Cecily Nicholl
@piginatutu.bsky.social
Palaeobiology researcher @es-ucl.bsky.social studying crocodylomorph evolution. Currently looking at osteohistology and growth rates. But first, coffee 🐊☕️. She/her
Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎
@es-ucl.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social
New paper on the notosuchian Eremosuchus by @piginatutu.bsky.social, co-authored by myself and @pdmannion.bsky.social among others out now!! We even find some cool evidence of replacement teeth in the dentary! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A re-evaluation of the notosuchian crocodyliform Eremosuchus elkoholicus from the lower Eocene of Algeria and the evolutionary and biogeographic history of sebecids
Notosuchian systematics have been highly debated in recent decades, particularly the placement of sebecids and closely related species. As the only notosuchian lineage to have survived the Cretaceo...
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our paper re-evaluating the notosuchian Eremosuchus elkoholicus is out now! This work formed a chapter of my PhD thesis, and sheds some light on the complex evolutionary history of sebecid crocodyliforms 🐊🌎
@es-ucl.bsky.social
@es-ucl.bsky.social
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
How did the closure of the Tethys Ocean impact global marine biodiversity? | TREES DLA
The closure of the Tethys Ocean during the Miocene represents one of the most profound reorganisations of Earth’s surface systems in the Cenozoic. Once a vast marine corridor linking the Indo-Pacific ...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Interested in corals, dispersal, and diversification dynamics? 🪸
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
We're offering a PhD project on how the Tethys closure shaped global marine biodiversity — supervised by me, Bridget Wade, Nadia Santodomingo, & Francesca Bosellini.
🗓️ Apply by 17th December 2025
www.trees-dla.ac.uk/projects/how...
Had a really great time at @eavpalaeo.bsky.social in Kraków last week with all of team croc/sauropod from @es-ucl.bsky.social 🐊🦕 (as well as many old/new pals). Big thanks to everyone involved in organising!
@macroecoevoale.bsky.social
@devinhoffman.bsky.social
@pdmannion.bsky.social
@macroecoevoale.bsky.social
@devinhoffman.bsky.social
@pdmannion.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Had a really great time at @eavpalaeo.bsky.social in Kraków last week with all of team croc/sauropod from @es-ucl.bsky.social 🐊🦕 (as well as many old/new pals). Big thanks to everyone involved in organising!
@macroecoevoale.bsky.social
@devinhoffman.bsky.social
@pdmannion.bsky.social
@macroecoevoale.bsky.social
@devinhoffman.bsky.social
@pdmannion.bsky.social
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Steve Poropat @curtinuniversity.bsky.social in which we present the first ever direct evidence of sauropod dinosaur feeding, based on stomach contents of the Australian titanosaur Diamantinasaurus: www.cell.com/current-biol... @es-ucl.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social led by Steve Poropat @curtinuniversity.bsky.social in which we present the first ever direct evidence of sauropod dinosaur feeding, based on stomach contents of the Australian titanosaur Diamantinasaurus: www.cell.com/current-biol... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
Interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship this year? Feel free to reach out!
We've got micro🔬, invert 🪸, and vert palaeo🦕 @es-ucl.bsky.social!
📆 We are accepting Expressions of Interest until 9th June!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
We've got micro🔬, invert 🪸, and vert palaeo🦕 @es-ucl.bsky.social!
📆 We are accepting Expressions of Interest until 9th June!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
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May 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Interested in applying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship this year? Feel free to reach out!
We've got micro🔬, invert 🪸, and vert palaeo🦕 @es-ucl.bsky.social!
📆 We are accepting Expressions of Interest until 9th June!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
We've got micro🔬, invert 🪸, and vert palaeo🦕 @es-ucl.bsky.social!
📆 We are accepting Expressions of Interest until 9th June!
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
For a while, crocodile: crocodylomorph resilience to mass extinctions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @datadryad.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For a while, crocodile: crocodylomorph resilience to mass extinctions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @datadryad.bsky.social
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
🚨 I'm super happy to announce that our new paper is finally out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🚨
We used the ecological approach of occupancy modelling to investigate the structure of the dinosaur fossil record prior to the K/Pg mass extinction!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
We used the ecological approach of occupancy modelling to investigate the structure of the dinosaur fossil record prior to the K/Pg mass extinction!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
The structure of the end-Cretaceous dinosaur fossil record in North America
Dean et al. examine the fossil record of North American dinosaurs prior to the end-Cretaceous
mass extinction. Estimates of detection probability from occupancy models decrease
prior to the extinction...
www.cell.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🚨 I'm super happy to announce that our new paper is finally out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social! 🚨
We used the ecological approach of occupancy modelling to investigate the structure of the dinosaur fossil record prior to the K/Pg mass extinction!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
We used the ecological approach of occupancy modelling to investigate the structure of the dinosaur fossil record prior to the K/Pg mass extinction!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Our new paper out today describes a sebecoidean crocodylomorph from the Early Palaeocene of Patagonia, and provides support for the survival of a large-bodied terrestrial vertebrate lineage across the K-Pg.
@pdmannion.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@pdmannion.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
March 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Our new paper out today describes a sebecoidean crocodylomorph from the Early Palaeocene of Patagonia, and provides support for the survival of a large-bodied terrestrial vertebrate lineage across the K-Pg.
@pdmannion.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@pdmannion.bsky.social @es-ucl.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
Our new paper @royalsociety.org describing a new notosuchian crocodyliform from the early Paleocene of Argentina that we interpret as evidence for survival of a large-bodied terrestrial lineage across the K–Pg mass extinction (w/@piginatutu.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @es-ucl.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Our new paper @royalsociety.org describing a new notosuchian crocodyliform from the early Paleocene of Argentina that we interpret as evidence for survival of a large-bodied terrestrial lineage across the K–Pg mass extinction (w/@piginatutu.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1098/rspb... @es-ucl.bsky.social
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
March 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Reposted by Cecily Nicholl
🚨Croc paper alert!
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis 🐊, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis 🐊, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Anatomical description and systematics of a new notosuchian (Mesoeucrocodylia; Crocodyliformes) from the Quiricó Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil
Notosuchians comprise a clade of mostly terrestrial crocodyliforms generally found in Cretaceous Gondwanan deposits. They evolved into many forms and some species show convergences with mammalian f...
www.tandfonline.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
🚨Croc paper alert!
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis 🐊, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
Please welcome Thilastikosuchus scutorectangularis 🐊, the oldest notosuchian from South America and the first crocodyliform from the Sanfranciscana Basin, Brazil!
Happy to be part of this team. Huge thanks to Joyce for being invited to collaborate! #paleontology
My first post on here, so I’d like to share some cool things that have happened recently:
1) Last week I successfully defended my PhD thesis, and am a (pending) croc doc 🐊
2) I now share my name with a caterpillar cake
3) I learnt the importance of never being photographed with a whiteboard
1) Last week I successfully defended my PhD thesis, and am a (pending) croc doc 🐊
2) I now share my name with a caterpillar cake
3) I learnt the importance of never being photographed with a whiteboard
March 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My first post on here, so I’d like to share some cool things that have happened recently:
1) Last week I successfully defended my PhD thesis, and am a (pending) croc doc 🐊
2) I now share my name with a caterpillar cake
3) I learnt the importance of never being photographed with a whiteboard
1) Last week I successfully defended my PhD thesis, and am a (pending) croc doc 🐊
2) I now share my name with a caterpillar cake
3) I learnt the importance of never being photographed with a whiteboard