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AlbertoMS

@albertomartinserra.bsky.social
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Paleobiologist interested in the evolution of organism morphology | Mammals 🐅🦘🐋 | University of Málaga (Spain🇪🇦🇪🇺)

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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Grant agreement signed! Advertising 4 new jobs (3 year contracts w/potential to extend +2 years) on ERC #CROCOLOCOEVO grant next week-- stay tuned for details. 2 postdocs 1 technician 1 research administrator who can do science communication Start date flexible but could be as soon as 1 November!
Picture of right hindlimbs and pelvis of Terrestrisuchus (long skinny legs) and Crocodylus (modern croc; beefy and stubby), from 3D computer models
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AlbertoMS @albertomartinserra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Virtual reconstruction and morphometric analysis of the vertebral column of the stem sirenian Pezosiren portelli (Tethytheria, Pan-Sirenia, Prorastomidae)
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Sergio @nebreda.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Here you can check out the original article, published in the #SwissJournalofPalaeontology 👇 sjp.pensoft.net/article/1828...
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An isolated skull from Las Hoyas (Early Cretaceous, Spain) informs the early evolution towards elongated rostra in enantiornithine birds (Aves, Ornithothoraces)
The fossil record of Early Cretaceous enantiornithine birds from the Iberian Peninsula is the most significant in the world outside of China. Despite its historical relevance, taxonomic diversity, and...
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AlbertoMS @albertomartinserra.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
New paper on the mobility of the pinniped backbone. Authored by Juan Miguel Esteban, @albertomartinserra.bsky.social, Alejandro Pérez-Ramos, @bortxaf.bsky.social. anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/....
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Patterns of spinal motion, kinematic spaces and the land‐to‐sea transition in carnivorans
Using 3D reconstructions, we quantify intervertebral joint mobility to investigate how cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebral regions evolved distinct kinematic roles in pinnipeds. The findings rev...
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 17/11/2025
☄️Impact: The End of the Age of Dinosaurs is now open! Here's an in-depth look at the Hell Creek Formation Diorama with Museum Curator Roger Benson. This scene depicts life as it was 66 million years ago in what is now the western United States.
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AlbertoMS @albertomartinserra.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
NEWS: 4 years PhD studentship at the University of Malaga (Spain). Evolution of the backbone and limbs of crocodylomorphs, supervised by Professor Borja Figueirido @bortxaf.bsky.social and myself. More information here👇 #paleobiology #biomechanics
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Evolution of the sternum (breastbone) in birds and other pennaraptoran dinosaurs: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷 @talialm.bsky.social et al.)
Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships of birds and their close extinct relatives, with icons marking notable evolutionary transformations in breastbone and flight anatomy.
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SEPaleontologia @sepaleontologia.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
¡Nueva publicación de soci@s! 🗣️ Un nuevo estudio liderado por @fernandoblancos.bsky.social  explora cómo los cambios ambientales impactaron en los grandes #mamíferos y sus ecosistemas durante el Neógeno 🐘🌍 👉 Léelo aquí: sepaleontologia.es/?p=1423 #SEPsocios #Paleontología #CambioClimático
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60 millones de años en movimiento: cómo los cambios ambientales transformaron a los mayores herbívoros del planeta—y cómo sus ecosistemas resistieron - sepaleontologia
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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The latest issue of eVOLUCIÓN @sesbe-org.bsky.social includes me pontificating on all manner of topics evolutionary. sesbe.org/revista-evol...
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AlbertoMS @albertomartinserra.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New article on locomotion of mammals in the K/Pg transition: Janis et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Down to earth: therian mammals became more terrestrial towards the end of the Cretaceous
The end Cretaceous extinctions had a profound effect on mammalian diversity, especially on metatherians (marsupials and their extinct relatives). Could mammalian substrate preference have influenced ....
