Very cool! Congrats @tweetisaurus.bsky.social et al.!
27.08.2025 17:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very cool! Congrats @tweetisaurus.bsky.social et al.!
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Skeleton of the Seeleyosaurus guilelmiimperatoris holotype specimen. Collection of the Naturkundemuseum Berlin
π¨ New plesiosaur paper π¨
After 12 years of work, our paper about Seeleyosaurus was published today. Seeleyosaurus was the first complete plesiosaur found in Germany. The holotype at the NHM Berlin is almost complete, articulated and even has fossilised skin. 1/6
#FossilFriday #Science #Germany
Huge thanks to Sven for inviting me to contribute to this study, and to all coauthors for another great collaboration!
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New paper out! π
64 pages of #osteology, with some #taxonomy and a scent of #phylogenetics! The monstrosity called #Seeleyosaurus is finally off our desks!
The paper was published in The Anatomical Record and can be accessed here:
π doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Reconstruction: Joschua KnΓΌppe
New specimens of rare Pliensbachian plesiosaurs from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. peerj.com/articles/184...
#geologia #paleontologia #paleontology #paleobiologia #paleobiology
New pre-print from recent Slater lab graduate Dr David ΔernΓ½ and me, from David's dissertation work - a bayesian least squares supertree method for inference of time-calibrated phylogenies. Feedback much appreciated but here's the motivation.... π§΅
05.12.2024 19:41 β π 46 π 23 π¬ 2 π 0Special thanks to @dinosven.bsky.social and Jahn Hornung for the excellent cooperation!
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π¨ New paper on #Jurassic #plesiosaurs! π¨
In our new study, we describe two new Pliensbachian occurrences from Germany. The more intriguing of the two represents the only reliably identified early Pliensbachian #pliosaurid described to date.
π peerj.com/articles/184...
ποΈ @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Franconiasaurus brevispinus main slab
Franconiasaurus life reconstruction by Joschua KnΓΌppe
This is my first post at Bluesky and a great opportunity to introduce our new plesiosaur Franconiasaurus brevispinus that was published this morning:
www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Many thanks to my co-author @danielmadzia.bsky.social & Stefan Eggmaier. Artwork by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social.