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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 9d

Spent a little time in the last couple of day working with micro-CT scans of frogs again. This is the holotype of Rhombophryne coronata. I’m hoping to submit a manuscript including a plate of this specimen’s skeleton tomorrow! 🧪🐸🩻

Rhombophryne coronata rendered in 3D from a micro-CT scan. It’s not perfect, but it’s damn good.

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Nicholas Wu @nicholaswu.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Postdoc in evolutionary genomics of heat stress adaptation position at @ucddublin.bsky.social.
📍 Dublin, Ireland
Closes: 15th Oct 2025
🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV094/u...

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Morgan PROUST @morganproust.bsky.social · 13d

Hello, microanatomy &/or salamander enthusiasts!

If you’re a first-year master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of two salamanders sp., with already great results on the humerus.

What: Zeugopod microanatomy
Where: SMNS

Contact: [email protected]

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Morgan PROUST @morganproust.bsky.social · 13d

Hello, microanatomy &/or salamander enthusiasts!

If you’re a master’s student, I might have an exciting internship for you on the microanatomy of a broad sample of salamanders!

What: long bones microanatomy
Where: SMNS

Contact: [email protected]

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 16d

Four generic frogs? No! These are members of four different FAMILIES from Europe, Borneo, Madagascar, and East Africa, convergently evolved on the generic brown frog morphotype! 🧪🐸

Ranidae: Rana temporaria, a generic brown frog from Denmark.

Dicroglossidae: Limnonectes paramacrodon, a generic brown frog from Borneo.

Mantellidae: Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis, a generic brown frog from Madagascar.

Pyxicephalidae: Amieitia tenuoplicata, a generic brown frog from Tanzania.

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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thrilled to announce version 2.0 of my poster featuring some of Madagascar's endemic frog species, to scale! This version features 176 species—40 more than version 1.1 (now retired)! Check it out!
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www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Som...

The poster features 176 species of frog from Madagascar, to scale. The biggest species are over 100 mm, the smallest are under 10 mm. They come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and colours. So many variations on the theme of frog!

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Prof. Valentin Fischer @val-fisch.bsky.social · 22d

Are you tired of people constantly overestimating body size of marine reptiles? No longer!

We provide equations to estimate body size in ichthyosaurians, mosasaurids, and thalattosuchians.

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Robin Saulnier Masson @robinslnr.bsky.social · 23d

Last week: #SEH2025 in Bonn !

I gave my very first talk, about the Homology of the shoulder joint and forelimb muscles #anura.

I hope to submit the paper later this year, so stay tuned 😉

Many thanks to the organisers of this congress !

#SEH2025 #herpetology #anura #amphibian #frog #toad

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Ivan Gomez-Mestre @igmestre.bsky.social · 27d

We offer a fully funded 4-yr contract for a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology to join our group (www.eco-evo-devo.com). The project will combine genomics and ecophysiology to understand the evolution of developmental plasticity in spadefoot toads. For requisites and contact info please check 👇

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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

www.nature.com

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Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the lab at @gtsciences.bsky.social in Fall 2026! Broad taxonomic and topical freedom under the umbrella of vertebrate joint form and function. Information here: www.manafzadeh.com – please share 🦴🩻

Armita R. Manafzadeh @armanafzadeh.bsky.social · Jul 2

✨Some news✨: after finishing my postdoc, I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. Join us in Atlanta to study how joints work and where they come from!

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Alexis Rastier 🌿 @alexisrastier.bsky.social · Sep 2

In May and Jully 2025, I presented some new results from my PhD dedicated to the Latest Famennian flora of Euramerica🌿 in the Swedish Museum of Natural history and at Agora Paleobotanica in Paris. At Agora, I was awarded the Boureau Prize for the best oral presentation. 😄🏆 #Paleobotany #Devonian

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LIB-MorphoLab @lib-morpholab.bsky.social · Aug 17

📢 job alert: Scientific lead (f/m/d) for #biodiversity #dataScience @leibnizlib.bsky.social. Application deadline: 31.8., for details see 8101202752.karriereportal.cloud/job/2025-10-...

