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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2025 DTP/DPhil Project: Integrating living species and the fossil record to unravel cnidarian evolution

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2025 DTP/DPhil Project: The meiofauna frontier: pushing the limits of computed tomography in invertebrate morphology

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Golden bugs: Spectacular new fossil arthropods preserved in fool's gold

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2025 DTP/Dhil Project: Unravelling the deep homology of gill slits and the origin of bilaterian body plans