Phil Mannion
@pdmannion.bsky.social
Professor of Palaeobiology at UCL & Royal Society University Research Fellow (he/him) | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/people/academic/prof-philip-mannion
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Over the moon to receive this certificate and honourable mention from @uclopenscience.bsky.social for 'Open Science & Scholarship' 😁
Thank you for the nomination @es-ucl.bsky.social!
Thank you for the nomination @es-ucl.bsky.social!
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Over the moon to receive this certificate and honourable mention from @uclopenscience.bsky.social for 'Open Science & Scholarship' 😁
Thank you for the nomination @es-ucl.bsky.social!
Thank you for the nomination @es-ucl.bsky.social!
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On Saturday November 15, 2025 we will open the call to submit proposals for the Analytical Paleobiology School 2026 for grad students in Erlangen for a training in analytical methods. Do you want to join or send someone? More info and details: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-scho...
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
On Saturday November 15, 2025 we will open the call to submit proposals for the Analytical Paleobiology School 2026 for grad students in Erlangen for a training in analytical methods. Do you want to join or send someone? More info and details: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/science-scho...
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My advice for #2025SVP would be aimed not to students, who are excellent in our society and I am sure will do great but on senior academics. During Q&A, please resist the urge to grandstand or grill. Be polite, constructive, and supportive. That’s how we build a stronger, kinder community. #SVP2025
Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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This is excellent advice for all first time presenters … also, the quality of your talk will not impact your future career - that comes down to your CV & skills overall, not your ability to perform on the platform. So, if you slip up a bit don’t sweat it - most of the audience won’t realise anyway 🤷🏻♂️
The best advice I received back when I gave my first presentation was, "This is your study and you know this subject better than anyone else who might be listening. Relax." It helped. #2025SVP
Many of our student attendees will be giving their first talk or poster this meeting! What advice you give them to help make it the best experience possible?
#2025SVP
#2025SVP
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is excellent advice for all first time presenters … also, the quality of your talk will not impact your future career - that comes down to your CV & skills overall, not your ability to perform on the platform. So, if you slip up a bit don’t sweat it - most of the audience won’t realise anyway 🤷🏻♂️
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Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
How did the closure of the Tethys Ocean impact global marine biodiversity? | TREES DLA
The closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Miocene represents one of the most profound reorganisations of Earth’s surface systems in the Cenozoic. Once a vast marine corridor linking the Indo-Pacific ...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
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A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
2026-B19 Marine biodiversity and its future under environmental changes and exploitation – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A PhD opportunity to work with me, @spissatella.bsky.social and our friends through CENTA - biogeography and vulnerability of exploited bivalves, with possible spin-offs about fishery sustainability and environmental economics: centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
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Palaeo jobs alert!! General manager and curator of Dinosaur Isle Museum!! Dinosaur Isle houses the most important dinosaur collection in the UK outside of the national collection. It would be *really fantastic* to get a palaeontologist into this role: www.iow.gov.uk/jobs/detail/...
Job description: General Manager & Curator - Dinosaur Isle
The Isle of Wight Council - The best place to find local government services and information
www.iow.gov.uk
October 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Palaeo jobs alert!! General manager and curator of Dinosaur Isle Museum!! Dinosaur Isle houses the most important dinosaur collection in the UK outside of the national collection. It would be *really fantastic* to get a palaeontologist into this role: www.iow.gov.uk/jobs/detail/...
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Interested in fossils? Brains? Reptiles?
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Project | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership
The project advertisement
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October 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Interested in fossils? Brains? Reptiles?
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
Want to study how reptile (particularly squamate) brains and senses changed over time?
Want to be part of an international team studying the evolution of cognition?
Then apply for our Univ of Edinburgh PhD project!
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
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Out now in Biology Letters, my latest paper tackles an apparently simple question: how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny? TL;DR: in most cases between 100 and 500, more than a substantial portion of morphological datasets, but the story is more complex... doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Out now in Biology Letters, my latest paper tackles an apparently simple question: how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny? TL;DR: in most cases between 100 and 500, more than a substantial portion of morphological datasets, but the story is more complex... doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
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New paper in JSP!
Mannion & Moore reassessed a putative dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Gondwana and revised the evolutionary relationships and biogeography of diplodocoids 🦕 Read the full study here: buff.ly/tNyUNS9
#Paleosky @pdmannion.bsky.social #FossilFriday #NHM
Mannion & Moore reassessed a putative dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Gondwana and revised the evolutionary relationships and biogeography of diplodocoids 🦕 Read the full study here: buff.ly/tNyUNS9
#Paleosky @pdmannion.bsky.social #FossilFriday #NHM
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
New paper in JSP!
Mannion & Moore reassessed a putative dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Gondwana and revised the evolutionary relationships and biogeography of diplodocoids 🦕 Read the full study here: buff.ly/tNyUNS9
#Paleosky @pdmannion.bsky.social #FossilFriday #NHM
Mannion & Moore reassessed a putative dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Gondwana and revised the evolutionary relationships and biogeography of diplodocoids 🦕 Read the full study here: buff.ly/tNyUNS9
#Paleosky @pdmannion.bsky.social #FossilFriday #NHM
New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social
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AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...
World Heritage Officer in Dorchester | Dorset Council
View details and apply for this World Heritage Officer vacancy in Dorchester.
Join a passionate and collaborative team at the heart of Dorset's environmental and heritage work. As part of the Dor...
www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
AMAZING JOB ALERT!!! Dorset Council are recruiting a World Heritage Officer to support the management of the Jurassic Coast! Would suit an Earth Science graduate with an interest in digital comms and content: deets here: www.jobs.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/vacancies/32...
