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Scopus Author ID: 56537789400
ResearcherID: I-6718-2019
Scopus Author ID: 56537789400

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palaeontology, phylogeny, macroevolution, Mesozoic, taxonomy, systematics, ichthyosaur

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Employment (2)

The University of Bristol: Bristol, GB

2023-09-11 to 2026-08-31 | Honorary and Visiting Academic, Honorary Research Associate (School of Earth Sciences)
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University of Bristol - PURE

University of Bristol School of Earth Sciences: Bristol, Bristol, GB

2015-10-01 to 2022-08-31 | Postdoctoral Senior Research Associate
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Benjamin Moon

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Bristol: Bristol, Bristol, GB

2011-09 to 2015-09 | PhD Geology (Earth Sciences)
Education
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Benjamin Moon

University of Portsmouth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, GB

2008-09 to 2011-07 | BSc (Hons) Palaeobiology and Evolution (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
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Benjamin Moon

Professional activities (4)

Palaeontographical Society: London, GB

2022-05 to present | Editor
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Benjamin Moon

Palaeontological Association: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2007 to present | Member
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Benjamin Moon

Palaeontographical Society: London, GB

2017-04 to 2020-04 | Ordinary Council Member
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Benjamin Moon

Geological Society: London, London, GB

2012 to 2020 | Fellow
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Benjamin Moon

Funding (4)

The British Late Jurassic Ichthyosaur Brachypterygius

Grant
University of Bristol (Bristol, GB)
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Benjamin Moon

The British Late Jurassic Ichthyosaur Ophthalmosaurus

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Palaeontographical Society (London, GB)
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Benjamin Moon

The Late Jurassic Ichthyosaurs

Grant
Systematics Association (London, GB)
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Benjamin Moon

The Late Jurassic Ichthyosaurs: return of the sea dragons

Grant
Geological Society of London (London, GB)
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Benjamin Moon

Works (26)

Morphological trends in reticulate Nummulites across the Eocene–Oligocene transition

Palaeontology
2025-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pala.70003
Contributors: Ravi Kiran Koorapati; Benjamin C. Moon; Laura J. Cotton
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Reviews and syntheses

Biogeosciences
2024-01-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.5194/bg-21-223-2024
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Contributors: Rachel A Kruft Welton; George Hoppit; Daniela Schmidt; James Witts; Benjamin Moon
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University of Bristol - PURE

The Paleoneurology of Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia: Diverse Endocranial Anatomies of Secondarily Aquatic Diapsids

Paleoneurology of Amniotes
2023 | Book chapter | Writing - original draft, Visualization
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13983-3_3
Part of ISBN: 9783031139826
Part of ISBN: 9783031139833
Contributors: Rémi Allemand; Benjamin Moon; Dennis F. A. E. Voeten
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Rapid neck elongation in Sauropterygia (Reptilia: Diapsida) revealed by a new basal pachypleurosaur from the Lower Triassic of China

BMC Ecology and Evolution
2023-08-31 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-023-02150-w
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PMID: 37648992
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PMID: 37648992
Contributors: Qiling Liu; Long Cheng; Thomas L. Stubbs; Benjamin Moon; Benton, Michael J.; Chunbo Yan; Li Tian
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The locomotor ecomorphology of Mesozoic marine reptiles

Palaeontology
2023-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12645
Contributors: Susana Gutarra; Thomas L. Stubbs; Benjamin C. Moon; Beatrice H. Heighton; Michael J. Benton; Laura Porro
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Dietary niche partitioning in Early Jurassic ichthyosaurs from Strawberry Bank

Journal of Anatomy
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13744
Contributors: Sarah Jamison‐Todd; Benjamin C. Moon; Andre J. Rowe; Matt Williams; Michael J. Benton
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Diversity dynamics of microfossils from the Cretaceous to the Neogene show mixed responses to events

Palaeontology
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12615
Contributors: Katie M. Jamson; Benjamin C. Moon; Andrew J. Fraass; Arnaud Brayard
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The oldest record of Saurosphargiformes (Diapsida) from South China could fill an ecological gap in the Early Triassic biotic recovery

PeerJ
2022-07-14 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13569
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PMID: 35855428
Contributors: Long Cheng; Benjamin Moon; Chunbo Yan; Ryosuke Motani; Dayong Jiang; Zhihui An; Zichen Fang
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Author Correction: Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions

Communications Biology
2022-05-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03458-x
Contributors: Susana Gutarra; Thomas L. Stubbs; Benjamin C. Moon; Colin Palmer; Michael J. Benton
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Large size in aquatic tetrapods compensates for high drag caused by extreme body proportions

