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Joep Schaeffer

@joepschaeffer.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart working on non-sauropod sauropodomorphs

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Joep Schaeffer @joepschaeffer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
After 3 weeks of excavating at the iconic site in Trossingen with the Naturkunde Museum Stuttgart crew. We’ve found some amazing things. 5 skeletons of Triassic sauropodomorphs! 4 of which were (partially) articulated and even the first skull since 1932! One more week of digging left!
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Stephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Just a quick heads up for those who intended to use the free scale bars handed out at this year's SVP by #PaleoTools: don't...
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Stephan Spiekman @stephanspiekman.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Artwork by Gabriel Ugueto
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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
On tonight stream we do things a little different... Starting 1 hour sooner and covering a very particular creature.
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Jordan Bestwick @jordanbestwick1.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🚨New paper alert! 🚨 We describe a Plateosaurus skeleton 🦕 from Frick, northern Switzerland, suffering from a VERY diseased forearm! Open Access: sjpp.springeropen.com/articles/10.... (1/n)
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Osteology and histology of a Plateosaurus trossingensis (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Switzerland with an advanced chronic pathology - Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
The sauropodomorph Plateosaurus is one of the best-known dinosaurs from Europe due to the large numbers of articulated skeletons discovered from bonebed horizons in Switzerland and Germany. Plateosaur...
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Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart @smnstuttgart.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
#Press Research team @smnstuttgart.bsky.social presents comprehensive study on #Triassic terrestrial tetrapods in the Central European Basin in ‘Earth-Science Reviews’. www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/footer-menu/... #SaveTheDate: Special exhibition ‘Triassic Life’ in Stuttgart from 17 October 2025!
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Eli Amson @eliamson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
PhD position alert: join a diverse team of palaeontologists to study the evolution of temnospondyls! The PhD project @smnstuttgart.bsky.social will focus on bone microanatomy: lots of fun with thin-sections and CT in perspective. Whoever you are: don't hesitate to reach out! tinyurl.com/msvntnd9
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Joep Schaeffer @joepschaeffer.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Last Friday I successfully defended my PhD dissertation “Evaluation of Plateosaurus trossingensis from the Upper Triassic (upper Norian) of Central Europe” at the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social . Huge thanks to my committee, supervisors, colleagues and family. #PhDone
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