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Per-Erik Schulze @pererikschulze.bsky.social · 7d

Again Norway tops a not so nice list, of nature and farmland consumption per capita for construction and "development". But all countries in Europe are on a slippery slope to piece by piece nature destruction. There is an urgent need to stop this nature crisis.

Full story www.nrk.no/dokumentar/x...

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feikosaur.bsky.social @feikosaur.bsky.social · 13d

A new ichthyosaur species is discovered! Welcome Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis! fr.pensoft.net/article/1542...
Huge congratulations to @spichergael.bsky.social for leading this project.

A new Eurhinosaurus (Ichthyosauria) species from the Lower Jurassic (Toarcian) of Mistelgau (Bavaria, Southern Germany)

Eurhinosaurus is a European Lower Jurassic longirostrine ichthyosaur, characterized by its remarkable overbite. Despite the long history of the genus, the taxonomy of Eurhinosaurus is still under deba...

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · 14d

No rush at all! I just saw it after pressing send, and enjoyed it. Now I want a "how your email finds me" image as well!

Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · 22d

Very nice news story (in Norwegian) about our recent paper on Early Triassic ichthyosaurs in Scientific Reports. @forskning.bsky.social

www.forskning.no/paleontologi...

Fiskeøgle-fostre fra Svalbard er med på å vise noe nytt om dyrenes utvikling

Tett etter tidenes største masseutryddelse var fiskeøgler klare for åpent hav.

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · 27d

Zoe Kinzella will continue her work on plesiosaur ontogeny and growth, using bone microstructure. This summer, she described the first juvenile plesiosaur from Denmark: snm.dk/da/nyhed/dan...

Danmarks første fossil fra svaneøgle-unge er fundet

Nyt studie afslører fossil fra en 190 millioner år gammel plesiosaur-unge fundet på Bornholm – et sjældent og betydningsfuldt fund, der giver ny viden om Danmarks forhistoriske havliv.

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · 27d

Feiko @feikosaur.bsky.social is here as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoc for the project EXPLAC, where we will study the influence of pregnancy on maternal osteology in marine amniotes. We already know this will be very interesting! More here: cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...

Placentotrophy (delivery of nutrients to the fetus throughout pregnancy) is a highly derived reproductive strategy present in most mammals and some other vertebrates, including a handful of reptiles. ...

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · 27d

New people in our group at the Natural History Museum @uio.no this autumn! I am so lucky to be working with postdoc @feikosaur.bsky.social and master student Zoe Kinzella 🥳

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · 29d

Next year in Cape Town! At @ipc7.bsky.social my colleague Judith Pardo-Pérez and I organize a dedicated ichthyosaur symposium. Based on responses so far, it will feature many interesting topics and speakers. Get in touch if you want to contribute!

IPC7 @ipc7.bsky.social · 29d

IPC7 will held 29 themed symposia + 1 open symposium.

Today we feature:

✨Ichthyosaur evolution and biology✨

📩 To participate in this symposium, contact the conveners:

Lene Liebe Delsett — [email protected] @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social
Judith Pardo-Pérez — [email protected]

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Sep 5

Short interview with @palaeo-prof.bsky.social here summarizing some main findings🤩🤩 m.youtube.com/watch?v=k85g...

Pelagic ichthyosaurs evolved in the aftermath of the biggest mass extinction event of all time.

YouTube video by Palaeo_prof

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houssayecnrs.bsky.social @houssayecnrs.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Growth series", with foetus, of two very distinct ichthyosaurs from the Triassic! Very glad to have participated to this cool study! Thanks again Lene!

Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ichthyosaurs were fully pelagic five million years after the End Permian Mass Extinction - and we have fetal vertebrae from two Early Triassic taxa. That is the main findings in our @natureportfolio.nature.com Scientific Reports paper published just now🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction

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Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan @palaeo-prof.bsky.social · Sep 5

Here is our newest paper just published in Scientific Reports TODAY about the biology of Early Triassic ichthyosaurs from Spitsbergen www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Sep 5

Thanks to you! Such a fun project 🤩

Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Sep 5

We studied the microanatomy and histology of vertebral centra from Grippia and Cymbospondylus from the Early Triassic of Spitsbergen. First look during covid times, then we realized we had series with all ontogenetic stages, the smallest one a 5 mm fetal vertebral centrum.

