🌊🐊 Were some of the earliest crocodylians venturing into the sea? 🦴 For our new paper in Palaeontology, we CT-scanned three skulls of “thoracosaurs” and found clues for a shallow-marine lifestyle in these enigmatic critters. ➡ doi.org/10.1111/pala... ️📖

I feel like I’m going to throw up

World, here is your Crocodile Brain Encyclopedia. Our new paper, which details the internal cranial anatomy of over 43 crocodylian species is finally out! Read here: doi.org/10.1111/joa.... @pdmannion.bsky.social

Computed tomography reveals the endocranial anatomy of Crocodylia: Implications for phylogenetic relationships and ecomorphological convergence across Crocodylomorpha

The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth ...

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Fossil Cervid Day is coming up, Sat 14th March! An entire day of interesting lectures by fossil deer experts in Leuven, followed by the inauguration of a Giant Deer skeleton at our lovely campus. Sign up: www.palaeontologica-belgica.org/fossilcervid... #paleontology #fossils #belgium

The Fossil Cervid-Day Conference | Palaeontologica

Webpage on the Fossil Cervid Conference at the Leuven University (KU Leuven) on satuday 14th March 2026 - The first half of a Belgian-Dutch initiative focused on the study of Fossil deers from the Nor...

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The Thailand Wildlife Research Division reports a sighting of the false gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii). This globally endangered crocodilian was thought to have disappeared from the country, but they might be making a comeback 😍😍 www.facebook.com/share/r/1Nnd...

Today new publication has been released in @journalsystpal.bsky.social We are proud to present you Cariocecus bocagei, a new hadrosauroid from the Papo Seco Formation (Barremian, Early K) of Portugal. Come with me in this post series to learn more about it! 1/x

📣 PhD position at Biogeology & Paleoclimatology (KU Leuven) 📣 Are you interested in studying past ecosystem responses to climate change? Do you hold a Master's Geology or Biology, or a related field? Join our team, apply now www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...

Two new species of crocodile discovered! Endemic to two different islands off the coast of Mexico, their habitats are already affected by human activity and increased conservation efforts are needed to protect these beautiful creatures 🐊 phys.org/news/2025-04...

Researchers identify two new crocodile species

McGill University researchers, in collaboration with Mexican scientists, have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of...

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Proud to be one of >500 Belgian scientists fighting back against plans to defund science in our country 🧪🇧🇪💪 Defunding science = shooting yourself in the foot as a society www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2025...

Taxonomic revision of the family Squalodontidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti): emptying the wastebasket of fragmentary holotypes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #FossilFriday @paleodb.bsky.social

Happy international women in science day! I say happy, but I hope we all realize we will have to fight a lot harder sgain to earn our place in science. The rise of fascism is leading to dramatic cuts in science, and specifically wants us to serve as housewives again.

🐴🌿 Eurohippus messelensis was a perissodactyl that lived in western Europe 47-38 MYA. These tiny horse-like creatures had four toes and spent their days munching on leaves from the tropical rainforests that covered the area. The specimen originates from the Messel pit, Germany 🇩🇪 #FossilFriday

Join us as a Doctoral student in Biology w/focus in ecological physiology. A PhD project with @cyanistesnord.bsky.social “HotLife – Pathways to survival in a hotter world” supported by @ercresearch.bsky.social. #lunduniversity Please apply no later than 18 February! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

#Cenozoicrewind2024 Meet Sutekhsuchus dowsoni! #paleoart #sciart

Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway seeks a Collection Manager in Paleontology. #paleojobs #Paleontology #museumjobs #Museum www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Collection manager in paleontology (273160) | University of Oslo

Job title: Collection manager in paleontology (273160), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, February 20, 2025

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For my first #FossilFriday post: Bernissartia fagesii, my beloved 💜 This basal eusuchian used to crawl around in between the Iguanodons ~130 MYA in what is now Bernissart, Belgium. It measured only 60 cm at maturity and is therefore one of the smallest - and cutest - crocodyliforms known to science

🚨 The Anatomical Record released a special issue focused entirely on Pseudosuchia 🐊 featuring our paper on Eosuchus lerichei! By analyzing its inner skull cavities, we found evidence that this Paleocene croc was capable of transoceanic dispersal 🌊 dx.doi.org/10.1002/ar.2... #paleontology #fossil

Endocranial anatomy and phylogenetic position of the crocodylian Eosuchus lerichei from the late Paleocene of northwestern Europe and potential adaptations for transoceanic dispersal in gavialoids

Eosuchus lerichei is a gavialoid crocodylian from late Paleocene marine deposits of northwestern Europe, known from a skull and lower jaws, as well as postcrania. Its sister taxon relationship with t...

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