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Vertebrates collection manager at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, ex Museums Victoria, PhD Evans EvoMorph. Megafauna, marsupials, morphology, CT & 3D imaging. She/her
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Today, got to work on marsupial moles. They are such fascinating marsupials. Would be nice to see one in the wild one day, but chances are pretty low.

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New sabertooth paper! Dr Tahlia Pollock & her team of #evobio wizards look at how optimality landscapes may have driven the evolution of saber teeth. Also, they underscore that there aren't just 1 or 2 saber-shapes; nature is varied! #paleobio #paleontology #Mammals www.cell.com/current-biol...

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Core childhood memory!

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

Spotted in a second hand bookshop in Picton this weekend 🥲🥲 So inspiring

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This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d’Agrate from c.1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

submitted 84 days ago • 41 comments

The absolute oddity that is Simosthenurus, a Pleistocene short-faced kangaroo. These weirdos seemed to have walked with alternate strides on single-toed feet, had gaff-hook hands, and no matter how you approach them just don't come out right.

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

Hi bsky, I’m Douglass. I’m a palaeobiology geek with a background in zoology & archaeology. You’ll find me deep into thylacines, megafauna marsupials, carnivores, morphology & ecology; thinking about how weird extinct critters lived. I'm currently a content specialist at Australian Museum.

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

Thrilled to share: out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social (!) just in time for Thanksgiving, the dinosaurian history of how your turkey does the twist. Fibular reduction enabled mid-drumstick mobility, unlocking extreme knee long-axis rotation in theropods 🍗🦖🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08251-w

submitted 99 days ago • 25 comments

Tried to pull together a pack of AU/NZ palaeo crew - there's gotta be more, who have I missed? 🦘🥝🦕 go.bsky.app/JU83Md1

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

You're only one click away from all your CT science needs! Dang I love starter packs.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

ok ok I have tried to pull together a list of all the natural history museums and people who work at them! Unsurprisingly this is very NHM London biased, so if you work at or know of other natural history museums on here then let me know! 👇 go.bsky.app/NtdUnyF

submitted 109 days ago • 51 comments

Hi bsky, I'm Hazel. I'm a functional morphologist and I love interesting critters, especially mammals. I research extinct marsupials, helped make a cool dinosaur exhibition at Melbourne Museum, and currently manage the vertebrate collections at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand.

submitted 110 days ago • 2 comments

#marchifthemammals2024 day 17, a mama Propalorchestes novaculacephalus! #sciart #paleontology #paleoart

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I had fun time consulting on this episode of @SciShow! It's great seeing it come together: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NYs...

submitted 356 days ago • 1 comment

I’m excited for the upcoming publication of our paper summarizing the lessons learned from seven years of specimen digitization. The oVert project has produced tens of thousands of datasets and is changing the way people view and use collections.

submitted 389 days ago • 1 comment

is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.

submitted 404 days ago • 198 comments

Throwing together a last-minute poster for CAVEPS2023 next week, and feeling like a Very Serious Scientist with my Lady Lovely Locks colour scheme.

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I'm so fascinated by the posture and proportions of this thing! Monotremes are wild.

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Range of motion simulation shows that creodonts (a type of early placental mammals) had surprisingly mobile spines, despite the interlocking morphology of the vertebral articulations! New study by Anne Kort & Katrina Jones: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

submitted 523 days ago • 1 comment

New paper by my colleagues and I on the reproductive anatomy of a leopard seal 🦭 Leopard seal reproduction is mostly unknown. This note from a Monash Uni dissection discusses the importance of morphology in providing some clues. Open access paper here: doi.org/10.1111/mms....

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