New paper just dropped finally describing a complete specimen of Dakosaurus maximus and what a beauty it is. Some highlights, in addition to this being a long time coming, is the presence of bitemarks on the face and chondrichthyan material in the stomach doi.org/10.26879/1577

Just a quick heads up for those who intended to use the free scale bars handed out at this year's SVP by #PaleoTools: don't...

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An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting. Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!

After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).

🚨Check out our new paper! 🦠 Led by @taphonomist.bsky.social our experiments show the influence of endogenous bacteria in the early stages of decay.

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Bacteria 🦠 🧫 play a crucial role in how animals become fossils! Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Been a cat mom for over a month now and it's the best decision I've ever made. 🥰

I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎

Thrilled to see this (so much fun) project published! 😊🐊 doi.org/10.1017/S001...

Had the pleasure of visiting the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and getting an awesome tour of part of their collection from the amazing @michela-johnson.bsky.social — thanks so much, Michela! 📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014 #paleontology #FossilFriday

Coo at the snappy (extinct) doggo and boop the tiny snoot for #WorldCrocodileDay - so happy that I get to work on these animals!!

Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬 Stay curious - whether it's on rocks⛰️, plants🌱, animals 🐋🐘🐊🐧🐠, fossils🦖, maths📟, stars🌠🔭, or much more!! #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #herps #paleontology

This one took a while, but it's finally out! Our re-description of the most common & iconic teleosauroid 🐊 Macrospondylus bollensis, along with it's enigmatic holotype. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A re-description of the teleosauroid Macrospondylus bollensis (Jaeger, 1828) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany - PalZ

Teleosauroid crocodylomorphs were a successful, diverse and abundant clade that expanded near-globally during the Jurassic Period. Teleosauroids are commonly found in Toarcian strata (Early Jurassic) ...

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PhD position alert: join a diverse team of palaeontologists to study the evolution of temnospondyls! The PhD project @smnstuttgart.bsky.social will focus on bone microanatomy: lots of fun with thin-sections and CT in perspective. Whoever you are: don't hesitate to reach out! tinyurl.com/msvntnd9

A juvenile Macrospondylus for #FossilFriday - some exciting data collection coming from this fella soon! 🐊

Supermassive new paper (162 pages!) led by Dr Isaure Scavezzoni on the pectoral girdle anatomy of thalattosuchian and dyrosaurid crocodylomorphs, highlighting the enormous amount of information in croc postcranial skeletons! @michela-johnson.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

A fantastic opportunity to work on some very cool fossils with an incredible team, in an amazing & vibrant city! Apply, apply, apply!

Steve Brusatte@stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us! Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens! Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me. Details👇 e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...

- Sutekhsuchus dowsoni - An Egyptian Miocene gavialoid #crocodilia

Made it to the other side - hi Bluesky, I'm a paleontologist working on ecology, growth and morphology (among other things) of Jurassic fossil marine crocs and their living "relatives"! Why not celebrate with photos of some of the awesome animals I work on?