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Johannes Müller

Johannes Müller is a German prehistoric archaeologist. Currently, he is Professor at Kiel University. He has achieved a high international… more

Johannes Müller
H-index: 26
History 31%
Geology 12%
amniotalab.bsky.social
Great to have Marianne Brasil from Western Washington University visiting #AmniotaLab to work in the collections! 🦴🔍 She studies primate evolution combining modern primate data and the fossil record.
Thank you for sharing your passion for paleoanthropology with us!
amniotalab.bsky.social
We were delighted to host Dr. Khizar Samiullah from Ghazi University 🇵🇰 at #AmniotaLab
He shared his work on Neogene mammal fossils from the classical Siwalik sequences, and highlighted the work still ahead💪
amniotalab.bsky.social
Some pics from our #PALEONILE meeting today! We discussed paleo🦴, geology🪨, archaeology🏺 & geochronology🕰️

Team from MfN, TU Berlin, LIAG Hannover, Institute of Archaeology Prague, plus Al Neelain University & Khartoum Natural History Museum, Sudan 🇸🇩

@mfnberlin.bsky.social @tuberlin.bsky.social
amniotalab.bsky.social
Some of our past and current #AmniotaLab members just got back from the #CPEG meeting in Zurich so happy to have met so many fantastic and inspiring people!

Huge thanks to @cpeg-cpb25.bsky.social for a great conference, and for recognizing our poster as one of the best! An honor to be part of it 🙌
amniotalab.bsky.social
More #AmniotaLab science! 📢

Khalafallah Salih et al. describe a new Late Pleistocene crocodile from #Sudan 🐊
the first 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘥𝘺𝘭𝘶𝘴 from this period in Africa, and distinct from all known species!

Just the beginning for the #PALEONILE project 🌍🦴

🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A new late Pleistocene fossil crocodile from Sudan reveals hidden diversity of Crocodylus in Africa - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A new late Pleistocene fossil crocodile from Sudan reveals hidden diversity of Crocodylus in Africa
www.nature.com
amniotalab.bsky.social
Just out! This #AmniotaLab study led by 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 on 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘺𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 🦎 across the Balearics finds that bite force & morphology vary within populations, but don’t scale up to macroevolutionary scales

🔗 More:
academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

#Evolution #Lizards #FunctionalMorphology
amniotalab.bsky.social
Great to have @evomorpholab.bsky.social visiting us!
A fantastic few days of sharing ideas, methods, and common interests.
Looking forward to more collaboration ahead!
#EvolutionaryBiology #Paleobiology #AmniotaLab
amniotalab.bsky.social
Some collection work at the @mfnberlin.bsky.social
🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴👀

#AmniotaLab #MfNBerlin
Amniota Lab members working in the collections at the Museum für Naturkunde, surrounded by bones.

Reposted by: Johannes Müller

russellgarwood.co.uk
For #FossilFriday meet an ancestor of today's cockroaches, mantises and termites. This lovely animal is Sysciophlebia, and lived ~295 million years ago, in what is today Germany 🇩🇪 . It was 3.6cm long, and was a female. How do we know?

⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
A brown rock, with a lighter fossil insect in it. The fossil has a head with antennae (left), then a pronotum (~shiled shape plate), and then long wings with prominent veins. Under these you can make out some of the walking legs. Inset is a close up of a long structure towards the back of the animal, which it used to lay eggs in life.

Reposted by: Johannes Müller

thepalass.bsky.social
⚠️The website's new look ⬇️🎊
palass.org

#Website #palaeontology
amniotalab.bsky.social
⚠️ 𝘋𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘪 is on the move in Bangladesh! 🐍🌾

A new #AmniotaLab study shows a 5-fold increase in suitable habitat since 2015 driven by climate shifts, land use, and dispersal corridors. Rising encounters raise urgent public health concerns.

🔗 Read more: herpetozoa.pensoft.net/article/1434...
Expanding habitat suitability under changing climate and land use may drive rapid expansion of Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) in Bangladesh
Eco-climatic and other environmental gradients significantly influence the geographic distribution of reptiles. In Bangladesh, the known range of Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) has expanded extensi...
herpetozoa.pensoft.net

Reposted by: Johannes Müller

thepalass.bsky.social
The oldest definitive docodontan from central East Greenland sheds light on the origin of the clade onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @morphobank.bsky.social @paleodb.bsky.social
An artist's reconstruction of a pair of the small mammal Nujalikodon cassiopeiae facing one another on a rock enjoying a peaceful sunset in the Rhaetelv Formation, Greenland. There are stars in the sky to the left and trees outlined against the red of the sunset, with a passing pterosaur flying over. Artist: Pedro Andrade; CC BY NC 4.0.

Reposted by: Johannes Müller

sciencythoughts.bsky.social
Malformations in Trilobites from the Silurian and Devonian of Europe.
sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2025/06/malf...
amniotalab.bsky.social
Don't miss this thread! A new publication from #AmniotaLab led by @fernandoblancos.bsky.social. Enormous work!🦏🐘
fernandoblancos.bsky.social
🦏🦣🦌 LARGE paper alert!!! We tracked 60 million years of large herbivore evolution—over 3,000 fossil species—to uncover how ecosystems have changed and reorganized through time. What we found might help us understand the next big tipping point 🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Two major ecological shifts shaped 60 million years of ungulate faunal evolution - Nature Communications
Here, the authors analyze a fossil dataset spanning 60 million years to investigate ecological stability. Their network analysis identifies prolonged stability interrupted by two major functional tran...
www.nature.com

Reposted by: Johannes Müller

fernandoblancos.bsky.social
9/ This paper is the result of over 7 years of work—a true collective effort. Huge thanks to all my co-authors for making this possible! @ohsanisidro.bsky.social @singerstone.bsky.social @amniotalab.bsky.social et al.

📸 @singerstone.bsky.social
amniotalab.bsky.social
🚨 PhD Opportunity!
Join Mozes Blom’s group at @mfnberlin.bsky.social to study the demographic history of New Guinea bird populations 🐦🌴
#PhD #Ornithology #Evolution #Genomics
🗓️Apply by 11.06.2025
More info 👇
amniotalab.bsky.social
Some members of the #AmniotaLab are exploring the paleontological collections in London this week!
Stay tuned for more cool paleo stuff

Reposted by: Johannes Müller

friedmanlab.bsky.social
Now featuring belemnites and Baculites!
Scaled-up version of a Cretaceous marine diorama, with cephalopods made of repurposed waste.

Reposted by: Johannes Müller

arctomet.bsky.social
#FossilFriday The long-snouted Cretaceous enantiornithine bird Longipteryx chaoyangensis
Skeleton of the Cretaceous enanitornithine bird Longipteryx
amniotalab.bsky.social
Some pictures of our latest lab meeting. So many of us, we had to bring in an extra table!
Always a joy to gather as the #AmniotaLab and share science, laughs, and plans for what’s next.
amniotalab.bsky.social
It was such a pleasure to host Marco Cherin and Beatrice Azzarà from the THOR project last week at the @mfnberlin.bsky.social!
Great conversations, shared curiosity, and wonderful company.
Looking forward to the next one 🙌 Come back soon!
amniotalab.bsky.social
🐾 Just in! Our latest #AmniotaLabCollab 📚🔍

The most complete 𝘌𝘶𝘤𝘺𝘰𝘯 skeleton in Europe, from the Late Miocene site of Verduno, Italy 🇮🇹 offers new insights into canid evolution!

#Paleontology #Canidae #Fossils #AmniotaColLab

🔗 Read more:
academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
An articulated skeleton of Eucyon monticinensis (Carnivora: Canidae) from the latest Miocene of Verduno (Italy)
Abstract. The genus Eucyon includes several Late Miocene–Early Pleistocene canid species, the earliest of which, Eucyon davisi, is regarded as basal in the
academic.oup.com
amniotalab.bsky.social
#News&Views in @nature.com from Faysal Bibi spotlights a fascinating study: Ancient Arabia wasn’t always dry🏜️
Wetter periods over the past 7 million years may have opened key migration routes for animals and early humans 🚶‍♀️🌍

🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00905-7
A wetter ancient Arabia could have enabled easier intercontinental species dispersal
Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past seven million years could have influenced how species, including human ancestors, moved between continents.
www.nature.com

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