Dr. Donald Davesne

Profile

Academic positionPost Doc
Research fieldsPalaeontology,Systematics and Morphology (Zoology)
KeywordsEvolutionary biology, Palaeo-physiology, Bone microstructure, Teleost fishes, 3D imaging

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityOxford
InstitutionUniversity of Oxford
InstituteDepartment of Earth Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Priv. Doz. Dr. Florian WitzmannMuseum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung (MfN), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Nadia FröbischMuseum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung (MfN), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2021

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2025Donald Davesne; Giorgio Carnevale: An enigmatic teleost fish from the Eocene of Bolca (Italy) with unusual larval‐like features. In: Papers in Palaeontology, 11, 2025, e70017
2023Donald Davesne; James V. Andrews; Hermione T. Beckett; Sam Giles; Matt Friedman: Three-dimensional anatomy of the early Eocene Whitephippus (Teleostei, Lampriformes) documents parallel conquests of the pelagic environment by multiple teleost lineages. In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 43, 2023, e2284998
2022Zerina Johanson, Jeff Liston, Donald Davesne, Tom Challands, Moya Meredith Smith: Mechanisms of dermal bone repair after predatory attack in the giant stem‐group teleost Leedsichthys problematicus Woodward, 1889a (Pachycormiformes). In: Journal of Anatomy, 241, 2022, 393-406