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My research spans the study of evolution from the perspective of the fossil record and other disciplines such as molecular biology.
I focus on invertebrate groups such as annelids and molluscs and test our ideas of their evolution and their fossil record with molecular biological techniques to obtain independent estimates of phylogeny and divergence timing.
I also have a particular interest in fossilization processes: Taphonomy. Currently I am working on the preservation of melanin in fossils and how we can use this evidence to reconstruct color patterns in feathered dinosaurs.
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A Cambrian tommotiid preserving soft tissues reveals the metameric ancestry of lophophorates
Guo, J., Parry, L. A., Vinther, J., Edgecombe, G. D., Wei, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, Y., Béthoux, O., Lei, X., Chen, A., Hou, X., Chen, T. & Cong, P., 7 Nov 2022, In: Current biology : CB. 32, 21, p. 4769-4778.e2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Evolution: The arthropod brain - a saga in three parts
Vinther, J., 8 Aug 2022, In: Current biology : CB. 32, 15, p. R833-R836Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
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Exceptional soft tissue preservation reveals a cnidarian affinity for a Cambrian phosphatic tubicolous enigma
Zhang, G., Parry, L. A., Vinther, J. & Ma, X., 9 Nov 2022, In: Proceedings. Biological sciences. 289, 1986, p. 20221623Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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A giant Cambrian stem group chaetognath
Nielsen, M. L. (Creator) & Vinther, J. (Data Manager), University of Bristol, 23 Nov 2021
DOI: 10.5523/bris.6r7d8clxsjg724z70l84qjdwk, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/6r7d8clxsjg724z70l84qjdwk
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Small shelly fossils and carbon isotopes from the early Cambrian (Stage 3-4) Mural Formation of western Laurentia
Skovsted, C. B. (Contributor), Balthasar, U. (Contributor), Vinther, J. (Contributor) & Sperling, E. (Contributor), Dryad, 28 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.b8gtht785, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.b8gtht785
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Data from: Sediment-encased maturation: a novel method for simulating diagenesis in organic fossil preservation
Saitta, E. T. (Contributor), Kaye, T. G. (Creator) & Vinther, J. (Contributor), Dryad, 19 Jun 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.0t67n, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.0t67n
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