Dr. Marc Jones Email Address

Curator, Fossil Reptiles

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Marc is an Evolutionary Biolgist currently based in Australia at The University of Adelaide. His research encompasses the macroevolution of amphibians and reptiles but focuses on specific topics such as feeding, function, biogeography, and systematics. This work has involved a number of techniques (e.g., geometric morphometrics, Multi-body Dynamics Analysis, Finite Element Analysis, cladistics). This multi-disciplinary approach to some extent reflects the influence of his undergraduate degree which involved a diverse range of course units (e.g., vertebrate palaeontology, palaeoanthropology, sedimentology, climate change, molecular biology, evolutionary ecology, and population genetics).Example publications:- Jones MEH, Anderson CL, Hipsley CA, Müller J, Evans SE, Schoch R. 2013. Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara). BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:208 DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-13-208- Jones MEH, O'Higgins P, Fagan M, Evans SE, Curtis N. 2012. Shearing mechanics and the influence of a flexible symphysis during oral food processing in Sphenodon (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia). The Anatomical Record 295: 1075-1091. DOI 10.1002/ar.22487- Jones MEH, Werneburg I, Curtis N, Penrose R, O’Higgins P, Fagan MJ, Evans SE. 2012. The head and neck anatomy of sea turtles (Cryptodira: Chelonioidea) and skull shape in Testudines. PLoS ONE 7(11): e47852 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0047852- Jones MEH, Cree A. 2012. Tuatara. Current Biology 22: 986–987 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.10.049Follow me on Twitter: @MarcEHJoneshttp://www.adelaide.edu.au/directory/marc.jones.