Jeff Wilson Mantilla
@diapophysis.bsky.social
Paleontologist at the University of Michigan interested in sauropod dinosaur evolution, vertebrate paleontology of the Indian Subcontinent, and fossil trackways. Former Fulbright Fellow at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla.
🇨🇴/ 🇺🇸 cafe con leche
🇨🇴/ 🇺🇸 cafe con leche
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Bel hommage de Ronan Allain @cr2p.bsky.social ancien doctorant puis collègue de Philippe Taquet, sur Le Petit Carnet Paléo du dessinateur Mazan.
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Hommage à Philippe Taquet par Ronan Allain - 19 novembre 2025
Philippe Taquet nous a quitté dimanche, à l'âge de 85 ans, après une vie scientifique et académique qu'on pourrait qualifier, par un doux ...
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November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Bel hommage de Ronan Allain @cr2p.bsky.social ancien doctorant puis collègue de Philippe Taquet, sur Le Petit Carnet Paléo du dessinateur Mazan.
➡️ petitcarnetpaleo.blogspot.com/2025/11/homm...
➡️ petitcarnetpaleo.blogspot.com/2025/11/homm...
I also wanted to thank Raynsford Academy in Sandy for taking in my daughter while she has been in the UK while I was at SVP and then at the GSI conference. I had such a good time giving a small presentation there on Monday using local fossils collected by past and present students from the school.
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I also wanted to thank Raynsford Academy in Sandy for taking in my daughter while she has been in the UK while I was at SVP and then at the GSI conference. I had such a good time giving a small presentation there on Monday using local fossils collected by past and present students from the school.
I had fun participating in the Geological Survey of India’s 175 year celebration “Unearthing the Past, Shaping the Future” in Jaipur. I’m impressed by the positive energy and enthusiasm at this conference!
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I had fun participating in the Geological Survey of India’s 175 year celebration “Unearthing the Past, Shaping the Future” in Jaipur. I’m impressed by the positive energy and enthusiasm at this conference!
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To celebrate the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated a special open access collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next: The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) by Carrano et al. (2012) buff.ly/VSK0N4L 🦖
#Paleosky #2025SVP buff.ly/UQPdv6k buff.ly/T746Dv3 #DrScott
Next: The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) by Carrano et al. (2012) buff.ly/VSK0N4L 🦖
#Paleosky #2025SVP buff.ly/UQPdv6k buff.ly/T746Dv3 #DrScott
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
To celebrate the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've curated a special open access collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next: The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) by Carrano et al. (2012) buff.ly/VSK0N4L 🦖
#Paleosky #2025SVP buff.ly/UQPdv6k buff.ly/T746Dv3 #DrScott
Next: The phylogeny of Tetanurae (Dinosauria: Theropoda) by Carrano et al. (2012) buff.ly/VSK0N4L 🦖
#Paleosky #2025SVP buff.ly/UQPdv6k buff.ly/T746Dv3 #DrScott
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The obituary: www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glendale/...
In Loving Memory
View Garfield Godfrey Minott’s obituary and additional information. Share your memories and condolences.
www.arbormemorial.ca
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The obituary: www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glendale/...
Garfield was one of several of the “In Memorium” members read out at the SVP banquet that caught me by surprise. He was a great dude and artist — got to know him a bit over some late evenings working on the Carcharodontosaurus reconstruction out at RCI.
One of the first people I met in vertebrate paleontology. A terrific guy and a fantastic artist. Gone far too soon.
Got informed about some sad news. Garfield Minott, a prolific dinosaur modeller, special effects and palaeoartist, recognised for contributions to the description of dinosaur binocular vision, passed away at age of 58.
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Garfield was one of several of the “In Memorium” members read out at the SVP banquet that caught me by surprise. He was a great dude and artist — got to know him a bit over some late evenings working on the Carcharodontosaurus reconstruction out at RCI.
