AlbertoMS

NEWS: 4 years PhD studentship at the University of Malaga (Spain). Evolution of the backbone and limbs of crocodylomorphs, supervised by Professor Borja Figueirido @bortxaf.bsky.social and myself. More information here👇 #paleobiology #biomechanics

Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships of birds and their close extinct relatives, with icons marking notable evolutionary transformations in breastbone and flight anatomy.

Evolution of the sternum (breastbone) in birds and other pennaraptoran dinosaurs: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷 @talialm.bsky.social et al.)

60 millones de años en movimiento: cómo los cambios ambientales transformaron a los mayores herbívoros del planeta—y cómo sus ecosistemas resistieron - sepaleontologia Leer más

¡Nueva publicación de soci@s! 🗣️

Un nuevo estudio liderado por @fernandoblancos.bsky.social  explora cómo los cambios ambientales impactaron en los grandes #mamíferos y sus ecosistemas durante el Neógeno 🐘🌍

👉 Léelo aquí:
https://sepaleontologia.es/?p=1423

#SEPsocios #Paleontología #CambioClimático

The latest issue of eVOLUCIÓN @sesbe-org.bsky.social includes me pontificating on all manner of topics evolutionary. sesbe.org/revista-evol...

Down to earth: therian mammals became more terrestrial towards the end of the Cretaceous The end Cretaceous extinctions had a profound effect on mammalian diversity, especially on metatherians (marsupials and their extinct relatives). Could mammalian substrate preference have influenced ....

New article on locomotion of mammals in the K/Pg transition: Janis et al.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Elisabeth Vrba, la mosquetera que revolucionó la paleobiología En febrero falleció la paleobióloga Elisabeth Vrba, que logró integrar la teoría evolutiva, el neodarwinismo, con las nuevas evidencias derivadas del estudio del registro fósil

Hoy @argomezcano.bsky.social @hdezfdez.bsky.social y yo publicamos en @elpais.com sobre Elisabeth Vrba, la paleobióloga revolucionaria, que falleció el pasado mes de febrero

#paleontología #evolución

elpais.com/ciencia/2025...

Excellent article in the Spanish newspaper @elpais about Elisabeth Vrba's legacy. @nilese.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @blaividiella.bsky.social

Modern insects pollinators and the fossil record of pollinating insects.

Critical role of fossils:
"notion that insect pollination began with the origin of angiosperms is still widespread... insect orders with extant and/or extinct pollinator representatives radiated long before the evolution of flowering plants."
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
🧪 #Paleobio ⚒️

Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird #Iberomesornis romerali by Castro-Terol et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Dinosaurios (#Aves) del #Cretácico Inferior de #Cuenca

Postdoc on stegosaurs with Roger Benson at the AMNH careers.amnh.org/postings/4384

Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of Hadrocodium wui suggests this Jurassic mammaliaform may have been semi-fossorial, resembling semi-aquatic moles more than fully fossorial ones. Skull ≠ digging.
Tumelty & Lautenschlager: https://buff.ly/3CwUgtN
#FossilFriday

First week back to teaching in 2025 and for our palaeo seminar we have Prof Christine Janis telling us about her research into giant kangaroos and whether or not they could hop!

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.

📣 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...

New paper with @tsengzj.bsky.social and @hlusko.bsky.social! We investigated the adaptive landscape of skeletal form & function in carnivorans and tested how trade-offs among skeletal regions contribute to adaptations & landscape topology. @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaf001

Tahlia Pollock @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social has an amazing new study integrating 3D shape, biomechanics, and optimality modelling, helps explain why so many mammals evolve sabre teeth: functional optimality was a key driver behind the repeated evolution of extreme sabre-tooth morphologies.

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

En respuesta a las recientes declaraciones antievolucionistas de Jaime Mayor Oreja, desde la Junta Directiva de la SESBE
hemos escrito esta carta abierta. #evolución

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drive.google.com/file/d/10p_4...

Apex Stegosaurus fossil mount on display in the Museum's Gilder Center beside a neon yellow sign with information about the specimen.

Hi, BlueSky! We're here for the party, and we brought a NEW dinosaur with us. Meet Apex. Discovered in 2022 near Dinosaur, Colorado, this Stegosaurus is the largest ever found, measuring 11 ft (3.4 m) tall & 27 feet (8.2 m) long. You can see it at the Museum starting on Sunday, December 8! 🦴

World’s Priciest Dinosaur Fossil Comes to Museum of Natural History The billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, who bought the stegosaurus fossil for $44.6 million, is loaning it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York for four years.

The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold at auction, a stegosaurus that the billionaire Kenneth Griffin bought for $44.6 million, has a new home: the American Museum of Natural History in New York.

El mal estado de Doñana afecta negativamente a las aves acuáticas de toda Europa
Un equipo de la Estación Biológica de Doñana ha analizado los datos de 38 años de censos de aves en Doñana y el Paleártico Occidental,junto con imágenes de satélite y datos de 432 humedales ➡️ www.csic.es/es/actualida...

A New Take on Natural Selection Through a mix of fieldwork and laboratory experimentation, Yale Professor—and newly minted MacArthur Fellow—Martha Muñoz, PhD ’14, is gaining insight into how species’ behavior and physical traits sha...

gsas.harvard.edu/news/new-tak...

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

Job alert! Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKV017/d...

Mummified sabre-toothed kitten found in Siberian permafrost stuns scientists The specimen, discovered in 2020 on the banks of the Badyarikha River in eastern Siberia, is believed to be about 31,800 years old.

Mummified sabre-toothed kitten found in Siberian permafrost stuns scientists .... new at BBC Wildlife www.discoverwildlife.com/prehistoric-...