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Research Biography
I am an evolutionary biologist and palaeontologist, most interested in early vertebrates. I use modern imaging techniques (micro-CT, diceCT, synchrotron, neutron etc) to investigate the first tetrapods and lobe-finned fishes.
I am leading the research node in early vertebrate brain evolution (palaeoneurology) at Flinders University but also work on other projects relating to the evolution of terrestriality -such as the development of limbs from fins and the appearance of air breathing.
Research Interests
- Palaeontology
- Early Vertebrates
- Fish-Tetrapod transition
- Comparative Anatomy and Morphology of vertebrates
- Bioimaging (synchrotron and uCT imaging and analysis)
- Brain evolution (palaeoneurology and comparative anatomy)
- Ichthyology, especially living primitive fishes
- Evolution (including macroevolution and phylogenetics)
- Digital Palaeontology and Anatomy (including GMM, FEA and virtual histology)
Completed Supervisions
Principle Supervision:
- Honours (4)
Associate Supervisions:
- Honours (2)
- Masters (1)
Current Students:
- Honours (2)
- Masters (1 external)
- PhD (4)
Research Collaborations
Major Research Grants:
- Australian Research Council DP200103398 “Brains frozen in time: vertebrate neural adaptations to invading land” (~$400K).
- Australian Research Council DP220100825 “The Devonian Gogo Fauna: Diversity, Palaeoecology, and Global Significance” ($500K).
- Australian Research Council DP230101438 “Plastic brains: Neural adaptations to changing environments in reptiles” ($430K).
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, The Anatomy, Evolution and Interrelationships of Devonian Dipnoans, with Insights from Neoceratodus, Australian National University
2009 → 2012
Award Date: 31 Aug 2012
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Devonian Lungfish of Australia, University of Melbourne
2003 → 2007
Award Date: 31 Aug 2007
External positions
Program Advisory Committee, Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
2023 → 2026
Vice President, Royal Society of South Australia
2023 → 2025
Museums Special Interest Group, National Imaging Facility
2021 → …
Programme Secretary, Royal Society of South Australia
2019 → 2023
Membership Secretary , Royal Society of South Australia
2015 → 2018
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Evolutionary biology and palaeontology
Supervisory Interests
- Palaeontology
- Ichthyology
- Neurology
- Anatomy
- Zoology
- Evolutionary biology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
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SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Deciphering Cainocara enigma from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation, Australia
Thiele, H. S., Long, J. A., Bevitt, J. J. & Clement, A. M., 28 Jan 2026, In: Canadian Journal of Zoology. 104, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ethmosphenoid endocasts elucidate evolutionary brain divergences and interrelationships of stem tetrapods (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha)
Clement, A. M., Cloutier, R., Lebedev, O., Challands, T., Lu, J., Bevitt, J. J., Houle, L., Collin, S. & Long, J. A., May 2026, In: Papers in Palaeontology. 12, 3, 33 p., e70094.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New data on the sarcopterygian Koharalepis jarviki (Tetrapodomorpha; Canowindridae) from the Late Devonian of Antarctica, revealed via synchrotron and neutron tomography
Mensforth, C. L., Long, J. A., Bevitt, J. J. & Clement, A. M., 16 Apr 2026, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 14 p., 1765271.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ossification of the pectoral fin of Glyptolepis groenlandica: implications for the evolution of the lungfish appendicular skeleton
Branigan, M. K., Bijl, S., Ahlberg, P. E., Tafforeau, P., Mansuit, R., Leyhr, J., Clement, A. M., Stundl, J., Dutel, H., Hirasawa, T., Haitina, T. & Sanchez, S., Dec 2026, In: Developmental Biology Advances. 17, 1, 15 p., 16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new origin of the ‘modern’ lungfish dentition revealed by taxonomic overlap between Devonian and Carboniferous dipnoans
El Fehri, A. E. F., Clement, A. M., Fernández, J. M., Greif, M. & Klug, C., 2025, In: PeerJ. 13, 21 p., e19389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
Activities
- 7 Invited talk
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Virtual palaeontology of the early vertebrates: a new era of digital potential
Clement, A. (Speaker)
19 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Brain and Endocast Evolution Over the Fish-Tetrapod Transition: Insights from Extant Taxa Inform Interpretation of Palaeozoic Sarcopterygians
Clement, A. (Speaker)
Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Uncovering our distant piscine origins using digital palaeontology
Clement, A. (Speaker)
29 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Palaeoneurology of Palaeozoic sarcopterygians elucidated via CT, synchrotron and neutron tomography
Clement, A. (Speaker)
7 Nov 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Morphometric Analysis of Lungfish Endocasts Elucidates Early Dipnoan Palaeoneurological Evolution
Clement, A. (Speaker)
16 Aug 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk