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[ Department of Evolutionary Morphology ] Svitozar Davydenko
Education:2022 – PhD, specialty 091 “Biology”. Thesis: ““Morphological adaptations in archaeocete whales in the transition from semi-aquatic to fully aquatic life style”, scientific advisor Dr. Sci., P. Gol’din 2017 – 2021 PhD student at Department of Evolutionary Morphology of I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of sciences of Ukraine 2011 – 2017 – student at Educational and Scientific Center "Institute of Biology and Medicine" of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Scientific interests:Adaptations to aquatic lifestyle in secondary aquatic tetrapods, work with museums collections (ordering, identification, three-dimensional digitalization), field search of new materials. Skeleton research with comparative morphology, paleohistology, morphometrics.
Grants- Grant 2025.07/0096: Pathways of evolution of mammalian and avian body size: trajectories of adaptation and breaking constraints, funded by the NRFU. 2026. - Grant 2020.02/0247: Integration of mammalian organism as a proxy of stability at aquatic and aerial life (as illustrated by skeleton traits), funded by the NRFU, 2020. - Paleontological Society Outreach and Education Grant «Paleosites of the Dnieper Area in the context of the development of local town museums» (2020; Popova L.V., Gol’din P. E., Ridush B. T., Davydenko S. V.).
Teaching:Lecturer at the PhD programme at Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, member of the Research and Education Training Unit
Other:Curator of the collection of evolutionary morphology of vertebrates Member of the Young scientist council of the I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Member of the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (2024–2025)
PublicationsPapers:Tyborowski, D., Davydenko, S., Wierny, W., Gol'din, P., & Gazda, L. (2026). ‘The first Pelagiceti whale from the Eocene of Poland with its evolutionary and biogeographic significance’. The Anatomical Record, 1–11. DOI: 10.1002/ar.70217 Davydenko, S., Kovalchuk, O., Otriazhyi, P. et al. (2025). ‘A high-resolution 3D reconstructed skeleton of the extinct dwarf whale Cetotherium riabinini from Ukraine’. Sci Data 12, 1798 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-06086-2 Ghazali, M., Davydenko, S., Telizhenko, V. et al. (2025). ‘Humerus shape evolved in cetaceans under relaxed selection and random drift’. Commun Biol 8, 518 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-07952-w Davydenko, S. et al. (2024). ‘A cetacean limb from the Middle Eocene of Ukraine sheds light on mammalian adaptations to life in water’, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 142, Issue 3, July 2024, pp. 331–340 DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blad131 Kovalchuk, O., Kriwet, J., Shimada, K., Ryabokon, T., Barkaszi, Z., Dubikovska, A., Anfimova, G., and Davydenko, S. (2023). ‘Middle Eocene cartilaginous fishes (Vertebrata: Chondrichthyes) of the Dnieper–Donets Basin, northern Ukraine’. Palaeontologia Electronica, 26(2):a32. DOI: 10.26879/1283 Davydenko, S. et al. (2023) ‘Gross and microscopic anatomy of a tibia tentatively attributed to a cetacean from the Middle Eocene of Europe, with a note on the artiodactyl Anoplotherium and on the perissodactyl Lophiodon’. PalZ 97, pp. 627–652. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-023-00653-x Davydenko S, Tretiakov R and Gol’din P. (2023) ‘Diverse bone microanatomy in cetaceans from the Eocene of Ukraine further documents early adaptations to fully aquatic lifestyle’. Front. Earth Sci. 11:1168681. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2023.1168681 Davydenko, S. et al. (2021) ‘A Giant Eocene Whale from Ukraine Uncovers Early Cetacean Adaptations to the Fully Aquatic Life’, Evolutionary Biology, 48(1), pp. 67–80. DOI: 10.1007/s11692-020-09524-8. Davydenko, S., Mors, T. and Gol’din, P. (2021) ‘A small whale reveals diversity of the Eocene cetacean fauna of Antarctica’, Antarctic Science, 33(1), pp. 81–88. DOI: 10.1017/S0954102020000516. Davydenko, S., Laime, M.J. and Gol’din, P. (2018) ‘The earliest record of a marine mammal (Cetacea: Basilosauridae) from the Eocene of Amazonia’, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38(6), pp. 1–5. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1549060.
