Ivan Sansom
doctor
Palaeobiology
hull
United Kingdom
Biography
2006-present Senior Lecturer in Palaeobiology, University of Birmingham 1999-2006 Lecturer in Palaeobiology, University of Birmingham 1996-1999 Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Birmingham "Phylogeny of Early Vertebrates" 1995-1996 Post-doctoral research fellow, UMDS, GuysHospital "Origin, patterning and diversity of early vertebrate biomineralisation" 1992-1995 Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Birmingham "The origin and early evolution of biomineralisation in conodonts and other early vertebrates"
Research Interest
Early vertebrate developmental biology and evolution Palaeobiology of conodonts and lower palaeozoic fish Development of the early vertebrate exoskeleton Origin of the gnathostomes Palaeoecology of lower palaeozoic vertebrates
Publications
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Donoghue, P.C.J., Sansom, I.J. & Downs, J.P. 2006. Early evolution of vertebrate skeletal tissues and cellular interactions, and the canalization of skeletal development. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 306B: 278-294.
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Pradel, A., Sansom, I.J., Gagnier, P-Y., Cespedes, R. & Janvier, P. 2007. The tail of the Ordovician fish Sacabambaspis. Biology Letters 3, 72-75.
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Davies, N.S., Sansom, I.J., Albanesi, G.L. & Cespedes, R. 2007. Ichnology, palaeoecology and taphonomy of a Gondwanan early vertebrate habitat: Insights from the Ordovician Anzaldo Formation, Bolivia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 249, 18-35.
