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Dinosauria, Macroevolution; Macroecology; Mass extinctions; Biogeography; fossil record quality; terrestrial vertebrates
Royal Society Newton International Fellow
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Appointment: | Room: |
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| Royal Society Newton International Fellow | K. Lonsdale Building, G08 |
Courses Taught: | |
| non-teaching appointment听 | |
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Research Group(s): | |
Royal Society Newton International Fellowship: Extinction, recovery, migration, and adaptation during ancient hyperthermals | |
Email Address: | Telephone Number: |
| 听alfio.chiarenza@ucl.ac.uk | MS Teams听 |
Research Summary
I am a palaeontologist specialising in dinosaur palaeobiology, macroevolution, macroecology, and extinction. Using phylogenetic, biogeographic, statistical, and Earth System Modeling tools, my research focuses on:听
- untangling physical agents biasing the fossil record to detect genuine biodiversity signals;
- understanding the interplay between climate change, geography, and biodiversity in macroevolution;
- investigating the physical drivers of evolutionary adaptations and extinction.听
: A Treasure Trove of Dinosaur Bones in Italy Rewrites the Local Prehistoric Record:听New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago.
Currently, I am a Royal Society Newton International Fellow, exploring dinosaur and other terrestrial tetrapod macroevolution during ancient hyperthermals.