Zivile Zigaite
Researcher at Department of Organismal Biology; Evolution and Development
- E-mail:
- zivile.zigaite@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt Centrum EBC Norbyv. 18A
- Postal address:
- Norbyv. 18A
752 36 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- PhD
Short presentation
Swedish Research Council Fellow
My research aims to understand the relationship between physiological and environmental factors mirrored in the chemical composition and structure of teeth. Using stable isotope, trace and minor element compositions in dental biomineral I want to develop reliable proxies to living and extinct animal biology and environment. Currently I am also working on molecular recognition tools, and supervising a PhD project on geochemical archives in trace fossils.
Biography
2015-present Swedsih Research Council / VR Fellow, Department of Organism Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
2013-2014 Researcher, Department of Organism Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
2012-2013 Marie Curie Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
2011-2012 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Organism Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
2009-2010 Lecturer, Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Vilnius University, Lithuania
2009 Postdoctoral visiting researcher, Museum nationale d’Histoire Naturelle Paris, France
2005-2008 PhD in Biodiversity of Fossil and Modern Ecosystems, University of Lille-1, France

Publications
Selection of publications
Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 36-41, 2015
Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 115-120, 2015
Evolutionary palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography
Estonian Academy Publishers, 2015
Part of GFF, p. 337-340, 2014
Part of STRATI 2013, p. 1167-1171, 2014
Part of Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 123-143, 2013
- DOI for Endemic thelodonts (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of central Asia and southern Siberia
- Download full text (pdf) of Endemic thelodonts (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of central Asia and southern Siberia
Thelodont scales from the Lower and Middle Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen
Part of GFF, p. 57-73, 2013
Tissue diversity and evolutionary trends of the dermal skeleton of Silurian thelodonts
Part of Historical Biology, p. 143-154, 2013
Palaeobiogeography of Early Palaeozoic vertebrates
Part of Early Palaeozoic Biogeography and Palaeogeography, p. 449-460, 2013
Part of Geodiversitas, p. 253-270, 2012
Part of Journal of Micropalaeontology, p. 97-106, 2011
δ 18O composition of conodont apatite indicates climatic cooling during the middle Pridoli
Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 242-247, 2010
Recent publications
Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains
Part of PeerJ, 2025
- DOI for Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains
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Thelodont scales from the Lower Devonian of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Arctic Russia.
Part of Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, p. 9-14, 2023
Dental microwear texture analysis on extant and extinct sharks: Ante- or post-mortem tooth wear?
Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021
Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020
Part of Résumés de la 26-eme RST 2018, p. 301-301, 2018
All publications
Articles in journal
Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains
Part of PeerJ, 2025
- DOI for Visualizing and quantifying biomineral preservation in fossil vertebrate dental remains
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Thelodont scales from the Lower Devonian of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Arctic Russia.
Part of Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, p. 9-14, 2023
Dental microwear texture analysis on extant and extinct sharks: Ante- or post-mortem tooth wear?
Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2021
Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020
Synchrotron phase-contrast microtomography of coprolites generates novel palaeobiological data
Part of Scientific Reports, 2017
- DOI for Synchrotron phase-contrast microtomography of coprolites generates novel palaeobiological data
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Vertebrate Microremains From The Pragian, Emsian And Eifelian Of The Prague Basin (Czech Republic)
Part of Folia Musei rerum naturalium Bohemiae occidentalis. Geologica et Paleobiologica, p. 1-12, 2017
- DOI for Vertebrate Microremains From The Pragian, Emsian And Eifelian Of The Prague Basin (Czech Republic)
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Part of Canadian journal of earth sciences (Print), p. 788-794, 2016
Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 36-41, 2015
Part of Estonian journal of earth sciences, p. 115-120, 2015
Part of Springer Geology, p. 1167-1171, 2014
Part of GFF, p. 337-340, 2014
Part of Earth and environmental science transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, p. 123-143, 2013
- DOI for Endemic thelodonts (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of central Asia and southern Siberia
- Download full text (pdf) of Endemic thelodonts (Vertebrata: Thelodonti) from the Lower Silurian of central Asia and southern Siberia
Thelodont scales from the Lower and Middle Devonian Andree Land Group, Spitsbergen
Part of GFF, p. 57-73, 2013
Tissue diversity and evolutionary trends of the dermal skeleton of Silurian thelodonts
Part of Historical Biology, p. 143-154, 2013
Geochemistry of fossilised dental remains - key to palaeobiology and palaeoenvironment.
