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Antoine Logghe

@temno-tracker.bsky.social
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PhD student - Temnospondyls will rule them all - Footprint tracker 🐾 - MNHN Paris 🇫🇷

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Jacob Schick (commissions open) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · 2h
I did the art for this!!! It’s nice to finally be able to talk about this
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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 2h
I’m super honored to have been co-first author on this study, big shout out to Ben Igielman for starting this project to begin with! This project is the first of many early Carboniferous revisions I’m a part of, keep an eye out for more in the future!
Our 3D reconstruction of the Westlothiana skull, in dorsal, lateral, palatal, and medial view.
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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 2h
This also suggests that older evidence for crown tetrapods, including recently described Devonian trackways bearing claw-like tracks, be reinterpreted. The tracemaker of these trackways may have been an animal like Westlothiana - a quadrupedal, pentadactyl, and clawed stem tetrapod!
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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 2h
This is super important, because Westlothiana, as the (formerly) oldest crown tetrapod, had been used for molecular divergence estimates of Tetrapoda, and (mistakenly) for Reptilia by some studies.
Close up photos of the skull of Westlothiana, our reconstruction, and other important anatomy.Palatal, braincase, and gill arch elements of Westlothiana, covered in thousands of tiny teeth.
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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 2h
This suggests that features long-consisered to be terrestrial adaptations, such as a more gracile humerus, pentadactyl foot, ‘amniote’ phalangeal formula, and claw-like phalanges known in Westlothiana, likely first evolved in an aquatic or amphibious setting in near relatives of crown tetrapods.
The forelimb bones of Westlothiana, showing many features for classically linked to terrestrial locomotion, including the absence of an L-shaped humerus and the presence of an olecranon process. Are these truly terrestrial features, is the morphology due to limb reduction in this taxon? The hip and hindlimb of Westlothiana, our scans reveal numerous additional tarsal elements that were not visible on the surface.
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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 2h
Rather than being a terrestrial amniote, synchrotron tomography shows many features of the skull, branchial skeleton, and postcrania that are consistent with an aquatic lifestyle. This include palatal fangs and an ossified gill skeleton that still in articulation with the braincase!
A phylogenetic tree of early tetrapods, showing the placement of Westlothiana among stem tetrapods. Artist recon of Westlothiana by Jacob Schick!
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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 2h
Out today: We show that Westlothiana lizziae or "Lizzie," described 35 years ago as the world's oldest reptile - is not a stem amniote at all, but a stem tetrapod. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The part and counterpart of the holotype specimen of Westlothiana. Paleoartistic reconstruct of Westlothiana by Jacob Schick based on our new data
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J Pardo @jdpardo.bsky.social · 1h
If you've been paying attention to what we've been doing in Palaeozoic tetrapods these past few years, this is unexpected but in line with some broader trends. If you haven't, this is an earthquake that registers an 8+ on the Richter scale.
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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 21m
New analysis of "early reptile" (amniote) Westlothiana (345 mya) ain't no reptile; also casts doubt on identity of fossil tracks interpreted as those of early amniotes (might be amphibians' instead). 🧪🚫🦎🐾
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Xavier A. Jenkins @semifossorial.bsky.social · 1h
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Fossil Long Known as World’s Oldest Reptile Dethroned: Press Release | AMNH
Study uncovers hidden gills and fish-like teeth in 345-million-year-old fossil, challenging ideas about the origins of reptiles.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 20h
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A brief insight into dinosaur communities and behaviour based on an unusual assemblage of tracks from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, UK | Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
Despite the abundance of dinosaur footprints from the Middle Jurassic Cleveland Basin of Yorkshire, UK, examples of footprints indicating two or more different species inhabiting a particular site and...
