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Apolline Alfsen
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PhD student ~ @mfnberlin.bsky.social ~ @smnstuttgart.bsky.social
🌊 Microanatomical patterns in semi-aquatic mammals
💧 CT scanning limbs of Eocene whales & functional analogues
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aperegrination.bsky.social
I was really happy to present two of my PhD chapters at #SVP2025 in Birmingham (in a massive room!).
We had a great Sunday field trip in Wales 🌬️
Big thanks to all the organisers!
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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eliamson.bsky.social
Fossil brain 🧠🧟 of a 45-million-year-old cetacean! We are proud to publish‪ @journal-evo.bsky.social l the result of Elena Berger’s Bachelor’s thesis @smnstuttgart.bsky.social. Thread 👇
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July 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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dzg2025berlin.bsky.social
👋 Looking forward to the 117th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society. Please like and share 🤩
March 31, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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schmalhausenm.bsky.social
Humerus shape evolved in cetaceans under relaxed selection and random drift: a new paper by Maria Ghazali and the whole @schmalhausenm.bsky.social team in the Communications Biology, the research on living and fossil whales and dolphins, 3D morphology and genetics

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
March 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
aperegrination.bsky.social
Such a great idea!!
youtu.be/79FD5mKVt0E
March 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
aperegrination.bsky.social
Redescription of a chunky Miocene seal by Otriazhyi et al
"Monachopsis pontica: isolated in a shrinking sea and adapting to its changing conditions"
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Three-dimensional models of the skeleton of M. pontica
March 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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eliamson.bsky.social
The model of the exceptional skull of the extinct pygmy right whale is finally out (and openly accessible)!
www.morphomuseum.com/Articles/vie...
March 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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deepfrieddna.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Did giant ice age beasts carve these vast caves in South America?
Researchers are investigating who — or what — cut ancient tunnels in sandstone in Brazil and nearby nations.
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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richardjbutler.bsky.social
📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details:

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...
Example of Middle Jurassic mammal fossils from Skye, published by Elsa Panciroli et al. 2024. Cuillin Hills, the view from our field site on the Isle of Skye.
January 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
aperegrination.bsky.social
A great PhD opportunity just opened up in Stuttgart!
eliamson.bsky.social Eli Amson @eliamson.bsky.social · Jan 17
PhD position alert: join a diverse team of palaeontologists to study the evolution of temnospondyls! The PhD project @smnstuttgart.bsky.social will focus on bone microanatomy: lots of fun with thin-sections and CT in perspective. Whoever you are: don't hesitate to reach out!
tinyurl.com/msvntnd9
January 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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narimanechatar.bsky.social
Abstract submission for @sebiology.bsky.social 2025 in Antwerp is officially OPEN 🦾 Submit your abstract now for the session A2: "Experimental Palaeobiology - Bringing Fossils Back to Life" 🦖🦕abstract submissions are open until Friday 7th March #SEB2025 www.sebiology.org/events/seb-a...
SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025
Abstract submissions will open from Monday 6th January until Friday 7th March 2025
www.sebiology.org
January 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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johnrhutchinson.bsky.social
Special journal issue focused on the fish-tetrapod water-land transition: fr.pensoft.net/issue/4580/
The fish-to-tetrapod transition and the conquest of land by vertebrates
The evolutionary transition of vertebrates (the animals with a backbone) from water to land is a major chapter in animal evolution. The vertebrates conquered the land about 370 million years ago, givi...
fr.pensoft.net
January 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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eliamson.bsky.social
#Perucetus won the PALEONTUROLOGÍA 2024 award, many thanks Fundación Dinópolis!
ecodeteruel.tv/una-investig...
Una investigación sobre un cetáceo de Perú con mayor peso corporal conocido hasta ahora, Premio Nacional en Paleontología 2024 - Eco de Teruel
El premio PALEONTUROLOGÍA, convocado por la Fundación Dinópolis, cumple su vigesimosegunda edición, en la que han participado 53 investigadores de diversos países.  El jurado del Premio Internacional ...
ecodeteruel.tv
December 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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ryanbebej.bsky.social
You can never have enough early whale reconstructions. #ArchaeocetesAreAwesome
tylerstoneart.bsky.social Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · Dec 18
#WIP I did the rough sketch of this Protocetus illustration while recovering from surgery… almost 4 years ago. Figured it was high time I get back to it. Stay tuned. #WhaleWednesday #paleoart #sciart #prehistoric #cetacean #whale #ArchaeocetesAreAwesome
In-progress illustration of Protocetus, a prehistoric whale with legs from Egypt.
December 19, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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caleb-m-gordon.bsky.social
Hey BlueSky! Just made a quick starter pack of vertebrate SECAD researchers with accounts.

Please add anyone I missed!

go.bsky.app/Gm5h3Ww
December 16, 2024 at 9:15 PM