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Details for Dr Pamela Gill
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Pamela Gill |
| Job title | Research Associate |
| Department | School of Earth Sciences University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | B.Sc.(Nott.), B.Ed.(Tor.), Ph.D.(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | mammals earliest mammals jaw joint null feeding faunal diversity null null |
| Areas of expertise | My research is focused on the earliest mammals from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic; a time when critical changes were occurring to the jaw joint and dentition. My main focus involves the basal mammals Kuehneotherium and Morganucodon from the fissure deposits of South Wales, and I am particularly interested in how the selective pressures of feeding influenced mandibular evolution in these mammals and what biomechanics can tell us about why the jaw may have evolved in a particular manner. My other interest concerns the faunal diversity within the fissures and whether this is related to the palaeoecology or to taphonomic processes. |