Jeff Wilson Mantilla
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Jeff Wilson Mantilla
@diapophysis.bsky.social
Paleontologist at the University of Michigan interested in sauropod dinosaur evolution, vertebrate paleontology of the Indian Subcontinent, and fossil trackways. Former Fulbright Fellow at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla.

🇨🇴/ 🇺🇸 cafe con leche
I made this and other points towards the end of my talk:

-publishing ‘dark data’
-collaboration among researchers from Indian plate countries
-scientific access to protected sites
-integrated centralized database for fossils
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I only wish there was broader participation by researchers from neighboring countries that were part of GSI for its first hundred years—that is, before partition (I.e., Pakistan, Bangladesh). We are so data limited, researchers should be making efforts to connect and share.
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The paper discussing this first titanosaur astragalus from the Cretaceous of India and the evolution of the sauropod tarsus was just published in the Contributions of the UMMP, which can be freely downloaded here: deepblue.lib.umich.edu/items/78a346...
deepblue.lib.umich.edu
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Kudos to Matt Carrano for getting recognized twice for his two huge contributions on theropod systematics!
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Congrats!

(I see Belon’s bird in there…)
September 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM