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School of the Biological Sciences

 

Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Department of Earth Sciences; Strickland Curator of Ornithology, University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology

Daniel Field is a vertebrate palaeontologist interested in the evolutionary history of birds and other amniotes. His group's research explores the vertebrate fossil record and organismal biology in a phylogenetic framework to explore how and when extant vertebrate diversity has arisen. Learn more

 

Research Areas


Macroevolution
Ornithology
Palaeontology
Vertebrate Palaeontology
Bird Evolution
                

Techniques


MicroCT scanning
CT scanning
Phylogenetics
Digital morphology
Morphometrics
                                   

Areas for Collaboration


Conservation palaeobiology
Extinction risk
Ancient DNA
Palaeoproteomics
Vertebrate morphology
Phylogenetics                                                   

Research Theme