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Medal and Award Winners List

This page is a list of past winners of the following Medals and Award:

Lapworth Medal

2000 - Prof. Harry B. Whittington FRS
2002 - Sir Alwyn Williams FRS
2004 - Prof. James Valentine
2005 - Prof. William G. Chaloner FRS
2006 - Prof. A. (Dolf) Seilacher
2007 - Prof. Anthony Hallam
2008 - Prof. Charles H. Holland
2009 - Prof. Bruce N. Runnegar
2010 - Dr L. R. M. (Robin) Cocks OBE
2011 - Prof. Richard J. Aldridge
2012 - Prof. Euan N.K. Clarkson
2013 - Prof. Dianne Edwards FRS
2014 - Prof. Richard A. Fortey OBE FRS FRSL
2015 - Prof. Jennifer Clack FRS
2016 - Dr Adrian W.A. Rushton
2017 - Prof. Stefan Bengtson
2018 - Prof. Derek J. Siveter
2019 - Prof. Derek E.G. Briggs FRS
2020 - Dr Andrew B. Smith FRS
2021 - Dr Angela C. Milner
2022 - Prof. Moya Meredith Smith
2023 - Prof. Else Marie Friis
2024 - Prof. Michael Benton OBE FRS

President’s Medal

2008 - Dr Paul Upchurch
2009 - Dr Kevin Peterson
2010 - Dr Nicholas Butterfield
2011 - Dr Gregory Edgecombe
2012 - Dr Harry Dowsett
2013 - Prof. Charles H. Wellman
2014 - Prof. Philip C.J. Donoghue
2015 - Prof. Graham Budd
2016 - Prof. Paul M. Barrett
2017 - Prof. Jennifer C. McElwain
2018 - Prof. Emily J. Rayfield
2019 - Dr Mark D. Sutton
2020 - Prof. Xu Xing
2021 - Prof. Anjali Goswami
2022 - Dr Zerina Johanson
2023 - Prof. Richard J. Butler
2024 - Prof. Danielle Schmidt

Hodson Award

2001 - Dr Ivan J. Sansom & Dr Patrick J. Orr
2002 - Dr Matthew Wills & Dr Graham Budd
2003 - Dr Charlotte Jeffery
2004 - Dr Heather Wilson
2005 - Dr Philip C.J. Donoghue
2006 - Dr Paul Barrett & Dr Guy Harrington
2007 - Dr Shanan Peters
2008 - Dr Bridget Wade
2009 - Dr Emily Rayfield
2010 - Dr Thijs Vandenbroucke
2011 - Dr Richard Butler
2012 - Dr Jakob Vinther
2013 - Dr Matthew Friedman
2014 - Dr Maria E. McNamara
2015 - Dr Roger B.J. Benson
2016 - Dr Susannah C.R. Maidment & Dr Robert S. Sansom
2017 - Dr Stephen L. Brusatte
2018 - Dr Xiaoya Ma
2019 - Dr Silvia Danise
2020 - Dr Erin E. Saupe
2021 - Dr Russell J. Garwood
2022 - Prof. Allison C. Daley
2023 - Prof. Rachel C.M. Warnock
2024 - Dr. Emilia Jarochowska

Mary Anning Award*

[*prior to 1999 this was known as the “Award to Amateur Palaeontologists” or the “Amateur Palaeontologist Award”]

1990 - Alan Dawn
1991 - Mr R. Williams
1992 - Felix Whitham
1993 - Steve Etches
1994 - Bob Chandler
1995 - Ced Connolly
1996 - Carl Horrocks
1997 - William Fone & John Tilsley
1999 - Mr R. Davidson
2000 - Mr R. Forrest
2001 - Joseph S.H. Collins
2002 - Frederick Hotchkiss
2003 - Michael J. Newman
2004 - Phil Bennett & Bjørn Funke
2005 - Steve Etches & Andrew Yule
2006 - Robert Chandler
2007 - Jompa Ahlgren
2008 - David J. Ward
2009 - Magne Hoyberget
2010 - Daniel Vizcaïno
2011 - David Brockhurst & Dr Christopher Duffin
2012 - Alice Rasmussen
2013 - Dr Hans Hess
2014 - Dr Christoph Bartels
2015 - Lutz Koch
2016 - Dugald Ross
2017 - Mohamed Ben Moula
2018 - Nick Chase
2019 - Dr Hans Hagdorn
2020 - Dr Maggie Wood
2021 - Peter Tarrant

Annual Meeting President’s Prize*

[*prior to 2013 this was known as the “President’s Award”]

