Juned Zariwala
junedz.bsky.social
Juned Zariwala
@junedz.bsky.social
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PhD Student in Diapsid Skull Evolution at the University of Lincoln.
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Pterosaur holoptypes! Klobiodon, Plataleorhynchus, Cimoliopterus, and Coloborhynchus
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My latest for @nytimes.com! For 40 years, paleontologists have grappled over whether a small tyrannosaur — named Nanotyrannus — was its own animal, or simply a teenage T.rex. The debate has been ... contentious. Which is why it's so fun to finally be able to say this:

Folks? Nanotyrannus is real.
The Case of the Tiny Tyrannosaurus Might Have Been Cracked
www.nytimes.com
Wishing you a speedy recovery, and fingers crossed you feel better soon!
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I don't like that non-pterodactyloids have their fifth toe on the ground, like that's part of your wing, don't rub it on the ground
(pics by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social and doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...)
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Blast from the past: Old digital flyer from the early 2010s showcasing some off the palaeo and sci vis work I'd done over the years as a freelancer. Much water passed under the bridge since then, but I'm still available for hire! #scivis #sciart
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We have lost the pillar of Scottish vertebrate palaeontology, Dugie Ross. The man that found & named Dearc. He made the science resonate locally, in his native language, on his native soil, while allowing it to grow globally. He embodied the best of science. Immeasurable loss.
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Episode #91 is here and you won't want to miss this one!

Ray and Dave explore the mind of paleo artist 🎨 Doug Henderson and chat techniques, inspirations, and his breathtaking body of work that re-imagines ancient worlds.

🔊 Listen now:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/doug...
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Our research, “Exploring interrelationships between #fossil and extant #lorisids (Strepsirrhini, #Primates) and the question of their biogeographic origins”, has been accepted for a Poster at the @thepalass.bsky.social Annual Meeting 2025 🥳 Palaeoart credit: Jakub Zalewski
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Our research, “Exploring interrelationships between #fossil and extant #lorisids (Strepsirrhini, #Primates) and the question of their biogeographic origins”, has been accepted for a Poster at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Annual Meeting 2025 🥳 Palaeoart credit: Jakub Zalewski
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Morphology and osteo‐histology of the weigeltisaurid wing: Implications for aerial locomotion in the world's first gliding reptiles - Buffa - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Happy to announce, my palaeoart below, won the "Impression on China" Award (II), organized by the Chinese Embassy in Poland.
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The early ray-finned fish worker experience.
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a dino-themed X-mas market?
in this economy?
yes!

Dinoel Strasbourg
6-7 December in Strasbourg, France
with interesting workshops and cool paleoartists ✨
paleoartae.com/edition-2025/

Poster design by @tritrichoupi
#paleoart #paleontology #artistalley #dinoel #dinosaurs
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The James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs & the Reed Gallery of the Age of Mammals will be temporarily closed from Nov 3 until Dec 5, 2025 as we prepare to welcome visitors back to a new and expanded gallery experience that will showcase even more of our favourite dinosaurs.
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Delighted to see this new paper out on the Cretaceous turtle Rhinochelys from the Lebanese Lagerstätten in Nammoura (approx 100 mya).

This is the oldest direct evidence of sea turtle soft tissues, and shows that sea turtles lost their scales 4 independent times

doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
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Seems like our students have been busy decorating Invertebrate Paleontology lab at the museum 🧪
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🐘🦣 The vertebral column of elephants is a marvel of biological engineering. The remarkable functional morphology and intervertebral mobility of the elephant backbone is explored here, comparing it with that of other large herbivores and their extinct relatives 🐘🦣 doi.org/10.1111/joa....
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Our Ryan Felice wins a @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Research Grant with Dr Alana Sharp @livuninews.bsky.social to study the evolution of hollow spaces in the skull of mammals: do huge land animals air-fill their skulls to lighten their big heads? #anatomy @ucl.ac.uk @ucllifesciences.bsky.social