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Anne-Claire Fabre @grumpydrfabre.bsky.social · 9h
Huge congrats to Isabelle on publishing another chapter of her PhD! 🥳 In this study, she explores how metamorphosis and body size impact aquatic feeding kinematics in the Iberian ribbed newt 🦎🌊 Want to learn more? Check out her blog post: shorturl.at/jzJOq And the paper: shorturl.at/oQbJj
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Taylor Mitchell Brown @tmitchellbrown.bsky.social · 22h
New research finds the Suriname toad’s strange star-shaped fingertips are a kind of tactile eyeball that allow them to ‘see’ their prey. The toes detect subtle vibrations in the water and translate them into details about size and speed. #ToadToesTuesday 🧪🧪 New at @science.org
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These frogs ‘see’ prey with their star-shaped toes
Fingertips of Suriname toads are hypersensitive motion detectors, new study reveals
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houssayecnrs.bsky.social @houssayecnrs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We describe a new freshwater mosasaur, from Provence France, with N Bardet @cr2p.bsky.social, FL Pelissier, Y Dutour, E Turini & T Torstosa in @peercomjournal.bsky.social. Welcome to Garamaudo! It seems that mosasaur evolution was more complex than we thought peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
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Science & recherche au Muséum @recherche.mnhn.fr · 28/09/2026
Nouvelle publication de Nathalie Bardet @cr2p.bsky.social, Alexandra Houssaye @mecadev.bsky.social & al. dans Science
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Prof. Juan Cisneros ⚒️🐉 @cisneros.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Estas duas mandíbulas encontradas a mais de 200 km de distância, no interior do Maranhão, pertencem à mesma espécie Tanyka amnicola, que viveu antes dos dinossauros. #FossilFriday +
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Matt Friedman @friedmanlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And here's the holotype of Tecovaserpeton perfectum in person!
Underside of large, spade-shaped metoposaur skull.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's a great week for temnospondyl research!
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jeanerpeton mazonensis, gen. et sp. nov.: a new, exceptionally preserved, late Carboniferous amphibamiform from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Jeanerpeton mazonensis, gen. et sp. nov.: a new, exceptionally preserved, late Carboniferous amphibamiform from the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte, Illinois
The Mazon Creek fossil assemblage has provided the earliest fossil records of several important early tetrapod lineages, including the oldest dissorophoid temnospondyl, Amphibamus grandiceps. Recen...
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The Palaeontological Association @thepalass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Duntulm sauropod tracksite & environmental partitioning in Middle Jurassic dinosaurs on the Isle of Skye, Scotland onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology @datadryad.bsky.social
On the left: aerial photo of Section 2 of the Duntulm tracksite, with a line drawing below, highlighting Trackway 1 (line below, closer to vertical) and Trackway 2 (line above, closer to horizontal). Scale bar between the two images is 2 m.
Lower right: aerial photo and line drawing of Trackway 1 (scale bar at lower right is 1 m).
Upper right: photograph and line drawing of a manus-pes pair of footprints, illustrating the difference in size observed in all tracks. The manus at the top (DUNT_26) is smaller than the pes (DUNT_27). Scale bar to lower right of drawing is 5 cm.
Red rectangle at the bottom is a cover image from the journal Papers in Palaeontology.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TL;DR: We may have been underestimating the species diversity of North American metoposaurids. Figuring out their species is still pretty hard. Maybe it's better to put each species in its own genus so we aren't always flip-flopping generic names. Support your local museums and historical societies.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
While the public-facing side of a museum is only a small fraction of its purpose, it is vital to broader public awareness of many museums and their missions. Indeed, one of the museums that I visited in Texas for this work has now been closed to the public for more than a year.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So where are the adults? Well, they may have been sitting in front of us all along. I tentatively referred UCMP 27051 to Apachesaurus gregorii based on the abrupt curvature of the temporal LLS toward the squamosal (though not clearly passing onto it) and a narrow cultiform process.
UCMP 27051, a putative adult specimen of Apachesaurus gregorii. Returning to a toilet lid-shaped and sized skull of a classic metoposaurid amphibian.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With my guilt now acknowledged, let's get on to what I consider the most interesting part of this work: Apachesaurus gregorii.
