I use twitter to talk science, fossils, and scream about bones.

So why am I terrified to share this? This too is an unfortunate part of science...

Two years ago Bryan Gee and I reported our advisor, Robert Reisz, for bullying and harassment.
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710 days ago, I successfully defended my PhD dissertation.

695 days ago, I, along with Y a r a • يارا • Hectic Skeleton, reported our PhD advisor, Robert Reisz, for bullying and harassment.

Today, we are sharing our story.

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#FossilFriday #AcademicTwitter #paleontology

“Universities sing the song of meritocracy but dance to a different tune. In reality, they will do everything to reward and protect their most destructive, abusive and uncooperative faculty.” timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ten-ru…

Species concept in paleontology: check out the incredible work of Pauline Guenser and Samuel Ginot about sampling effort, species delineation, and how this could effect biodiversity studies

#ScientificNews 🔎

Work has highlighted a more nuanced view of the evolution of dental and dietary adaptations in vertebrates, focusing in particular on the study of lizards. 🦎🦷

📕 doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

Pour tous ceux et celles qui se demande si les cuspides sont des pièges évolutifs : La réponse dans cet article...

#RésultatScientifique 🔎

Des travaux mettent en lumière une vision plus nuancée de l’évolution des adaptations dentaires et alimentaires chez les vertébrés, en se penchant notamment sur l'étude des lézards. 🦎🦷

➡️ inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/le…
📕 doi.org/10.1038/s41467…

For #ToothyTuesday I give you Placodonts.

Their name means 'Tablet teeth', so for once scientists named something appropriately

Their teeth are huge, thick and WIDE all for crushing delicious seafood, you KNOW these Triassic marine reptiles were eating good.

New paper by the Keogh Lab in Evolution Journal (doi.org/10.1111/evo.14…)! Ian Brennan, @AlexDSkeels, Scott Keogh, and I evaluate the roles of geography and competition on the diversification of monitor lizards in the fascinating Indo-Australasian region. More below (1/12).

🎉New paper alert! 🎉
Skull reconstruction and functional morphology of the bizarre 🐊cousin Effigia from the Triassic. New anatomy and feeding behaviours beautifully depicted by Mark Witton The Anatomical Record DM me for a copy! anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… (1/8)

Our new paper: #Tetrapodophis is a tiny mosasauroid (dolichosaur), not a 4-legged snake!

Led by Mike Caldwell University of Alberta, with Tiago R. Simões
Randy Nyman, @ReiszRobert, Ale Palci, Fernando Garberoglio

Free access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

#fossils #herpetology @samuseum @flinders

New paper out today in Royal Society Publishing Open Science exploring the use of colour maps in palaeontology to represent results from finite element models. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.109… 1/7

The development of dentin microstructure is controlled by the type of adjacent epithelium asbmr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Check out our new paper 'Slow and fast evolutionary rates in the history of lepidosaurs' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pa… The PalAss Surprisingly, the extinct relatives of the #tuatara evolved rapidly in the Mesozoic 🦎📈, whereas extinct #lizards and #snakes evolved slowly! 🐍🦎📉

Tooth Fast, Tooth Curious? A new study uncovers a novel approach to a plant-based diet, unique to long-necked dinosaurs: bit.ly/NHMPR1110

The anatomy & development of traits need to be assessed to interpret phylogenetic patterns of diversity. Our study also demonstrates how the biodiversity crisis is hindering our ability to fully understand the natural world. As species are lost, so are their unique features

Check out our new paper 'Re-evaluating the morphological evidence for the re-evolution of lost mandibular teeth in frogs' in SSE Evolution Journal! We confirm that Gastrotheca guentheri, Gunther's Marsupial Frog, regained true teeth on the lower jaw doi.org/10.1111/evo.14…

#svp2021 I'm reminded that people are interested in starting to use #microCT for their research for the first time, so I thought it might be a good time re-share my Intro to Micro-CT Scanning video. youtube.com/watch?v=b5vYU6…