identifying potential osteological correlates for salt...
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Phil Mannion
11 months
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 https://t.co/FsdqxLus4s
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@LewisAlanJones
Lewis A. Jones
1 year
Interested in conservation, corals, & predictive modelling? ๐Ÿชธ PhD project supervised by myself (@ES_UCL) & @nsantodomingo (@NHM_London) on the tropicalisation of marine communities across time & space available @NERC_TREES_DLA ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Apply by 20th Jan 2025 https://t.co/Pcnku4E0n6
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@NERC_TREES_DLA
NERC TREES Doctoral Landscape Award
1 year
โœจโœจ Interested in learning more about TREES DLA and the application process? โœจโœจ Come along on the 20th Dec (11:00am GMT) to our webinar for potential applicants! ๐Ÿ“ For more details and registration see here: https://t.co/JEXKxI9tSo https://t.co/hydHgMWNxF
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Phil Mannion
1 year
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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Phil Mannion
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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:
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Phil Mannion
1 year
Can we really determine temporal and spatial patterns in Mesozoic dinosaur diversity and diversification? New paper @RSocPublishing discussing what patterns we can and canโ€™t (currently) recognise given spatiotemporal sampling heterogeneity:
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Abstract. Much of our view on Mesozoic dinosaur diversity is obscured by biases in the fossil record. In particular, spatiotemporal sampling heterogeneity
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Phil Mannion
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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: https://t.co/gajOumlJDS
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@MaherAlice
Dr Alice Maher
1 year
Fancy doing a PhD with Prof Karl Bates, me and the team at Liverpool University? Apply at https://t.co/WNxVgvEH2W #phdopportunities #zoologists #zoology #palaeontologist #palaeontology #stem #universityofliverpool
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Phil Mannion
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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:
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@SteveBrusatte
Steve Brusatte
1 year
๐ŸšจPhD 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. Details๐Ÿ‘‡
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@JRThompson_UCL
Prof. Julian R. Thompson
1 year
TREES (@NERC_TREES_DLA) โ€“ 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... https://t.co/B64Sqa0gRR
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Bioscience and environmental science PhD students at UCL are to benefit from a share of a ยฃ500 million investment announced by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) today.
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@NERC_TREES_DLA
NERC TREES Doctoral Landscape Award
1 year
๐ŸŒฑ Announcing TREES! ๐ŸŒ The NERC-funded Doctoral Landscape Award led by UCL & partners will train future environmental scientists through interdisciplinary research and a commitment to EDI & sustainability. ๐Ÿ”— Learn more:
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@GNavalon
Guillermo Navalรณn
1 year
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: https://t.co/rVj52qzkNH #spinningskull
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