Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford

Oxford hosts a vibrant palaeobiological research community across the University, including at the Department of Earth Sciences and the Museum of Natural History. The Museum holds world-leading palaeontological collections. This site describes our current research, lists events around the University, and provides advice on how to study palaeobiology at Oxford.

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Research News

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Earliest evidence of fruit-eating by birds

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560-million-year-old fossil is first animal predator

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DPhil student Alexandra Morton-Hayward awarded a Scholarship from the Anglo-Danish Society

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New study finds giant predatory dinosaurs could hunt underwater