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Great video highlighting the value of natural history collections and the importance of preserving them for generations to come
The Library of Life - Dahiana Arcila, Ricardo Betancur-R., Ben Frable
YouTube video by FishEvolutionLab-Edu
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November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Great video highlighting the value of natural history collections and the importance of preserving them for generations to come
Wonderful remembrance of the great Philippe Taquet by my friend Didier Dutheil. Sad news indeed.
Very proud to have been part of the team that honored him by naming a dinosaur species after him—and a most bizarre one at that (which, as it turns out, was found by Didier).
Very proud to have been part of the team that honored him by naming a dinosaur species after him—and a most bizarre one at that (which, as it turns out, was found by Didier).
⚠️ Sad news for science: Philippe Taquet, the gentleman of French paleontology, passed away on Sunday, November 16.
@cr2p.bsky.social @mnhn.fr @recherche.mnhn.fr @academiesciences.bsky.social
@cr2p.bsky.social @mnhn.fr @recherche.mnhn.fr @academiesciences.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Wonderful remembrance of the great Philippe Taquet by my friend Didier Dutheil. Sad news indeed.
Very proud to have been part of the team that honored him by naming a dinosaur species after him—and a most bizarre one at that (which, as it turns out, was found by Didier).
Very proud to have been part of the team that honored him by naming a dinosaur species after him—and a most bizarre one at that (which, as it turns out, was found by Didier).
Come meet “chomper” at Lynnea Jackson’s poster this afternoon! She’s investigating functional aspects of tooth imbrications in early sauropods.
(Poster B508)
(Poster B508)
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Come meet “chomper” at Lynnea Jackson’s poster this afternoon! She’s investigating functional aspects of tooth imbrications in early sauropods.
(Poster B508)
(Poster B508)
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I'll be presenting a poster at #2025SVP #SVP2025 about my recently published work on how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny. Come by at the poster session this Thursday if you want to chat about it! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
How many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny? | Biology Letters
Despite increased recent attention towards Bayesian phylogenetics and its applications
in understanding macroevolutionary processes, it remains unclear how many discrete
characters are needed to accur...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I'll be presenting a poster at #2025SVP #SVP2025 about my recently published work on how many characters are needed to reconstruct a phylogeny. Come by at the poster session this Thursday if you want to chat about it! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1...
On my way to #2025SVP #SVP2025. I'll be presenting a poster on behalf of Indian and U.S. colleagues on Friday afternoon — focused on a wonderful new turtle skull and on Indian Plate biotic endemism during the K-Pg. Stop by!
(The paper describing this new turtle is in review at JVP...)
(The paper describing this new turtle is in review at JVP...)
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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In honour of the 85th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2025, we have assembled a collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers published by JSP
First up: A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs by B.C. Moon buff.ly/0XLPtMf
#2025SVP #Paleosky @moononthebones.bsky.social #NHM
First up: A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs by B.C. Moon buff.ly/0XLPtMf
#2025SVP #Paleosky @moononthebones.bsky.social #NHM
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In honour of the 85th Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 2025, we have assembled a collection of landmark vertebrate palaeontology papers published by JSP
First up: A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs by B.C. Moon buff.ly/0XLPtMf
#2025SVP #Paleosky @moononthebones.bsky.social #NHM
First up: A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs by B.C. Moon buff.ly/0XLPtMf
#2025SVP #Paleosky @moononthebones.bsky.social #NHM
a wonderful remembrance of Mark
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
a wonderful remembrance of Mark
Congratulations to the authors of these contributions recognized as JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology!
www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs...
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JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology
Explore the article collection: JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology. Published in Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Congratulations to the authors of these contributions recognized as JSP Landmark Papers in Vertebrate Palaeontology!
www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs...
www.tandfonline.com/journals/tjs...
Nice News & Views by Hussam Zaher on the two new lepidosaur papers in Nature by Marke et al. and Benson et al.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bonus = a reference to 'The Little Prince' ...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bonus = a reference to 'The Little Prince' ...
