Graduate Student, Ciências da Terra
PhD Candidate
Thesis Title: Evolution of teeth and tooth-bearing bones in nonavian theropods
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Dr. Octávio Mateus
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About
As a PhD student in vertebrate palaeontology at the New University of Lisbon, my main research interests are in the Mesozoic terrestrial animals, and especially nonavian dinosaurs (dinosaurs excluding birds). I am presently investigating the evolution of teeth and tooth-bearing bones in nonavian theropods with the goal of illuminating evolutionary patterns and processes related to the skull in this clade of dinosaurs. I have previously worked on the morphological and taxonomic diversity of the giant sauropods and I have also examined the functional anatomy of the jaw of spinosaurids, those long-snouted fish-eating dinosaurs, with the description of new cranial material from Morocco.
Contact Information
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| Address: | Museu da Lourinhã |
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+351.91.333.66.06 |
| IM: | Skype: christophe.hendrickx |