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Juan L Cantalapiedra @singerstone.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero #paleontología #evolución elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología
En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil
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Sergi Valverde @svalver.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Excellent article in the Spanish newspaper @elpais about Elisabeth Vrba's legacy. @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social
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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Critical role of fossils: "notion that insect pollination began with the origin of angiosperms is still widespread... insect orders with extant and/or extinct pollinator representatives radiated long before the evolution of flowering plants." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️
Modern insects pollinators and the fossil record of pollinating insects.
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Francisco Ortega @fortega.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Postdoc on stegosaurs with Roger Benson at the AMNH careers.amnh.org/postings/4384
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Kenneth C. Griffin Postdoctoral Fellow for Paleontology
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the world’s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...
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The Anatomical Record @anatrecord.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of Hadrocodium wui suggests this Jurassic mammaliaform may have been semi-fossorial, resembling semi-aquatic moles more than fully fossorial ones. Skull ≠ digging. Tumelty & Lautenschlager: buff.ly/3CwUgtN #FossilFriday
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Bristol Palaeobiology @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
First week back to teaching in 2025 and for our palaeo seminar we have Prof Christine Janis telling us about her research into giant kangaroos and whether or not they could hop!
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...
Example of Middle Jurassic mammal fossils from Skye, published by Elsa Panciroli et al. 2024.Cuillin Hills, the view from our field site on the Isle of Skye.
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Chris Law @chrislaw.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New paper with @tsengzj.bsky.social and @hlusko.bsky.social! We investigated the adaptive landscape of skeletal form & function in carnivorans and tested how trade-offs among skeletal regions contribute to adaptations & landscape topology. @sicbjournals.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaf001
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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Tahlia Pollock @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social has an amazing new study integrating 3D shape, biomechanics, and optimality modelling, helps explain why so many mammals evolve sabre teeth: functional optimality was a key driver behind the repeated evolution of extreme sabre-tooth morphologies.
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Clément Zanolli @clement-zanolli.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.
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Toni Gabaldón @tonigabaldon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
En respuesta a las recientes declaraciones antievolucionistas de Jaime Mayor Oreja, desde la Junta Directiva de la SESBE hemos escrito esta carta abierta. #evolución 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/10p_4...
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 05/12/2024
Hi, BlueSky! We're here for the party, and we brought a NEW dinosaur with us. Meet Apex. Discovered in 2022 near Dinosaur, Colorado, this Stegosaurus is the largest ever found, measuring 11 ft (3.4 m) tall & 27 feet (8.2 m) long. You can see it at the Museum starting on Sunday, December 8! 🦴
Apex Stegosaurus fossil mount on display in the Museum's Gilder Center beside a neon yellow sign with information about the specimen.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/12/2024
The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold at auction, a stegosaurus that the billionaire Kenneth Griffin bought for $44.6 million, has a new home: the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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World’s Priciest Dinosaur Fossil Comes to Museum of Natural History
The billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, who bought the stegosaurus fossil for $44.6 million, is loaning it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York for four years.
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CSIC @csic.es · 03/12/2024
El mal estado de Doñana afecta negativamente a las aves acuáticas de toda Europa Un equipo de la Estación Biológica de Doñana ha analizado los datos de 38 años de censos de aves en Doñana y el Paleártico Occidental,junto con imágenes de satélite y datos de 432 humedales ➡️ www.csic.es/es/actualida...
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Jonathan Losos @jblosos.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
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A New Take on Natural Selection
Through a mix of fieldwork and laboratory experimentation, Yale Professor—and newly minted MacArthur Fellow—Martha Muñoz, PhD ’14, is gaining insight into how species’ behavior and physical traits sha...
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Imran Rahman @imranrahman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...
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Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History at University of Oxford
Recruiting now: Director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Mummified sabre-toothed kitten found in Siberian permafrost stuns scientists .... new at BBC Wildlife www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-...
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Mummified sabre-toothed kitten found in Siberian permafrost stuns scientists
The specimen, discovered in 2020 on the banks of the Badyarikha River in eastern Siberia, is believed to be about 31,800 years old.
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