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• Vertebrate Palaeontologist •📍The Open University, UK • Interested in understanding the links between morphology, ecology & evolution through deep time, focusing on terrestrial tetrapods • 🌿- 🦕- 🦖
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One more paleontology legend passed this year. Gosh... 🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️ #Geology

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Presenting the skull of one of the earliest theropod #dinosaurs for this #FossilFriday, Daemonosaurus chauliodus, from the Late #Triassic of New Mexico 🇺🇸. It was unearthed from rocks of the famous Chinle Formation, which outcrops across the Southwestern USA. #Paleontology #Science 🧵 1/

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New paper from Mehmood et al. that analyses the ecology & biogeography of the #temnospondyl recovery in the #Triassic following the End-Permian mass extinction. How did these ancient #amphibians respond to the extreme environmental upheavals? Read here ⬇️ royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Thrilled to begin my new role today as a postdoc with @openuniversity.bsky.social! It’s been a cracking start & I’m excited to get stuck into new research: reconstructing eco-evolutionary dynamics & #biodiversity patterns in South America through the Cenozoic 🦥🐊🦜🐟🌺🌳

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

Application deadline extended to 11:59 pm (EST) on March 7th 🚨 Great palaeontology research funding opportunity for any UG students from ethnic minority communities!

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Presenting the skeleton of the giant #temnospondyl, Anaschisma browni at the @natural-history.bsky.social for this #FossilFriday. The fossils of this ancient amphibian have been found in Late #Triassic formations across the Southern US. #Paleontology #Science #Amphibian 🧵 1/

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Are you doing #taxonomy and/or #systematics? Are you looking for #funding between £500 and £1500? The 2025 LinnéSys funding call is open! Membership of @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social required (both VERY reasonable!) Application deadline: Monday 10 March at 23:59 GMT+0

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A new #Triassic archosauriform described by R. T. Müller: Retymaijychampsa beckerorum, from the Rio Grande do Sul 🇧🇷 - dating to the Ladinian/Carnian, making it one of the oldest proterochampsids yet known. #Paleontology #Mesozoic #Fossils www.app.pan.pl/article/item...

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Student #Funding Opportunity 🚨 The Society of Vertebrate #Paleontology Futures Award grants $5000 USD to undergrad students from ethnic minority backgrounds to pursue summer research. > Application Deadline: 11:59 pm (ET) 28th Feb. See link for details ⬇️ vertpaleo.org/svp-futures-...

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Here’s the skull of the carnivorous basal synapsid, #Dimetrodon for this #FossilFriday. Dimetrodon lived through the Early #Permian & was a top predator on land across North America & Europe, being well-known from the red beds of Texas & Oklahoma, as well as Germany. #Palaeontology #Science 🧵 1/

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Elisabeth Vrba, the musketeer of macroevolution "Curious, brilliant, and fiercely independent—Elisabeth Vrba dedicated her life to understanding the great forces shaping the history of life."

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New paper by Wu et al. describing a new Late #Triassic crocodylomorph 🐊 from the Dockum Group of Texas 🇺🇸 - Pattisaura gracilis. Known from well preserved skull & partial post-cranial skeleton. #Paleontology #Archosaurs #Science www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A snapshot from Manchester Museum for this #museummonday. Here, we have part of the #biodiversity galleries, and you can immediately get a sense of the morphological diversity of living #mammals, encapsulated in the differences in skull anatomy between a lion & a whale, as seen here. 🧵 1/

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Hi! I'm a palaeontologist who has just joined Bluesky. My lab recently published a paper on gorgonopsian osteohistology. doi.org/10.1111/joa....

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

We’re in a surprisingly wet & cold Fes this week to set up a new fossil preparation lab with our wonderful collaborators at USMBA as part of our project on protecting Moroccan palaeontological heritage.

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Long overdue #FossilFriday update on two recent publications using biomechanical analysis to investigate fossil ecology.

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Presenting the #Jurassic display from the Utah Natural History Museum highlighting finds from the remarkable Cleveland Lloyd #Dinosaur Quarry (CLDQ) for this #FossilFriday. Here a group of #Allosaurus are trying to kill one giant, long-necked #Barosaurus. #Paleontology #Mesozoic #Science 🧵 1/

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Was delighted to contribute to this New Scientist article on an intriguing new study by Faria et al. into the timings of the #extinction of mammalian #megafauna in South America. See this thread for more details & links to the articles ⬇️ #Science #Paleontology #Cenozoic #SciComm

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Cool new paper by Heath et al. on the biogeographic origins of dinosaurs suggests a tropical cradle for the #evolution of the first #dinosaurs 🦖 V. timely given the recent paper on a new dinosaur, Ahvaytum from equatorial Laurasia. #Paleontology #Biogeography #Science www.cell.com/current-biol...

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submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Ecology! Applications are open for the #TysonResearchCenter Undergraduate Fellows Program at WashU’s field station, including opportunities to join our summer forest #biodiversity & #fireecology team 🌳 🔥 Applications due Feb. 15 Reposts appreciated!

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Just a few days left to apply for the Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution program! Participants receive funding, mentoring, and a presentation opportunity at #Evol2025 in Athens, GA. Apply by Monday! https://buff.ly/4eExoFL @evolmtg.bsky.social

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment