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AlbertoMS @albertomartinserra.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEWS: 4 years PhD studentship at the University of Malaga (Spain). Evolution of the backbone and limbs of crocodylomorphs, supervised by Professor Borja Figueirido @bortxaf.bsky.social and myself. More information here👇 #paleobiology #biomechanics

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Evolution of the sternum (breastbone) in birds and other pennaraptoran dinosaurs: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷 @talialm.bsky.social et al.)

Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships of birds and their close extinct relatives, with icons marking notable evolutionary transformations in breastbone and flight anatomy.

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SEPaleontologia @sepaleontologia.bsky.social · Jun 6

¡Nueva publicación de soci@s! 🗣️

Un nuevo estudio liderado por @fernandoblancos.bsky.social explora cómo los cambios ambientales impactaron en los grandes #mamíferos y sus ecosistemas durante el Neógeno 🐘🌍

👉 Léelo aquí:
https://sepaleontologia.es/?p=1423

#SEPsocios #Paleontología #CambioClimático

60 millones de años en movimiento: cómo los cambios ambientales transformaron a los mayores herbívoros del planeta—y cómo sus ecosistemas resistieron - sepaleontologia

sepaleontologia.es

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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · May 8

The latest issue of eVOLUCIÓN @sesbe-org.bsky.social includes me pontificating on all manner of topics evolutionary. sesbe.org/revista-evol...

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AlbertoMS @albertomartinserra.bsky.social · Apr 2

New article on locomotion of mammals in the K/Pg transition: Janis et al.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Down to earth: therian mammals became more terrestrial towards the end of the Cretaceous

The end Cretaceous extinctions had a profound effect on mammalian diversity, especially on metatherians (marsupials and their extinct relatives). Could mammalian substrate preference have influenced ....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Mar 19

Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero

#paleontología #evolución

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología

En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil

elpais.com

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Sergi Valverde @svalver.bsky.social · Mar 19

Excellent article in the Spanish newspaper @elpais about Elisabeth Vrba's legacy. @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social

Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · Mar 19

Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero

#paleontología #evolución

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología

En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil

elpais.com

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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · Mar 13

Critical role of fossils:
"notion that insect pollination began with the origin of angiosperms is still widespread... insect orders with extant and/or extinct pollinator representatives radiated long before the evolution of ﬂowering plants."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️

Modern insects pollinators and the fossil record of pollinating insects.

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Francisco Ortega @fortega.bsky.social · Mar 6

Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird #Iberomesornis romerali by Castro-Terol et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Dinosaurios (#Aves) del #Cretácico Inferior de #Cuenca

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · Mar 6

Postdoc on stegosaurs with Roger Benson at the AMNH careers.amnh.org/postings/4384

Kenneth C. Griffin Postdoctoral Fellow for Paleontology

The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...

careers.amnh.org

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · Jan 31

Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of Hadrocodium wui suggests this Jurassic mammaliaform may have been semi-fossorial, resembling semi-aquatic moles more than fully fossorial ones. Skull ≠ digging.
Tumelty & Lautenschlager: https://buff.ly/3CwUgtN
#FossilFriday

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Bristol Palaeobiology @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social · Jan 17

First week back to teaching in 2025 and for our palaeo seminar we have Prof Christine Janis telling us about her research into giant kangaroos and whether or not they could hop!

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · Jan 17

📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...

Example of Middle Jurassic mammal fossils from Skye, published by Elsa Panciroli et al. 2024.

Cuillin Hills, the view from our field site on the Isle of Skye.

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Chris Law @chrislaw.bsky.social · Jan 13

New paper with @tsengzj.bsky.social and @hlusko.bsky.social! We investigated the adaptive landscape of skeletal form & function in carnivorans and tested how trade-offs among skeletal regions contribute to adaptations & landscape topology. @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaf001

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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · Jan 11

Tahlia Pollock @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social has an amazing new study integrating 3D shape, biomechanics, and optimality modelling, helps explain why so many mammals evolve sabre teeth: functional optimality was a key driver behind the repeated evolution of extreme sabre-tooth morphologies.

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Clément Zanolli @clement-zanolli.bsky.social · Dec 26

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · Dec 10

En respuesta a las recientes declaraciones antievolucionistas de Jaime Mayor Oreja, desde la Junta Directiva de la SESBE
hemos escrito esta carta abierta. #evolución

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drive.google.com/file/d/10p_4...

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · Dec 5

Hi, BlueSky! We're here for the party, and we brought a NEW dinosaur with us. Meet Apex. Discovered in 2022 near Dinosaur, Colorado, this Stegosaurus is the largest ever found, measuring 11 ft (3.4 m) tall & 27 feet (8.2 m) long. You can see it at the Museum starting on Sunday, December 8! 🦴

Apex Stegosaurus fossil mount on display in the Museum's Gilder Center beside a neon yellow sign with information about the specimen.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 5

The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold at auction, a stegosaurus that the billionaire Kenneth Griffin bought for $44.6 million, has a new home: the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

World’s Priciest Dinosaur Fossil Comes to Museum of Natural History

The billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, who bought the stegosaurus fossil for $44.6 million, is loaning it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York for four years.

www.nytimes.com

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CSIC @csic.es · Dec 3

El mal estado de Doñana afecta negativamente a las aves acuáticas de toda Europa
Un equipo de la Estación Biológica de Doñana ha analizado los datos de 38 años de censos de aves en Doñana y el Paleártico Occidental,junto con imágenes de satélite y datos de 432 humedales ➡️ www.csic.es/es/actualida...