Part of GFF, p. 25, 2013
Palaeobiogeography of Early Palaeozoic vertebrates
Part of Geological Society Memoir, p. 449-460, 2013
Part of Geodiversitas, p. 253-270, 2012
Part of Journal of Micropalaeontology, p. 97-106, 2011
δ 18O composition of conodont apatite indicates climatic cooling during the middle Pridoli
Part of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, p. 242-247, 2010
Silurian: The Geology of Central Europe
Part of Geological Society Special Publication, p. 249-302, 2008
New genus of Chondrichthyans from the Silurian-Devonian boundary deposits of Tuva (Russia)
Part of Acta geologica Polonica, p. 127-131, 2008
Part of GFF, p. 203-206, 2006
Articles, review/survey
Vertebrate coprolites (fossil faeces): An underexplored Konservat-Lagerstatte
Part of Earth-Science Reviews, p. 44-57, 2016
Collections (editor)
Evolutionary palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography
Estonian Academy Publishers, 2015
Conference papers
Part of Résumés de la 26-eme RST 2018, p. 301-301, 2018
Andrée Land of Spitsbergen: Devonian vertebrate diversity and palaeoenvironments
2018
Part of 77th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstract book, p. 181, 2017
2017
Oxygen isotopes in modern and fossil ecosystems: model and case study overview
2016
Rare earth elelments (REE) in Palaeozoic palaeoenvironmental reconstructions
Part of , 2016
2016
Part of Thansactions of the Society of Micropalaeontology, 2016
2016
2015
2015
Silurian vertebrates from northern Mongolia: diversity, ecology and environment
2014
Part of 4th Annual Meeting of IGCP 591 The Early to Middle Paleozoic Revolution Estonia, 10-19 June 2014Abstracts & Field Guide, p. 105-105, 2014
Part of STRATI 2013, p. 1167-1171, 2014
Part of Résumés dela 24eRéunion des Sciences de la Terre Abstracts, p. 481-481, 2014
Part of Résumés dela 24e Réunion des Sciences de la Terre Abstracts, p. 257-257, 2014
Stable oxygen isotope compositions in shark enameloid as a proxy to seawater chemistry
Part of Proceedings of the 3rd IGCP 591 Annual Meeting, Lund, Sweden, 9-19 June 2013, p. 363-364, 2013
Geochemistry of dental bioapatite, the key to palaeoclimate
Part of Proceedings of the 3rd IGCP 591 Annual Meeting, Lund, Sweden, 9-19 June 2013, p. 361-362, 2013
Palaeobiogeography of Early Palaeozoic vertebrates
Part of Early Palaeozoic Biogeography and Palaeogeography, p. 449-460, 2013
Stable isotope compositions in shark dental tissues as a proxy to seawater chemistry
Part of The Palaeontological Association Newsletter ISSN 0954-9900, 2013
p. 11543, 2012
Do fossil vertebrate biominerals hold the key to Palaeozoic climate?
p. 75, 2012
Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2012
REE compositions in fossil vertebrate dental tissues indicate biomineral preservation
Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2012
REE compositions in fossil vertebrate dental tissues – key to biomineral preservation
Part of The Palaeontological Association Newsletter, 2011
Aspidin or galeaspidin: new early vertebrate histology from the Lower Silurian of Southern Siberia
Part of Program and Abstracts, 2011
The 18O/16O ratio in vertebrate biogenic apatite as a proxy to Palaeozoic seawater temperatures
Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, 2011
Part of Résumés des communications du congrès 2011 de l’Association Paléontologique Française, 2011
Early and Middle Palaeozoic Vertebrate Palaeobiogeography: recent advances and critical comments
Part of Palaeozoic Early Vertebrates, p. 28-28, 2011
Geochemistry of fossilised dental remains: a key to palaeobiology and palaeoenvironment
Part of Abstracts, p. 24-25, 2011
Part of Programme and Abstracts, p. 80-81, 2010