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Julia Türtscher

@julia-tuertscher.bsky.social
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Dr. rer. nat. | Paleoichthyologist at @univie.ac.at studying the evolutionary history of #sharks and #rays. 🦈

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Universität Wien / University of Vienna @univie.ac.at · 29/06/2026
Cretaceous freshwater ray sheds new light on the evolution of modern #rays 🔍 Researchers at #univie have reconstructed the near-complete #skeleton of Myledaphus bipartitus - a Late Cretaceous ray - for the first time. The twist? It belongs to Rhinopristiformes. @journalsystpal.bsky.social #fossil
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Cretaceous freshwater ray sheds new light on the evolution of modern rays
An exceptionally well-preserved fossil find from Alberta, Canada, has enabled the almost complete reconstruction of the skeleton of the Late Cretaceous ray Myledaphus bipartitus for the first time. A ...
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Dr Alice Clement @draliceclement.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Want to do a PhD on White Sharks using high-powered imaging to analyse form and function of their teeth and jaws? You will work with me and the dream team @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social @meyer-sci.bsky.social @weisbeckerbblab.bsky.social & #SARDI at Flinders Uni 🦈🦷🦴 Interested? Get in touch!
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Chris Taklis @ctaklis.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Mediterranean sharks continue to decline despite conservation progress
New research has found more than 200 measures to protect sharks and rays across the 22 coastal states of the Mediterranean region. However, while elasmobranchs have made it onto many policy agendas, t...
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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
See the link below for information on start dates, project scope, and details on how to apply: aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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PhD project in systematic ichthyology - Molecular Ecology, Evolution, and Phylogenetics Laboratory
Institution: University of Sydney & Australian Museum Research InstituteLocation: Sydney, NSW AustraliaStart date: July 2025 or February 2026Supervisors:
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Kai The Fish Guy @kaithefishguy.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
PhD opportunity: I am looking for a PhD student to study taxonomy and systematics of labrid fishes and other coral reef taxa. Successful applicants will be jointly based at the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum Research Institute.
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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
We have a new paper out reviewing the 🦕 🦖 dinosaur track sites of the UK & their cultural & scientific significance - read this 🧵 thread for more details! #EarthHeritage
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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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igiovos.bsky.social @igiovos.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
#GreekRedList 68% of #sharks, 48% of #rays, and the chimaera of the #Greek seas are at risk of extinction! In fact, 14 of these species are one step away from extinction and assessed as "CR" 🔗Find more about sharks, rays and chimaera in Greek seas here: isea.com.gr/sharks-rays-...
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
BIG NEWS! For the first time ever, Skype a Scientist is offering mini-grants to support IRL science communication! Communicating science out in our communities is critical. We want to enable folks from around the US to get local projects off the ground. Learn more & apply at bit.ly/scienceirl
A shad (a fish) has a speech bubble that reads "Science IRL community scicomm mini-grant" with a mural in the background with wavy bits and freshwater mussels. Then in other bubbles it says "$300-1000 grants to support offline science communication apply by feb 14, and the link bit.ly/scienceirl
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Sharks International 2026 @sharks-int.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
OPEN CALL for Sharks International 2026 proposals for keynote speakers, themed sessions and panels, workshops, and side events 📢 🦈 Please submit proposals via: forms.gle/9EiKJVncMoa7... Deadline: 15th March 2025
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Ze Frank @zefrank.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
A new True Facts about Rays - youtu.be/DbaiBY8De54?...
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True Facts: Rays, The Floppy Sombreros of the Sea
YouTube video by Ze Frank
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Julia Türtscher @julia-tuertscher.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
🎉 Happy New Year 2025! 🦈 Start your year with some shark science: Our new study explores a rare YOY white shark sighting in the Adriatic Sea. Check it out! 👉 doi.org/10.3390/fish... #SharkScience #WhiteShark #Shark 🌊
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New Evidence for the Contemporary Presence of Juvenile White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Adriatic Sea
The presence of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Mediterranean Sea is well documented, but mainly through historical and opportunistic records. Historically, the Adriatic Sea, particula...
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Coralie Palmer @coraliejp.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New paper by Dr Lydia Koehler @iucnshark.bsky.social and Jason Lowther - a region-wide assessment of actions for sharks and rays in the Mediterranean in the context of international law - phys.org/news/2025-01...
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Despite over 200 conservation measures, Mediterranean sharks still face extinction threats
Overfishing, illegal fishing and increasing marketing of shark meat pose significant threats to the more than 80 species of sharks and rays that inhabit the Mediterranean Sea, according to a study pub...
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Juan J. Schmitter-Soto 🇨🇺🇵🇸🇲🇽 @jjschmittersoto.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We ichthyologists have lost a legend: obits.csnh.com/william-bill...
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William "Bill" N Eschmeyer Obituary 2024 - Cremation Society of New Hampshire
View William "Bill" N Eschmeyer's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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Jeremy Roberts @jeremybroberts.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Tiger sharks are amazing. #marinife 🦑 🦈 🐠
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SharkScience @sharkscience.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Shark Ecologist Job - The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands is recruiting a Shark Movement Ecologist to join our shark research team and strengthen the ongoing long-term research on shark population ecology and conservation. 🦑🌎🐟🧪🦈 www.darwinfoundation.org/en/documents...
Scalloped hammerheads
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Arthur Porto @agporto.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Hello bsky! We are hiring two Postdocs @floridamuseum.bsky.social ! 1) Paleo + AI (NSF-funded, with @blochlab.bsky.social ): explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... 2) AI for Biology (open-ended): explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... Deadline Jan 15th. Please, RT! See also www.biovisionlab.com
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BioVision Lab
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University of Bristol Biological Sciences @bristolbiosci.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
We want you to work with us! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de...
The back corner of the LSB
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Rory Cooper @rorylcooper.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Check out the mesmerizing moment - a crocodile embryo hatching from its egg! 🥚🐊 Our new research in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reveals how compressive forces, rather than gene interactions, sculpt their intricate head scales - learn more here ⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
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Rory Cooper @rorylcooper.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
This is the face of a shark! I've stained the mineralised tissues to show that their teeth and scales are both made of the same enamel-like material 🦈 🦷 🧪
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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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Neil Shubin @neilshubin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Your reminder that many of the muscles, nerves and bones you use to hear and talk with correspond to gill structures in fish. 🧪 #evolution #paleontology
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