Molly Tumelty
@mollytumelty.bsky.social
PhD student at uni of Edinburgh⛏️🦕 | Researching ichthyosaurs🐬🦎 | Crocheter and knitter🧶 | she/her
Finally handed in my MSci dissertation!! The project used CT scanning to redescribe a Carboniferous ray-finned fish🐟
May 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Finally handed in my MSci dissertation!! The project used CT scanning to redescribe a Carboniferous ray-finned fish🐟
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An interesting change from reconstructing dinosaurs and other terrestrial animals... My digital restoration and reconstruction of the cyathaspid heterostracan Anglaspis heintzi from our new paper (see below). #FossilFish #DigitalReconstruction #Palaeontology
April 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An interesting change from reconstructing dinosaurs and other terrestrial animals... My digital restoration and reconstruction of the cyathaspid heterostracan Anglaspis heintzi from our new paper (see below). #FossilFish #DigitalReconstruction #Palaeontology
Sick day attending the BIFoR sustainability and climate change education forum and visiting BIFoR FACE!
April 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Sick day attending the BIFoR sustainability and climate change education forum and visiting BIFoR FACE!
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Many theropods shortened their arms and lost fingers. How did they do it?
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Forelimb reduction and digit loss were evolutionarily decoupled in oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaurs | Royal Society Open Science
Theropod forelimbs exhibit wide morphological disparity, from the elongated wings
of birds to the diminutive arms of T. rex. A wealth of work has sought to understand the evolution of bird flight via ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Many theropods shortened their arms and lost fingers. How did they do it?
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Our Edinburgh student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs. Arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
@funstonpaleo.bsky.social & I are proud supervisors!
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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New therizinosaur fossils are always exciting. But this one is particularly weird/cool having only two fingers!
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
This bizarre new dinosaur has something in common with modern sloths
Like T. rex and some modern sloths, this strange 90 million year old dinosaur had two fingers on each hand.
www.nationalgeographic.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
New therizinosaur fossils are always exciting. But this one is particularly weird/cool having only two fingers!
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Some comments from me on this new find in National Geographic www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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Back in Black. Ever wondered what colour mammals were in the time of dinosaurs? Well a sample of six #MesozoicMammals suggests they were *drum roll* all dark brown/black.
The original goths, I love 'em more than ever.
Congrats to the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The original goths, I love 'em more than ever.
Congrats to the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Mesozoic mammaliaforms illuminate the origins of pelage coloration
Pelage coloration, which serves numerous functions, is crucial to the evolution of behavior, physiology, and habitat preferences of mammals. However, little is known about the coloration of Mesozoic m...
www.science.org
March 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Back in Black. Ever wondered what colour mammals were in the time of dinosaurs? Well a sample of six #MesozoicMammals suggests they were *drum roll* all dark brown/black.
The original goths, I love 'em more than ever.
Congrats to the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The original goths, I love 'em more than ever.
Congrats to the authors! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
First publication!:) anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui
Determining the ecology of fossil species presents considerable challenges due to the often fragmentary preservation of specimens. The mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui from the Jurassic of China is known...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
First publication!:) anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Tumelty, M., & Lautenschlager, S. (2025). Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui. The Anatomical Record, 1–21. doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...
Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui
Determining the ecology of fossil species presents considerable challenges due to the often fragmentary preservation of specimens. The mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui from the Jurassic of China is known....
doi.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Tumelty, M., & Lautenschlager, S. (2025). Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui. The Anatomical Record, 1–21. doi.org/10.1002/ar.2...