Code
3F008914
Duration
01 October 2014 → 30 September 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Geology
- Evolutionary biology
Keywords
phocidae
paleobiogeography
miocene
evolution
Project description
The research deals with the evolution of fossils seals (Phocidae) from Neogene deposits of the northern hemisphere through a multidisciplinary research based on morphological analysis, micro-ct scan, isotope analysis and biostratigraphy. Emphasis is laid on the elucidation of phylogenetic relations between the different groups, and which factors influenced the dispersion.