Stella Angelika Ludwig
@stellaludwig.bsky.social
PhD student interested in the functional morphology and biomechanics of extinct tetrapods.
Vertebrate palaeontologist 🦴| Researching Spinosaurus locomotion 🌊| Team T. rex studying Trinity 🦖| Part-time pterosaurologist 🪽| Mente et malleo ⚒
Vertebrate palaeontologist 🦴| Researching Spinosaurus locomotion 🌊| Team T. rex studying Trinity 🦖| Part-time pterosaurologist 🪽| Mente et malleo ⚒
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A paper published in Nature reports the discovery of an early sauropodomorph in the Andes of La Rioja, northwestern Argentina. The finding expands the known diversity and geographic range of early dinosaurs and offers new insights into sauropodomorph evolution. go.nature.com/4984sqA #Paleosky 🧪
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A paper published in Nature reports the discovery of an early sauropodomorph in the Andes of La Rioja, northwestern Argentina. The finding expands the known diversity and geographic range of early dinosaurs and offers new insights into sauropodomorph evolution. go.nature.com/4984sqA #Paleosky 🧪
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Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
October 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖
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SVP President @stuartsumida.bsky.social speaks to Open Access Government about the importance of vertebrate paleontology and science in the United States.
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The importance of palaeontology, Earth history, and science
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology discusses the significance of paleontology, Earth history and science in this insightful opinion piece
www.openaccessgovernment.org
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
SVP President @stuartsumida.bsky.social speaks to Open Access Government about the importance of vertebrate paleontology and science in the United States.
www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-importan...
www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-importan...
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New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
New paper @journalsystpal.bsky.social with Drew Moore @stonybrooku.bsky.social re-evaluating diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur phylogeny + biogeography, including illustrating synapomorphies, with implications for the early evolution of the major lineages: doi.org/10.1080/1477... @es-ucl.bsky.social
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#PrehistoricPlanet - Discovering Dinosaurs Behind the Scenes | Framestore
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Prehistoric Planet: Discovering Dinosaurs Behind the Scenes | Framestore
YouTube video by Framestore
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October 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#PrehistoricPlanet - Discovering Dinosaurs Behind the Scenes | Framestore
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_seC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_seC...
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BBC Learning Hub has launched Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources.
More here: edtechchronicle.com/bbc-learning...
More here: edtechchronicle.com/bbc-learning...
BBC Learning Hub Launches Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources • EdTech Chronicle
New educational materials bring prehistoric adventures to life, offering educators cutting-edge paleontology and STEM learning experiences
edtechchronicle.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
BBC Learning Hub has launched Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources.
More here: edtechchronicle.com/bbc-learning...
More here: edtechchronicle.com/bbc-learning...
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And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
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On #FossilFriday I am proud to share a new discovery - a skull of a large extinct relative of king and emperor penguins.
@atennyson.bsky.social, Daniel Thomas, Felix Marx,
and I report this magnificent skull in Journal of Paleontology:
https://
bit.ly/4ne3HQV
@atennyson.bsky.social, Daniel Thomas, Felix Marx,
and I report this magnificent skull in Journal of Paleontology:
https://
bit.ly/4ne3HQV
September 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
On #FossilFriday I am proud to share a new discovery - a skull of a large extinct relative of king and emperor penguins.
@atennyson.bsky.social, Daniel Thomas, Felix Marx,
and I report this magnificent skull in Journal of Paleontology:
https://
bit.ly/4ne3HQV
@atennyson.bsky.social, Daniel Thomas, Felix Marx,
and I report this magnificent skull in Journal of Paleontology:
https://
bit.ly/4ne3HQV
This week, a new megaraptor was described—found with its final meal still in its mouth!
The discovery of Joaquinraptor sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology 🧪🦖
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
#science #paleontology #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #megaraptor #joaquinraptor
The discovery of Joaquinraptor sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology 🧪🦖
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
#science #paleontology #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #megaraptor #joaquinraptor
New megaraptor discovered—with its final meal still in its mouth
A croc bone locked between the 70-million-year-old predator’s jaws gives scientists a rare look into its life and possibly its last feast.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This week, a new megaraptor was described—found with its final meal still in its mouth!
The discovery of Joaquinraptor sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology 🧪🦖
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
#science #paleontology #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #megaraptor #joaquinraptor
The discovery of Joaquinraptor sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology 🧪🦖
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
#science #paleontology #fossilfriday #dinosaurs #megaraptor #joaquinraptor
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My take at Sobek (FSAC-KK 11888), scaled to the size assumed for MSNM V4047.
#spinosaurus #spinosaurusaegypticus #kemkem #paleoart #pencildrawing
#spinosaurus #spinosaurusaegypticus #kemkem #paleoart #pencildrawing
September 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
My take at Sobek (FSAC-KK 11888), scaled to the size assumed for MSNM V4047.
