Ragnarok is upon us.....New PAPER! Introducing the world to Joermungandr bolti, a new Carboniferous-aged recumbirostran from Mazon Creek, Illinois. This stunning little reptilian animal is named after the Midgard "world" serpent from Norse Myth! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Congrats to Brad McFeeters on his new paper, with co-author David Evans describing ontogeny and variation in the skull of #Maiasaura Check it out! #MaddinLab #DinosaursAreOkToo #FossilFriday #paleontology #dinosaurs app.pan.pl/article/item/a…

Challenging year, but another fierce #womenInScience completed yet another awesome thesis. Cool empirical results implicating the role of the forebrain in skull development in a frog. Master Erin McKenzie is off to Oxford for clinical embryology. Good luck! #MaddinLab #EvoDevo

Thrilled to have launched our first PalEO event! An astonishing 33 participants from our three Capital Region institutions (Carleton University, Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa, Museum of Nature) joined to meet. Members will peer-mentor each other in key skills ranging from photography to database mining.

I may be axo’little, but I’m an axolotl. Behold my glorious head ferns. #MaddinLab Carleton Science #evodevo #axolotl

Great blog post by our very own. @DanaKorneisel. Check out her exciting research, which was also recently published in the The Anatomical Record #maddinlab Carleton Science How many bones are in an alligator neck? It’s complicated blog.csz-scz.ca/2022/01/19/how…

Better late than never! #MaddinLab secret santa was a great success! So many cool objects perfectly selected for everyone. 🎅

Introducing the world to the New Recumbirostran, Nagini mazonense, revealing oldest example of Snake-like Limb-loss in the fossil record of Amniotes! from the world famous Mazon Creek Lagerstatte, Illinois, USA! Reconstruction by Hank Sharpe nature.com/articles/s4155…

Congrats to Dr. Arjan Mann and Dr. J. Pardo on identifying a new limb-reduced tetrapod! A keen eye reveals Nagini had small hindlimbs, but no arms! Special thanks to Hank Sharpe for bringing the beast to life.

Welcome Dr. McFeeters! Seen here in the Jurassic and Carboniferous of Nova Scotia, though he'd take the Cretaceous any day ;). Exquisite thesis completed on the ontogeny and morphology braincases of hadrosaurs, with evolutionary implications. #MaddinLab Carleton Earth Sciences

Sad to have missed #SVP2022 (not sad for the reason - new baby) but mega proud of the team representing the #MaddinLab. Great talks by @jadeinjoggins, Misha, Thomas Cullen and @DanaKorneisel, who was also this year’s Cohen Award recipient.

Calling all interested prospective students! We're about to launch our NSERC-Alliance-funded program exploring Carboniferous vertebrates of New Brunswick. Stay tuned for a call for a two-year technical position too! #CarletonUniversity #MaddinLab et al. #paleontology

We're hiring! 2-year fossil preparator position to be based at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Contact one of us for more info! Apply by May 5th, but applications will be accepted until position is filled.

We are seeking to fill one last PhD position on our NSERC Alliance grant in partnership with the New Brunswick Museum. Join an enthusiastic team based in Ottawa, Canada, to study new and exciting Carboniferous vertebrate fossils! #SVP2023 Carleton Science #MaddinLab

I'll be looking for an MSc or PhD student to take on some evo-devo research in my lab starting fall 2024. Skull and somite fate mapping, and brain-skull devo, in frogs and salamanders. DM or email me before the end of the calendar year! #MaddinLab

Sad to lose a student, but happy to gain a colleague (and friend 😊). Congrats Dr.@DanaKorneisel! Can't wait to see what comes next. #MaddinLab

New lab record. Spring is in the air! #Xenopus #amplexus #MaddinLab