What do dinosaurs, foxes, mink, birds, squirrels, aye-ayes and giant fossil dormice have in common?
9 July 2024
Over the last few weeks, people from the Centre have been getting out and about to spread the word about vertebrate form and function, and how this has developed over time, sometimes deep evolutionary time. All the animals mentioned above, and more, have been used as examples.

Phil Cox travelled to the University of Wrocław, Poland, to collaborate on a project studying the morphology of the baculum (penis bone) in foxes and mink. Whilst there, he gave a talk on how he has used geometric morphometrics in his research including projects on red squirrels, the aye-aye and giant fossil dormice:


Laura spoke about: A Tale of Two Transitions: the role of feeding in major evolutionary radiations, and discussed her research on early tetrapods and early dinosaurs using 3D imaging and biomechanical modelling.
