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Adrian O'Driscoll

I am a palaeobiologist with interests in extinct mammals, evolutionary processes, and developing new analytical methods of understanding ancient life. My research primarily uses medical imaging techniques and 3D modelling to investigate the anatomy and biomechanics of living animals to understand how extinct animals might have lived. After undertaking a master’s degree at the University of Bristol and a PhD at the University of York, I am delighted to be working in UCC where I studied as an undergraduate.

As part of Ireland’s Fossil Heritage, I hope to promote Ireland’s rich fossil history and inspire curiosity in the earth sciences, palaeontology, and our changing natural world.

"An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment." – David Attenborough

Publications

  • Wagstaffe, A.Y., O’Driscoll, A.M., Kunz, C.J., Rayfield, E.J. and Janis, C.M., 2022. Divergent locomotor evolution in “giant” kangaroos: evidence from foot bone bending resistances and microanatomy. Journal of Morphology, 283(3), pp.313-332.
  • Janis, C.M., O’Driscoll, A.M. and Kear, B.P., 2023. Myth of the QANTAS leap: perspectives on the evolution of kangaroo locomotion. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 47(4), pp.671-685.

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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