Robert Boessenecker, Doctor of Whaleontology™️さんのイラストまとめ

New paper: new species of crested penguin (Eudyptes atatu) from the Pliocene of New Zealand. Deep bills evolved quite recently. Good to see some of these Taranaki fossils *finally* getting published. Paper by @NZfauna et al. https://t.co/J28Y6pUyQt

@AndyFarke wait wtf they do the em/en dash fuckery even for the SVP abstract book? what a colossal waste of time

relevant to another thread out there

Serious question: anyone else get super hung up on typos in published books? Like I see a typo and realize I've been staring at it for several minutes and it's difficult to get back to reading after

two things Pieter Folkens doesn't believe in: anthropogenic climate change and shadows on countershaded dolphins. Here's evidence of one existing, which should tell you exactly how much his opinion on the other should matter

@NearlyExperts @Formorphology Probably not unreasonable to assume that they did - here's one of my favorite depictions of the K/Pg impact by my favorite paleoartist, Doug Henderson:

@Synapsida hmm yes

@slothgirlmel

#SharkAwarenessDay Contrary to semi-popular belief, the giant shark Carcharocles megalodon is dead and gone, and we know it's been extinct for about 3.6 million years or so. Read more about it here: https://t.co/81n0gZWvD3

@WCBD