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Spent today thinking about the degree of morphological variety among true (Phocidae). Skulls and seals represent a Mediterranean Monk seal, Harbour seal, and Crabeater seal. Phocids have so many different looks! 🤩

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2019-01-22

My favourite scientific figure of 2018
From Comparative feeding strategies and kinematics in phocid seals: https://t.co/Qs2cX6dRAI

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2019-01-16

New paper out! Coauthored with fellow pinnipedologists Annalisa Berta and Morgan Churchill - review of the fossil record, phylogeny, and evolution of pinnipeds (fur seals, sea lions, true seals, desmatophocids, and walruses)! Published in https://t.co/IRfhb88Rp9

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