The holotype skull of the metoposaurid Apachesaurus gregorii. While similarly toilet-lid shaped to the other metoposaurids in this thread, this one is much smaller than the size of a toilet lid.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The second I am calling Tecovaserpeton perfectum, and it is known (not surprisingly) primarily from the Tecovas Fm in TX. Its holotype was originally named Buettneria perfecta by Case in 1922, and it is a shockingly "perfect" specimen aside from being squished and missing the tabular horns.
The holotype skull of Tecovaserpeton perfectum, another toilet-lid headed amphibian from the Upper Triassic of Texas. This specimens is exceptionally well preserved with details of nearly all of the teeth and the dorsal surface of the skull clearly visible.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first is one I am calling Paranaschisma howardensis. Buettneria howardensis was originally described in 1945 by Sawin based on the material from Otis Chalk Quarry 3 in TX. It has bounced around in being considered valid or invalid, but I was able to find a handful of apomorphies for this taxon.
The lectotype specimen of Paranaschisma howardensis a large skull of a Triassic amphibian shaped very roughly like a toilet lid.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The results were a little surprising to me since I was able to find evidence that Anaschisma browni may have been a bit of a wastebasket and ended up restricting that species to just specimens from the Popo Agie Fm of WY. (And a rare lateral view of a metoposaurid for your viewing pleasure)
The holotype specimen of Anaschisma browni in right lateral view. To no one's surprise, it is very flat.
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Aaron Kufner @akufner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This one has been a long time coming! I'm happy to share that another chapter of my PhD has been published! In this one, I'm shaking up the taxonomy of North American metoposaurids. This work was largely done in museum collections, and more on that below. peerj.com/articles/217...
A figure with maps showing the distribution of metoposaurid occurrences in Upper Triassic outcrops of western and eastern North America (centered on the USA). The approximate chronostratigraphic ranges of the now five recognized species are plotted, and line drawings of all of the potentially or definitively diagnostic holotypes of North American metoposaurids are included.
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Andy Farke @andyfarke.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fossils as cultural heritage: Scientific, commercial and legislative issues - Fanti - 2026 - Geology Today - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Fossils as cultural heritage: Scientific, commercial and legislative issues
Fossils are among the principal sources for understanding the history of life through ‘Deep Time’ and can inform projections of biotic responses to environmental change. Despite a widespread recognit...
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
PeerJ Specimen-level phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision of North American metoposaurids: a case for monospecific genera in vertebrate paleontology peerj.com/articles/217... @peerj.bsky.social
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aleksandr S. Bakaev & Yulia A. Suchkova (2026) The first caseid synapsid Ennatosaurus from the Permian (Guadalupian) of Udmurtia (Russia) and its significance for East European Platform paleobiogeography Palaeoworld: 201194 doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2026.201194 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Raphael Moreno @stereospondyl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our special exhibition Triassic Life has come to an end in July, but it's now available as a virtual tour! Didn't get a chance to see it in person in @smnstuttgart.bsky.social or maybe you're already missing Temmi? Here's your chance to revisit🐸 🇩🇪+🇬🇧 virtualtour.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/triassiclife/
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Hady George @houdzgeorge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Welcome Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda! I'm delighted to introduce you to a new species of protomammal. Hailing from the Triassic of Tanzania, this is the first record of Dinodontosaurus outside of South America, and it informs on the origin of dinosaurs. Here's a thread summarising our findings 🧵
Life reconstruction of two Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda individuals by Gabriel UguetoSkull and jaw of the holotype of Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda. Original photos by Jonathan Jackson
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
E.T. Saitta et al. (2026) Dinosaur “mummification”: Clay templating in a fluvial setting preserves three-dimensional integument renderings after carcass desiccation Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 71(3): 535-579 doi: doi.org/10.4202/app.... www.app.pan.pl/article/item...
