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This might be the coolest 🦕 taphonomy paper yet! Hornung et al report on fragmentary probable titanosaur remains (dorsal centrum & manual phalanx) - and other fossils - that weathered & were later fluvially transported & deposited IN A CAVE!
(art by @JoschuaKnuppe)

For #FossilFriday, today is the 1 year anniversary of our paper reporting the respiratory infection paper in #Dolly the 🦕 ! How has it been a year already?! From numerous news outlets to even an upcoming documentary, our sick #Dolly has been getting a ton of great attention!

NEW PAPER DAY! After A LONG TIME in the works, I want to share with you all the VERY 1ST CASE of an avian-style RESPIRATORY INFECTION in a non-avian DINOSAUR! You heard me right readers – AND IT’S IN A #SAUROPOD!

(Ewan Wolff, Matt Wedel, Sophie Dennison, & @WitmerLab)

For #FossilFriday, I can FINALLY announce that next Thursday (2/10) a REALLY cool new dino paper will drop! So, what's it about? You'll just have to wait 'til next week😉 But here's a sneak peek of one of the figs...
(recon by Francisco Bruñén Alfaro)

A really cool new 🦕-omorph paper just dropped! It's an awesome limb myological study/reconstruction on my favorite sauropodomorph #Thecodontosaurus by @BallellPalaeo et al. I love an agile Theco 😊 & check out that awesome reconstruction by @SerpenIllus!

#SAUROPODS was a great project to work on with @TedRechlin & @rextoothstudios. I've had a lot of awesome pics taken, but this is the 1st time I've been immortalized in comic book form! 🤣 Comic me even has the identical 🦕 belt buckle!
#FossilFriday

@TedRechlin 🦕are among our most famed dinos. Some were giants. Some were dwarfs. Many were downright strange & bizarre. They grew insanely fast & were the largest animals to ever walk the 🌎. They were a true dinosaurian success story. I love 🦕, & from reading our book, we hope you do too

@TedRechlin @rextoothstudios How long did it take a 🦕 to grow up? FAST! A baby Diplodocus grew to ~20 ft long within 4 years, ~60 ft in its teens, & by its late 20s as a <100 ft adult. But they didn't just get big fast - many parts of their skeleton underwent extreme shape change through growth!
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@TedRechlin @rextoothstudios Why did 🦕 get so big? Anti-predation, a larger gut for storing & digesting lots of 🌿), & increased surface area are some of the ideas. A big gut was likely the initial driver, but the extremes of the 🦕 likely represents a complex interplay of evolutionary innovations.
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@TedRechlin @rextoothstudios The #Morrison_Formation is often referred to as the "Golden Age of Sauropods". The famed and iconic #Apatosaurus, #Brachiosaurus, #Camarasaurus, & #Diplodocus (along with many other 'pods!) all called the Morrison Formation home.
#scicomm