iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

Armin Reindl @arminreindl.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

New paper just dropped finally describing a complete specimen of Dakosaurus maximus and what a beauty it is. Some highlights, in addition to this being a long time coming, is the presence of bitemarks on the face and chondrichthyan material in the stomach doi.org/10.26879/1577

Skeletal reconstruction of specimen DMA-JP-2009/001. Like other metriorhynchids its long with a streamlined body, triangular and deep skull with large eyes, long teeth, a tail fluke and very short arms.

The fossil of DMA-JP-2009/001 as it is preserved. The skeleton is complete and posed in a U-shape, with the head curving up to the right and the tail to the left. A scalebar is shown equivalent to 1 meter.

18925

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

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...

2237

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

Steve Brusatte @stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting. Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!

0659

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

Raphael Moreno @stereospondyl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).

312242

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

Dr Orla Bath Enright @orlabe.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🚨Check out our new paper! 🦠 Led by @taphonomist.bsky.social our experiments show the influence of endogenous bacteria in the early stages of decay.

0196

Dr Michela Johnson @michela-johnson.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Been a cat mom for over a month now and it's the best decision I've ever made. 🥰

070

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

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🪶🦎

1424694

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

N. Joris Fleck @njorisfleck.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Had the pleasure of visiting the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and getting an awesome tour of part of their collection from the amazing @michela-johnson.bsky.social — thanks so much, Michela! 📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014 #paleontology #FossilFriday

Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014

1154

Dr Michela Johnson @michela-johnson.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Coo at the snappy (extinct) doggo and boop the tiny snoot for #WorldCrocodileDay - so happy that I get to work on these animals!!

Head of a juvenile Gavialis gangeticus specimen, with accompanying scale bar.

Photo of Neosteneosaurus edwardsi, a fossil crocodylomorph approx. 164 million years old. Specimen on display in at the university in Tübingen, Germany.

051

Dr Michela Johnson @michela-johnson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬 Stay curious - whether it's on rocks⛰️, plants🌱, animals 🐋🐘🐊🐧🐠, fossils🦖, maths📟, stars🌠🔭, or much more!! #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #herps #paleontology

0407

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

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

16139

Dr Michela Johnson @michela-johnson.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A juvenile Macrospondylus for #FossilFriday - some exciting data collection coming from this fella soon! 🐊

A juvenile Macrospondylus bollensis, an extinct crocodylomorph from the Early Jurassic of Germany.

0468

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

Prof. Valentin Fischer @val-fisch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Supermassive new paper (162 pages!) led by Dr Isaure Scavezzoni on the pectoral girdle anatomy of thalattosuchian and dyrosaurid crocodylomorphs, highlighting the enormous amount of information in croc postcranial skeletons! @michela-johnson.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

2278

Dr Michela Johnson @michela-johnson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A fantastic opportunity to work on some very cool fossils with an incredible team, in an amazing & vibrant city! Apply, apply, apply!

050

Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson

Manusuchus @manusuchus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

- Sutekhsuchus dowsoni - An Egyptian Miocene gavialoid #crocodilia

09624

Dr Michela Johnson @michela-johnson.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Made it to the other side - hi Bluesky, I'm a paleontologist working on ecology, growth and morphology (among other things) of Jurassic fossil marine crocs and their living "relatives"! Why not celebrate with photos of some of the awesome animals I work on?

35511