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Science Magazine @science.org · Sep 4

New findings in Science suggest that rodents owe much of their evolutionary success to their thumb-nail (the first digit, D1), an adaptation that gave them dexterous hands for cracking seeds and nuts.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/46caVho

This red squirrel’s hands display tiny nail-bearing thumbs, alongside large claw-bearing digits.

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Dr. Bethany Allen @bethanyjallen.bsky.social · Sep 4

Huge thanks to @palaeopercs.bsky.social for inviting and hosting me! If you missed my talk on Tuesday, you can now catch up via their YouTube channel 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x19X...

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Phil Mannion @pdmannion.bsky.social · Sep 4

New paper in which we evaluate how we can use information on past extinction events to better contextualise the ongoing anthropogenic extinction, led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social (with @bethanyjallen.bsky.social, @inesismartins.bsky.social, & others): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Rafaela Missagia @rmissagia.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our paper on rodent thumbnails is out! Big team effort, powered by museum collections. Turns out, nails can reveal a lot about rodent evolution. Shoutout to Dr. Gordon Shepherd for the wild idea to study rodents thumbs!

Science Magazine @science.org · Sep 4

New findings in Science suggest that rodents owe much of their evolutionary success to their thumb-nail (the first digit, D1), an adaptation that gave them dexterous hands for cracking seeds and nuts.

Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/46caVho

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Awww! Thanks Anne-Claire!

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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · Aug 3

You can be proud! They were all amazing!!! 🤩

Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Proud supervisor moment! 🥹🤩
So incredible to watch our undergrad students from the lab shine in front of such a knowledgeable audience at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social. They absolutely crushed it and I couldn’t be prouder!
@fernandalandim.bsky.social, Anna Clara Annes, Jorge Silva and Gabriela Karam.

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Catalina Pimiento 🆓🇵🇸 @pimientoc.bsky.social · Aug 1

No, it is not a dream. This actually happened!!! We had a *fantastic* #CPEGCPB26 meeting and I cannot articulate any other adjective to describe it until I recover from it. Thanks to everyone who attended and everyone who helped making this happen. @kristinakocakova.bsky.social

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USP - Universidade de São Paulo @uspoficial.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fóssil de tartaruga marinha de 50 milhões de anos é o primeiro vertebrado fóssil nomeado na Síria. A Syriemys lelunensis recua a origem do grupo Stereogenyini em mais de 10 milhões de anos

Pesquisadores encontram fóssil inédito de tartaruga marinha na Síria

Coletada em Aleppo, "Syriemys lelunensis" é a primeira nova espécie de vertebrado extinto já descrita do país e corresponde ao registro mais antigo de sua linhagem no mundo

jornal.usp.br

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · Aug 1

We are honored on #FossilFriday to receive an Apex publication award for our Special Issue on comparative and functional anatomy of Triassic tetrapods: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
Editors Felipe Pinheiro, Flávio Pretto & Leonardo Kerber. Cover artwork by Márcio L. Castro

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Aaaaand, on the top of all that, @fernandalandim.bsky.social won the best standard talk prize!!! 🤩🤩🤩🥹🎉

Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Proud supervisor moment! 🥹🤩
So incredible to watch our undergrad students from the lab shine in front of such a knowledgeable audience at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social. They absolutely crushed it and I couldn’t be prouder!
@fernandalandim.bsky.social, Anna Clara Annes, Jorge Silva and Gabriela Karam.

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Lastly, it was great to see so many old friends after a long time and also meeting some folks for the first time in person! Thank you so much for the organising committee (@cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social) for delivering such an amazing talk! It was a blast!

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our postdoc Thayara Carrasco did not manage to attend in-person, but made herself present with a pre-recorded talk. I also had the pleasure to represent @mnritter.bsky.social during the poster session and to help organising a @palaeoverse.bsky.social workshop.

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Proud supervisor moment! 🥹🤩
So incredible to watch our undergrad students from the lab shine in front of such a knowledgeable audience at @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social. They absolutely crushed it and I couldn’t be prouder!
@fernandalandim.bsky.social, Anna Clara Annes, Jorge Silva and Gabriela Karam.