Mix-and-match fossils tell the tale of snake and lizard evolution
Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex evolutionary journey.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Nice News & Views by Hussam Zaher on the two new lepidosaur papers in Nature by Marke et al. and Benson et al.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bonus = a reference to 'The Little Prince' ...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bonus = a reference to 'The Little Prince' ...
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Florentino Ameghino, the father of Argentinian paleontology, was born #OTD 1854. He became a national icon for his role in creating national science and culture. 🧪⚒️
wp.me/p3ihHu-Af #histsci
wp.me/p3ihHu-Af #histsci
Florentino Ameghino, the father of Argentinian paleontology.
Florentino Ameghino was born on September 18, 1854. He came from a family of Italian immigrants who settled in 1854 in the town of Lujan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the extraction and exportati…
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September 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Florentino Ameghino, the father of Argentinian paleontology, was born #OTD 1854. He became a national icon for his role in creating national science and culture. 🧪⚒️
wp.me/p3ihHu-Af #histsci
wp.me/p3ihHu-Af #histsci
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New York Times obituary for one of New York’s greatest characters. RIP Mark, and you’d enjoy the Romanian palinka we’re toasting in your honor tonight!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...
Mark Norell, Who Studied Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds, Dies at 68
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September 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
New York Times obituary for one of New York’s greatest characters. RIP Mark, and you’d enjoy the Romanian palinka we’re toasting in your honor tonight!
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/s...
Thought I'd share this fantastic photo that Hailu You sent me last week of a U.S. paleontological delegation visit to ZIgong Dinosaur Museum in 1984. Some giants of our field here (studying a giant): Jack McIntosh (far right) Dong Zhiming & Sankar Chatterjee (next to JSM) and Philip Bjork (at left).
September 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Thought I'd share this fantastic photo that Hailu You sent me last week of a U.S. paleontological delegation visit to ZIgong Dinosaur Museum in 1984. Some giants of our field here (studying a giant): Jack McIntosh (far right) Dong Zhiming & Sankar Chatterjee (next to JSM) and Philip Bjork (at left).
Joining the chorus of the many lamenting the passing of Mark Norell. We lost a great one! I admired his ability to combine field work, empirical work, and theory (e.g., ghost lineages). And with rock star aura. I also truly coveted his office—one of the greatest imaginable—the turret of the AMNH!
September 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Joining the chorus of the many lamenting the passing of Mark Norell. We lost a great one! I admired his ability to combine field work, empirical work, and theory (e.g., ghost lineages). And with rock star aura. I also truly coveted his office—one of the greatest imaginable—the turret of the AMNH!
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If universities anywhere are hiring an Evolutionary Biologist/Paleontologist please let me know! I'm on the market for Tenure Track positions!!
You can find more about my research on fish evolution here: rtfigueroa.wixsite.com/my-site
You can find more about my research on fish evolution here: rtfigueroa.wixsite.com/my-site
June 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
If universities anywhere are hiring an Evolutionary Biologist/Paleontologist please let me know! I'm on the market for Tenure Track positions!!
You can find more about my research on fish evolution here: rtfigueroa.wixsite.com/my-site
You can find more about my research on fish evolution here: rtfigueroa.wixsite.com/my-site
Hagler-Hearns fight in Driver’s Ed
July 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hagler-Hearns fight in Driver’s Ed
Currently enjoying Bobb Schaeffer's 1941 thesis on the evolution of the tetrapod tarsus . . . a really nice piece of work integrating anatomy, development, function, and ichnofossils across a broad range of taxa.
digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstreams/c...
digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstreams/c...
May 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Currently enjoying Bobb Schaeffer's 1941 thesis on the evolution of the tetrapod tarsus . . . a really nice piece of work integrating anatomy, development, function, and ichnofossils across a broad range of taxa.
digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstreams/c...
digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstreams/c...
