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Aaron Quigley

I am a biologist and current PhD student under the supervision of Prof. Maria McNamara. As is the case with many palaeontologists, my interest started from a very young age and is one that has always stuck with me. My previous research involved analysis of the taphonomy of a unique vertebrate bonebed in the Cretaceous of Morocco, as well as the changing palaeoenvironments and palaeodiversity across the Triassic – Jurassic boundary in Northern Ireland. This has shifted to my current PhD study which will be based around the taphonomy of melanin among vertebrates.

Publications

  • Beevor, T., Quigley, A., Smith, R. E., Smyth, R. S., Ibrahim, N., Zouhri, S., Martill, D. M. (2021). Taphonomic evidence supports an aquatic lifestyle for SpinosaurusCretaceous Research117, 104627.

Biography

  • Jan 2021 – present: PhD (Geology) student at University College Cork, Ireland (School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences). PhD Project - The Taphonomy of Vertebrate Melanin.
  • Sept 2019 – Sept 2020: MRes Student at the University of Portsmouth (School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences). MRes Thesis – A Dinosaur – Elasmobranch Dominated Bonebed in the Cretaceous Ifezouane Formation (Kem Kem Group) of Morocco.
  • Sept 2016 – June 2019: BSc (Hons) Student at the University of Portsmouth (School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences). BSc Thesis – Palaeodiversity and Palaeoenvironments of the Triassic – Jurassic Boundary (Late Rhaetian – Late Hettangian) at Waterloo Bay, Larne, Northern Ireland.

Maria McNamara Research Group

Experimental and analytical taphonomy

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork (UCC), Butler Building, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30, Ireland

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