Emily Mitchell
@egmitchell.bsky.social
Palaeo and Marine Ecologist, Palaeontologist. Asst. Prof @camzoology.bsky.social & @zoologymuseum.bsky.social at the University of Cambridge. PI @deeptimeecology.bsky.social She/Her
This #FossilFriday we have wrapped up a wonderful field season in Newfoundland on #Ediacaran life - here are some tiny #Fractofusus for #FractofususFriday from Mistaken Point
September 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This #FossilFriday we have wrapped up a wonderful field season in Newfoundland on #Ediacaran life - here are some tiny #Fractofusus for #FractofususFriday from Mistaken Point
Beautiful #Ediacaran fossil light on the E surface at Mistaken Point 🤩
September 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Beautiful #Ediacaran fossil light on the E surface at Mistaken Point 🤩
This #FossilFriday we are wrapping up a fantastic week of fieldwork @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social imaging their #Ediacaran fossils and thinking about what shapes early animal evolution. Thanks so much to Edith at the Coaker Foundation for looking after us so well
September 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This #FossilFriday we are wrapping up a fantastic week of fieldwork @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social imaging their #Ediacaran fossils and thinking about what shapes early animal evolution. Thanks so much to Edith at the Coaker Foundation for looking after us so well
Beautiful day out @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social admiring the tiny Fractofusus on the Johnson surface 😍
September 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Beautiful day out @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social admiring the tiny Fractofusus on the Johnson surface 😍
Fantastic being back in @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social mapping out their wonderful #Ediacaran fossils 👌
September 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Fantastic being back in @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social mapping out their wonderful #Ediacaran fossils 👌
Was super excited to see the new #JurassicRebirth featuring none other than D. rex because it could only be the mega giant of the #Ediacaran world Dickinsonia rex! But yet somehow @stevebrusatte.bsky.social had turned it into yet ANOTHER dino 🙄
August 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Was super excited to see the new #JurassicRebirth featuring none other than D. rex because it could only be the mega giant of the #Ediacaran world Dickinsonia rex! But yet somehow @stevebrusatte.bsky.social had turned it into yet ANOTHER dino 🙄
Wondering day chatting to @roadscholarorg.bsky.social group at the Coaker Foundation @emsamson.bsky.social about the fantastic #Ediacaran fossils @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Wondering day chatting to @roadscholarorg.bsky.social group at the Coaker Foundation @emsamson.bsky.social about the fantastic #Ediacaran fossils @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social
Fantastic Day out @discoverygeoparknl with all their wonderful #Ediacaran fossils ❤️ with @yarongliu.bsky.social @princessairab.bsky.social @deeptimeecology.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Fantastic Day out @discoverygeoparknl with all their wonderful #Ediacaran fossils ❤️ with @yarongliu.bsky.social @princessairab.bsky.social @deeptimeecology.bsky.social
Too wet and windy for fossil research today but luckily there ar puffins @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social 👌
July 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Too wet and windy for fossil research today but luckily there ar puffins @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social 👌
Fantastic to be back @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social to research the start of animal life in the #Ediacaran
July 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Fantastic to be back @discoverygeoparknl.bsky.social to research the start of animal life in the #Ediacaran
We demonstrate biological differences in community composition are distinguishable from post fossilisation processes such as erosion and while density and community dynamics can differ even if community composition is consistent.
April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We demonstrate biological differences in community composition are distinguishable from post fossilisation processes such as erosion and while density and community dynamics can differ even if community composition is consistent.
This #FossilFriday our paper on the Slopey G surface at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada. Both the E and G surfaces outcrop at two different places 1 kilometres apart which means we can compare how ecological dynamics change over large spatial scales.
April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This #FossilFriday our paper on the Slopey G surface at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, Canada. Both the E and G surfaces outcrop at two different places 1 kilometres apart which means we can compare how ecological dynamics change over large spatial scales.
