Crispin Little

(he/him)
University of Leeds
Current PositionProfessor
Emailearctsl@leeds.ac.uk
Department(s)School of Earth and Environment
ECRNo
YES.DTN Core ThemesEcology,Evolution & Biodiversity
Profile(s)Crispin Little (0000-0002-1917-4460) – ORCID

Key Research Interests

  • Mass extinctions
  • Jurassic
  • Molluscan taxonomy
  • Chemosynthetic environments
  • Palaeoecology

Recent Key Papers

  • Dunhill A.M., Zarzyczny K., Shaw J.O., Atkinson J.W., Little C.T.S., Beckerman A.P. 2024. Extinction cascades, community collapse, and recovery across a Mesozoic hyperthermal event. Nature Communications , 15 (1), art. no. 8599, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53000-2
  • Atkinson J.W., Little C.T.S., Dunhill A.M. 2023. Long duration of benthic ecological recovery from the early Toarcian (Early Jurassic) mass extinction event in the Cleveland Basin, UK. Journal of the Geological Society, 180 (2), art. no. jgs2022-126, DOI: 10.1144/jgs2022-126
  • Georgieva M.N., Little C.T.S., Maslennikov V.V., Glover A.G., Ayupova N.R., Herrington R.J. 2021. The history of life at hydrothermal vents. Earth-Science Reviews, 217, art. no. 103602, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103602