Guess who's back! 🦇 55 years missing: An international team led by the museum rediscovered the Turkestan long-eared bat in the Karakum Desert. Endemic species like 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘴 reveal how life adapts – and why protecting unique habitats matters. 🌏 📹 Christian Dietz #biodiversity #bats

Recent work from #AmniotaLab in Systematic Palaeontology! Sorbelli and collaborators describe a fossil frog from Early Pleistocene Italy: a large, robust frog that likely hunted hard-shelled invertebrates! don't miss it!👇

New #AmniotaLab research! Faysal Bibi and Jean-Renaud Boisserie describe a fossil buffalo from Ethiopia, revealing how early members of the lineage evolved into today’s African buffalo 🐃 paleo.peercommunityin.org/PCIPaleo/art...

Why extant, not extinct? A new JSP paper by Sorbelli 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. describes an extinct 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙖 species (Anura: Discoglossidae) from the Early Pleistocene of the Apennine Peninsula—offering fresh clues on how the genus survived in Eurasia. Read more: buff.ly/NGVelt5 #Paleosky @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!

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💪

New #AmniotaLab study: the first digital endocast 🧠 of the five-horned ruminant 🦌 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘹 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪 from Miocene Gargano (Italy) reveals a distinct evolutionary path among island mammals 👏 @pierreorgebin.bsky.social @robertorozzi.bsky.social 🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

🦌 A new #AmniotaColLab study led by Elpiniki-Maria Parparousi (with AmniotaLab’s Leonardo Sorbelli) describes a latest Early Pleistocene Dama-like deer from Cal Guardiola (NE Iberia). 🔗 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Paleontology #Pleistocene #Fossils

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

The latest publication from Khalafallah Salih about the exceptional fossil croc 🐊 from #Sudan was just featured on Al Jazeera! Don't miss it: www.aljazeera.net/science/2025... #PALEONILE project @mfnberlin.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 🙌

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...

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

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

Some collection work at the @mfnberlin.bsky.social 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴👀 #AmniotaLab #MfNBerlin

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

⚠️The website's new look ⬇️🎊 palass.org #Website #palaeontology

⚠️ 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...

Malformations in Trilobites from the Silurian and Devonian of Europe. sciencythoughts.blogspot.com/2025/06/malf...

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

What 60 million years of stable ecosystems teach us about today’s loss of species: www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/museum/me...

Don't miss this thread! A new publication from #AmniotaLab led by @fernandoblancos.bsky.social. Enormous work!🦏🐘

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

🚨 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 👇

CT scans at #mfnberlin revealed a pelvis from #Bromacker as 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴, shedding light on its anatomy and movement. The 290-million-year-old site still holds much undiscovered knowledge, calling for more #research! Learn more: bit.ly/dimetrodon-p... 🔨 Credits: T. Martens (1), A. End (2) 📸

Some members of the #AmniotaLab are exploring the paleontological collections in London this week! Stay tuned for more cool paleo stuff

#FossilFriday The long-snouted Cretaceous enantiornithine bird Longipteryx chaoyangensis

Now featuring belemnites and Baculites!

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.

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!

🐾 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...

The Natural History Museum Denmark is hiring a new Tenure-Track Assistant Professor and Curator of (Vertebrate) Palaeontology! Could it be you or someone you know‽ spread the word! Really excited to have a new colleague to work on our amazing collections! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

#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

Who said brontotheres weren’t selfie-ready? Check out this smiley Megacerops at the Yale Peabody Museum! #FossilFriday #paleobiology

Burgos retreat at @cenieh.bsky.social with some Amniota Lab members! Ignacio Lazagabaster, @fernandoblancos.bsky.social , @paleoiris.bsky.social @singerstone.bsky.social & @ohsanisidro.bsky.social Fossils, science, food and good vibes #paleobiology #AmniotaLab #MACPALS

📢 New #AmniotaLab study! Don’t miss it if you're interested in how soil structure shapes burrowing reptiles🦎 This study shows that head shape variation in amphisbaenians correlates with microhabitat and soil composition 🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/jzo.... #Herpetology #Evolution #AmniotaCollab

Do tropical biomes drive greater skull diversity in flying squirrels? 🐿️ @paleoiris.bsky.social from #AmniotaLab led this study to test it! Diet shapes skulls, but tropical biomes don’t show extra disparity. extreme niche specialization might matter more! 🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.1186/s129...

How do #evolution and environment shape ruminant ankles? 🐃🦴 @pierreorgebin.bsky.social from #AmniotaLab led this 3D morphometric study, revealing how size, phylogeny & habitat leave distinct marks on astragalus morphology! 🔗 Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s42... #AmniotaLabCollab 📚🔍

Last week, the #AmniotaLab gathered for a Ethiopian dinner. To more nights like this! #InjeraLove

Here's a glimpse of yesterday's Amniota Lab dinner 📸 Everything was delicious and spicy🌶️😍 https://t.co/KDHnL5C2lC

New paper out! Conservation Priorities for Threatened Fish to Withstand Climate Crisis: Sustainable Capture and Protection of Inland Hydrographic Ecosystems #AmniotaCollab https://t.co/5seCWHdQhg #mdpiecologies via @EcologiesMDPI

🦎 New paper out from #AmniotaLab! A new sphenodontian from Germany's Upper Triassic sheds light on early sphenodontian diversity in Europe. Congrats Lisa! #AmniotaLabPublications https://t.co/ldsCEx4mjz

🐭🌿 Delving into Australia's biodiversity! Former member of #AmniotaLab Till Ramm collaborated in this publication! From Pleistocene diversification to cryptic diversity, discover how environment shapes speciation #AmniotaLabCollab https://t.co/avdplhDVZG

Please note that we may not have received your emails, and our work is currently slower than usual! "Hundreds of employees offline for five weeks: Cyberattack cripples Berlin's Natural History Museum." https://t.co/XnIThwmy39 via @Tagesspiegel

Bitte beachten Sie, dass wir möglicherweise Ihre E-Mails nicht erhalten haben und unsere Arbeit derzeit langsamer als gewöhnlich verläuft! Hunderte Mitarbeitende seit fünf Wochen offline: Cyberangriff legt Berlins Naturkundemuseum lahm https://t.co/XnIThwmy39 via @Tagesspiegel

🚨 SEI DABEI! Gelegenheitswarnung 🚨 🎓 Doktorandenstelle 🗓️ 3 Jahre ab 01.03.2024 📍 Berlin, mit Reisen nach Halle (Saale) und anderen Museen 🔬 "Klein oder Einfach: Gehirnevolution bei Insularen Großsäugern" Betreuer: @Rozzi_Roberto Frist: 30.11.2024 + Informationen 👇 https://t.co/6DHb1020eS

🚨JOIN US! opportunity alert🚨 🎓 PhD Student Position 🗓️ 3 years starting 01.03.2024 📍 Berlin, with travel to Halle (Saale) and other museums 🔬 "Small or Simple: Brain Evolution in Insular Large Mammals" Supervisor: @Rozzi_Roberto Deadline: 30.11.2024 Full description 👇 https://t.co/GZFuTM0TCn

Some pictures from today's lab meeting with invited guests 😊🦎🐘 https://t.co/Z56mRMUVaZ

Check out the latest #AmniotaCollab on lizards 🦎! Exploring the morphological evolution of 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 geckos and the interplay of allometry and habitat specialization 🌳🪨🏜️https://t.co/CoStuSUDPQ