The Skullywag Lab
@theskullywaglab.bsky.social
Welcome to The Skullywag Lab! I'm Dr Rex.
Talking the bare-bones of skull science 💀
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEYIN9KlJ6i5uuFy2PCOdfg
Talking the bare-bones of skull science 💀
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEYIN9KlJ6i5uuFy2PCOdfg
Also postdoc Rex @theskullywaglab.bsky.social with our magnetised build your own placoderm poster and model. People had great fun trying to assemble it! #CAVEPS2025
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Two threatened bettong species possess distinct jaw adaptations that enable them to crack open tough sandalwood and quandong seeds, offering insights for targeted conservation efforts. doi.org/hbb24p
Little bettongs' dramatic nut-cracker performance
Native Australian animals range from high-hopping kangaroos to fast-running emus—but clever little bettongs also have a special ability to find and eat the food they love.
phys.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Two threatened bettong species possess distinct jaw adaptations that enable them to crack open tough sandalwood and quandong seeds, offering insights for targeted conservation efforts. doi.org/hbb24p
Our lab just published a cool paper on seed-cracking bettongs. Not just any seeds, but some of the hardest seeds out there! Two species in the same genus showing different adaptations to hard biting. Very cool 💀💀🤓🤓 #skull #science academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Our lab just published a cool paper on seed-cracking bettongs. Not just any seeds, but some of the hardest seeds out there! Two species in the same genus showing different adaptations to hard biting. Very cool 💀💀🤓🤓 #skull #science academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Terrible for the birds, but it's fascinating to see this small glider species becoming more actively predatory in real time 💀
academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
Phenotype response for the invasive Petaurus notatus in Tasmania
Petaurus notatus (Krefft’s Glider), introduced to Tasmania in the 1830s, has been linked to bird predation. Using geometric morphometrics, we found that Ta
academic.oup.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Terrible for the birds, but it's fascinating to see this small glider species becoming more actively predatory in real time 💀
academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...
Interesting study on carnivore jaws www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Interesting study on carnivore jaws www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by The Skullywag Lab
"How I made a magnetized model of a 385 million year old placoderm" brought to you by Flinders Palaeo and The SkullyWagLab @theskullywaglab.bsky.social
#placoderm #GogoFormation #arthrodire #Blender #3Dprinting
www.youtube.com/shorts/0NByE...
#placoderm #GogoFormation #arthrodire #Blender #3Dprinting
www.youtube.com/shorts/0NByE...
How I made a magnetized model of a 385 million year old placoderm
YouTube video by The Skullywag Lab
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October 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"How I made a magnetized model of a 385 million year old placoderm" brought to you by Flinders Palaeo and The SkullyWagLab @theskullywaglab.bsky.social
#placoderm #GogoFormation #arthrodire #Blender #3Dprinting
www.youtube.com/shorts/0NByE...
#placoderm #GogoFormation #arthrodire #Blender #3Dprinting
www.youtube.com/shorts/0NByE...
Joy! A new place to find cool bones! Well done team Ozboneviz: an Australian precedent in FAIR 3D imagery and extended biodiversity collections
url:https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf064/8157903
url:https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf064/8157903
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Joy! A new place to find cool bones! Well done team Ozboneviz: an Australian precedent in FAIR 3D imagery and extended biodiversity collections
url:https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf064/8157903
url:https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biaf064/8157903
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#FossilFriday it’s been an action-packed week for fossil CT and FEA fans:
-During et al: efficient and open-access CT segmentation
-Díaz de León-Muñoz et al: open-access FE modeling
-Mitchell et al: new framework for comparative FEA
All open access! Kudos to the authors.
(links in thread) 1/4
-During et al: efficient and open-access CT segmentation
-Díaz de León-Muñoz et al: open-access FE modeling
-Mitchell et al: new framework for comparative FEA
All open access! Kudos to the authors.
(links in thread) 1/4
March 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#FossilFriday it’s been an action-packed week for fossil CT and FEA fans:
-During et al: efficient and open-access CT segmentation
-Díaz de León-Muñoz et al: open-access FE modeling
-Mitchell et al: new framework for comparative FEA
All open access! Kudos to the authors.
(links in thread) 1/4
-During et al: efficient and open-access CT segmentation
-Díaz de León-Muñoz et al: open-access FE modeling
-Mitchell et al: new framework for comparative FEA
All open access! Kudos to the authors.
(links in thread) 1/4
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Are we standardising FEA models wrong? Is it a bit of garbage in, garbage out?
A new study suggests so, and sets out three protocols for standardising the FEA models with respect to what the heck you are actually looking at.
#evobio #Mammals 🧪
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
A new study suggests so, and sets out three protocols for standardising the FEA models with respect to what the heck you are actually looking at.
#evobio #Mammals 🧪
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Testing hypotheses of skull function with comparative finite element analysis: three methods reveal contrasting results
Summary: Common approaches for scaling muscle forces in skull finite element models might not always offer reliable results for all hypotheses: a framework for selecting the appropriate method is prov...
journals.biologists.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Are we standardising FEA models wrong? Is it a bit of garbage in, garbage out?
A new study suggests so, and sets out three protocols for standardising the FEA models with respect to what the heck you are actually looking at.
#evobio #Mammals 🧪
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
A new study suggests so, and sets out three protocols for standardising the FEA models with respect to what the heck you are actually looking at.
#evobio #Mammals 🧪
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Some interesting findings from our new methods paper. We used the skull of the presumed-extinct desert rat-kangaroo as a case study and discovered some important details about its feeding habits 🦘💀
theconversation.com/presumed-ext...
theconversation.com/presumed-ext...
Presumed extinct, this desert rat-kangaroo may still be alive in hiding. New analysis reveals its delicate diet
Knowing what an animal eats can help biologists find it – especially when a species is as elusive as this one.
theconversation.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Some interesting findings from our new methods paper. We used the skull of the presumed-extinct desert rat-kangaroo as a case study and discovered some important details about its feeding habits 🦘💀
theconversation.com/presumed-ext...
theconversation.com/presumed-ext...
For any researchers that study skull function using comparative finite element analysis, our new paper outlining how to scale muscle forces to adequately represent the hypothesis is extremely important
#skull #science #finiteelementanalysis #evolution
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#skull #science #finiteelementanalysis #evolution
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Testing hypotheses of skull function with comparative finite element analysis: three methods reveal contrasting results
Summary: Common approaches for scaling muscle forces in skull finite element models might not always offer reliable results for all hypotheses: a framework for selecting the appropriate method is prov...
journals.biologists.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For any researchers that study skull function using comparative finite element analysis, our new paper outlining how to scale muscle forces to adequately represent the hypothesis is extremely important
#skull #science #finiteelementanalysis #evolution
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
#skull #science #finiteelementanalysis #evolution
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
