Dr Jon Radley PhD

Dr Jon Radley

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Honorary Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
j.d.radley@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

For nearly 30 years Jon has worked as a geologist and natural scientist principally within the museum sector and has developed expertise in the public understanding and interpretation of science, collecting philosophies, and geoconservation. Jon also has a spare-time research profile, notably concerning the Lower and Middle Jurassic strata of central England, the non-marine Lower Cretaceous strata of southern England, and aspects of Early-Mid Triassic palaeoenvironmental reconstruction.

Qualifications

  • BSc (Oxford Polytechnic)
  • MSc (University of Keele)
  • MSc (University College London)
  • PgDip (University of Leicester)
  • PhD (University of Portsmouth)

Other activities

Jon is a keen cyclist and runner and has wide-ranging interests in the natural sciences.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Ezcurra, M, Butler, R, Maidment, S, Sansom, I, Meade, L & Radley, J 2021, 'A revision of the early neotheropod genus Sarcosaurus from the Early Jurassic (Hettangian–Sinemurian) of central England', Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 191, no. 1, pp. 113-149. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa054

Benson, RB & Radley, J 2010, 'A new large-bodied theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Warwickshire, United Kingsom', Acta Palaeotologica Polonica, vol. 55, pp. 35-42.

Radley, J 2010, 'Bioeroded shell substrates (Middle Jurassic Aston Limestone Formation, Cotswold Hills, England)', Proceedings of the Cotteswold Naturalists, vol. 45, pp. 98-101.

Radley, J 2010, 'Central England's journey through time: hte geological evolution of Warwickshire', Geology Today, vol. 26, pp. 226-232.

Carpenter, S & Radley, J 2010, 'Discovery and preparation of a large mass of articulated Early Jurassic crinoids from Black Ven (Dorset and East Devon World Heritage Site, south-west England)', The Geological Curator, vol. 93, pp. 103-106.

Radley, J 2010, 'Grazing bioerosion in Jurassic seas: a neglected factor in the Mesozoic marine revolution?', Historical Biology A Journal of Paleobiology, vol. 22, pp. 387-393.

O'Brien, LJ, Braddy, SJ & Radley, J 2009, 'A new arthropod resting trace and associated trace fossils form the Lower Jurassic of Warwickshire', Palaeontology, vol. 52, pp. 1099-1112.

Radley, J 2009, 'Archaic-style shell concentrations in brackish-water settings: Lower Cretaceous (Wealden) examples from southern England', Cretaceous Research, vol. 30, pp. 710-716.

Radley, J 2009, 'Hornton Stone: battlefields, buildings and Jurassic seas', Geology Today, vol. 25, pp. 140-144.

Radley, J 2009, 'The geological evolution of Warwickshire', Mercian Geologist, vol. 17, pp. 75-85.