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Prof. Sharlene Santana @sesantana.bsky.social · 14h

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about #bat turbinals, in our most recent paper – check it out!
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Functional microanatomy of nasal turbinals in bats

Iodine-enhanced micro-CT (diceCT) scanning allows visualization of whole bat heads (a, showing Anoura geoffroyi) as well as internal structures such as nasal turbinals, including their mucosal coveri...

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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 17h

We're excited to share a new Special Issue on sabretooth taxa, broadly defined. From defining what makes a sabertooth/tusk to exploring fossil taxa and saber function.
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19328494...
Volume edited by Hartstone-Rose, Werdelin & Pollock

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Juan Liu @liujuan.bsky.social · 5d

Excavated from the Pisces Point locality of Scollard Formation in Alberta, Canada, ~67 million years old, Acronichthys maccognoi, newly reported in @science.org, was recovered from ancient water body that flipped seasonally between fast-flowing channels and quiet, still pools.

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 6d

🚨We're hiring! The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History is seeking a tenure-track split position as Assistant Curator of Ichthyology and Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. Please retweet & share with colleagues! 🐟🐠🧪

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174674

A job ad with multiple images, including the exterior of the museum, a view of collections (jars on shelves), and pictures of some cool, tropical fish but I don't know enough about fish to describe them other than to say they're pretty colors of yellow and blue/green

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 6d

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Juan Liu @liujuan.bsky.social · 6d

New in @science.org, meet Acronichthys maccagnoi, a new species from Late Creatacous Canada that changes what we know about the origins and evolution of one of the most successful fish groups on Earth.

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Clark Evans @clarkevanswx.bsky.social · 9d

The Univ. of Nebraska’s Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has established a webpage soliciting the community’s help in saving their program. Their hearing in front of campus admin is next Friday, Oct 10th. Please consider sharing why they’re essential!

eas.unl.edu/save-earth-a...

Save Earth and Atmospheric Sciences! | Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Nebraska

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is proposing to close the Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) as part of its budget reduction plan. We strongly oppose this plan. EAS conducts research ...

eas.unl.edu

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 9d

New preprint: Brawn before bite in endemic Asian mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction. #Paleontology #Mammals #Extinction

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

TLDR: S. China mammals diversified dentally, tracked environment, then leveled up bite mechanics all within the first 10 m.y. post K-Pg.

Brawn before bite in endemic Asian mammals after the end-Cretaceous extinction

The first 10 million years (Myr) following the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction marked a period of global greenhouse conditions and dramatic rise of placental mammals. Because ~80% of known...

www.biorxiv.org

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 19d

Studying wrist and ankle bones for fossil id and found it amusing how carpals have wired names like magnum and unciform but tarsals have tired names like cuneiform 1, 2, 3. Like they ran out of cool names for bones by the time they got to feet 😆

Labeled museum bone specimens representing the foot of a raccoon scattered over a gray table top.

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 23d

a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van

ALT: a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 23d

Two new papers on fossil carnivorans. Old collections continue to offer new insights! @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social & IVPP

Late Miocene immigrant carnivorans in California...
www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/...

Eco-functional divergence of Crocuta and Pachycrocuta...
www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/...

Late Miocene immigrant carnivorans in California, USA highlight a coastal corridor for intercontinental dispersals

www.vertpala.ac.cn

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · 29d

Raising a single malt for Mark today...

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · Aug 30

It's the missing link to canid origins that the experts have obviously not considered...more reason why 'we can't trust experts'?

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Narimane Chatar @narimanechatar.bsky.social · Aug 27

New paper out today lead by @tsengzj.bsky.social where we test the 150-year-old hypothesis that the unique jaw torus in Nimravus is an adaptation to resist bite forces using FEA🦁🔪our results highlight some functional advantage of the torus, which are amplified at larger gape doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Department of Integrative Biology @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Anatomy! Open until September 19. Please share with anatomy/paleo/func-morph colleagues and friends. Happy to answer any questions. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05053

Assistant Teaching Professor - Human Anatomy- Department of Integrative Biology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Chris Law @chrislaw.bsky.social · Jul 18

New preprint with @tsengzj.bsky.social & @hlusko.bsky.social! Here, we developed the most comprehensive phenomic dataset of extant and extinct pan-carnivorans to test how Cenozoic climatic change influenced the evolution of the cranial, appendicular, & axial skeleton

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Long-fuse evolution of carnivoran skeletal phenomes through the Cenozoic

Climatic change is hypothesized to promote phenotypic diversification. While neontological analyses are often used to test this hypothesis, extant data only captures the time-averaged signal of surviv...

www.biorxiv.org

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Nicolas Alexandre @nicmalexandre.bsky.social · May 21

🚨New paper alert!🚨
We show that hummingbird beaks have changed in shape & size since around WWII, driven by the rise of commercialized feeders! 🧵
📄 Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
#ornithology #evolution #GlobalChangeBiology

Supplemental Feeding as a Driver of Population Expansion and Morphological Change in Anna's Hummingbirds

Bird beaks are highly adaptable, with the potential to undergo rapid morphological shifts in response to environmental change such as climatic variation or food availability. Anna's Hummingbirds (Cal...

dx.doi.org

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Chris Law @chrislaw.bsky.social · May 20

Great day at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium!

Over the last two years, my mentees learned to develop hypotheses, collect data, code, and present results. All of this would not be possible without NSF support.

Students presenting posters of their research

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · May 16

Yeah…☹️

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · May 15

Read this w/ mixed feelings: the success of integrative approaches to studying evolution sped up the disappearance of disciplinary hires in areas such as paleo. UCMP’s 5 full time vert paleos now down to 2.

Candidates w/ paleo training need to be centered in a more popular field to improve chances.

Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · May 14

Our report on employment is out in Paleobiology
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States

www.cambridge.org

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Dr. Brendan Anderson @fossilsndcoffee.bsky.social · May 14

Our report on employment is out in Paleobiology
(They did let us append that the paper was accepted before the election/changes to NSF and other granting agencies)

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core

Employment in paleontology: status and trends in the United States

www.cambridge.org

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · May 7

TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · May 5

The Royal Ontario Museum is hiring a new collections manager! Please spread the word.

Collections Specialist 2: Fossils (Vertebrate Paleontology) - Royal Ontario Museum - Careers

t.co/CTtfs3MBMB

https://royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Y0ko0E8RPR/Collections-Specialist-2-Fossils-Vertebrate-Paleontology

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Z. Jack Tseng @tsengzj.bsky.social · May 3

Congratulations!

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Apr 28

Scott Pelly of 60 Minutes says Paramount is interfering with their reporting on the Trump administration because they want Trump to approve a merger and that prompted the resignation of executive producer Bill Owen’s.

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · Apr 28

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

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