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Dinosaur “mummification”: Clay templating in a fluvial setting preserves three-dimensional integument renderings after carcass desiccation - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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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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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The next in our series of Perspectives on the Systematics of Fossil Organisms: 𝙇𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙖: 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙀. 𝙀𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙨 Tuatara, lizards and snakes all trace back to a division in Lepidosaurs lineages ~240 million years ago. Read here: buff.ly/OXONAk5 #PalaeoSky #fossil
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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 14/09/2026
Olm my gosh – we now have nine recognized species of Proteus cave salamanders! Visit AmphibiaWeb.org to read more about this #AWNews
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Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle @mnhn.fr · 11/09/2026
En France, 1 reptile sur 4 est menacé d’extinction ! 🦎 🚨 C’est le constat de la dernière mise à jour de la Liste rouge des espèces menacées de France hexagonale, publiée par l’UICN, dix ans après la précédente évaluation. © M. Berroneau (1,2 et 6), J.-C. de Massary (3 et 5) et F.-G. Grandin (4)
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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hey, look: the cover of my next book has been revealed. Looks like it'll be out next March. Details: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Arnaud Gossement @arnaudgossement.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
La population de la tourterelle des bois en Europe a diminué de près de 80 % depuis 1980 Mais, des milliers d’oiseaux seront encore massacres ce week-end. Avec l’aide du ministre de l’écologie. Merci @one-voice.fr d’avoir tout tenté avec nous pour empêcher cela.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#FossilFriday The Dimetrodon mount for the @NMNH prior to its installation
Mounted skeleton of the fin-backed protomammal Dimetrodon
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A bird ate a fish, and then a dinosaur ate the bird. We know from feathers found in fossil poop. I’ll tell you all about it in my latest for NatGeo. 🧪
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A Tyrannosaur Ate a Feathery Meal—and It Was Frozen in Time
Dinosaur poop—possibly from a juvenile T. rex or Nanotyrannus—containing feathers, bone fragments, and fish scales provides a look at a Cretaceous-era food web.
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Remains of a hesperornithiform (diving theropod closely related to modern birds) including feathers preserved in a coprolite from the Hell Creek Formation: www.cell.com/current-biol... 🪶🧪 (📷O'Connor et al.)
Preserved feathers from a diving bird-like dinosaur contained within fossilized feces, along with a map showing where the specimen was discovered in Montana, U.S.A.
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Peter Falkingham @peterfalkingham.com · 10/09/2026
This week part of my team and I were at Cryassac tracksite, France. It was _phenomenal_ - some of the best tracks I've ever seen! You should definitely go if you get the chance.
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Peter Falkingham @peterfalkingham.com · 09/09/2026
It's big, it's tridactyl, and it's Hell Creek, so we reckon this is an adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway. Paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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AmphibiaWeb @amphibiaweb.org · 07/09/2026
Fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) can give birth to free-swimming larvae and to metamorphs. What happens when the two reproductive modes hybridizes? Read this week's #AWNews at AmphibiaWeb.org to see what Figueiredo-Vázquesz et al. (2026) found.
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yee-qi.bsky.social @yee-qi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Jaws of Fate (Biarmosuchus and Estemmenosuchus) The excellent erucalypso.bsky.social helped a lot, big thanks to her! Follow her for her work too! This work was made available ~5 days ago on patreon.com/yee_qi! #paleoart #sciart #art #artist #paleontology #paleontology#artistonbluesky #originalart
Bright sun, orange soil. A herd of big, burly rhino-like Estemmenosuchus with lumpy faces and chunky bodies size up a sharp-fanged Biarmosaurus that yawns menacingly, paying no heed to the nervous plant-eaters.
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David @duckinwales.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Late in the season, but now the rain has arrived it's time to put out some new croziers. Dicksonia antarctica #fernFriday
Green fronds with two green croziers unfurling.
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ISYEB @isyeb.mnhn.fr · 03/09/2026
Suite à la parution d'une étude publiée récemment dans #Amphibia-Reptilia (1-51) et menée par @chrisdufresnes.bsky.social de l'@isyeb.mnhn.fr écoutez le podcast de l'interview du chercheur et responsable scientifique de la collection amphibiens du @mnhn.fr 🦎 www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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Neuf espèces de protées identifiées sous les montagnes des Balkans
Les scientifiques ont identifié neuf espèces de protées différentes. Un pas de plus dans la conservation de ces salamandres cavernicoles d'Europe de l'Est.
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