j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Emu, based on the accompanying picture from San Diego zoo. 010
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialVille Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026End cretaceus hell 181916558
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialDr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Hey everyone - For #FossilFriday, I'm relaunching a completely overhauled Skeletal Drawing dot Com. Check it out, read the welcome post (below), and let me know what you think! www.skeletaldrawing.com/blog/welcome...skeletaldrawing.comWelcome to Skeletal Drawing 4.0! | Skeletal DrawingWelcome to the completely overhauled SkeletalDrawing.com. For the last month and a half I've been working on a ground-up overhaul of the website. I'd like to explain a bit of what's changed and why, h... 612060
j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New paper/genus Alert! We described a partial "dorudontine" from Bournemouth, England, which has been known since the 1800s. We recognized several features on the cervical and dorsal vertebrae that differ from existing species of basilosauridae.sciencedirect.comBartoncetus wanklyni, new genus of a small dorudontine whale from the Bartonian of England; a lost skull and a forgotten postcranial skeletonSince 1913, the Bournemouth Natural Science Society has housed a partial postcranial skeleton, regarded as a small archaeocete whale from the Barton C… 142
j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social · 21/07/2026My Bachelor's thesis has been published! We examined the problematic taxonomy of Zygorhiza kochii and Dorudon serratus, with implications for the wider taxonomy of the basilosauridae. A small thread:sciencepress.mnhn.frOn the identity of historical specimen TM 8501 and the taxonomy of North American Basilosauridae (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla, Archaeoceti)Phylogeny and taxonomy of early whales have always been a complicated matter, partly due to confusing nineteenth-century descriptions and diagnoses and a profusion of given names. A largely complete c... 1136
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialfeikosaur.bsky.social @feikosaur.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Baby ichthyosaur alert! Here we describe the Besanosaurus foetus for the first time in detail. The holotype of Besanosaurus was thought to preserve embryonic material earlier, but here we studied it in detail. It is a single foetus. lying in tail-first presentation. fr.pensoft.net/article/1831... 1113
j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Two versions of Cynthiacetus peruvianus. One bearing more a more whale-like oral setup, one more like terrestrial mammals. 0136
j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Found this really cool artwork of Dorudon atrox by deviantart user Bistahieversor. Really hits the sweetspot of having enough soft tissue, but not simply copying the anatomy of extant whales. 130
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialhenkjanvanvliet.bsky.social @henkjanvanvliet.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Our article is published in Cainozoic Research: 'Pachycetines from the Hampshire Basin, England and distribution of pachycetines in Europe, with a note on Pachycetus humilis Van Beneden, 1883'. Very happy! 011
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialThomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 11/06/2025The Perle (1977) "Alectrosaurus" material is FINALLY described!! Voris, J.T., Zelenitsky, D.K., Kobayashi, Y. et al. A new Mongolian tyrannosauroid and the evolution of Eutyrannosauria. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...doi.orgA new Mongolian tyrannosauroid and the evolution of Eutyrannosauria - NatureA new tyrannosauroid, Khankhuuluu mongoliensis gen. et sp. nov., from lower Upper Cretaceous deposits of Mongolia provides a new perspective on eutyrannosaurian origins and evolution. 17128
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialOlof Moleman @lordtrilobite.bsky.social · 26/05/2025After a few more small revisions my Barinasuchus skull reconstruction is finally done. Sculpted in #Blender, and here 3d printed at 1/6th scale. #sciart #paleoart #paleontology 415730
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialRobert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 30/04/2025New book out - Vertebrate fossils of Louisiana - and inside is a nice treat: the first publicly available images of the LSU Basilosaurus cetoides, hidden away for nearly fifty year since it was discovered. Initially described in a Ph.D. thesis, but a publication never followed. #whaleontology 54814
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialPasha van Bijlert @pashavanb.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Why do birds bob their heads? Why is their running style different to ours? Just want to see untrained chickens on a treadmill? Watch this video we made! It's in Dutch, but with English subtitles. Watch till the the blooper reel to see me get interrupted by loud chickens youtu.be/cxewQ1GYcA4?...youtu.beMysterie opgelost: Dit is waarom kippen zo gek lopenYouTube video by Universiteit van Nederland 2258
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialWitmerLab at Ohio University @witmerlab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025It's both #NationalPetDay & #FossilFriday, so here's Pinky and Tyrannosaurus rex. Which is the better pet? Pinky threw up in multiple places this morning, so the competition is closer than you might think! 🦖>🐱? #PinkysDinosaurAdventure 17118
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialOle Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Spinosaurus aegyptiacus An animal difficult to do justice with an illustration. 12528161
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialJelle Reumer 🟥 @jellereumer.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Our first paper on Late Triassic mammaliaforms from Avillers (Vosges, France) just came out in Revue de Paléobiologie. More to come! 091
Reposted by @j0nas-hakk3ns.bsky.socialOlof Moleman @lordtrilobite.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Basilosaurus isis skull diagram. Mostly based on UMMP VP 118204 #sciart #paleoart 420443
