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Dr Stephan Lautenschlager @palaeostephan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New paper out today! Led by Daniel Schwarz, we retrodeformed the skull and reconstructed the cranio-mandibular musculature of the giant stem-amphibian Mastodonsaurus giganteus. Our results show that Mastodonsaurus had a powerful bite and a crocodile- like bite-and-hold feeding style.

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Serjoscha Evers @sirjoscha.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

1/4 🐢 What should fossil turtle systematics look like ten years from now? Walter Joyce & I offer our personal answer in a new review paper: "Transforming Turtle Systematics: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Path Ahead" Out now in @journalsystpal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Figure 1 from our paper, highlighting turtle ecology across phylogeny

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Gemma Benevento @gemmabenevento.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Delighted to finally share our paper examining Paleogene mammal faunas and global and regional environmental change in Central Asia.... www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nielsmeijer.bsky.social @sgn.one @idiv-research.bsky.social

An infographic showing the fossil localities map in Central Asia, and a graph showing the timing of mammal faunal changes alongside geological proxies for global and regional environmental change.

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Dr Tom Stubbs @drtlstubbs.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Very happy to have worked on the series EVOLUTION with teams at the BBC and The Open University. Check out the OU Connect content - connect.open.ac.uk/evolution/ Order a free poster today!

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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Out latest: Morphological disparity in elateriform beetles: patterns, trends and implications by YanDi Li, with negligible contribution by myself, Chenyang Cai and colleagues royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...

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Morphological disparity in elateriform beetles: patterns, trends and implications

Abstract. Morphological disparity, reflecting the breadth of phenotypic variation within clades, offers critical insights into evolutionary dynamics beyond

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Dr Tom Stubbs @drtlstubbs.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

#PhD opportunity at The Center for Integrative Paleobiology TIP UPJŠ in Košice. Origin and adaptive patterns of secondary flightlessness: an alternative evolution of birds. More info: tinyurl.com/2uhhbnt2 The application must be sent by 31.5.2026: lnkd.in/eaBCajVZ #palaeontology #palaeobiology

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Philip Donoghue @phil-donoghue.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Job Alert: Senior Research Associate in Phylogenomics @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social researching timing, sequence and phenotypic consequences of rediploidisation following whole genome duplication - comparative genomics, molecular clock and phenotypic disparity methods, with @jameswclark.bsky.social

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