Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
Research activity per year
Richard is a vertebrate palaeontologist with expertise in the systematics, evolution and biogeography of late Palaeozoic to Mesozoic reptiles. His research addresses major patterns and drivers of biodiversity change through deep time, particularly as exemplified by four-limbed vertebrates (tetrapods), over the last 375 million years. He is also interested in the origin and dramatic evolutionary radiation of dinosaurs and closely related fossil groups in the aftermath of the Permo-Triassic mass extinction, the largest extinction event in the history of life on Earth. In addition to research, he acts as Director of Research for the College of Life & Environmental Sciences.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Lautenschlager, S., Sansom, I. & Butler, R.
1/12/23 → 30/11/26
Project: Research
Natural Environment Research Council
1/11/22 → 22/12/23
Project: Research Councils
Lautenschlager, S. & Butler, R.
1/04/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
Butler, R. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 19 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.n4k45, https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.n4k45
Dataset
Butler, R. (Creator), The Natural History Museum, London, 2019
DOI: 10.5519/0022377, https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/d6d9a95f-aeb4-4f52-a256-8f59c5e756ce
Dataset
Edgar, K. (Creator), Meade, L. (Creator), Jones, H. (Creator), Haller, L. (Creator), Scriven, S. (Creator), Reedman, C. (Creator) & Butler, R. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 11 Mar 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21256107.v2
Dataset
Meade, L. (Creator), Jones, A. (Creator) & Butler, R. (Creator), Zenodo, 2016
Dataset
Richard Butler (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
Richard Butler (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
Richard Butler (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of working group or committee
Richard Butler (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
Richard Butler (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
Butler, Richard (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Appointment