Bryan Gee
@koskinonodon.bsky.social
- Research data librarian @ UT Austin
- 🐶 + 🐱 dad
- Amphibian paleontologist ☠️🐸
- BA in geology, PhD in ecology/evol bio
he/him; all opinions my own
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- 🐶 + 🐱 dad
- Amphibian paleontologist ☠️🐸
- BA in geology, PhD in ecology/evol bio
he/him; all opinions my own
🔗: https://bryangee.weebly.com/
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All of this is just a reminder to stop doing big data studies on temnospondyls without getting (significant) input from an actual temnospondyl worker (does not need to be me) or resources curated by specialists (the PBDB does not count, the temno data in there are increasingly outdated & erroneous)
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August 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
All of this is just a reminder to stop doing big data studies on temnospondyls without getting (significant) input from an actual temnospondyl worker (does not need to be me) or resources curated by specialists (the PBDB does not count, the temno data in there are increasingly outdated & erroneous)
And for included taxa, more than a third (31 of 88) underreported the largest published value by 10% or more. Mehmood et al. sometimes report higher values than TEMNOS - sometimes this is b/c they extrapolated from a reconstruction (I don't do this yet), but some of these values are clearly errors.
August 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
And for included taxa, more than a third (31 of 88) underreported the largest published value by 10% or more. Mehmood et al. sometimes report higher values than TEMNOS - sometimes this is b/c they extrapolated from a reconstruction (I don't do this yet), but some of these values are clearly errors.
Despite claiming to have comprehensively sampled temnospondyls, this study failed to include published data from nearly as many species that met inclusion criteria (graph) as species that were included. Max. skull length of every missed species that was published by 2024 is shown below.
August 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Despite claiming to have comprehensively sampled temnospondyls, this study failed to include published data from nearly as many species that met inclusion criteria (graph) as species that were included. Max. skull length of every missed species that was published by 2024 is shown below.
The preprint adds a new case study demonstrating the importance of datasets curated specifically by taxonomic specialists based on a recent publication in RSOS on temno trends across the P-T boundary: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
The ecology and geography of temnospondyl recovery after the Permian–Triassic mass extinction | Royal Society Open Science
One of the mysteries of the Permian–Triassic mass extinction was the subsequent success
of temnospondyls. Temnospondyls were key early tetrapods in the Carboniferous and
Permian and hardly seem to be ...
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August 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The preprint adds a new case study demonstrating the importance of datasets curated specifically by taxonomic specialists based on a recent publication in RSOS on temno trends across the P-T boundary: doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
v1.1.0 includes:
more than 12,300 specimens published in the literature (⬆️ by 70% from v1.0.0) and has now sampled all clades (previously deficient in fossil-rich clades like metoposaurids)
about 2,000 skull length measurements (⬆️ by ~15% from v1.0.0
more than 12,300 specimens published in the literature (⬆️ by 70% from v1.0.0) and has now sampled all clades (previously deficient in fossil-rich clades like metoposaurids)
about 2,000 skull length measurements (⬆️ by ~15% from v1.0.0
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August 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
v1.1.0 includes:
more than 12,300 specimens published in the literature (⬆️ by 70% from v1.0.0) and has now sampled all clades (previously deficient in fossil-rich clades like metoposaurids)
about 2,000 skull length measurements (⬆️ by ~15% from v1.0.0
more than 12,300 specimens published in the literature (⬆️ by 70% from v1.0.0) and has now sampled all clades (previously deficient in fossil-rich clades like metoposaurids)
about 2,000 skull length measurements (⬆️ by ~15% from v1.0.0