Long Live Mammals in the Time of Dinosaurs
Long Live Mammals in the Time of Dinosaurs
Date: Wednesday 02 October 2024
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: Hunterian Museum
Category: Hunterian
Speaker: Dr Elsa Panciroli
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/long-live-mammals-in-the-time-of-dinosaurs-tickets-1013553294187
Discoveries of fossils from the Isle of Skye are revealing new information about the origin and evolution of multiple small vertebrate animal groups. The most recent of these finds has shown that mammals - which thrived alongside the dinosaurs - lived longer and grew more slowly in the Jurassic than similar sized mammals do today.
Work led by Dr Elsa Panciroli has revealed new information about mammal growth and development, and reconstructed the most complete Mesozoic mammal skeletons known from the UK, including the first skeleton of a juvenile mammal from this time period. Discoveries made over the last decade include early salamanders, small reptiles, and mammals, many of them among the best-preserved skeletons from this time period in the world.
Join Elsa in the Hunterian Museum after hours and find out more about her discoveries.
Booking required. Tickets £4/£7.50. Book your place at Eventbrite.
Dr Elsa Panciroli is a Scottish palaeontologist whose research focuses on the anatomy and evolution of extinct animals, and what this tells us about their life-history and ecology. Elsa carries out a lot of work on fossils from the Isle of Skye. Elsa undertook her masters degress in Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol before completing her PhD at National Museums Scotland and the University of Edinburgh in 2019. She is Secretary of the Palaeontographical Society, and a Trustee of the Scottish Geology Trust, taking an active role in helping conserve and promote Scotland’s unique geological heritage. Elsa is a published author and writes about science for various publications including The Guardian, The Scotsman BBC Science Focus. Elsa is Associate Researcher at National Museums Scotland, and until recently was a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.