Hi paleo pals, I have a CT dataset where each of the bones has numerous cracks such that the bone is in a very slight 'exploded diagram' like displacement. Question: should I reconstruct the specimens by moving each isolated fragment digitally to remove as much of the space as possible? (1 of 2)

Take a look at this wonderful piece featuring Ahvaytum! Be sure to check out the other works by @stavrossk.bsky.social

Stavros Svensson Kundromichalis@stavrossk.bsky.social · last yr.

A young Ahvaytum bahndooiveche wondering what the dragonflies are up to in Wyoming during the Late #Triassic #dinosaur #paleoart #sciart

Really great story by Taylar Stagner (Grist) @siisiiko.bsky.social on restoration of buffalo as an integral part of the ecosystem and the Eastern Shoshone' vote to classify buffalo as wildlife. Important read. apnews.com/article/wyom...

In Wyoming, the Eastern Shoshone tribe decided to classify buffalo as wildlife. Here is why

Earlier this month, the Eastern Shoshone voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock.

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pretty amazing work by @akufner.bsky.social (and others) on the #taphonomy of a metoposaurid mass mortality assemblage from the Late Triassic Popo Agie Fm.

Aaron Kufner@akufner.bsky.social · 2y ago

New publication! My first dissertation chapter is now published in @plosone.org with @paleobadger.bsky.social, @calamanderso.bsky.social, Hannah Miller, Max Deckman, and Brandon Price. Any images not credited below are from this paper. doi.org/10.1371/jour... @uwmadscience.bsky.social 1/16

This is an awesome group of people doing some really good work in sci-comm and beyond! Follow them and see what kind of shenanigans we get up to!

The Action Potential@youaretap.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are The Action Potential, a non-partisan think tank that informs the public about the science behind the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world. Our membership includes hundreds of people from science, to the performing arts, and everything between and beyond.

Another fun paper on deep(er) time mechanistic ecological modeling by Deak and co-authors!

Michael Deak@slothfultyrant.bsky.social · 2y ago

Words cannot describe how excited I am to announce the publication of my first peer-reviewed paper published in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution! Here's a big, fancy thread summarizing everything: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Also true in palaeontology. In the UK, there is a risk averse approach to funding fieldwork by funding panels: as a result, field-based palaeontological work is in steep decline (along with taxonomy and systematics). Where will we end up if no-one is generating primary data anymore?

PEC Exeter@pec-exeter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Where are all the field studies? This ⬇️ important but rather depressing paper describes how conducting, & crucially initiating, field studies is becoming harder & rarer. A short 🧵 (and a call for more fieldwork) www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

and another great study. can't wait to see this incorporated in very paleo!

Yuting Lin@tinandemu.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ever wondered how birds stand up? Our paper explores how emus use their muscles to stand up. We found that these large, flightless birds use large muscle fibre length changes, activations and forces. My 1st PhD chapter, out now in @jexpbiol.bsky.social! journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

ok, this is just straight up badass.

The Milinkovitch-Tzika lab@lanevol.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉 We're excited to share our new research in @nature.com ! We reveal that crocodile head scales self-organize through compressive folding of the skin - a mechanical twist on their development & evolution! Please read & share 🐊🔬 @genevunige.bsky.social

I am incredibly excited to share our new Open Access publication in the @zoojlinnsoc.bsky.social that was released today. Please welcome *Ahvaytum bahndooiveche*, a new species of sauropodomorph(?) dinosaur from the Popo Agie Formation, WY, USA. tinyurl.com/3zx7s3mx (1/x)

Acidification of the oceans as shown by the saturation state of aragonite (Ωarag), the free proton concentration ([H+]), pH on the total scale (pHT), and the anthropogenic carbon concentration. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Thanks for sharing the story of this fossil and the partnership it helped to form!

Jeanne Timmons@mostlymammoths.bsky.social · 2y ago

Honored to connect w/Reba Teran, @paleobadger.bsky.social Cal So, Amanda LeClair-Diaz & @ichnologist.bsky.social about a new burrowing temnospondyl named in collaboration w/Eastern Shoshone People. Thank you, Michael Roston. 🧪⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/s...

Can't wait to try this on some of our datasets!