1977 - Derek E.G. Briggs (University of Cambridge)
1978 - Alan T. Thomas
1979 - J. Alistair Crame and Andrew C. Scott
1980 - Andrew B. Smith
1981 - Jane E. Francis (University of Southampton)
1982 - Timothy Jefferson (British Antarctic Survey)
1983 - Dr Peter Crane (Field Museum, Chicago) & Anton Kearsley
1984 - Michael J. Benton
1985 - Rachel Wood
1986 - Peter A. Allison (University of Bristol)
1987 - Andy King
1988 - Sue Rigby (University of Cambridge)
1989 - Dr Michael I. Coates (University of Cambridge)
1990 - Liz Harper
1991 - Dr David Loydell (University of Wales, Aberystywth)
1992 - Clare Wilson
1993 - Dr Nigel C. Hughes
1994 - Sarah Gabbott
1995 - Phil Wilby (University of Bristol)
1996 - Philip C.J. Donoghue (University of Leicester)
1997 - Ms. J. Dean (University of Cambridge & Natural History Museum, London)
1998 - Kim Freedman (University of Leicester) & Michael Gudo (Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg)
1999 - Dr Mark D. Sutton
2000 - Joanna Snell (University of Birmingham)
2001 - Karen Henriksen (University of Copenhagen)
2002 - Jodie Howe (Univ. of Leeds) & Liam Herringshaw (Univ. of Birmingham)
2003 - Maria E. McNamara (University College Dublin)
2004 - Claire M. Belcher (Royal Holloway, London)
2005 - Maria E. McNamara (University College Dublin)
2006 - Vincent Williams (Univ. of Leicester) & Benjamin Fletcher (Univ. of Sheffield)
2007 - Laura Porro (University of Cambridge)
2008 - Robert Sansom (University of Leicester)
2009 - Russell Garwood (Imperial College, London)
2010 - Abigail Clifton (University of Leeds)
2011 - Alexander Liu (University of Cambridge)
2012 - Nicholas Longrich (Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale)
2013 - John Clarke (University of Oxford)
2014 - David Button (University of Bristol & Natural History Museum, London)
2015 - Jack W. Oyston (University of Bath)
2016 - Joseph N. Keating (University of Bristol)
2017 - Dr Ross P. Anderson (University of Oxford) & Jordan Bestwick (University of Leicester)
2018 - Elsa Panciroli (University of Edinburgh & National Museums Scotland)
2019 - Dr Javier Luque (Yale University)
2020 - Alison Cribb (University of Southern California), Susana Gutarra Diaz (University of Bristol), Alex Xafis (University of Vienna)
2021 - Christopher Stockey (University of Leicester), Katherine Turk (Vanderbilt University), James Mulqueeney (University of Southampton; Natural History Museum, London)
2022 - Giovanni Mussini (University of Oxford), Andre Rowe (University of Bristol)
2023 - Mickaël Lheritier (Université Claude Bernard Lyon), Anna McGairy (University of Leicester), Aaron Quigley (University College Cork), Amy Shipley (University of Leeds) and Philip Vixseboxse (University of Cambridge).
2024 - Beatriz Carazo del Hoyo (UCC, Cork, Ireland), Yan Feng (China University of Geosciences Wuhan and NHM Oslo, Norway), Princess Aira Buma-At (University of Cambridge), Emma Long (Natural History Museum, London), Elizabeth Steell (University of Cambridge), Die Wen (Nanjing University, China; University College London)

Annual Meeting Council Flash Talk Prize

2020 - Dr Emma M. Dunne (University of Birmingham), Euan Furness (Imperial College, London), Dr Candela Blanco Moreno (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Jane Reeves (University of Manchester)
2022 - Miriam A. Slodownik (University of Adelaide), Kiersten K. Formoso (University of Southern California)