Communications Biology
2022-04-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03322-y
Contributors: Susana Gutarra; Thomas L. Stubbs; Benjamin C. Moon; Colin Palmer; Michael J. Benton
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Climate, competition, and the rise of mosasauroid ecomorphological disparity

Palaeontology
2022-03-23 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12590
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Contributors: Samuel Cross; Benjamin Moon; Thomas L Stubbs; Emily Rayfield; Benton, Michael J.
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An injured pachypleurosaur (Diapsida

Scientific Reports
2021-11-08 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01309-z
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PMID: 34750442
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Contributors: Qiling Liu; Tinglu Yang; Long Cheng; Benton, Michael J.; Benjamin Moon; Chunbo Yan; Zhihui An; Li Tian
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Evolution of ecospace occupancy by Mesozoic marine tetrapods

Palaeontology
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12508
Contributors: Jane C. Reeves; Benjamin C. Moon; Michael J. Benton; Thomas L. Stubbs; Roger Benson
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Ichthyosauria

Fossils of the Kimmeridge Clay
2020 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-0-901702-74-6
Contributors: Darren Naish; Benjamin Moon
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Early high rates and disparity in the evolution of ichthyosaurs

Communications Biology
2020-02-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0779-6
Contributors: Benjamin C. Moon; Thomas L. Stubbs
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Early High Disparity and Rates in the Evolution of Ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida)

Journal of Morphology
2019 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000470768500564
Contributors: Moon, B. C.; Stubbs, T. L.
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Morphofunctional Diversity in Toarcian (Early Jurassic) Ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida)

Journal of Morphology
2019 | Journal article
WOSUID: WOS:000470768500563
Contributors: Moon, B. C.; Benton, M. J.; Williams, M.
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Convergence and functional evolution of longirostry in crocodylomorphs

Palaeontology
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12432
Contributors: Antonio Ballell; Benjamin C. Moon; Laura B. Porro; Michael J. Benton; Emily J. Rayfield; Roger Benson
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Effects of body plan evolution on the hydrodynamic drag and energy requirements of swimming in ichthyosaurs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2019-03-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2786
Contributors: Susana Gutarra; Benjamin C. Moon; Imran A. Rahman; Colin Palmer; Stephan Lautenschlager; Alison J. Brimacombe; Michael J. Benton
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Does exceptional preservation distort our view of disparity in the fossil record?

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
2019-02-27 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0091
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PMID: 30963850
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Contributors: Joseph T. Flannery Sutherland; Benjamin Moon; Tom Stubbs; Benton, Michael J.
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A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
2019-01-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1394922
Contributors: Benjamin C. Moon
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Ichthyosaurs of the British Middle and Upper Jurassic. Part 2. Brachypterygius, Nannopterygius, Macropterygius, and Taxa invalida

Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society
2018-11-30 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1080/02693445.2018.1468139
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Contributors: Benjamin Moon; Angela M Kirton
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Ichthyosaurs of the British Middle and Upper Jurassic. Part 1. Ophthalmosaurus

Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society
2016-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/02693445.2016.11963958
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Benjamin Moon
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The skull and endocranium of a Lower Jurassic ichthyosaur based on digital reconstructions

Palaeontology
2015-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12174
Contributors: Ryan D. Marek; Benjamin C. Moon; Matt Williams; Michael J. Benton; Imran Rahman
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The fossil record of ichthyosaurs, completeness metrics and sampling biases

Palaeontology
2015-03-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12158
Contributors: Terri J. Cleary; Benjamin C. Moon; Alexander M. Dunhill; Michael J. Benton; Marcello Ruta
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A new species-level phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia and analysis of macroevolutionary trends

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 74th Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 5/11/14
2014-11 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Benjamin Moon
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University of Bristol - PURE

Peer review (24 reviews for 14 publications/grants)

Review activity for Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. (1)
Review activity for Alcheringa. (3)
Review activity for Cretaceous research. (2)
Review activity for Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. (1)
Review activity for iScience. (1)
Review activity for Journal of systematic palaeontology. (5)
Review activity for Journal of vertebrate paleontology. (2)
Review activity for Papers in palaeontology. (1)
Review activity for PeerJ. (2)
Review activity for Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. (1)
Review activity for Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society (Online). (2)
Review activity for Royal Society open science. (1)
Review activity for The Fossil record (1)
Review activity for Zoological journal of the Linnean Society (1)
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