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PhD position available at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on avialan ontogeny (birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives)!
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
42/2025 Research Associate with the goal of a doctorate (f/m/d)
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September 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
PhD position available at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on avialan ontogeny (birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives)!
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
jobs.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/jobposting/e...
New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Samantha Beeston (with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social + others) on the evolution of postcranial pneumaticity in early sauropodomorph dinosaurs + its likely independent acquisition from that of theropods & pterosauromorphs: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
September 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Samantha Beeston (with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social + others) on the evolution of postcranial pneumaticity in early sauropodomorph dinosaurs + its likely independent acquisition from that of theropods & pterosauromorphs: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
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Job alert! jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
Lecturer in Earth Sciences
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September 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Job alert! jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...
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🚨Registration open!🚨
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
September 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨Registration open!🚨
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
Join us for the 4th Early Career Researcher Symposium of the International Fossil Coral and Reef Society (it’s online and free!) 🪸
📆 13th November 2025
⏰ 09:00–16:00 UTC
🔗 Register: fau.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
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JOBS JOBS JOBS! Stony Brook are advertising two assistant professorships in vertebrate palaeo/evolution, one focused on (in the words of the SVP programme) NOT DINOSAURS and the other on evolutionary neurology:
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September 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
JOBS JOBS JOBS! Stony Brook are advertising two assistant professorships in vertebrate palaeo/evolution, one focused on (in the words of the SVP programme) NOT DINOSAURS and the other on evolutionary neurology:
apply.interfolio.com/172502
apply.interfolio.com/172517
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apply.interfolio.com/172517
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Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research
Natural History Museum Denmark Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen Natural History Museum Denmark invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in coll
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September 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Human-driven extinction event not yet the "sixth mass extinction", but is very likely the largest extinction event of the last 66 million yrs. 🌏 🧪
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
The Greatest Extinction Event in 66 Million Years? Contextualising Anthropogenic Extinctions
Species and ecosystems are changing rapidly in response to human actions, but how does this compare with the deeper past? We review and compare the current extinction event to those over the last 66 ....
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September 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Human-driven extinction event not yet the "sixth mass extinction", but is very likely the largest extinction event of the last 66 million yrs. 🌏 🧪
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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In our new article just out we examine the current extinction event in the context of the longer fossil record. We conclude it is likely the greatest event in the last 66 million years
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
The Greatest Extinction Event in 66 Million Years? Contextualising Anthropogenic Extinctions
Species and ecosystems are changing rapidly in response to human actions, but how does this compare with the deeper past? We review and compare the current extinction event to those over the last 66 ...
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In our new article just out we examine the current extinction event in the context of the longer fossil record. We conclude it is likely the greatest event in the last 66 million years
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
New paper in which we evaluate how we can use information on past extinction events to better contextualise the ongoing anthropogenic extinction, led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social (with @bethanyjallen.bsky.social, @inesismartins.bsky.social, & others): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
New paper in which we evaluate how we can use information on past extinction events to better contextualise the ongoing anthropogenic extinction, led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social (with @bethanyjallen.bsky.social, @inesismartins.bsky.social, & others): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New palaeo-PhD opportunity! Will you be the one to figure out the anatomy and function of fossil jawless fish? Come join the team! Application Deadline August 22nd, funding for UK student only (sorry)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
July 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
New palaeo-PhD opportunity! Will you be the one to figure out the anatomy and function of fossil jawless fish? Come join the team! Application Deadline August 22nd, funding for UK student only (sorry)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🚨⚠️Last week to submit!!
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Postdoc #UK #Ecology #PostdocJobs @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Postdoc #UK #Ecology #PostdocJobs @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
3-year #Postdoc opportunity at the University of York!
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.
Deadline: 10th August 2025.
All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology
I am #hiring a Postdoc to join my URF project on exploring how #biodiversity change is unfolding in the #Anthropocene.
Deadline: 10th August 2025.
All details and the link to apply: shorturl.at/qOQst
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social #ecology
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
August 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨⚠️Last week to submit!!
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Postdoc #UK #Ecology #PostdocJobs @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
#AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs #Postdoc #UK #Ecology #PostdocJobs @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
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A real pleasure to give a talk on my research focused on the conservation palaeobiology of Cuban crocodiles @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zurich last week. So many inspiring speakers using data from the past to protect species' futures. Especially honoured to have won 2nd prize for my efforts! 🐊
August 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A real pleasure to give a talk on my research focused on the conservation palaeobiology of Cuban crocodiles @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social in Zurich last week. So many inspiring speakers using data from the past to protect species' futures. Especially honoured to have won 2nd prize for my efforts! 🐊
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For #FossilFriday have a look at the Late Cretaceous vertebrate remains of a Transylvanian Titanosaur and an anatomical record of the remains described by Diaz et al. (2025) in JSP.
Read the full study here: buff.ly/0eDwNJI
#PaleoSky #NHM #Dinosaur #Fossils #NaturalHistory #Giant #JSP #MindBlown
Read the full study here: buff.ly/0eDwNJI
#PaleoSky #NHM #Dinosaur #Fossils #NaturalHistory #Giant #JSP #MindBlown
August 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
For #FossilFriday have a look at the Late Cretaceous vertebrate remains of a Transylvanian Titanosaur and an anatomical record of the remains described by Diaz et al. (2025) in JSP.
Read the full study here: buff.ly/0eDwNJI
#PaleoSky #NHM #Dinosaur #Fossils #NaturalHistory #Giant #JSP #MindBlown
Read the full study here: buff.ly/0eDwNJI
#PaleoSky #NHM #Dinosaur #Fossils #NaturalHistory #Giant #JSP #MindBlown