Editorial Board
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Interests: vertebrate palaeontology
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Interests: vertebrate paleontology; origin and evolution of dinosaurs; South American palaeobiogeography
Interests: Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebrate-bearing formations, particularly in Australia, South America and New Zealand; fossil record of mammals in the Southern Hemisphere and in particular Australia, South America and New Zealand; evolution of all vertebrate groups; palaeokarst geology; bio- and geocorrelation of Cenozoic freshwater deposits in Australia; palaeoconservation focused on using the fossil record to develop strategies for conserving endangered living species
2. Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal
Interests: (palaeo)biogeography, palaeontology, (palaeo)ecology and (palaeo)biodiversity of shallow-water marine invertebrates in volcanic oceanic islands; evolutionary patterns and processes and assembling rules of the shallow-water marine fauna in insular ecosystems
2. Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University, Fanar P.O. Box 26110217, Matn, Lebanon
Interests: palaeoentomology; entomology; evolution; palaeontology
Interests: insect diversity; molecular systematics; geometric morphometrics; 3D morphology; functional morphology; biogeography; AI taxonomy; intelligent insect monitoring; fossil
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Interests: fossil and living larger foraminifera and calcareous algae; biostratigraphy; paleoecology; paleobiogeography; Cenozoic
Interests: stratigraphy; palaeobiology; sedimentology; tectonics
2. Centro de Geociências, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Sílvio Lima, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: paleontology; geology
Interests: vertebrate palaeontology: dinosauria (Late Cretaceous); mammalia (Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic); paleobiogeography; petroleum geology; geology of Romania; Quaternary geology
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Interests: vertebrate paleontology; paleo-anthropology; evolution of mammals on islands; pleistocene mammals; migration of fauna's and peleo-ecosystems
Interests: interdisciplinary studies of Palaeozoic palynology, microfossils and floras
Interests: evolutionary biology; vertebrate evolution; avian evolution and paleontology; conservation biology
2. Imaging and Analysis Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK
Interests: palaeontology; computed tomography; synchrotron; Karoo; therapsids
Interests: Quaternary mammals; Great American Biotic Interchange; North American ungulates immigrants; paleoecology; paleobiogeography; taxonomy; biostratigraphy
Interests: paleontology; paleobiology; anatomy; fossil birds
Interests: fossil insects; amber research; Mesozoic insects
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Interests: Palaeozoic chondrichthyan and placoderm fishes
Interests: mammal palaeontology; artiodactyla; neogene; quaternary; systematics; phylogeny; palaeoecology
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Interests: scarabaeoid beetles; taxonomy; systematics; palaeontology; evolution; zoological nomenclature; taxonomic history and practice; community ecology and biodiversity research; chemical ecology; history of natural history
Interests: cartilaginous and bony fishes; evolution; palaeobiology; evolutionary developmental biology of vertebrates; diversity and disparity patterns of vertebrates in deep-time
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Interests: Permo-Carboniferous stegocephalians
Interests: paleontology; evolution; extinction; macroevolution; archaeology
Interests: paleontology, biostratigraphy and stratigraphy, especially of nonmarine deposits; vertebrate paleontology and ichnology, particularly of the late Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic
Interests: palaeoecology; palaeoclimatology; palaeoenvironments; Triassic to Cretaceous
Interests: stratigraphy; palaeoceanography; palaeoclimatology; paleoenvironment micropaleontology; neogene; mediterranean sea; sapropel
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Interests: amber; echinoids; early invertebrates; ichnofossils; insects; oysters; palaeoecology; palaeoenvironments; fossilization; exceptional preservation; ediacaran; early cambrian; cretaceous; eocene; late miocene
Interests: stratigraphy; geochemistry; palaeontology; climate; mass extinctions; oceanic anoxic events
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Interests: paleobotany; fossil plants; plant evolution; plant systematics
Interests: aquatic fossils with a focus on eukaryotes that produce siliceous structures (e.g., synurophytes, chrysophytes, diatoms, euglyphids); reconstructing past environments; biological proxies; paleolimnology; tracing morphological changes over geologic time