Emma Dunne
Dr. Emma Dunne
I am a paleobiologist interested in understanding the drivers that shaped tetrapod evolution and biodiversity through deep time. I ask questions at big scales, in both time and space, taking advantage of the increasing availability of analtyical tools and big paleontological and scientometric datasets. Some of my current work includes investigating how past climate change played a role in dinosaur evolution, examining how fossil record (sampling) biases impact our understanding deep-time biodiversity patterns, and performing data-driven analyses of how ethical issues and the legacy of colonialism influence paleontological research.
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
- PhD Quantitative Paleobiology – University of Birmingham (2019)
- MSc Taxonomy and Biodiversity – Imperial College London (2015)
- BA(Mod.) Natural Sciences (Zoology) – Trinity College Dublin (2014)
Publikationen
Journal Articles
Challenges and directions in analytical paleobiology
In: Paleobiology (2023)
ISSN: 0094-8373
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2023.3
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Climatic controls on the ecological ascendancy of dinosaurs
In: Current Biology 33 (2023), p. 206-+
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.064
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Mechanistic neutral models show that sampling biases drive the apparent explosion of early tetrapod diversity
In: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023)
ISSN: 2397-334X
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02128-3
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Ethics, law, and politics in palaeontological research: The case of Myanmar amber
In: Communications Biology 5 (2022), Article No.: 1023
ISSN: 2399-3642
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03847-2
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Sampling biases obscure the early diversification of the largest living vertebrate group
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 289 (2022), p. 20220916-
ISSN: 0962-8452
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0916
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The early diversification of ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii): hypotheses, challenges and future prospects
In: Biological Reviews (2022)
ISSN: 1464-7931
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12907
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Digging deeper into colonial palaeontological practices in modern day Mexico and Brazil
In: Royal Society Open Science 9 (2022)
ISSN: 2054-5703
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210898
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Author Correction: Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2021), 10.1038/s41559-021-01608-8)
In: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2022)
ISSN: 2397-334X
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01682-6
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Scleromochlus and the early evolution of Pterosauromorpha
In: Nature (2022)
ISSN: 0028-0836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05284-x
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Colonial history and global economics distort our understanding of deep-time biodiversity
In: Nature Ecology & Evolution (2021)
ISSN: 2397-334X
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-021-01608-8
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The apparent exponential radiation of Phanerozoic land vertebrates is an artefact of spatial sampling biases
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 287 (2020)
ISSN: 0962-8452
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0372
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Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform ‘Vjushkovia triplicostata’ Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of European Russia
In: Royal Society Open Science 6 (2019), Article No.: 191289
ISSN: 2054-5703
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191289
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Diversity dynamics of Phanerozoic terrestrial tetrapods at the local-community scale
In: Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 (2019), p. 590-597
ISSN: 2397-334X
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0811-8
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Diversity change during the rise of tetrapods and the impact of the ‘carboniferous rainforest collapse’
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 285 (2018), Article No.: 20172730
ISSN: 0962-8452
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2730
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Physical and environmental drivers of Paleozoic tetrapod dispersal across Pangaea
In: Nature Communications 9 (2018)
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07623-x
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Book Contributions
Fossil Trafficking, Fraud, and Fakery
In: Naomi Oosterman, Donna Yates (ed.): Art Crime in Context, Springer, 2022, p. 61-79 (Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market, Vol.6)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14084-6_5
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Conference Contributions
Scientometric trends in Burmese amber research
Paleontological Association Annual Meeting (Online, 16. December 2020 - 18. December 2020)
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The overlooked realities of sampling bias
GSA Annual Meeting 2020 (Online, 26. October 2020 - 30. October 2020)
DOI: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-356351
URL: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020AM/webprogram/Paper356351.html
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Miscellaneous
Forschungsprojekte
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