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Research interests
My research activities focus on elucidating the evolution, phylogeny, biodiversity, ecology and biostratigraphy of the earliest (stem group) bilaterian animals that arose during the Cambrian Explosion. My work focuses on studying exceptionally preserved macro- and microfossils from a variety of localities in Australasia and Antarctica. I am particularly interested in the phylogenetic, ecological and biostratigraphic significance of early Cambrian "Small Shelly Fossils" (SSF).
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Resolving the position of continents and the evolution of animal body plans and behavior during the Cambrian Explosion
Brock, G. (Primary Chief Investigator)
17/02/18 → …
Project: Research
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Pyrolysis equipment for chemical analysis of large organic molecules
George, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Loehr, S. (Chief Investigator), Jacob, D. (Chief Investigator), Brock, G. (Chief Investigator), Armand, L. (Chief Investigator), Strezov, V. (Chief Investigator), Handley, H. (Chief Investigator) & Abbott, A. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
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MQ Marine Research Centre
George, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Armand, L. (Chief Investigator), Armbrecht, L. (Chief Investigator), Bishop, M. (Chief Investigator), Brock, G. (Chief Investigator), Daczko, N. (Chief Investigator), Dadd, K. (Chief Investigator), Goodwin, I. (Chief Investigator), Grech, A. (Chief Investigator), Hesse, P. (Chief Investigator), Irvine, A. (Chief Investigator), Jacob, D. (Chief Investigator), Kennedy, M. (Chief Investigator), Kosnik, M. (Chief Investigator), Loehr, S. (Chief Investigator), Madin, E. (Chief Investigator), Madin, J. (Chief Investigator), Ostrowski, M. (Chief Investigator), Paulsen, I. (Chief Investigator), Saintilan, N. (Chief Investigator), Tetu, S. (Chief Investigator), Williamson, J. (Chief Investigator), Wood, L. (Chief Investigator) & O'Brien, P. (Chief Investigator)
1/07/15 → …
Project: Research
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Reassessing the rise and phylogeny of Cambrian organophosphatic shelly lophotrochozoans using molecular fossils
Holmer, L. (Chief Investigator), George, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Brock, G. (Chief Investigator), Zhang, Z. (Chief Investigator) & Agbaje, O. (Chief Investigator)
6/05/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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A new timescale for constraining animal evolution during the Cambrian radiation
Loehr, S. (Primary Chief Investigator), Brock, G. (Associate Investigator), Farkas, J. (Associate Investigator) & Nebel, O. (Associate Investigator)
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Other
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A new silicified plectorthoid brachiopod from the upper Furongian (Stage 10) Ninmaroo Formation at Black Mountain, western Queensland, Australia
Brock, G. A., Zhang, Z. & Smith, P. M., Feb 2026, In: Palaeoworld. 35, 1, p. 1-22 11 p., 200989.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Adaptive responses in Cambrian predator and prey highlight the arms race during the rise of animals
Bicknell, R. D. C., Campione, N. E., Brock, G. A. & Paterson, J. R., 24 Feb 2025, In: Current Biology. 35, 4, p. 882-888.e2 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Alcheringa turns 50!
Kear, B. P., Runnegar, B. N., Gould, R. E., Pickett, J. W., Hand, S. J., Brock, G. A., Wright, A. J. & McLoughlin, S., 15 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Alcheringa. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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A new integrated lower Cambrian chronostratigraphy for the Normanville Group, eastern Stansbury Basin, with definition of the oldest small shelly fossil zones in South Australia
Castle-Jones, J., Betts, M., Jacquet, S. M., Chen, F., Zhang, Z., Hall, P. A., Klaebe, R. & Brock, G. A., Jun 2025, In: Australasian palaeontological memoirs. 57, p. 465-489 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new obolellid brachiopod from the Wirrealpa Limestone (Cambrian; Stage 4), Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Brock, G. A., Zhang, Z. L. & Holmer, L. E., Aug 2025, In: Palaeoworld. 34, 4, p. 1-11 11 p., 100897.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Microscale petrographic trace element and isotopic constraints on glauconite diagenesis in altered sedimentary sequences: implications for glauconite geochronology - Supplementary data
Rafiei, M. (Owner), Loehr, S. (Contributor), Alard, O. (Contributor), Baldermann, A. (Contributor), Farkas, J. (Contributor) & Brock, G. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 22 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.25949/21644864.v1
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Data from: Go large or go conical: allometric trajectory of an early Cambrian acrotretide brachiopod
Zhang, Z. (Contributor), Topper, T. (Contributor), Chen, Y. (Contributor), Stroze, L. (Contributor), Chen, F. (Contributor), Holmer, L. (Contributor), Brock, G. (Contributor) & Zhang, Z. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 10 Jun 2022
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Activities
- 1 Hosting an academic visitor
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Lars Holmer
Brock, G. (Host)
26 Jul 2017 → 23 Aug 2017Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor