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Details for Dr Allison Daley
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Allison Daley |
| Job title | Research Associate |
| Department | School of Earth Sciences University of Bristol |
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| Keywords | cambrian stem-lineage taxa radidonta ecdysozoans anomalocaris hurdia palaentology |
| Areas of expertise | I am interested in the early evolution of the arthropods and predation, in particular Cambrian stem-lineage taxa from exceptionally preserved fossil deposits such as the Burgess Shale in Canada and Sirius Passet in Greenland. My focus is on a clade of stem-lineage arthropods known as Radiodonta, which includes ecdysozoans such as Anomalocaris and Hurdia. I am doing a post-doc at the Natural History Museum (London) on the growth and development of Anomalocaris from the Burgess Shale and Emu Bay Shale. My PhD thesis examined the morphology and evolutionary significance of the anomalocaridids a group of large presumed predators with an unusual morphology and a complex history of description. I am interested in the application of multivariate and morphometric statistics to fossil material. My research interests also include the application of fossil material to date the tree of life through calibration of molecular clocks, in particular in relation to the arthropods. |