Annual Meeting Council Poster Prize

1997 - A. O’Dea (University of Bristol)
1998 - Peta Hayes (University of Leeds)
1999 - Ms A. Lane (University of Bristol)
2000 - Jodie Howe (University of Leeds)
2001 - Lauren Tucker (Univ. of Birmingham) & Sarah Stewart (Univ. of Glasgow)
2002 - Nicole Fraser (University of Southern California) & Marc Jones (University College London)
2003 - Jenifer England (Univ. of Glasgow) & James R. Wheeley (Cardiff University)
2004 - Jessica Pollitt (University of Bath) & Lucy Muir (The Natural History Museum)
2005 - Richard Callow (University of Oxford)
2006 - Xiaoya Ma (Yunnan and Leicester)
2007 - Martin Smith (University of Cambridge)
2008 - Heather Birch (Cardiff University)
2009 - Nicholas Crumpton (University of Bristol) & Laurent Darras (University of Leicester)
2010 - Tom Harvey (University of Cambridge)
2011 - Samantha Giles (University of Bristol)
2012 - Emma Locatelli (Yale University)
2013 - David Button (University of Bristol)
2014 - Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill (University of Cambridge) and Edine Pape (University of Leeds)
2015 - Christopher Nedza (University of Leicester)
2016 - Joseph Moysiuk (University of Toronto)
2017 - Christopher Nedza (University of Leicester)
2018 - Nuria Melisa Morales García (University of Bristol)
2019 - Emma M. Dunne (University of Birmingham)
2020 - Bethany J. Allen (University of Leeds), Susana Gutarra Diaz (University of Bristol), Polly Spruce (University of Leeds), Laura Austin Sydes (University of Manchester)
2021 - Eloise S. E. Hunt (Natural History Museum), Nicole Barnes (University of Bristol), Charlotte Bird (University of Birmingham)
2022 - Iacopo Cavicchini (University of Birmingham), Alison Cribb (University of Southern California), Anna McGairy (University of Leicester)
2023 - Neil Adams (Natural History Museum, London), Daniel Cirtina (University College Cork), Zishan Fu (University of Edinburgh), Luke Meade (University of Birmingham).
2024 - Amy Shipley (Unviersity of Leeds), Isaak Eijkelboom (Naturalis, Leiden), Erick MiguelDíaz de León-Muñoz (University of Tubingen)

Best Paper Award - Palaeontology

2015 - Steven M. Holland & Mark E. Patzkowskyn for "The Stratigraphy of Mass Extinction" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12188)
2016 - A. Zacaï, A. Brayard, J.-L. Dommergues, C. Meister, G. Escarguel, R. Laffont, B. Vrielynck, E. Fara for "Gauging scale effects and biogeographic signals in similarity distance decay analyses: an Early Jurassic ammonite case study" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12250)
2017 - Laura C. Soul and Matt Friedman for "Bias in phylogenetic measurements of extinction and a case study of end-Permian tetrapods" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12274)
2018 - Roger B.J. Benson, Gene Hunt, Matthew T. Carrano, Nicolás Campione for "Cope's rule and the adaptive landscape of dinosaur body size evolution" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12329)
2019 - Serjoscha W. Evers and Roger B.J. Benson for "A new phylogenetic hypothesis of turtles with implications for the timing and number of evolutionary transitions to marine lifestyles in the group" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12384)
2020 - Roger D. K. Thomas, Bruce Runnegar and Kerry Matt for "Pelagiella exigua, an early Cambrian stem gastropod with chaetae: lophotrochozoan heritage and conchiferan novelty" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12476)
2021 - Joshua B. Zimmt, Steven M. Holland, Seth Finnegan and Charles R. Marshall for "Recognizing pulses of extinction from clusters of last occurrences" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12505)
2022 - Corentin Gibert, Axelle Zacaï, Frédéric Fluteau, Gilles Ramstein, Olivier Chavasseau, Ghislain Thiery, Antoine Souron, William Banks, Franck Guy, Doris Barboni, Pierre Sepulchre, Cécile Blondel, Gildas Merceron and Olga Otero for "A coherent biogeographical framework for Old World Neogene and Pleistocene mammals" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12594)
2023 - Susana Gutarra, Thomas L. Stubbs, Benjamin C. Moon, Beatrice H. Heighton and Michael J. Benton for "The locomotor ecomorphology of Mesozoic marine reptiles" (https://doi.org/10.1111/pala.12645)

Best Paper Award - Papers in Palaeontology

2015 - Leonid E. Popov, Lars E. Holmer, Nigel C. Hughes, Mansoureh Ghobodi Pour & Paul M. Myrow for "Himalayan Cambrian Brachiopods"
2016 - E. Świerczewska-Gładysz for "Early Campanian (Late Cretaceous) Pleromidae and Isoraphiniidae (lithistid Demospongiae) from the Łódź-Miechów Synclinorium (central and southern Poland): new data and taxonomic revision" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1037)
2017 - L. Leuzinger, G. Cuny, E. Popov, E. and J. Billon-Bruyat for "A new chondrichthyan fauna from the Late Jurassic of the Swiss Jura (Kimmeridgian) dominated by hybodonts, chimaeroids and guitarfishes" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1085)
2018 - Cheng Ji, Hugo Bucher for "Anisian (Middle Triassic) ammonoids from British Columbia (Canada): biochronological and palaeobiogeographical implications" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1222)
2019 - William J. Foster, Daniel J. Lehrmann , Jaime A. Hirtz, Mackenzie White, Meiyi Yu, Ji Li, Rowan C. Martindale for "Early Triassic benthic invertebrates from the Great Bank of Guizhou, South China: systematic palaeontology and palaeobiology" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1252)
2020 - Jeffrey R. Thompson, Georgy V. Mirantsev, Elizabeth Petsios and David J. Bottjer for "Phylogenetic analysis of the Archaeocidaridae and Palaeozoic Miocidaridae (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) and the origin of crown group echinoids" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1280)
2021 - Pedro L. Godoy, Giovanne M. Cidade, Felipe C. Montefeltro, Max. C. Langer and Mark A. Norell for "Redescription and phylogenetic affinities of the caimanine Eocaiman cavernensis (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Eocene of Argentina" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1339)
2022 - Jun Zhao, Imran A. Rahman, Samuel Zamora, Ailin Chen and Peiyun Cong for "The first edrioasteroid echinoderm from the lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan Province, China" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1465)
2023 - Roy E. Plotnick, Graham A. Young and James W. Hagadorn for “An abundant sea anemone from the Carboniferous Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, USA" (https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1479)

