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Deep Time Ecology group
@deeptimeecology.bsky.social
We are based in the Department of Zoology and University Museum of Zoology Cambridge working on how ecology impacts evolution from the first animals to our modern oceans
We have had a fantastic time at University of Zurich for CPEG 2015 discussing ecology, palaeoecology and conservation palaeobiology. Thanks to the wonderful organisers and looking forward to CPEG 2027 😀
August 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨: Depth affects the population dynamics on a soft coral-dominated reef on the Great White Wall, Fiji 🪸

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Depth affects the population dynamics on a soft coral-dominated reef on the Great White Wall, Fiji - Coral Reefs
Soft corals (order Alcyonacea) are an important component of tropical coral reefs, and often form locally abundance dense carpets. Some soft coral species are prone to bleaching and heat stress like s...
link.springer.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Fantastic to be back in Newfoundland for our research on the early animals of the #Ediacaran
July 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Delighted to share our paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social iology.bsky.social‬ with a palaeo-evo-devo perspective on the evolution of symmetry in echinoderms. Led by Steffi Woodgate with Frankie Dunn, @echinerd.bsky.social, @laurentformery.bsky.social & Sam Zamora
www.cell.com/current-biol...-5
A new Cambrian stem-group echinoderm reveals the evolution of the anteroposterior axis
Woodgate et al. describe a new bilaterally symmetrical echinoderm, Atlascystis acantha, from the Cambrian of Morocco. Comparisons of plate growth with other echinoderms reveal that Atlascystis possess...
www.cell.com
June 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Deep Time Ecology members presenting at #progpal2025 in Edinburgh. @shujie.bsky.social ’s poster on competition in Ediacaran communities, @princessairab.bsky.social ’s talk on Charniodiscus and @yarongliu.bsky.social ’s talk on trace fossils
June 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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New paper alert!!

With @pettorelli.bsky.social and Regan Early

We asked whether social media records could be used to study species distributions - and it turns out they can!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Occupancy of Urban Habitats by the Jersey Tiger Moth Is Revealed by Social Media Data but Not Traditional Monitoring
Photos posted on social media could provide information on species' responses to climate change that is up to date and from areas under-represented in traditional biological record data. Instagram an...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Congratulations to @princessairab.bsky.social for winning a Presidents talk Prize 🥳
December 12, 2024 at 5:13 PM
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Go check out @nis38.bsky.social ‘s poster on secondary succession in the Avalon Ediacaran at #PalAss24!
December 12, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Fantastic talk today by @ming-tfk27.bsky.social talking about ecological complexity in the run up to the K-Pg extinction in Seymour Island
December 12, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Super excited to kick off this post coffee session with @princessairab.bsky.social talking about her work on the #Ediacaran fossils
December 11, 2024 at 10:10 AM
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at #PalAss24!
Starting us off early in the morning on Day 1: In Session 2A, at Großer Saal at 11:00, @princessairab.bsky.social will be talking about the "Morphometric analyses of Charniodiscus from the Ediacaran of Newfoundland, Canada."
December 10, 2024 at 9:10 PM
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at #PalAss24! @ming-tfk27.bsky.social will be speaking on Day 2: Session 6B at 14:30 at the Kleiner Saal, about "Metacommunity structural changes of Antarctic invertebrates over the latest Maastrichtian".
December 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
The Deep Time Ecology Group have several talks at
#PalAss24!
Also in the morning on Day 1: In Session 2A, at Großer Saal at 11:30, postdoc Euan Furness will be talking about "Predators, zooplankton, and the origins of ecosystem stability."
December 10, 2024 at 9:06 PM