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Molly Tumelty @mollytumelty.bsky.social · Jun 30

Thank you!!!:)

Molly Tumelty @mollytumelty.bsky.social · May 20

Finally handed in my MSci dissertation!! The project used CT scanning to redescribe a Carboniferous ray-finned fish🐟

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Dr Stephan Lautenschlager @palaeostephan.bsky.social · Apr 28

An interesting change from reconstructing dinosaurs and other terrestrial animals... My digital restoration and reconstruction of the cyathaspid heterostracan Anglaspis heintzi from our new paper (see below). #FossilFish #DigitalReconstruction #Palaeontology

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Molly Tumelty @mollytumelty.bsky.social · Apr 4

Sick day attending the BIFoR sustainability and climate change education forum and visiting BIFoR FACE!

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Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · Mar 26

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/...

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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Dr Stephan Lautenschlager @palaeostephan.bsky.social · Mar 25

New therizinosaur fossils are always exciting. But this one is particularly weird/cool having only two fingers!

Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

This bizarre new dinosaur has something in common with modern sloths

Like T. rex and some modern sloths, this strange 90 million year old dinosaur had two fingers on each hand.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Dr Elsa Panciroli @elsa-panciroli.bsky.social · Mar 21

Back in Black. Ever wondered what colour mammals were in the time of dinosaurs? Well a sample of six #MesozoicMammals suggests they were *drum roll* all dark brown/black.
The original goths, I love 'em more than ever.
Congrats to the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration

Pelage coloration, which serves numerous functions, is crucial to the evolution of behavior, physiology, and habitat preferences of mammals. However, little is known about the coloration of Mesozoic m...

www.science.org

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Molly Tumelty @mollytumelty.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thank you!!:)

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Molly Tumelty @mollytumelty.bsky.social · Jan 29

First publication!:) anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui

Determining the ecology of fossil species presents considerable challenges due to the often fragmentary preservation of specimens. The mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui from the Jurassic of China is known...

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · Jan 24

Tumelty, M., & Lautenschlager, S. (2025). Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui. The Anatomical Record, 1–21. doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...

Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui

Determining the ecology of fossil species presents considerable challenges due to the often fragmentary preservation of specimens. The mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui from the Jurassic of China is known....

doi.org

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