Dr Sofia Chambi-Trowell
PhD, University of Bristol
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Current positions
Visiting Research Associate
School of Earth Sciences
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Research interests
My PhD research focuses on fossil rhynchocephalians, with a focus on their dietary ecology, morphology and phylogeny. In particular I focus on those of the Early Mesozoic from the Triassic-Jurassic Bristol Archipelago (Late Triassic-Middle Triassic) and the Linha Sao Luiz outcrop (Late Triassic), with aim of reconstructing these structure of these palaeoecosystems.
Publications
Recent publications
27/11/2024Late Triassic †Cryptovaranoides microlanius is a squamate, not an archosauromorph
Royal Society Open Science
A Triassic crown squamate
Science Advances
Phylogenetic relationships of the European trilophosaurids Tricuspisaurus thomasi and Variodens inopinatus
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
The diversity of Triassic South American sphenodontians: a new basal form, clevosaurs, and a revision of rhynchocephalian phylogeny
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Biomechanical properties of the jaws of two species of Clevosaurus and a reanalysis of rhynchocephalian dentary morphospace
Palaeontology
Thesis
Form and function of the teeth and jaws of fossil rhynchocephalians
Supervisors
Award date
01/10/2024
