Our latest research revealed that 'Erythrochampsa' longipes is not a distinct taxon, resolving decades of taxonomic uncertainty. Check out how it grew in our paper here. doi.org/10.1080/1477...

A revised anatomical and osteohistological description of ‘Erythrochampsa’ longipes (Broom, 1904) and its implications on early crocodyliform taxonomy and evolution

Early Crocodyliformes first appeared in the Late Triassic as generally small-bodied, terrestrial cursorial faunivores. They had a global distribution during the early Jurassic with species found on...

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We examined how mammal ancestor brain size changed through the end-Permian extinction and found it barely changed! Brain evolution may have been put on hold for millions of years until ecosystems recovered. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Evolutionary stasis in synapsid encephalization during the end-permian mass extinction - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Evolutionary stasis in synapsid encephalization during the end-permian mass extinction

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First-Ever Egg of a Mammal Ancestor Discovered! Research by myself, Julien Benoit (Wits) and Vincent Fernandez (ESRF) presents the first-ever egg of the therapsid Lystrosaurus, finally answering the question: Did the ancestors of mammals lay eggs? Yes, they did! doi.org/10.1371/jour...

The first non-mammalian synapsid embryo from the Triassic of South Africa

Oviparity was likely the plesiomorphic reproductive condition for non-mammalian Synapsida, the stem-mammal group. Yet, despite nearly two centuries of research, no definitive fossil eggs of late Palae...

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Enele Twala and I have just returned from a trip to the ESRF in France. Enele is studying squamate bone histology and Roger Benson and Zoe Kulik from the AMNH and I are studying the osteohistology of basal amniotes. We obtained almost 250 scans for this project, and we can't wait to study the scans!

Here’s some photos from our latest field trip – with Adam Huttenlocker, Ken Angielczyk, Pia Viglietti, Claire Browning and Roger Smith. This is our second field season collecting rock samples for radiometrically dating the Permo-Triassic boundary in South Africa and so far, we have great results.

Hi! I've just presented at the International Symposium on Palaeohistology on sauropodomorph growth strategies across the end-Triassic mass extinction. Our first observation is that all sauropodomorphs and sauropodiformes exhibit growth marks from early ontogeny, contrary to Sauropoda. #sauropods

Hi! I'm a palaeontologist who has just joined Bluesky. My lab recently published a paper on gorgonopsian osteohistology. doi.org/10.1111/joa....

The osteohistology of gorgonopsian therapsids and implications for Permo‐Triassic theriodont growth

Permian gorgonopsian therapists had rapid, annually interrupted growth and show longer lifespans than early Triassic therapists.

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