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#OnThisDay in 1973 the first Australopithecus afarensis fossils (AL 128 & AL 129; age 3.3 million-year-old) were found by Donald Johanson and his team in Hadar, Ethiopia. Its functional morphology was interpreted as evidence of adaptations to bipedalism.
Our new paper on tooth modeling (and model simplification) of extant and extinct reptiles is out. https://t.co/ANqWr4LAAX
#scicomm #3dmodeling #biomechanics #fossils
Please check out the 🧵below for details.
https://t.co/NAP0fUTBwh
Yours truly has tried his hand at texturing this Ophiacodon model! No doubt some improvements will come before this gets into the mod.
https://t.co/8lmP0tkIlU
#Minecraft #prehistoric #dinosaurs #fossils #animals #plants #paleobotany #modded
V is for Venaticosuchus, a very distant croc-relative from the Triassic of Argentina. It has an unusual overhanging upper jaw. #AtoZcrocs #Croctober #fossils
📸 von Baczko et al., 2014: https://t.co/XJiROqaTph
Paleonologists Find Fossils of New Lizard and Fish Species in Arkansas
https://t.co/MmdQMnmWMV
#paleontology #science
For #FossilFriday and #Croctober, check out this paper on the biomechanics of the Cretaceous South American notosuchian Araripesuchus by Nico Nieto, Federico Degrange, @poldiego & @kalebsellers @CrocHolliday
https://t.co/AdBgr5vNqh
#fossils #paleontology #crocodilia
Right now, on sale, these fine specimens for auction on Christie's (closing in 4 days). The same auction house is also trading these creepy copy-paste ape nfts. It's weird to see bad jpegs & priceless fossils being treated as same financial commodities.
Thrilled to have this new article in @AnatRecord out today! Aetosaur brain endocasts w/ great collaborators led by Belén von Baczko & Julia Desojo. #Paleoart by @victorleshyk
Ryan Ridgely & I first scanned these @ucmpberkeley fossils many yrs ago—glad to finally get this out!
New digital braincase endocasts of iconic aetosaur Desmatosuchus and neurocranial diversity in Aetosauria by M. Belén von Baczko, @WitmerLab & colleagues:
https://t.co/2UQLxjOqHA
#Archosauria #Pseudosuchia #crocodilia #fossils #paleontology #Croctober @WileyEcolEvol @AnatomyOrg
Caudipteryx fossil cartilage provides evidence of organic molecule preservation at a cellular and nuclear level. One step closer to dinosaur DNA? Probably not... #dinosaurfossils #caudipteryx
Beaked dinosaur fossils did not "inspire" the #Griffin of classical antiquity
but descriptions & observations may have confirmed & helped to perpetuate the story of a fierce mammal w beak lurking in Central Asian deserts in a specific time period ca 650 BC -AD 300
#FossilLegends
O is for Ornithosuchus, a distant croc-relative from the Triassic of Scotland. It may have been a facultative biped, meaning it could walk on two legs, but it could also walk on all fours. #AtoZcrocs #Croctober #fossils
📸 von Baczko and Ezcurra, 2016: https://t.co/eveQa8XJbX
N is for Notosuchus, a terrestrial crocodyliform with heterodont dentition from the Cretaceous of Argentina. It’s possible this croc was omnivorous or maybe even herbivorous. #AtoZcrocs #Croctober #fossils
📸 Barrios et al., 2018: https://t.co/dC3ZLsdixD
#金曜日だから化石貼る
#FossilFriday #SeaMonsters
The fossils “Chief dragon” in Wales are UK's oldest Triassic meat-eating dinosaur.
There are many bizarre creatures in the Triassic. @Nigelmarven's adventures can enjoy the most deadly sea tours.
【https://t.co/WhbA2TpvLA】
The fossils were initially thought to belong to one of the largest flying reptiles ever known, Quetzalcoatlus. In 2019, researchers recognized it as a new species, and named it Cryodrakon boreas, ‘cold dragon of the north winds.’ Art © Gabriel Ugueto @SerpenIllus
[HOT] [OC] I drew the Galarian Fossils complete forms [https://t.co/eNhfkY5Fst]