@pdmannion.bsky.social
Professor of Palaeobiology at UCL (he/him) | https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/25923-philip-mannion
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialOK here are the 3 other #CROCOLOCOEVO jobs available; deadline 23 October; interview around 30 October. 3 year contracts, full tme. The postdocs might be extendable by +2 years.
Research Technician - jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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@palaeoburke.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialIntroducing Herugavialis cairensis.
A new genus of fossil gavialoid crocodylian from the Middle Eocene of Egypt. Recovered from the Mokattam Formation, Herugavialis was found from the same rocks used to build the Great Sphinx and pyramids of Egypt.
Read here:
doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@pdmannion.bsky.socialIntroducing Herugavialis cairensis, a newly recognised Eocene gavialoid crocodylian from Egypt from the same geological formation as the rocks used to build the Sphinx, led by @palaeoburke.bsky.social (with @stephanspiekman.bsky.social + @hesham-sallam.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialFirst #CROCOLOCOEVO ERC grant job posted! More to come tomorrow!
50% time "Research administrator" with an important twist: the ERC thankfully has reduced its bureaucratic burden for grantholders, quite a bit.
#scicomm people would be welcome- see next skeet!
jobs.rvc.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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@lewisajones.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialInterested in Historical Ecology and Conservation Palaeobiology? 🪸🦀
Steve Pates and I are offering a PhD project on "Reducing uncertainty in the impact of climate on biodiversity"
🔗 unrisk-cdt.ac.uk/projects/red...
🗓️ Deadline: 13th January 2027
@johnrhutchinson.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialGrant agreement signed! Advertising 4 new jobs (3 year contracts w/potential to extend +2 years) on ERC #CROCOLOCOEVO grant next week-- stay tuned for details.
2 postdocs
1 technician
1 research administrator who can do science communication
Start date flexible but could be as soon as 1 November!
@stevebrusatte.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.social🚨Postdoc job alert: Come work with my paleontology & evolution group in Edinburgh!
Researcher in Cognitive Evolution Over Deep Time. You'll study how brains & neurons have evolved over time, and predict neuron count in extinct species!
@crocsophie.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.social🌊🐊 Were some of the earliest crocodylians venturing into the sea?
🦴 For our new paper in Palaeontology, we CT-scanned three skulls of “thoracosaurs” and found clues for a shallow-marine lifestyle in these enigmatic critters.
@pdmannion.bsky.socialGreat talk by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student @bethanyerinpittard.bsky.social at the @bou.org.uk Avian Futures meeting on using past data to better understand the future of UK bird species
@sirjoscha.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.social1/4 🐢 What should fossil turtle systematics look like ten years from now?
Walter Joyce & I offer our personal answer in a new review paper: "Transforming Turtle Systematics: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Path Ahead"
Out now in @journalsystpal.bsky.social
@sheardcat.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialSusanne Fritz, who is great, is advertising a macroevolution/macroecology/biogeography postdoc at iDiv in Leipzig: jobs.uni-jena.de/jobposting/c...
@gemmabenevento.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialDelighted to finally share our paper examining Paleogene mammal faunas and global and regional environmental change in Central Asia.... www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nielsmeijer.bsky.social @sgn.one @idiv-research.bsky.social
@harriedrage.bsky.socialReposted by @pdmannion.bsky.socialInterested in fossil arthropods, palaeoecology, dispersal, and interesting methods? 🦀 🌎
I'm hiring a 4-year, fully funded PhD student at the University of Geneva as part of my European Research Council (ERC) grant.
Deadline: 16th October.
Reach out if any questions!
@pdmannion.bsky.socialOur new paper led by @devinhoffman.bsky.social + @piginatutu.bsky.social on growth in mekosuchine crocodylians, with implications for their extinction versus the survival of Crocodylus in Australasia (+ @houssayecnrs.bsky.social, @rnf.bsky.social, @reddirtpalaeo.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1002/ar.7...
@pdmannion.bsky.socialIf you've ever wondered what the inside of a crocodile's skull looks like, wonder no more! Here are 43 of them in our new paper led by @palaeoburke.bsky.social in which we evaluate endocranial anatomy across extant + fossil crocodylians 🐊: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @es-ucl.bsky.social