Professor Anjali Goswami FRS@evoswami.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper! For all of you working with 3d scans (e.g. micro-CT, MRI), check out SPROUT, a rapid open-source tool for generating segmented and parcellated data, meaning your scans are separated into the individual elements without any manual labelling or training. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

uh oh #WIP #SciArt #Stanleycaris #isoxys #Blender3D #3Danimation #paleoart #cambrian #reef

Ok BSKY friends... I've been absent from socials for a few years - i used to post family stuff (kids/etc) on FB/insta and used X for more professional stuff. What are folks doing? keeping you account Professional, personal, mix of both... or (1/2)

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

HFR🇺🇦🇬🇱@dinochick.bsky.social · 2y ago

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.

Kindness, hard work, professionalism, and a passion for preserving the history of life for everyone was honored today with the naming of *Waukeshaaspis eatonae* after UW Geology Museum Curator, Carrie Eaton @carriethecurator.bsky.social

Carrie Eaton@carriethecurator.bsky.social · 2y ago

And in other weird news, I now have a fossil species named after me which is perhaps only marginal proof that this account is real 😂

I wanted to share this image of the type specimen of *Ninumbeehan dookoodukah* @calamanderso.bsky.social (bit.ly/3YTFep4) Prep was done by myself, and lab volunteer Brandon Price (a co-author on the paper). Note the tiny arm (posterior and ventral of the mandible)! #paleontology #geology #fossils

Time for the @bsky.app community to see one of my favorite visualizations of climate change... "Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪

I had to have a❤️to❤️ with my oldest child about this. First I caught them doing scratch tests (mohstly harmless). Then they're drawing equilibria diagrams (i thought it was just a phase). But texting BBS (=bone-bearing strata)? Too much!! Seen from afar, this #geology poison is rifting us apart.

Nadine, Hunter of Rocks@nadwgab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Is your child texting about #geology? Talk to them before it's too late! OMG = old mafic gneiss STFU = samples taken from unconformity WTF = where's the feldspar BRB = big round boulder SMH = so many hotsprings LOL = lovely old lithologies ROFL = really old foraminifera limestone #GeologistProblems

I’m currently recruiting earth/life sciences undergrads, grad students, postdocs, & professional educators for 2025 instructor & TA jobs in Sternberg Museum Science Camps! Info & application form here 👉 forms.gle/5EGnpKMhHRj9... Please share! ~40+ slots this summer! #paleontology #geology #biology

New at Tetrapod Zoology: Post-Truthism, Brian J Ford's Aquatic Dinosaurs, and the Fate of 'Too Big To Walk' .... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/11... #dinosaurs #books

Post-Truthism, Brian J Ford’s Aquatic Dinosaurs, and the Fate of ‘Too Big To Walk’ — Tetrapod Zoology

Late in the afternoon of Friday November 8th, my paper ‘The response to and rejection of Brian Ford’s Too Big to Walk , a 21st century effort to reinstate the aquatic dinosaur hypothesis’ saw digital...

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I love these pieces by @emmalerae.bsky.social. I had to restock at SVP as well. My kiddos love the smaller prints and helped adorn my partner's vehicle with them. ❤️ Mine already had one 😉

Emma LeRae@emmalerae.bsky.social · 3y ago

I started out just wanting to make a transgender stegosaurus for myself... 3 years later I have 23 different designs and counting. www.emmalerae.com/store.html If you don't see your preferred flag I'm more than happy to add more designs to the rainbow herd. Just let me know.

The trailer for our What's in a Name documentary (WIND) is out in the wild! We are still working on the release date, but ultimately it will be OA once it is. The first taxon was published last week - <i>Ninumberhan dookoodukah</i> - and a second is in press (keep a 👀 out)! youtu.be/pEsWbRrJWSQ

What's in a Name? (Official Trailer)

YouTube video by Wispering River Media (Ethan Parrish)

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I wanted to share our paper describing a new estivating latiscopid amphibian species from the Late Triassic (mid-Carnian) of WY. *Ninumberhan* was named by 7th graders and tribal Elders from the Wind River Reservation. Art by @serpenillus.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Love to see more of the Early Triassic swim traces coming to light!

PaleoJim@paleojim.bsky.social · 2y ago

UGS paleontologists recently discovered lots of fossilized footprints in Canyonlands Nat. Park. These prehistoric tracks, dating to Triassic, reveal details about ancient animal behavior and environments. Learn more in this latest Paleo News article–https://ow.ly/2uYm50TtbZf

I haven't been on socials for the last few years because I couldn't stand all the background noise. 🤞