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Jun 13

shared results from their undergrad projects on sloth extinction patterns and the redescription of a notosuchian crocodylormoph specimen. Huge congrats to everyone!! 🥹👏🦖🐢🐊🦴

Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · Jun 13

Super proud of our lab students for their final course presentations: Luan Estevão defended his MSc on elasmarian ornithischians; Kamila Lima presented a poster on her undergrad research in conservation paleobiology of freshwater turtles; and @fernandalandim.bsky.social and Pedro Kenji+

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Dr. Jaimi Gray @jaimiagray.bsky.social · Jun 13

Can we just take a moment to appreciate turtle skeletons? 🐢🦴🤯 The original model of this gopher tortoise skeleton on Sketchfab (skfb.ly/ooVZS) is a crowd favorite & I've received requests for a downloadable version lately, so I uploaded a new one to MorphoSource: www.morphosource.org/concern/medi...

image with black background, showing a colored 3D model of a gopher tortoise with bisected shell and transparent right side, revealing the skeleton inside. Shown in anterior (top), anterolateral (middle), and right lateral (bottom) views. An image of the museum specimen on a white background, with scale bar, is shown in the top left corner.

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · May 24

If anyone eligible is willing to come to Brazil for a postdoc in our lab (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships) feel free to reach out!

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/la...

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) - Incoming/Outgoing

Everything you need to know about the PF call and application process. The call 2025 is open until 10 September.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Lewis A. Jones (he/him) @lewisajones.bsky.social · May 24

Pedro is a great researcher and an amazing person! What more could you ask for in a host? 😁

Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · May 24

If anyone eligible is willing to come to Brazil for a postdoc in our lab (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships) feel free to reach out!

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/la...

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) - Incoming/Outgoing

Everything you need to know about the PF call and application process. The call 2025 is open until 10 September.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · May 25

Thanks Lewis! 🥹

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · May 24

If anyone eligible is willing to come to Brazil for a postdoc in our lab (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships) feel free to reach out!

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/la...

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) - Incoming/Outgoing

Everything you need to know about the PF call and application process. The call 2025 is open until 10 September.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · May 7

I'm a bit late, since we were away for fieldwork, but check out our new paper on data equity in paleo, led by the amazing @emmadnn.bsky.social.

Emma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social · Apr 23

Delighted to share our paper on data equity in #palaeobiology as part of Paleobiology's 50th anniversary issue 🥳

We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️

doi.org/10.1017/pab....

Simplified flowchart illustrating generalised steps in palaeobiological research processes and the various factors that introduce inequity with regard to data collection, storage, study, analysis, publication, and reuse.

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Emma Dunne @emmadnn.bsky.social · Apr 23

Delighted to share our paper on data equity in #palaeobiology as part of Paleobiology's 50th anniversary issue 🥳

We look at how palaeo data is collected, stored, curated & shared, and how equity in these processes is crucial for our field's future (1/n) 🧪⚒️

doi.org/10.1017/pab....

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Pedro Godoy @pedrolgodoy.bsky.social · May 2

The MacroPaleo Lab has officially hit the field for the first time! It was tough, thrilling, and packed with adventure. Huge shoutout to our incredible field crew! Stay tuned—some fascinating discoveries are coming your way! 🦴 🦖 🪨 ⛏️

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Jeff Wilson Mantilla @diapophysis.bsky.social · Apr 25

Congratulations to my friend Diego Pol for his well deserved induction into the Argentine National Academy of Science!

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · Apr 30

Me and @richardjbutler.bsky.social have a new review paper today in which we make the case for the importance of systematics, taxonomy and fieldwork in palaeo. You should read it: you'll like it
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

New frontiers in dinosaur exploration | Biology Letters

Two hundred years after the naming of the first dinosaur, taxonomic studies remain an important component of dinosaur research. Around 50 new dinosaurs are named each year and are discovered from acro...

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