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Research interests
My interests include the diversification of life through time, quality of the fossil record, shapes of phylogenies, age-clade congruence, mass extinctions, Triassic ecosystem evolution, basal diapsid phylogeny, basal archosaurs and the origin of the dinosaurs.
Current research projects focus on the end-Permian mass extinction, the greatest mass extinction of all time, and especially its effects on terrestrial organisms and their recovery from devastation. This involves fieldwork in Russia and China. I am also working on large-scale aspects of dating the tree of life, the use of phylogenetic means to assess the quality of the rock and fossil records, and studying macroevolution using phylogenetic comparative approaches and morphometrics.
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Projects
Research Output
Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: A 2D reconstruction
Cooper, J. A., Pimiento, C., Ferrón, H. G. & Benton, M. J., 8 Jun 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Osteological redescription of the Late Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaur Thecodontosaurus antiquus based on new material from Tytherington, southwestern England
Ballell, A., Rayfield, E. J. & Benton, M., 30 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
The oldest lambeosaurine dinosaur from Europe: Insights into the arrival of Tsintaosaurini
Conti, S., Vila, B., Sellés, A. G., Galobart, À., Benton, M. J. & Prieto-Márquez, A., 1 Mar 2020, In : Cretaceous Research. 107, 104286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)
Activities
- 9 Editorial activity
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Journal)
Michael J Benton (Editor)
2010
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Historical Biology (Journal)
Michael J Benton (Editor)
1997
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Journal of Evolutionary Biology (Journal)
Michael J Benton (Editor)
1997
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Supervised Work
Effects of environmental perturbation during the Late Triassic on the taxic diversity of British insects
Author: Kelly, R., 19 Mar 2019Supervisor: Benton, M. (Supervisor) & Ross, A. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Kuehneotherium from the Mesozoic fissure fillings of South Wales
Author: Gill, P. G., 2004Supervisor: Benton, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Macroevolution of early tetrapods
Author: Elsler, A., 7 May 2019Supervisor: Benton, M. (Supervisor), Ruta, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Dunhill, A. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)