1. He was Visiting Professor of Palaeobiology at Oxford University 1999-2009. 2. This includes fields such as palaeobiology , as well as systematics and phylogenetics. 3. The results of the study were published in the journal Palaeobiology on September 3, 2015. 4. Further discoveries on its skeletal anatomy also offer further insights on the palaeobiology of Mesozoic mammals. 5. He was Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund Hall. 6. He entered the University of Bristol and obtained an MSc in both palaeobiology and earth sciences in 2008. 7. Smith's research primarily has focused on the conodont palaeobiology and the early Palaeozoic radiation of vertebrates. 8. He has held the Chair of Evolutionary Palaeobiology in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge since 1995. 9. In 1910 he received his PhD and started to work for Professor Othenio Abel as scientific assistant at the chair of palaeobiology . 10. He served as vice president of the society, and was the editor-in-chief of " Chinese Palaeobiology ".