Conference abstracts:Gol’din P., Davydenko S. Creating, analyzing and maintaining digital images of paleontological specimens preserves heritage at risk // International Scientific Conference, 14-16 august 2025, Orheiul Vechi (Moldova). – P. 43 Gol’din P., Davydenko S. Digitization of Fossil Remains in Paleontological Research Practice // Nature Archives of Central and Eastern Europe: from the Gelasian to the Anthropocene : The proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Seminar (15–17 May, 2025). – Chernivtsi : CHNU 2025. – P. 52. [in Ukrainian] Davydenko S. V., Shevchenko T. V., Gol'din P. E. Fauna of middle Eocene archaeocete whales (Mammalia, Cetacea) from sediments of the banks of Kremenchuk water reservoir: review of Hradyzk Local History Museum collection // Abstract book of the Conference of young zoologists – 2024 (Kyiv, Institute of zoology, October 23-24, 2024). – Kyiv, 2024. – P.11 Davydenko S., Kurepa Ya., Gol’din P. A new record of a Sirenia found in Oligocene deposits in Ukraine // Organic world of the Precambrian and Phanerozoic: theoretical and applied aspects of research: Ìaterials of the International Scientific Ñonference and XLI Session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society of the NAS of Ukraine – 2023. – Êyiv, 2023. – P. 56. Davydenko S. V., Otriazhyi P. A., Gol’din P. E. Determination of body shape and mass of Miocene dwarf baleen whale Cetotherium riabinini (Cetacea: Cetotheriidae): 3D modeling approach // Abstract book of the Conference of young zoologists – 2023. – Kyiv, 2023. – P. 8. Davydenko S. New findings of Eocene cetaceans (Cetacea: Basilosauridae) from the valley of Dnipro river// Abstract book of the Conference of young zoologists – 2022 (Kyiv, Institute of zoology, October 11-12, 2022). – Kyiv, 2022. – P. 6. [in Ukrainian] Gol’din P., Davydenko S., Kovalchuk O. The oldest marine mammals of eastern Europe // Evolution of organic world as fundament of stratigraphy and correlation of Phanerozoic of Ukraine: materials of International scientific conference and XL session of the Ukrainian Paleontological Society of NAS of Ukraine, dedicated to a memory of the Academician of NAS of Ukraine Petro Feodosiiovych Gozhyk (Kyiv, November 10–12, 2021). – Êyiv, 2021. – P. 67. [in Ukrainian] Davydenko S. Reexamination of an Eocene cetacean Eocetus schweinfurthi (Cetacea, Protocetidae): New data on morphology, phylogeny and feeding strategy // THE Society of vertebrate paleontology. Virtual Meeting conference Program society of vertebrate paleontology November 1-5, 2021. – P. 94-95. Davydenko S. Bone structure and weight distribution in the postcranial skeleton of the Eocene cetacean Basilotritus (Cetacea: Basilosauridae) // In: Abstract book of 9th International Meeting on the Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water (Chile, Virtual meeting, April 19-23, 2021). – P. 55. Davydenko S., Gol’din P. Transformations of the sacral region of a vertebral column in Eocene cetaceans during the transition from semi-aquatic to fully aquatic lifestyle // Abstract book of the Scientific Conference "Zoology in the Modern World: Challenges of the 21st Century" (Kyiv, Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, June 1–3, 2021). – Kyiv, 2021. – P. 20. [in Ukrainian] Davydenko S. V. Morphological, inner structure and stratigraphy details of the hind limb of fossil cetacean from Eocene deposits (Lutetian) of Bulhakivka (Luhansk region) // Abstract book of the Conference of young zoologists – 2019 (Kyiv, Institute of zoology, 13-14.11, 2019). — Kyiv, 2019. — P. 8. [in Ukrainian] Davydenko S. V. New data on the skeletal morphology and temporal range of a Paleogene whale Platyosphys einori Gritsenko, 2001 // ShevchenkoPaleontological investigation of Don-Dnieper downwarp: materials of International scientific conference and XXXIX session of the Paleontological Society NAS of Ukraine (Hradyz'k, May 14–16, 2019). – Êyiv, 2019. – P.75. [in Ukrainian] Davydenko S. V. Features of morphology, histology of the skeleton and stratigraphy of Platyosphys einori Gritsenko, 2001 — fossil Cetacean from Paleogene deposits of Pyrohiv quarry (Kyiv) // Abstract book of the Conference of young zoologists – 2018 (Kiev, Institute of zoology, November 14-15, 2018). – Kiev, 2018. – P. 23. [in Ukrainian]
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