Javier Castro Terol
@javiercastrobio.bsky.social
Avian Palaeobiology and Evolution Predoc Researcher at the University of Málaga.
📩 javiercastro@uma.es
📩 javiercastro@uma.es
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Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird #Iberomesornis romerali by Castro-Terol et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Dinosaurios (#Aves) del #Cretácico Inferior de #Cuenca
#Dinosaurios (#Aves) del #Cretácico Inferior de #Cuenca
March 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird #Iberomesornis romerali by Castro-Terol et al www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Dinosaurios (#Aves) del #Cretácico Inferior de #Cuenca
#Dinosaurios (#Aves) del #Cretácico Inferior de #Cuenca
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New information on the anatomy of Iberomesornis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Castro-Terol et al.)
March 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New information on the anatomy of Iberomesornis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Castro-Terol et al.)
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Review of wing-propelled diving in birds: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Storer)
March 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Review of wing-propelled diving in birds: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Storer)
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Javier Castro-Terol, Alejandro Pérez-Ramos, Jingmai K. O’Connor, José Luis Sanz & F. J. Serrano (2025)
Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird Iberomesornis romerali
Geobios
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird Iberomesornis romerali
Geobios
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Redirecting
doi.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Javier Castro-Terol, Alejandro Pérez-Ramos, Jingmai K. O’Connor, José Luis Sanz & F. J. Serrano (2025)
Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird Iberomesornis romerali
Geobios
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Micro-CT reconstruction reveals new information about the phylogenetic position and locomotion of the Early Cretaceous bird Iberomesornis romerali
Geobios
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Today's stop and the rest of the week is Karlsruhe. Busy with such a quantity of fossils!
February 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Today's stop and the rest of the week is Karlsruhe. Busy with such a quantity of fossils!
Messel here we go! 🦉
February 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Messel here we go! 🦉
🦅✨ Yesterday at #26CEO, F. J. Serrano delivered a fascinating closing talk on the evolution of powered flight in birds. 🔍 How did flight shape avian diversification and help modern birds survive mass extinctions? 🧐 Exciting insights! #FlapEvolProject #Paleontology
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🦅✨ Yesterday at #26CEO, F. J. Serrano delivered a fascinating closing talk on the evolution of powered flight in birds. 🔍 How did flight shape avian diversification and help modern birds survive mass extinctions? 🧐 Exciting insights! #FlapEvolProject #Paleontology
🚀 #FlapEvolProject debuta en #26CEO con aportaciones de Costa-Pérez y un servidor, explorando la evolución del sinsacro en las aves 🦴🦢 y la disparidad morfológica del húmero en Enantiornithes. 🔍✨ Mañana, más sobre la evolución del vuelo con la conferencia de clausura de F. J. Serrano. 🦅🎤
February 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚀 #FlapEvolProject debuta en #26CEO con aportaciones de Costa-Pérez y un servidor, explorando la evolución del sinsacro en las aves 🦴🦢 y la disparidad morfológica del húmero en Enantiornithes. 🔍✨ Mañana, más sobre la evolución del vuelo con la conferencia de clausura de F. J. Serrano. 🦅🎤
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¡¡CONCURSO !!
¿Quieres ganar el libro “Aves de Europa”, de Lynx Ediciones?
Participar en el sorteo es muy fácil:
- Dinos qué especie de pájaro europeo te gustaría más poder observar
- Sigue las cuentas @elherrerillo.bsky.social y @lynxnaturebooks.bsky.social
- Haz retuit
¿Quieres ganar el libro “Aves de Europa”, de Lynx Ediciones?
Participar en el sorteo es muy fácil:
- Dinos qué especie de pájaro europeo te gustaría más poder observar
- Sigue las cuentas @elherrerillo.bsky.social y @lynxnaturebooks.bsky.social
- Haz retuit
February 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
¡¡CONCURSO !!
¿Quieres ganar el libro “Aves de Europa”, de Lynx Ediciones?
Participar en el sorteo es muy fácil:
- Dinos qué especie de pájaro europeo te gustaría más poder observar
- Sigue las cuentas @elherrerillo.bsky.social y @lynxnaturebooks.bsky.social
- Haz retuit
¿Quieres ganar el libro “Aves de Europa”, de Lynx Ediciones?
