Dana Korneisel
@danakorneisel.bsky.social
Paleontology Postdoc Uppsala University • PhD Carleton U • M.S. VT • Early tetrapods, neck evodevo, taphonomy • Aerialist • Author of "Dana digs Dinos" • She/Her
Got to see a second slow worm today! They may look like snakes, but limblessness has evolved many times in Squamates (the snake and lizard family), and this guy is a limbless lizard. Moved across the road after filming.
September 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Got to see a second slow worm today! They may look like snakes, but limblessness has evolved many times in Squamates (the snake and lizard family), and this guy is a limbless lizard. Moved across the road after filming.
Reposted by Dana Korneisel
What mammal has the longest neck?
In terms of the number of vertebrae, it’s not the giraffe. They have 7 neck vertebrae, like us.
Sloths, however, can have up to 10! Three toed sloths are the only mammal group that have more than 7.
Who has the shortest neck?
Also sloths! Two toeds can have 5!
In terms of the number of vertebrae, it’s not the giraffe. They have 7 neck vertebrae, like us.
Sloths, however, can have up to 10! Three toed sloths are the only mammal group that have more than 7.
Who has the shortest neck?
Also sloths! Two toeds can have 5!
July 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
What mammal has the longest neck?
In terms of the number of vertebrae, it’s not the giraffe. They have 7 neck vertebrae, like us.
Sloths, however, can have up to 10! Three toed sloths are the only mammal group that have more than 7.
Who has the shortest neck?
Also sloths! Two toeds can have 5!
In terms of the number of vertebrae, it’s not the giraffe. They have 7 neck vertebrae, like us.
Sloths, however, can have up to 10! Three toed sloths are the only mammal group that have more than 7.
Who has the shortest neck?
Also sloths! Two toeds can have 5!
"It is by love alone that we understand anything" -The birth of Bran, James Stephens
A new study comes from the questions you love to ask. My question "How do vertebral building blocks come together to make different anatomies?" inspired this project ❤️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A new study comes from the questions you love to ask. My question "How do vertebral building blocks come together to make different anatomies?" inspired this project ❤️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"It is by love alone that we understand anything" -The birth of Bran, James Stephens
A new study comes from the questions you love to ask. My question "How do vertebral building blocks come together to make different anatomies?" inspired this project ❤️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A new study comes from the questions you love to ask. My question "How do vertebral building blocks come together to make different anatomies?" inspired this project ❤️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fossil(and more?) Friday. The Staruni Woolly Rhino was incredibly preserved with its skin in a condition good enough to be taxidermied. Her horns, hooves, hair, and guts were all that was lost, but you can see the individual follicles in her skin. #fossilfriday #EAVP2025 #MuzeumPrzyrodnicze
July 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Fossil(and more?) Friday. The Staruni Woolly Rhino was incredibly preserved with its skin in a condition good enough to be taxidermied. Her horns, hooves, hair, and guts were all that was lost, but you can see the individual follicles in her skin. #fossilfriday #EAVP2025 #MuzeumPrzyrodnicze
#FossilFriday I made a purely touristic visit to the Trachilos trackway site while in Crete a few weeks ago. The main tracks are covered, but it was still cool to get to see the location of this famous site in person, and the view from it is lovely! #ichnofossils #paleontology
April 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#FossilFriday I made a purely touristic visit to the Trachilos trackway site while in Crete a few weeks ago. The main tracks are covered, but it was still cool to get to see the location of this famous site in person, and the view from it is lovely! #ichnofossils #paleontology
Reposted by Dana Korneisel
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Tomography Support Center, now available for all @uu.se employees and students. We welcome collaborations with anyone interested in using microCT and synchrotron scanning.
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
April 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Tomography Support Center, now available for all @uu.se employees and students. We welcome collaborations with anyone interested in using microCT and synchrotron scanning.
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
Learn more here: www.uu.se/institution/...
It is a very happy #fossilfriday as I sent back a revised manuscript last night, a years-in-the-making review that is the reason I find my phone full of pictures like this every time I've been to a museum:
"Asiatosuchus" depressifrons anterior cervical vertebrae (sans proatlas)
"Asiatosuchus" depressifrons anterior cervical vertebrae (sans proatlas)
March 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is a very happy #fossilfriday as I sent back a revised manuscript last night, a years-in-the-making review that is the reason I find my phone full of pictures like this every time I've been to a museum:
"Asiatosuchus" depressifrons anterior cervical vertebrae (sans proatlas)
"Asiatosuchus" depressifrons anterior cervical vertebrae (sans proatlas)
#fossilfriday on the road from Belgium today. Saw the awesome Iguanadon display in Brussels yesterday before heading north to give a guest lecture today.
March 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#fossilfriday on the road from Belgium today. Saw the awesome Iguanadon display in Brussels yesterday before heading north to give a guest lecture today.
I never met Richard Fortey but his "Life" was what re-sparked an earlier interest in paleontology during my teenage years. This read got my dad to take me on a fossil-hunting trip with the rockounding club at my local library and steered me back towards science as a career. Thanks and RIP.
Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight
March 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I never met Richard Fortey but his "Life" was what re-sparked an earlier interest in paleontology during my teenage years. This read got my dad to take me on a fossil-hunting trip with the rockounding club at my local library and steered me back towards science as a career. Thanks and RIP.
It's #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience . It's an especially stressful time for many early career scientists as programs in the US are cut and hampered, but we deserve to be celebrated too. There are so many of us out in the world doing awesome work. Here's to all of you!
February 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience . It's an especially stressful time for many early career scientists as programs in the US are cut and hampered, but we deserve to be celebrated too. There are so many of us out in the world doing awesome work. Here's to all of you!
Slightly late addition for #museumselfieday but right on time for #fossilfriday with a visit to the Smithsonian. Enjoy Greererpeton
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Slightly late addition for #museumselfieday but right on time for #fossilfriday with a visit to the Smithsonian. Enjoy Greererpeton
How often do you see an ichthyosaur fossil from this perspective? They are so frequently preserved flattened that it is easy to forget how massive they must have been. This specimen is at in the Evolutionsmuseet in Uppsala #Fossilfriday
January 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
How often do you see an ichthyosaur fossil from this perspective? They are so frequently preserved flattened that it is easy to forget how massive they must have been. This specimen is at in the Evolutionsmuseet in Uppsala #Fossilfriday
Last fika before Christmas today.
December 19, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Last fika before Christmas today.
Hello Bluesky! I am an early career vertebrate #paleontologist with a PhD on neck vertebrae currently studying early tetrapods in 🇸🇪. Pictured with a rhizodont scale found at Blue Beach last summer. #womeninscience
November 30, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Hello Bluesky! I am an early career vertebrate #paleontologist with a PhD on neck vertebrae currently studying early tetrapods in 🇸🇪. Pictured with a rhizodont scale found at Blue Beach last summer. #womeninscience