Carly
@palaeocarly.bsky.social
Palaeontologist | working on crocodylomorph neuroanatomy 🐊 and cetacean skull anatomy 🐋
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What's the secret to being a 'good' and 'productive' scientist? Having a lab with the brightest, most enthusiastic students!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
What's the secret to being a 'good' and 'productive' scientist? Having a lab with the brightest, most enthusiastic students!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
And here, in no particular order, is a sample of Univ of Edinburgh student research at last week's @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting in Birmingham!
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An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting.
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting.
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
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Human-driven extinction event not yet the "sixth mass extinction", but is very likely the largest extinction event of the last 66 million yrs. 🌏 🧪
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
The Greatest Extinction Event in 66 Million Years? Contextualising Anthropogenic Extinctions
Species and ecosystems are changing rapidly in response to human actions, but how does this compare with the deeper past? We review and compare the current extinction event to those over the last 66 ....
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September 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Human-driven extinction event not yet the "sixth mass extinction", but is very likely the largest extinction event of the last 66 million yrs. 🌏 🧪
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Read about it in our new paper led by @jackhhatfield.bsky.social
and Katie Davis @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
I’m definitely very lucky to have had the opportunity to publish my undergrad work and now to be in the same lab as so many cool and up and coming palaeontologists!!
Allow me to bask in the reflected glow from our Palaeontology & Geobiology Masters students in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh!
Four of this year's cohort have recently published their first peer-reviewed papers, even before graduating! Check them out⤵️
Four of this year's cohort have recently published their first peer-reviewed papers, even before graduating! Check them out⤵️
July 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m definitely very lucky to have had the opportunity to publish my undergrad work and now to be in the same lab as so many cool and up and coming palaeontologists!!
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J.B. Davidson et al. (2025)
Testing the utility of interdigital angle as a taxonomically informative variable in tridactyl dinosaur ichnology
Italian Journal of Geosciences 144(3): f.3
DOI: doi.org/10.3301/IJG....
www.italianjournalofgeosciences.it/297/article-...
Testing the utility of interdigital angle as a taxonomically informative variable in tridactyl dinosaur ichnology
Italian Journal of Geosciences 144(3): f.3
DOI: doi.org/10.3301/IJG....
www.italianjournalofgeosciences.it/297/article-...
Testing the utility of interdigital angle as a taxonomically informative variable in tridactyl dinosaur ichnology
Interdigital angle is one of many metrics used to identify tridactyl dinosaur trackmakers. However, there is disagreement about the taxonomic significance of this metric, and some have argued that ext...
doi.org
July 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
J.B. Davidson et al. (2025)
Testing the utility of interdigital angle as a taxonomically informative variable in tridactyl dinosaur ichnology
Italian Journal of Geosciences 144(3): f.3
DOI: doi.org/10.3301/IJG....
www.italianjournalofgeosciences.it/297/article-...
Testing the utility of interdigital angle as a taxonomically informative variable in tridactyl dinosaur ichnology
Italian Journal of Geosciences 144(3): f.3
DOI: doi.org/10.3301/IJG....
www.italianjournalofgeosciences.it/297/article-...
So cool to be a part of this!! Feeling a bit more British with a Blue Peter badge in my collection
Growing up in America, I never had a chance to get a Blue Peter badge as a kid...
But I have one now!
Ticked one off the bucket list as Abby & the crew filmed with our Univ of Edinburgh palaeo PhD, Masters & undergrad students. In the lab and in the field on Skye!
And the students did brilliant!
But I have one now!
Ticked one off the bucket list as Abby & the crew filmed with our Univ of Edinburgh palaeo PhD, Masters & undergrad students. In the lab and in the field on Skye!
And the students did brilliant!
May 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So cool to be a part of this!! Feeling a bit more British with a Blue Peter badge in my collection
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Fun evening at @pintofscience.uk, talking dinosaurs over a cold Guinness and showcasing the work of our awesome Edinburgh students!
First @adammpalaeo.bsky.social wowed the crowd with his keynote on dinosaur brains, and then our student panel captivated everyone with a discussion on their research.
First @adammpalaeo.bsky.social wowed the crowd with his keynote on dinosaur brains, and then our student panel captivated everyone with a discussion on their research.
May 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Fun evening at @pintofscience.uk, talking dinosaurs over a cold Guinness and showcasing the work of our awesome Edinburgh students!
First @adammpalaeo.bsky.social wowed the crowd with his keynote on dinosaur brains, and then our student panel captivated everyone with a discussion on their research.
First @adammpalaeo.bsky.social wowed the crowd with his keynote on dinosaur brains, and then our student panel captivated everyone with a discussion on their research.
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Magical day on the Isle of Skye, on the trail of dinosaur footprints and bones!
Marvellous morning sunshine gave way to afternoon rain as the tides rushed in.
But who cares about the weather when you get to walk in the footsteps of creatures from 170 million year ago?
Marvellous morning sunshine gave way to afternoon rain as the tides rushed in.
But who cares about the weather when you get to walk in the footsteps of creatures from 170 million year ago?
April 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Magical day on the Isle of Skye, on the trail of dinosaur footprints and bones!
Marvellous morning sunshine gave way to afternoon rain as the tides rushed in.
But who cares about the weather when you get to walk in the footsteps of creatures from 170 million year ago?
Marvellous morning sunshine gave way to afternoon rain as the tides rushed in.
But who cares about the weather when you get to walk in the footsteps of creatures from 170 million year ago?
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Many theropods shortened their arms and lost fingers. How did they do it?
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Forelimb reduction and digit loss were evolutionarily decoupled in oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaurs | Royal Society Open Science
Theropod forelimbs exhibit wide morphological disparity, from the elongated wings
of birds to the diminutive arms of T. rex. A wealth of work has sought to understand the evolution of bird flight via ...
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March 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Many theropods shortened their arms and lost fingers. How did they do it?
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...