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Taissa Rodrigues
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Bióloga, doutora em Zoologia, paleontóloga e professora. Perfil pessoal. Pterosaurologist. Opinions my own. She/her.
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JUST PUBLISHED!!!! A major azhdarchoid phylogeny paper coauthored with @skyemcdavid.com - the fruit of years of work - is now out in @journalsystpal.bsky.social! New clades, reconstruction of size evolution, and more. Full thread to come soon!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Enter the dragons: the phylogeny of Azhdarchoidea (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) and the evolution of giant size in pterosaurs
Azhdarchidae is a clade of pterosaurs which includes the largest-ever flying animals. The evolutionary history of this clade and its closest relatives remains incompletely understood and highly deb...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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While going through ptero collections with @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social we have rediscovered the missing holotype of Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870 in the collections of the British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🧪🚨New paper alert🚨⚒️
Já está disponível o resumo do nosso artigo sobre uma análise de gênero na Paleontologia brasileira no site da RBP. Em breve o artigo completo:
sbpbrasil.org/publications...
A look into the gender demographics of Brazilian Paleontology
In 2020, a group of Brazilian female paleontologists from various universities and public institutions conducted the study “Brazilian Paleontology Gender Profile,” whose main objective was to assess t...
sbpbrasil.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Hi Bluesky, I need your help. Please share broadly:

We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
Edital nº 161/2025-Progep - Professor Visitante Estrangeiro | Progep
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October 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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"Please come to Brazil" but for academics
Hi Bluesky, I need your help. Please share broadly:

We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
Edital nº 161/2025-Progep - Professor Visitante Estrangeiro | Progep
progep.ufes.br
October 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hi Bluesky, I need your help. Please share broadly:

We have an EXCELLENT job opening. We are looking for a non-Brazilian visiting scholar who specializes in Genomics applied to animal evolution, biogeography, and/or biodiversity. This is a one-year contract that can be extended for up to 4 years.
Edital nº 161/2025-Progep - Professor Visitante Estrangeiro | Progep
progep.ufes.br
October 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New paper alert! In our new paper @plosone.org, lead author Arianny Storari collected, reared, and analyzed decay and disarticulation of hundreds of aquatic insects, and compared them to Crato Formation fossils to figure out what happened to them before they fossilized.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Taphonomy of aquatic insects from the Crato Formation Lagerstätte (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) under an actualistic look
The Crato Formation (Aptian, Lower Cretaceous) is a fossiliferous deposit of global significance, representing a lacustrine palaeoenvironment which offers insights into aquatic insect taphonomy. Despi...
doi.org
September 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
January 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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January 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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January 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Um mundo sem David Lynch é um mundo infinitamente menos interessante
January 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. bit.ly/40is3yQ
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
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January 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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January 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Todo dia no Bluesky a vibe é: um pobre hipotético e um americano hipotético entram num bar
January 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
BORA FAZER CONCURSO PRO MME AO INVES DE SE METER NO MMA
O ministro de outro ministério falando em nome do ÓRGÃO TÉCNICO do ministério do meio ambiente.
Que comunicação é essa?
Que governança é essa?
Que articulação interna é essa?
Ano novo, disco velho.

O ministro de Minas e Energia, Alexandre Silveira, afirmou que o Ibama vai autorizar a exploração de petróleo na bacia Foz do #Amazonas, projeto que está no topo das prioridades da @petrobras.com.br.👇
January 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Applications for Unitas Malacologica Travel Grants to attend the World Congress of Malacology in São Paulo, Brazil from 4th-8th August 2025, are now open!
www.unitasmalacologica.org/projects.html
wcm2025.com.br
UM - Research
www.unitasmalacologica.org
January 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
O absurdo dessa prisão. Cinco meses para sair o laudo de que não tinha veneno nos cajus, mas que coincidência danada, saiu um dia após a polícia prender o principal suspeito de matar o resto da família. g1.globo.com/pi/piaui/not...
Acusada de envenenar meninos no PI fala sobre ameaças na prisão: 'Diziam que tinha uma cabeça sobrando. Era a minha'
Lucélia Maria, a mulher acusada de matar dois meninos envenenados em Parnaíba, em agosto de 2024, saiu da prisão nessa segunda-feira (13), depois que um laudo pericial afastou a possibilidade de ela t...
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January 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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South America has such an incredibly exciting range of #mammals... and oh is it tragic when some of these animals are in decline, and in trouble... The Incredible South American Maned Wolf tetzoo.com/blog/2022/3/... #canids #carnivorans #carnivores #wildlife #conservation
The Incredible South American Maned Wolf — Tetrapod Zoology
Inspired by my recent article on South American wild dogs , I went to the trouble of digging out a very brief TetZoo ver 2 article I published in 2007 on the remarkable and beautiful 'fox on stilts...
tetzoo.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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“El ocaso de los ídolos” es un libro de Nietzsche y una tesis en la que insiste con frecuencia: toda imagen idealizada está condenada a destruirse-La perfección del mundo o de los individuos es una ficción perseguida incluso por la filosofía en medio de una realidad fragmentario.
January 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Não sei como, mas apareceram exemplares do Atlas novos para compra na Amazon. Ele vai ser relançado em nova edição agora em 2025, mas se você não aguentar esperar...

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Atlas Ageográfico de Lugares Imaginados
Compre online Atlas Ageográfico de Lugares Imaginados, de Rodrigues, Ana Cristina na Amazon. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. Encontre diversos livros escritos por Rodrigues, Ana Cristina com ótimos preços.
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January 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A minha obsessão atual é a serial killer do bolo. Imagina os advogados fazendo cartinha para a imprensa sobre o contexto das buscas dela no Google e aí descobrindo que a polícia achou as notas fiscais salvas no celular.
January 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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If this reaches any Cornell alums, letters of support directed to Cornell would be appreciated and could be sent to PRI. We were only affiliated in the most tenuous manner with Cornell and while many faculty are supportive admin is hesitant to help given circumstances.
January 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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In the spirit of our commitment to being a community resource, we are reopening #NHMLA to the public this weekend with free general admission to offer our indoor spaces as a place of respite and for comfort and connection with our natural and cultural worlds.
January 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Detailed article about PRI and the Museum of the Earth's current struggles. If the museum closes it may be the largest collection dispersed/lost in the US (with 7 million specimens it is one of the 10 largest in the US).
⚒️🧪🦑
Please share widely and help if you can!
ithacavoice.org/2025/01/muse...
Museum of the Earth faces extinction under “imminent” threat of foreclosure - The Ithaca Voice
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors […]
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January 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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This is terrible news. 🧪

"The Museum of the Earth, one of the last natural history museums in Upstate New York, faces an imminent threat of foreclosure after a group of donors failed to fulfill a $30 million pledge..." @judylucas.bsky.social

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January 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM