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Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird #Iberomesornis romerali by Castro-Terol et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Dinosaurios (#Aves) del #Cretácico Inferior de #Cuenca

New information on the anatomy of Iberomesornis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Castro-Terol et al.)

Review of wing-propelled diving in birds: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Storer)

Javier Castro-Terol, Alejandro Pérez-Ramos, Jingmai K. O’Connor, José Luis Sanz & F. J. Serrano (2025) Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird Iberomesornis romerali Geobios www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today's stop and the rest of the week is Karlsruhe. Busy with such a quantity of fossils!

Messel here we go! 🦉

🦅✨ Yesterday at #26CEO, F. J. Serrano delivered a fascinating closing talk on the evolution of powered flight in birds. 🔍 How did flight shape avian diversification and help modern birds survive mass extinctions? 🧐 Exciting insights! #FlapEvolProject #Paleontology

🚀 #FlapEvolProject debuta en #26CEO con aportaciones de Costa-Pérez y un servidor, explorando la evolución del sinsacro en las aves 🦴🦢 y la disparidad morfológica del húmero en Enantiornithes. 🔍✨ Mañana, más sobre la evolución del vuelo con la conferencia de clausura de F. J. Serrano. 🦅🎤

¡¡CONCURSO !! ¿Quieres ganar el libro “Aves de Europa”, de Lynx Ediciones? Participar en el sorteo es muy fácil: - Dinos qué especie de pájaro europeo te gustaría más poder observar - Sigue las cuentas @elherrerillo.bsky.social y @lynxnaturebooks.bsky.social - Haz retuit

'Dino Birds' airs on @pbs.org in N. America tomorrow (9pm, 5th Feb.). Follow research from our lab and colleagues around the world revealing the origin of birds. Hope you enjoy it! www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi... @stevebrusatte.bsky.social @gnavalon.bsky.social @ksepkalab.bsky.social

PostDoc position in evolutionary genomics available with Dan MacQueen at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, part of our BBSRC sLoLa on rediploidisation following whole genome duplication

Something for (sub) #FossilFriday! Saw a beautiful pair of solitaire skeletons at the Hunterian. These birds were basically the island of Rodrigues' equivalent of a dodo. Also large, also flightless, also driven to extinction by European colonists 🦤🧪🦉

Salir de la facultad un viernes por la tarde es como atravesar las Quebradas de los Túmulos. No queda nadie... vivo.

#NHMLAC is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of #UNLAB postbaccalaureate researchers! Apply to spend a year working with a curator on a biodiversity research project in L.A.—view program details, eligibility requirements, and more: nhm.org/how-apply-un...

If you need a summary of recent advances in the field of bird paleontology, my labmates at @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social have a new paper out reviewing the origins of the avian brain, palate, wing skeleton, and air-filled bones! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🪶🧪 (📷Field et al.)

So, you want to be a palaeontologist and study prehistoric life, but don't know where to start? Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it? Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)

IV Edición 'Koprolitos de Oro': elegimos los mejores #cómics, #películas y #videojuegos con referencias paleontológicas que nos ha dejado 2024: ▶️ koprolitos.blogspot.com/2024/12/iv-e... Para ello, necesitamos vuestra ayuda. Vota a tus favoritos aquí: forms.gle/v1jh1rexqLHm...

Sharks eating dinosaurs! At the charming National Museum in Prague. Totally morbid paleoart. But based on one of the few Czech dinosaur fossils, an ornithopod bone crisscrossed with the razor blade bites of sharks.

Check out the mesmerizing moment - a crocodile embryo hatching from its egg! 🥚🐊 Our new research in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reveals how compressive forces, rather than gene interactions, sculpt their intricate head scales - learn more here ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

This is the face of a shark! I've stained the mineralised tissues to show that their teeth and scales are both made of the same enamel-like material 🦈 🦷 🧪

After the Moa, another bird for this mammal-heavy series. Which makes me wonder if we have any paleolithic depictions of now extinct reptiles... #paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio

No hay nada como una vigorosa brisa de aire gélido por la mañana.

I have a new paper out on the evolution of hearing in toothed whales! It looks like a narrow range of high-frequency auditory sensitivity in some living dolphins and porpoises may be an ancestral physiology rather than novel specializations in select groups. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Since today is International Cheetah Day—and as it happens to be my favorite felid—I’ve decided to write this thread highlighting its remarkable adaptations. Let’s delve into the evolutionary marvels of the fastest land animal:

We've put together a CRAN Task View for the palaeontological community - a curated list of R packages relevant for palaeontological research 📦🦕. You can install the CRAN Task View via: ctv::install.views("Paleontology") Docs: cran.r-project.org/web/views/Pa... #Paleontology #Rstats #Palaeoverse

🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us! Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens! Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me. Details👇 e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

Hoy en Calle Málaga, Mijas. Los viandantes graban a un buitre leonado.

Though only about half of the world’s rhino species have gone extinct since the late Pleistocene, to get the full story, we should take a look at how massively their distributions have shrunk. Even in historical times, Sumatran and Javan rhinoes were more fittingly southeast Asian rhinos.

Leaping Balaur bondoc #paleoart for #FossilFriday. This image follows the interpretation that Balaur was an omnivorous bird, not a "double-clawed" dromaeosaur. The skull is unknown, so the head is based on Sapeornis. Originally created for the first @palaeogames.bsky.social book. #sciart

This morning's blue artwork, for all the new #Bluesky people, features Platecarpus and Enchodus...

Really nice commentary by Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social @quantamagazine.bsky.social about our study of the age and nature of LUCA, led by the awesome Ed Moody @emoody.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/all-life-on-...

Thrilled to share: out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social (!) just in time for Thanksgiving, the dinosaurian history of how your turkey does the twist. Fibular reduction enabled mid-drumstick mobility, unlocking extreme knee long-axis rotation in theropods 🍗🦖🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08251-w

This was my last birding trip in Portugal, at a place I strongly recommend visiting if you love birdwatching: Quinta de Marim. Located within the Ria Formosa Natural Park, this spot beautifully combines wetlands with pine forests on sandy soils.

He creado este grupo de WhatsApp para estudiantes de doctorado del Programa de Diversidad Biológica y Medio Ambiente de la @univmalaga.bsky.social. Siéntete libre de unirte y compartirlo, ya somos unos pocos: chat.whatsapp.com/Ifa2VcW8dHy0...

I’ll be there in a few months to continue my research on the basal forms of modern bird orders!

The study of the frozen mummy of Homotherium latidens provided direct observations of its fur, muzzle shape, auricle position, mouth opening, and nasal planum morphology, as well as front paw features and muscle distribution. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New Bird Species from the Age of Dinosaurs Fills in the Gaps of Bird Brain Evolution: bit.ly/Navaornishes...

Navaornis shows intermediate brain morphology between Archaeopteryx and modern #birds, blending ancestral and derived traits. Its exceptionally preserved skull indicates an evolutionary stage in avian neuroanatomy, suggesting modern bird brains evolved modularly. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just made the move to Bluesky! I’ve tried to follow all my friends and academic colleagues, but I’m sure I’ve missed someone along the way. Feel free to follow me here so we can stay connected!