Gertrude Elles Award

2018 - Emma M. Dunne and Ross Barnett for their work with the The Brilliant Club (https://thebrilliantclub.org/)
2019 - Elspeth Wallace for her high quality public engagement with the University of Manchester’s widening participation programme
2020 - John Murray for the The History of Life project at NUI Galway (https://youtu.be/0Y0RmQFb628)

Golden Trilobite Award:

2004 - Institutional Award: The Echinoid Directory (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/). The echinoid directory is ostensibly a taxonomic resource for the scientific community in which the genera and higher taxa of echinoid can be simply and rapidly identified. There are currently over 350 pages of detailed information about echinoid taxa, including colour images of the highest quality. The site also provides an introduction to the anatomy, biology, ecology, ontogeny and phylogeny of echinoids, as well as a key to aid identification. The site has been designed and created by Andrew Smith of the Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London.
2005 - Amateur Award: Fossils of the Gault Clay and Folkestone Beds of Kent, UK (http://www.gaultammonite.co.uk/). This site is dedicated to the fossils of the Lower Cretaceous Albian (Gault Clay and Folkestone Beds) in the county of Kent, south-east England, providing a pictorial identification to the fauna. The colour photographic images are of the highest quality. The site is based on the work and collections (much of which has subsequently been donated to the Natural History Museum, London) of the late Jim Craig and is maintained by Fred Clouter.
2005 - trilobites.info (http://www.trilobites.info/) is one of a new breed of websites that is designed as an information service, in this case devoted to understanding trilobites. The site is eyecatching, well presented, and most importantly for the global community, contains a wealth of accurate and well-synthesysed information. The site is the work of Sam Gon III.
2006 - A Collection of Eocene and Oligocene Fossils (http://www.dmap.co.uk/fossils/). This impressive palaeontology website is run by Alan Morton and is dedicated to the Eocene and Oligocene fossils from southern Britain. The level of information presented in the website is excellent, and in particular the professional standard of the photographic illustrations make the site stand out from other websites. This site is a pleasure to visit and provides good palaeontological information for those visiting the the geological units covered.
2009 - 'Elasmo.com' (http://www.elasmo.com /). This information-rich site provides a wealth of carefully collated information related to fossil and living sharks, including searchable databases, fully references articles, and large number of images. It provides an excellent resource for anyone interested in shark fossils, morphology or evolution.
2010 - 'Recent and Fossil Bryozoa' (http://www.bryozoa.net/).This site provides a vast collection of Bryozoan related data and resources, and hosts the web-pages of the International Bryozoology Association to boot.
2011 - Four awards:
- www.ultimateungulate.com (http://www.ultimateungulate.com/).
- Links for Palaeobotanists (http://www.equisetites.de/palbot1.html).
- Burgess Shale Online Exhibition, Royal Ontario Museum (http://www.burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/).
- www.ammonites.fr (http://www.ammonites.fr/).
2013 - The Plesiosaur Directory (http://www.plesiosauria.com/).
2014 - Nannotax (http://www.mikrotax.org/Nannotax3/). More information...
2016 - PhyloPic (http://phylopic.org). This site provides free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Public Domain or Creative Commons licenses.

Palaeovision Fossil Contest

2020 - Animal Origin and Morphology Lab, Lausanne, Switzerland. Entry: Palaeovision Lausanne entry - Anomalocaris.
2021 - Palaeobiology Master's Program at FAU Germany. Entry Palaeovision FAU entry - Bele-mighty.
2022 - University of Birmingham, UK. Entry Palaeovision Birmingham entry - SexyPlac

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