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Abi Crane
@gruiformabi.bsky.social
Palaeontology PhD student, bird nerd and dinosaur enthusiast
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The power of non-destructive techniques! #2025SVP
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
You know what they say about early birds catching worms? I’ll be talking at 8am Saturday at #2025svp all about CT scanning female bird bone and what it means for the dinosaur fossil record
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#Nanotyrannus is real! Read about this awesome new paper by @jgn-paleo.bsky.social and Dr Lindsay Zonna and what it means for the future of T. rex in my article for the Conversation: theconversation.com/new-miniatur...
New ‘miniature T rex’ rewrites the history of the world’s largest predator
The fossil may help end a long-running debate in palaeontology.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Lunchtime on Southampton Common with one of my all-time favourite UK birds 🔥🔥
#birds #ukwildlife #ukbirding #wildlife #nature #photography
March 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
🚨 My first PhD paper is out! 🚨
In it we characterise the 3D structure of medullary bone, a type of bone tissue found only in female birds and (possibly) non-bird dinosaurs.
Read about it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#palaeontology #birds #dinosaurs #science #phd
February 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Adorable great crested grebe family this weekend- amazing that they have chicks so early in the year!
#birds #birding #ukwildlife
February 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A spherical mouse
(Apodemus sylvaticus)
#ukwildlife #wildlifephotography
February 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM