Personal details |
Name |
Professor Emily
Rayfield |
Job title |
Professor of Palaeobiology
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Department |
School of Earth Sciences University of Bristol
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Personal web page |
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/people/emily-j-rayfield/overview.html |
Work contact details |
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Qualifications |
B.A.(Oxon.), Ph.D.(Cantab.) |
Professional details |
Membership of professional bodies |
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Palaeontological Association Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology The Geological Society
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Keywords |
dinosaurs
fossils
biomechanics
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Areas of expertise |
I research how living and fossil animal skeletons function, examine why skeletons are shaped in a particular way, and track these patterns through evolutionary time, noting how shape and function relate to patterns of species diversity and environmental factors. I am particularly interested in the evolution of the skull and its relation to feeding behaviour in dinosaurs, birds, crocodiles and more recently, mammals.
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Media experience |
Interviews for TV, radio and print articles (newspaper, magazine, online). Consultancy for TV documentaries.
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