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
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
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....
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/...
New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social PhD student @plesiosarahs.bsky.social on the earliest fossil whale preserved with evidence of the bone-eating worm, Osedax, with implications for the latter's survival across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
June 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social & @nhm-london.bsky.social PhD student @plesiosarahs.bsky.social on the earliest fossil whale preserved with evidence of the bone-eating worm, Osedax, with implications for the latter's survival across the end-Cretaceous mass extinction: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Steve Poropat @curtinuniversity.bsky.social in which we present the first ever direct evidence of sauropod dinosaur feeding, based on stomach contents of the Australian titanosaur Diamantinasaurus: www.cell.com/current-biol... @es-ucl.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Steve Poropat @curtinuniversity.bsky.social in which we present the first ever direct evidence of sauropod dinosaur feeding, based on stomach contents of the Australian titanosaur Diamantinasaurus: www.cell.com/current-biol... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Our new paper @royalsociety.org describing a new notosuchian crocodyliform from the early Paleocene of Argentina that we interpret as evidence for survival of a large-bodied terrestrial lineage across the K–Pg mass extinction (w/@piginatutu.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @es-ucl.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our new paper @royalsociety.org describing a new notosuchian crocodyliform from the early Paleocene of Argentina that we interpret as evidence for survival of a large-bodied terrestrial lineage across the K–Pg mass extinction (w/@piginatutu.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @es-ucl.bsky.social
New paper @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social in which we consider how species' ranges shift, expand, and contract in the present day, past, and future, along with the effects on local and global biodiversity, with Jed Brodie, Ben Freeman & Anna Hargreaves: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... @es-ucl.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New paper @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social in which we consider how species' ranges shift, expand, and contract in the present day, past, and future, along with the effects on local and global biodiversity, with Jed Brodie, Ben Freeman & Anna Hargreaves: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... @es-ucl.bsky.social
New paper led by @daniajinn.bsky.social (+Zoltan Csiki & Paul Upchurch) in which we revise the latest Cretaceous Romanian titanosaur sauropods, including the largest phylogeny of the group, and revised view of their palaeobiogeography: doi.org/10.1080/1477... (@es-ucl.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org)
February 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New paper led by @daniajinn.bsky.social (+Zoltan Csiki & Paul Upchurch) in which we revise the latest Cretaceous Romanian titanosaur sauropods, including the largest phylogeny of the group, and revised view of their palaeobiogeography: doi.org/10.1080/1477... (@es-ucl.bsky.social, @royalsociety.org)
Our new paper led by @devinhoffman.bsky.social (+@houssayecnrs.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social, @rnf.bsky.social & Eryka Goldsmith) on the histology of the alligatoroid Diplocynodon indicates that growth strategy in alligators and caimans evolved early in the group: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
February 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our new paper led by @devinhoffman.bsky.social (+@houssayecnrs.bsky.social, @tweetisaurus.bsky.social, @rnf.bsky.social & Eryka Goldsmith) on the histology of the alligatoroid Diplocynodon indicates that growth strategy in alligators and caimans evolved early in the group: doi.org/10.1111/joa....