Research Associate (NERC)

Palaeobiology Group

Contact:

Tel: +44(0)116 252 3912 Ext. 3809          Email: doj2@le.ac.uk

Research interests include

Conodont palaeobiology; application of morphometric techniques, particularly to fossils where landmark-based methods cannot effectively capture morphological information; characterising microevolutionary trends and relating them to evolutionary processes in fossil organisms; utilising microwear analysis to constrain feeding strategy and autecology, particularly in conodonts.

Publications

Jones, D.O. and Purnell, M.A. 2007. A new semi-automatic morphometric protocol for conodonts and a preliminary taxonomic application. In MacLeod N. (ed.), Automated Object Identification in Systematics: Theory, Approaches, and Applications.

Jones, D.O. In review. Directional evolution and heterochrony in the conodont Pterospathodus. Paleobiology.

Jones, D.O., Purnell, M.A. and von Bitter, P. In review. Morphological criteria for identifying homology in isolated skeletal elements: comparison of traditional and morphometric techniques in conodonts. Palaeontology.