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Sep 5

The best team for the paper, thank you so much Mathieu G.Faure-Brac, Victoria S. Engelschiøn, @houssayecnrs.bsky.social @palaeo-prof.bsky.social Jørn Hurum and Benjamin Kear!

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Sep 5

Ichthyosaurs were fully pelagic five million years after the End Permian Mass Extinction - and we have fetal vertebrae from two Early Triassic taxa. That is the main findings in our @natureportfolio.nature.com Scientific Reports paper published just now🥳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Vertebral microstructure marks the emergence of pelagic ichthyosaurs soon after the End Permian Mass Extinction

www.nature.com

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Sjældne fossiler fundet på Bornholm: Kaster nyt lys over fortidens havdyr

For første gang er der fundet fossiler fra flere forskellige plesiosaurer ved Hasle Klint, heriblandt en sjælden unge.

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Aug 27

Today we had the MSc exam of Jørgen Krøglid on microstructure of ribs in ichthyosaurs and odontocetes 🥳 Thanks to Johan Lindgren and @siribirkeland.bsky.social as examiners and Mathieu Faure-Brac for co-supervision.🧪🐬🐬

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Aug 26

Original paper: 2dgf.dk/publikatione...

Bulletin Volume 74 – 2025

Contents Peel, J.S. 2025. Fauna of the Sæterdal Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) of North Greenland (Laurentia). Surlyk, F. 2025. A cluster of the brachiopod Magas chitoniformis (von Schlothe…

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Aug 26

So happy to see news coverage on our new #plesiosaur fossils, including the juvenile, from Bornholm @videnskab.dk! Paper led by Zoe Kinzella with @lauraminifera.bsky.social. 🧪🥳

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Bornholmerne gør det igen: Finder 190 millioner år gammel plesiosaur-unge

I alt fem plesiosaurer er blevet identificeret fra bornholmske fossiler. Især et af dem begejstrer forskerne bag opdagelsen.

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Aug 5

First juvenile plesiosaur from Denmark! Congratulations to Zoe Kinzella who just published her bachelor🥳 I am impressed and a very proud co-author with @lauraminifera.bsky.social 🥳🧪 Early Jurassic plesiosaurs from Bornholm in the Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark doi.org/10.37570/bgs...

Bulletin Volume 74 – 2025

Contents Peel, J.S. 2025: Fauna of the Sæterdal Formation (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4) of North Greenland (Laurentia). Surlyk, F. 2025: A cluster of the brachiopod Magas chitoniformis (von Schlothe…

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Jul 30

Palaeontology or plant genomics and looking for a PhD position? At the Natural History Museum in Oslo @uio.no we offer one paid position in each 🧪🪸🐚🌸💐 Come work with us!

www.nhm.uio.no/english/abou...

Vacancies at the Natural History Museum - Natural History Museum

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · Jul 10

The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.

It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.

No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Jul 16

Paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Adaptations for stealth in the wing-like flippers of a large ichthyosaur - Nature

Analysis of a fossilized front flipper of the Jurassic ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus that preserves details of soft tissue indicates the presence of a serrated trailing edge that would have reduced noi...

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Jul 16

Interesting new study on soft tissue forefin fossils of Jurassic ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus, suggested to be used for stealth swimming www.sciencenews.org/article/mari... 🧪

How an ancient marine predator snuck up on its prey

Serrations at the edges of a fossilized flipper of the ancient marine reptile Temnodontosaurussuggests it may have been able to swim silently.

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Lene Liebe Delsett @leneliebedelsett.bsky.social · Jul 13

On my way home from a visiting scholar stay in Chicago on a grant from the Field Museum. Thank you so much for having me, and very special thanks to host and collaborator Arjan Mann! So many reptile fossils in an amazing #museum #collection🤩🤩🧪

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