Participar en el sorteo es muy fácil:
- Dinos qué especie de pájaro europeo te gustaría más poder observar
- Sigue las cuentas @elherrerillo.bsky.social y @lynxnaturebooks.bsky.social
- Haz retuit
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'Dino Birds' airs on @pbs.org in N. America tomorrow (9pm, 5th Feb.). Follow research from our lab and colleagues around the world revealing the origin of birds. Hope you enjoy it!
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social @gnavalon.bsky.social @ksepkalab.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social @gnavalon.bsky.social @ksepkalab.bsky.social
Dino Birds
Fossils reveal how birds survived the killer asteroid and became today’s only living dinosaurs.
pbs.org
February 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
'Dino Birds' airs on @pbs.org in N. America tomorrow (9pm, 5th Feb.). Follow research from our lab and colleagues around the world revealing the origin of birds. Hope you enjoy it!
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social @gnavalon.bsky.social @ksepkalab.bsky.social
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social @gnavalon.bsky.social @ksepkalab.bsky.social
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PostDoc position in evolutionary genomics available with Dan MacQueen at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, part of our BBSRC sLoLa on rediploidisation following whole genome duplication
Post-doctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Genomics
Two post-doctoral researcher positions are available that will play key roles in delivering an exciting new 4-year multi-partner BBSRC research project focussed on understanding genome evolution follo...
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January 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
PostDoc position in evolutionary genomics available with Dan MacQueen at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, part of our BBSRC sLoLa on rediploidisation following whole genome duplication
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Something for (sub) #FossilFriday!
Saw a beautiful pair of solitaire skeletons at the Hunterian. These birds were basically the island of Rodrigues' equivalent of a dodo.
Also large, also flightless, also driven to extinction by European colonists 🦤🧪🦉
Saw a beautiful pair of solitaire skeletons at the Hunterian. These birds were basically the island of Rodrigues' equivalent of a dodo.
Also large, also flightless, also driven to extinction by European colonists 🦤🧪🦉
January 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Something for (sub) #FossilFriday!
Saw a beautiful pair of solitaire skeletons at the Hunterian. These birds were basically the island of Rodrigues' equivalent of a dodo.
Also large, also flightless, also driven to extinction by European colonists 🦤🧪🦉
Saw a beautiful pair of solitaire skeletons at the Hunterian. These birds were basically the island of Rodrigues' equivalent of a dodo.
Also large, also flightless, also driven to extinction by European colonists 🦤🧪🦉
Salir de la facultad un viernes por la tarde es como atravesar las Quebradas de los Túmulos. No queda nadie... vivo.
January 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Salir de la facultad un viernes por la tarde es como atravesar las Quebradas de los Túmulos. No queda nadie... vivo.
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#NHMLAC is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of #UNLAB postbaccalaureate researchers! Apply to spend a year working with a curator on a biodiversity research project in L.A.—view program details, eligibility requirements, and more: nhm.org/how-apply-un...
January 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
#NHMLAC is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of #UNLAB postbaccalaureate researchers! Apply to spend a year working with a curator on a biodiversity research project in L.A.—view program details, eligibility requirements, and more: nhm.org/how-apply-un...
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If you need a summary of recent advances in the field of bird paleontology, my labmates at @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social have a new paper out reviewing the origins of the avian brain, palate, wing skeleton, and air-filled bones! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🪶🧪 (📷Field et al.)
January 22, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you need a summary of recent advances in the field of bird paleontology, my labmates at @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social have a new paper out reviewing the origins of the avian brain, palate, wing skeleton, and air-filled bones! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🪶🧪 (📷Field et al.)
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So, you want to be a palaeontologist and study prehistoric life, but don't know where to start?
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
January 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So, you want to be a palaeontologist and study prehistoric life, but don't know where to start?
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
Maybe you worry you're not good enough? That you can't do field work? Or you can't afford it?
Let me take you through different options for making it in the field 👇(🧵)
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IV Edición 'Koprolitos de Oro': elegimos los mejores #cómics, #películas y #videojuegos con referencias paleontológicas que nos ha dejado 2024:
▶️ koprolitos.blogspot.com/2024/12/iv-e...
Para ello, necesitamos vuestra ayuda. Vota a tus favoritos aquí: forms.gle/v1jh1rexqLHm...
