✨️ HEY IT'S NEW EPISODE DAY ✨️! In our latest episode, Ray and Dave review the evidence with Dr. James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social, co-author of the new research paper 📝 that resolves the validity of #Nanotyrannus 🦖. 🔊 Listen now! www.paleonerds.com/podcast/jame...
Dr. James G. Napoli
@jgn-paleo.bsky.social
Vertebrate Paleontologist | Research Instructor at Stony Brook University | Intraspecific variation, taxonomy, systematics | Views mine | he/him
I should check my mail more often. Nice surprise on #FossilFriday to see an actual print version of the @nature.com issue with my News & Views commentary for the Nanotyrannus cover article by Lindsay Zanno & James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social. Glad to have been involved! Links in ALT🦖
Very excited to share that our latest paper is out in Science! We show that the type specimen of Nanotyrannus—an isolated skull—is fully grown, showing that it is not a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex but a distinct species (1/12) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Forelimb anatomy of Cretaceous pennaraptoran dinosaurs sheds light on the origin of the avian wrist: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🪶🧪 (📷 @jgn-paleo.bsky.social et al.)
Hello new followers! Figured I should reintroduce myself. I'm a paleontologist who focuses on variation within species as a way to understand evolution, systematics, and the origin of new traits. Lots of cool work coming down the pipeline; watch this space to catch every update!
Happy #FossilFriday everyone! Excited to share that very soon, I will be able to share a piece of research that I've been hard at work for years. Not sure if it will release today, but figured I would share a little teaser here...
Manuscript submitted! This one is a bit far afield from my normal work, but nonetheless one of my favorite projects so far.
Hello everyone! For anyone who didn’t know me before, I’m a paleontologist who studies intraspecific variation to understand vertebrate evolution. I’m currently a postdoctoral researcher at NC State on the Dueling Dinosaurs project studying the evolution and growth of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs.