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Professor Michael J Benton

B.Sc.(Aberd.), Ph.D.(N'cle)

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4323-1824

  • BS8 1TQ

1990 …2020

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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

INNOVATION

Benton, M. J.

1/10/18 → 31/03/24

Project: Research

    • BETR UK-China collaborative programme

    Benton, M. J.

    1/01/17 → 31/12/20

    Project: Research

    The Newton Advanced Fellowship - Dr Qi Shao

    Benton, M. J.

    1/10/16 → 30/09/21

    Project: Research

    Research Output

    Biomechanical properties of the jaws of two species of Clevosaurus and a reanalysis of rhynchocephalian dentary morphospace

    Chambi-Trowell, S. A. V., Whiteside, D. I., Benton, M. & Rayfield, E. J., 16 Jun 2020, In : Palaeontology.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article (Academic Journal)

    Body dimensions of the extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon: A 2D reconstruction

    Cooper, J. A., Pimiento, C., Ferrón, H. G. & Benton, M. J., 3 Sep 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 9 p., 14596 (2020) .

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal)

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    Evolution of ecospace occupancy by Mesozoic marine tetrapods

    Reeves, J. C., Moon, B. C., Benton, M. J. & Stubbs, T. L., 30 Sep 2020, In : Palaeontology. 19 p.

    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