▶️ koprolitos.blogspot.com/2024/12/iv-e...
Para ello, necesitamos vuestra ayuda. Vota a tus favoritos aquí: forms.gle/v1jh1rexqLHm...
December 31, 2024 at 10:57 AM
IV Edición 'Koprolitos de Oro': elegimos los mejores #cómics, #películas y #videojuegos con referencias paleontológicas que nos ha dejado 2024:
▶️ koprolitos.blogspot.com/2024/12/iv-e...
Para ello, necesitamos vuestra ayuda. Vota a tus favoritos aquí: forms.gle/v1jh1rexqLHm...
▶️ koprolitos.blogspot.com/2024/12/iv-e...
Para ello, necesitamos vuestra ayuda. Vota a tus favoritos aquí: forms.gle/v1jh1rexqLHm...
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Sharks eating dinosaurs! At the charming National Museum in Prague.
Totally morbid paleoart. But based on one of the few Czech dinosaur fossils, an ornithopod bone crisscrossed with the razor blade bites of sharks.
Totally morbid paleoart. But based on one of the few Czech dinosaur fossils, an ornithopod bone crisscrossed with the razor blade bites of sharks.
December 15, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Sharks eating dinosaurs! At the charming National Museum in Prague.
Totally morbid paleoart. But based on one of the few Czech dinosaur fossils, an ornithopod bone crisscrossed with the razor blade bites of sharks.
Totally morbid paleoart. But based on one of the few Czech dinosaur fossils, an ornithopod bone crisscrossed with the razor blade bites of sharks.
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Check out the mesmerizing moment - a crocodile embryo hatching from its egg! 🥚🐊
Our new research in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reveals how compressive forces, rather than gene interactions, sculpt their intricate head scales - learn more here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Our new research in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reveals how compressive forces, rather than gene interactions, sculpt their intricate head scales - learn more here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
December 12, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Check out the mesmerizing moment - a crocodile embryo hatching from its egg! 🥚🐊
Our new research in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reveals how compressive forces, rather than gene interactions, sculpt their intricate head scales - learn more here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
Our new research in @natureportfolio.bsky.social reveals how compressive forces, rather than gene interactions, sculpt their intricate head scales - learn more here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪
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This is the face of a shark! I've stained the mineralised tissues to show that their teeth and scales are both made of the same enamel-like material 🦈 🦷 🧪
December 11, 2024 at 10:01 AM
This is the face of a shark! I've stained the mineralised tissues to show that their teeth and scales are both made of the same enamel-like material 🦈 🦷 🧪
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After the Moa, another bird for this mammal-heavy series. Which makes me wonder if we have any paleolithic depictions of now extinct reptiles...
#paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio
#paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio
December 11, 2024 at 2:23 PM
After the Moa, another bird for this mammal-heavy series. Which makes me wonder if we have any paleolithic depictions of now extinct reptiles...
#paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio
#paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio
No hay nada como una vigorosa brisa de aire gélido por la mañana.
December 10, 2024 at 10:43 AM
No hay nada como una vigorosa brisa de aire gélido por la mañana.
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I have a new paper out on the evolution of hearing in toothed whales! It looks like a narrow range of high-frequency auditory sensitivity in some living dolphins and porpoises may be an ancestral physiology rather than novel specializations in select groups.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Variation in whale (Cetacea) inner ear anatomy reveals the early evolution of “specialized” high‐frequency hearing sensitivity
Our findings support sensitivity to low-frequency sound in the archaeocete Zygorhiza kochii and an early toothed mysticete cf. Aetiocetus. Narrow-band high-frequency hearing was present in Oligocene ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 4, 2024 at 2:15 AM
I have a new paper out on the evolution of hearing in toothed whales! It looks like a narrow range of high-frequency auditory sensitivity in some living dolphins and porpoises may be an ancestral physiology rather than novel specializations in select groups.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Since today is International Cheetah Day—and as it happens to be my favorite felid—I’ve decided to write this thread highlighting its remarkable adaptations. Let’s delve into the evolutionary marvels of the fastest land animal:
December 4, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Since today is International Cheetah Day—and as it happens to be my favorite felid—I’ve decided to write this thread highlighting its remarkable adaptations. Let’s delve into the evolutionary marvels of the fastest land animal: