MSc project
Dinosaurs in real time: the structure, ontogenetic development, and stable isotopic patterning in moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) long bones in relation to diet and environment
This MSc project is part of an active Marsden Fund research programme, and will be based in the Department of Geological Sciences and School of Biological Sciences at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand). We seek an inspired and accomplished student to undertake this trans-disciplinary research on the use of recent fossil moa bones as proxies of environmental and ecological change in Aotearoa/New Zealand during the early period of human settlement.
For more information, contact us at:
Prof. Richard N Holdaway
School of Biological Sciences
University of Canterbury
richard.holdaway@canterbury.ac.nz
Dr Travis W. Horton
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Canterbury
travis.horton@canterbury.ac.nz
Chris Jacomb
Director, Southern Pacific Archaeological Research
Department of Anthropology
University of Otago