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Karriereportal für Bewerbungen

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Dino Pulerà @dpulera.bsky.social · Aug 13

Today is International Armadillo Day! Even these amazing mammals share similar bones with humans, their specialized forelimbs have evolved for digging.
#SciArt #SciComm #VizSciComm, #armadillo, #InternationalArmadilloDay #anatomy

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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨Paper Alert🚨Wanna know how a climate crisis 56 million years ago shaped the current diversity of salamandrids? Check the the paper led by the amazing Loredana Macaluso and a fantastic team of [email protected], A. Villa & B. Mennecart. I am truly delighted to be part of it!!!🦎👇

Roberto Rozzi @robertorozzi.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our study on the role of the #PETM on the early evolutionary success of #salamandrids is out! Delighted to be part of this great project led by Loredana Macaluso, with A.Villa, @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social & B.Mennecart #salamanders #climatechanges 🌡☀️⌛️
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... (1/2)

Time to grow up: the PETM climatic event favoured metamorphosing salamanders (Urodela, Salamandridae) | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Currently, little is known about the early evolution and geographical origin of Salamandridae, the most species-rich family of Palearctic salamanders. The description of new fossil material from the e...

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Gabriel S. Ferreira (he/his) @gsferreira.bsky.social · May 30

🚨🚨PhD position alert!🚨🚨
Do you like 🐢🐢? Or ecomorph evolution? I am offering a 36-month PhD position funded by the DFG about ecomorphology and neuroanatomy of turtles. Check out the ad here: www.senckenberg.de/en/career/sc...

Please share and if you have questions, send me a message 😉

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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · Apr 30

Paper alert 🚨
Our 1rst paper with @vivienl.bsky.social and colleagues is out in Functional Ecology! In this paper, we investigated how complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata.Want to know more? Read this👇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Complete metamorphosis promotes morphological and functional diversity in Caudata

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · Apr 8

Want to know more about craniofacial evolution in vertebrates? Join us at symposium#9 organized by Olivia Plateau and Kevin Le Verger @ESEB2025 in beautiful Barcelona!!!! #frenchconnexion #ESEB2025

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Marion Segall @marionsegall.bsky.social · Mar 21

I am looking for a PhD candidate to work on the morphological and functional evolution of the head shape of limbless squamates. The project will involve evolutionary biology, experimental and computational biomechanics, and a lot of scaly animals!!! More info here:
adum.fr/as/ed/voirpr...

adum.fr

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Pauline Provini @paulineprovini.bsky.social · Apr 2

Pour participer au projet @e-colplus.bsky.social de numérisation en 3D des collections naturalistes françaises, envoyer votre candidature avant le 30 avril.

e-COL+ @e-colplus.bsky.social · Mar 28

#JobAlert!
Nous cherchons un opérateur de numérisation pour le projet e-COL+.
Si vous avez de l'expérience avec la numérisation 3D (acquisition ou post-traitement) et avec les collections naturalistes, n'hésitez pas à postuler : recrutement.mnhn.fr/front-jobs-d...

🗓️ Deadline : 30 avril 2025

Technicien de collection spécialisé en numérisation 3D (F/H) @ Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Muséum national d'Histoire naturellerecrute !

recrutement.mnhn.fr

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Prof. Valentin Fischer @val-fisch.bsky.social · Mar 28

It might sound crazy but we are going to build up a life-size sculpture of Mosasaurus right in the city center of Liège! You can discover and contribute to project via this link!
promethea.koalect.com/project/43722

@universitedeliege.bsky.social

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · Mar 26

A failure to act is not an act of political neutrality.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Royal Society decides not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk

Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation ‘could do more harm than good’

www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Valentin Fischer @val-fisch.bsky.social · Mar 20

New paper out on the morphology of early carnivoran Cynodictis! Lead by Dr. Kevin Le Verger and with mind blowing illustrations by Charlène Letenneur; check it out!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@universitedeliege.bsky.social @mnhn.fr

Cranial osteology of Cynodictis (Amphicyonidae), the oldest European carnivoran - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

The amphicyonids, colloquially called ‘beardogs’, are one of the oldest known groups of caniformians, taking part in the initial radiation of this carnivoran clade. While the oldest American occurrenc...

link.springer.com

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Dr Alice Clement @draliceclement.bsky.social · Feb 24

We are hiring!! 🦎🧠🐍 2 year postdoc to work on on the evolution of brains in snakes and lizards (on our current ARC Discovery project).

Applications close 25th March 2025!

careers.adelaide.edu.au/cw/en/job/51...

Learn more about South Australia's new university for the future.

careers.adelaide.edu.au

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