#spinosaurus #spinosaurusaegypticus #kemkem #paleoart #pencildrawing
#spinosaurus #spinosaurusaegypticus #kemkem #paleoart #pencildrawing
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New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Samantha Beeston (with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social + others) on the evolution of postcranial pneumaticity in early sauropodomorph dinosaurs + its likely independent acquisition from that of theropods & pterosauromorphs: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
September 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
New paper led by @es-ucl.bsky.social PhD student Samantha Beeston (with @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social + others) on the evolution of postcranial pneumaticity in early sauropodomorph dinosaurs + its likely independent acquisition from that of theropods & pterosauromorphs: doi.org/10.1111/joa....
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The Green River Formation is rich in species diversity. This snapshot captures nocturnal animals emerging as their diurnal neighbors start to settle in.
This work is commissioned by the NPS to highlight species found in the Fossil Butte Monument in Wyoming.
This work is commissioned by the NPS to highlight species found in the Fossil Butte Monument in Wyoming.
September 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Green River Formation is rich in species diversity. This snapshot captures nocturnal animals emerging as their diurnal neighbors start to settle in.
This work is commissioned by the NPS to highlight species found in the Fossil Butte Monument in Wyoming.
This work is commissioned by the NPS to highlight species found in the Fossil Butte Monument in Wyoming.
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#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
September 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
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A new neosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Holly Creek Formation of southwest Arkansas and its implications on the relationships of Goniopholididae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A new neosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Holly Creek Formation of southwest Arkansas and its implications on the relationships of Goniopholididae
A new species of neosuchian crocodyliform, Paarthurnax holliensis gen. et sp. nov., is herein described based on a nearly complete skull from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Holly Creek Format...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A new neosuchian crocodyliform from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) Holly Creek Formation of southwest Arkansas and its implications on the relationships of Goniopholididae: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Reposted by Stella Angelika Ludwig
#Jaws didn't just scare a generation of beachgoers. It inspired future marine biologists like #MIT_WHOI grad student Jaida Elcock to explore the truth about #sharks!
📲 Explore the cultural revival sharks are experiencing, 50 years after Jaws, with the @latimes.com: go.whoi.edu/latimes-sharks
📲 Explore the cultural revival sharks are experiencing, 50 years after Jaws, with the @latimes.com: go.whoi.edu/latimes-sharks
September 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#Jaws didn't just scare a generation of beachgoers. It inspired future marine biologists like #MIT_WHOI grad student Jaida Elcock to explore the truth about #sharks!
📲 Explore the cultural revival sharks are experiencing, 50 years after Jaws, with the @latimes.com: go.whoi.edu/latimes-sharks
📲 Explore the cultural revival sharks are experiencing, 50 years after Jaws, with the @latimes.com: go.whoi.edu/latimes-sharks
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Two fossils found in Germany show very young pterodactyls with arm bones thought to have been broken in flight, probably because of severe tropical cyclones
Baby pterosaurs could fly right after hatching – but crashed in storms
Two fossils found in Germany show very young pterodactyls with arm bones thought to have been broken in flight, probably because of severe tropical cyclones
www.newscientist.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Two fossils found in Germany show very young pterodactyls with arm bones thought to have been broken in flight, probably because of severe tropical cyclones
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Onchopristis numida hunting an albino baby Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
September 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Onchopristis numida hunting an albino baby Spinosaurus aegyptiacus
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As we're all taught, you can (usually) only directly date the age of a rock if it cooled from lava.
But here, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs, using uranium-lead ratios in the calcite. Hugely exciting, maybe groundbreaking.
My take @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
But here, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs, using uranium-lead ratios in the calcite. Hugely exciting, maybe groundbreaking.
My take @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
Scientists directly date dino eggshells for the first time
The new findings narrow age estimates for the clutch of eggs—and may help identify which species laid them
www.science.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
As we're all taught, you can (usually) only directly date the age of a rock if it cooled from lava.
But here, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs, using uranium-lead ratios in the calcite. Hugely exciting, maybe groundbreaking.
My take @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
But here, scientists have dated dinosaur eggs, using uranium-lead ratios in the calcite. Hugely exciting, maybe groundbreaking.
My take @science.org
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Reposted by Stella Angelika Ludwig
It's finally here! The next #Sketchasaur short starring the always-charismatic Spinosaurus, whose 'true colors' came out when we viewed it through the water. Let me know what you think!
#Sciart #Blender3D #ArtistOnBluesky #Animation
#Sciart #Blender3D #ArtistOnBluesky #Animation
September 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's finally here! The next #Sketchasaur short starring the always-charismatic Spinosaurus, whose 'true colors' came out when we viewed it through the water. Let me know what you think!
#Sciart #Blender3D #ArtistOnBluesky #Animation
#Sciart #Blender3D #ArtistOnBluesky #Animation
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#FossilFriday
150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
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150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
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150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm | News | University of Leicester
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September 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#FossilFriday
150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
le.ac.uk/news/2025/se...
150-million-year post-mortem reveals baby pterosaurs perished in a violent storm
le.ac.uk/news/2025/se...