Dr Alan R.T. Spencer

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Senior Teaching Fellow @ Imperial College
| Palaeobotanical Researcher | Computer Code Wrangler | Palaeontological Association Trustee & Secretary | he/him
Work Profile Webpagehttps://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/alan.spencer
Personal website (not up to date!)https://artspencer.uk
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Dr Alan R.T. SpencerOct 13, 2024
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London Marathon 2025

I'm taking part in the TCS London Marathon 2025! And quite frankly I'm absolutely terrified at the prospect. Let's hope I can get to end April injury free, to the start line and to that finish line. I

Dr Alan R.T. SpencerDec 1, 2023

Interested in ancient #fossil fungi, plant #Pathogens, the #Rhynie cherts, and #beatrixpotter...? Look no further!

Link to #OpenSource #newpaper : https://rdcu.be/dsv6l

Dr Alan R.T. SpencerApr 13, 2023

New paper with colleagues detailing an exquisitely preserved #Jurassic tree from the Purbeck of England. In this we use traditional #palaeobotany methods, combined with 3D laser scanning, to investigate this +1000kg fossil. Resolving the architecture and affinity of the fossil tree. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2023.2197973

Free access (50 copies): https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MXB2CI2EIE26XFTVYFWI/full?target=10.1080/23818107.2023.2197973

3D models can be accessed here: https://zenodo.org/record/6839556 and https://skfb.ly/oFZsH

#Palaeontology #fossil #science #Newpaper

New evidence of the architecture and affinity of fossil trees from the Jurassic Purbeck Forest of southern England

We document the habit and affinity of the most complete Mesozoic Era tree to be excavated in the UK. The fossil was found in situ in a palaeosol of the Upper Jurassic Purbeck Group of southern Engl...

Taylor & Francis
Dr Alan R.T. SpencerJan 27, 2023
Russell GarwoodJan 27, 2023

For #FossilFriday meet Homaloneurites - this ~302 million year old #insect is neat because the #colour pattern on its wings are preserved. It was discovered in the late 1800s in Commentry, #France, and is a member of a broader group, the Palaeodictyoptera. These insects look superficially like #dragonflies: they have two pairs of wings that stick out laterally from the body. Unlike dragonflies, though, which are predators /

#fossil #palaeontology #paleontology #entomology #science

Dr Alan R.T. SpencerJan 27, 2023
ALDecombeix 🌿Jan 27, 2023
Details of some of the early Permian plants we collected Wednesday in the Lodève basin (southern France). Two small conifer leafy shoots and a piece of pteridosperm frond 🌿⛏️
Happy #FossilFriday! #paleobotany #paleontology #plant #fossil #botany
Dr Alan R.T. SpencerJan 5, 2023

Ever wondered what #taphonomic and #diagenetic interactions occurred post-burial in the #Cretaceous red beds of China?

With colleagues (inc @thomas_clements ) we have just published this: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105533

The paper deals a lot with chemistry, but my interest is two fold: 1) in our explanation of why small refractory #fossil plant material was not utilized by the microbial community during burial; 2) in combining complimentary techniques.

Free access (50 day): https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1gMyC4t1lM9zEl

Dr Alan R.T. SpencerNov 22, 2022

#introduction time!  Well this is an interesting new place to be!

I’m Alan Spencer a Senior Teaching Fellow based at Imperial College, into #paleobotany and specialising in #3dreconstruction. Background in #geology and #archeology.

Interests are: research into 3D reconstruction of fossils. Mostly early seed-ferns, cycads, conifers, & earlier fungi-plant interactions. Augmented reality & 3D virtual classrooms, inclusivity on fieldwork, etc...

Now to figure out how #mastadon works!