This paper explores how giant pterosaurs grew to be so big. We found that giant pterosaurs such as Pteranodon evolved parental care that may have allowed faster/longer growth and ultimately, large adult sizes.
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NEW! Zixiao publishes new paper on pterosaurs in Proceedings B!
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Dr Valentina Rossi wins Paleontological Society Grant
15 Jun 2023The "Norman Newell Early Career Grant Program" is part of the Paleontological Society Grant scheme in support of early-career palaeontologists.
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions awards are now open for applications!
12 Jun 2023The 2023-MSCA-Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) call is opened now with a deadline on the 13th September 2023 (17:00 Brussels time); designed to support researchers of any nationality who wish to engage in R&I projects by either coming to Europe from any country in the world or moving within Europe.
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UCC Palaeontology at the Cork Carnival of Science!
11 Jun 2023The UCC Palaeontology Group hosted an exciting hands-on exhibit at the Carnival of Science in Fitzgerald’s Park in Cork City on the 10th and 11th June.
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UCC Palaeontology Group wins UCC Best Research Group 2022
02 Jun 2023The annual UCC Research Awards embrace and celebrate our researchers who have made exceptional and influential research and innovation contributions, pushing boundaries, enhancing knowledge and raising the national and international research profile of our institution.
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Daniel wins the 2023 UCC Higher Awards: Leadership Award
06 Apr 2023This award is designed to recognise students who stand out in their employment skills development, particularly their leadership initiative.
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Daniel wins the BEES Education and Public Engagement Award
27 Mar 2023This award is designed to recognise and celebrate the positive contribution to public engagement made by the early career research community.
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Maria delivers Inaugural Professorial Lecture at UCC
26 Jan 2023It was held in the Iris Ashley Cummins Civil Engineering Building on Wednesday the 25th of January 2023.
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Daniel wins best talk at the Microscopy Society of Ireland meeting!
23 Jan 2023The Microscopy Society of Ireland recently held its annual symposium at the Tyndall Institute, Cork.
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Hannah receives honorable mention for research poster at iCRAG2022 conference
11 Dec 2022PhD student Hannah Binner recently presented her latest findings on her research on metals in urban soils at the iCRAG 2022 symposium held in Dublin.
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