Fantastic day ahead at the @lclu.bsky.social Annual Science Day with talks from 9 different departments @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 👌
March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Fantastic day ahead at the @lclu.bsky.social Annual Science Day with talks from 9 different departments @cambridgeuni.bsky.social 👌
Fantastic Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe Annual Talk by Jack Szostak on the chemical pathways for Life on Earth
March 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Fantastic Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe Annual Talk by Jack Szostak on the chemical pathways for Life on Earth
Super excited that our review on the ecology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is now out on how ecology changes across scales from organisms to communities to the world through time. Fab art @franzanth.bsky.social showing the build up of ecological complexity
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Super excited that our review on the ecology of the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition is now out on how ecology changes across scales from organisms to communities to the world through time. Fab art @franzanth.bsky.social showing the build up of ecological complexity
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Just finished some fantastic fieldwork in Fiji with Victor Bonito @ Reef Explorer Fiji. We have started out a long-term project looking at soft corals on the reef flats mapping out multiple plots from four different sites to see what the ecological dynamics are & how they change through time.
January 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just finished some fantastic fieldwork in Fiji with Victor Bonito @ Reef Explorer Fiji. We have started out a long-term project looking at soft corals on the reef flats mapping out multiple plots from four different sites to see what the ecological dynamics are & how they change through time.
Interested in a PhD understanding the community dynamics of hard and soft corals in Okinwawa reefs with @JDReimer @EGMitchell @DrManica using newly methodologies for the analyses of community ecology & 3D model reconstruction? www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
November 16, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Interested in a PhD understanding the community dynamics of hard and soft corals in Okinwawa reefs with @JDReimer @EGMitchell @DrManica using newly methodologies for the analyses of community ecology & 3D model reconstruction? www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
Hello folks! I currently have two PhDs advertised: with Andrea Manica investigating the eco-evolutionary dynamics of Ediacaran early animal communities www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
November 16, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Hello folks! I currently have two PhDs advertised: with Andrea Manica investigating the eco-evolutionary dynamics of Ediacaran early animal communities www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/2025-26-proj...
This #FossilFriday the @cambridgeuniversity @weareukri NERC PhD Projects are now online nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/pr... - get in touch if you are interested in #Ediacaran fossils or using trace fossils to understand the invasion of non-marine habitats by animals
November 5, 2023 at 8:59 PM
This #FossilFriday the @cambridgeuniversity @weareukri NERC PhD Projects are now online nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/pr... - get in touch if you are interested in #Ediacaran fossils or using trace fossils to understand the invasion of non-marine habitats by animals
After ten days we are wrapping up our soft-coral ecology work on Okinawa and Kochi - thank you so much James Reimer and Chloe Fourreau - we cant wait to be back!
July 6, 2023 at 6:22 AM
After ten days we are wrapping up our soft-coral ecology work on Okinawa and Kochi - thank you so much James Reimer and Chloe Fourreau - we cant wait to be back!
Fantastic visit to OIST to talk about our work understanding #Ediacaran evolution
June 30, 2023 at 7:59 AM
Fantastic visit to OIST to talk about our work understanding #Ediacaran evolution
from Discovery Geopark, Newfoundland, Canada. These #Ediacaran fossils reproduce asexually via stolon or runners so the babies are clones of their parents and grandparents. This runner-like reproduction means they are often found in little clusters.
June 16, 2023 at 2:08 PM
from Discovery Geopark, Newfoundland, Canada. These #Ediacaran fossils reproduce asexually via stolon or runners so the babies are clones of their parents and grandparents. This runner-like reproduction means they are often found in little clusters.
Wonderful trip to New Walk Museum to visit Charnia masoni - the first macroscopic complex fossil found in rocks known to be Precambrian 🤩👌
May 17, 2023 at 10:28 PM
Wonderful trip to New Walk Museum to visit Charnia masoni - the first macroscopic complex fossil found in rocks known to be Precambrian 🤩👌