Dr Michela Johnson
@michela-johnson.bsky.social
Paleontologist & postdoc at SMNS (Stuttgart) studying thalattosuchian 🐊 ecology, ontogeny & diversity. Canadian 🇨🇦 who loves cats, crocodiles, sports, travel & Godzilla.
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An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting.
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
An Edinburgh family photo at the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social meeting.
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
Soon after we lost my PhD advisor Mark Norell, it was special to be surrounded by the students and postdocs I’ve supervised!
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After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
After two years of hard work, I’m proud to announce that our new special exhibition @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is now open for the public – Meet Triassic Life: Dawn of the world of reptiles (1/7).
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🚨Check out our new paper! 🦠
Led by @taphonomist.bsky.social our experiments show the influence of endogenous bacteria in the early stages of decay.
Led by @taphonomist.bsky.social our experiments show the influence of endogenous bacteria in the early stages of decay.
Bacteria 🦠 🧫 play a crucial role in how animals become fossils!
Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read about how decay experiments demonstrate that bacteria from the gut dominate the thanatomicrobiome (the internal microbiome of decay) and probably control fossilisation in our new paper!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The relationship between microbial community succession, decay, and anatomical character loss in non‐biomineralized animals
A fundamental assumption of hypothesis-driven decay experiments is that, during decay, the loss of anatomy follows a sequence broadly controlled by the intrinsic compositional properties of tissues. ...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨Check out our new paper! 🦠
Led by @taphonomist.bsky.social our experiments show the influence of endogenous bacteria in the early stages of decay.
Led by @taphonomist.bsky.social our experiments show the influence of endogenous bacteria in the early stages of decay.
Been a cat mom for over a month now and it's the best decision I've ever made. 🥰
September 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Been a cat mom for over a month now and it's the best decision I've ever made. 🥰
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I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Thrilled to see this (so much fun) project published! 😊🐊
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
Criteria for inferring seafloor arrival position in teleosauroid carcasses (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) and comparison with other marine vertebrates | Geological Magazine | Cambridge Core
Criteria for inferring seafloor arrival position in teleosauroid carcasses (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) and comparison with other marine vertebrates - Volume 162
doi.org
July 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Thrilled to see this (so much fun) project published! 😊🐊
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
doi.org/10.1017/S001...
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Had the pleasure of visiting the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and getting an awesome tour of part of their collection from the amazing @michela-johnson.bsky.social — thanks so much, Michela!
📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014
#paleontology #FossilFriday
📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014
#paleontology #FossilFriday
June 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Had the pleasure of visiting the @smnstuttgart.bsky.social and getting an awesome tour of part of their collection from the amazing @michela-johnson.bsky.social — thanks so much, Michela!
📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014
#paleontology #FossilFriday
📸 Holotype of the extinct crocodyliform Machimosaurus buffetauti Young et al., 2014
#paleontology #FossilFriday
Coo at the snappy (extinct) doggo and boop the tiny snoot for #WorldCrocodileDay - so happy that I get to work on these animals!!
June 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Coo at the snappy (extinct) doggo and boop the tiny snoot for #WorldCrocodileDay - so happy that I get to work on these animals!!
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 👩🔬
Stay curious - whether it's on rocks⛰️, plants🌱, animals 🐋🐘🐊🐧🐠, fossils🦖, maths📟, stars🌠🔭, or much more!!
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
#herps
#paleontology
Stay curious - whether it's on rocks⛰️, plants🌱, animals 🐋🐘🐊🐧🐠, fossils🦖, maths📟, stars🌠🔭, or much more!!
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
#herps
#paleontology
February 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science! 👩🔬
Stay curious - whether it's on rocks⛰️, plants🌱, animals 🐋🐘🐊🐧🐠, fossils🦖, maths📟, stars🌠🔭, or much more!!
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
#herps
#paleontology
Stay curious - whether it's on rocks⛰️, plants🌱, animals 🐋🐘🐊🐧🐠, fossils🦖, maths📟, stars🌠🔭, or much more!!
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience
#herps
#paleontology
This one took a while, but it's finally out! Our re-description of the most common & iconic teleosauroid 🐊 Macrospondylus bollensis, along with it's enigmatic holotype.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A re-description of the teleosauroid Macrospondylus bollensis (Jaeger, 1828) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany - PalZ
Teleosauroid crocodylomorphs were a successful, diverse and abundant clade that expanded near-globally during the Jurassic Period. Teleosauroids are commonly found in Toarcian strata (Early Jurassic) ...
link.springer.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This one took a while, but it's finally out! Our re-description of the most common & iconic teleosauroid 🐊 Macrospondylus bollensis, along with it's enigmatic holotype.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Dr Michela Johnson
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
tinyurl.com/msvntnd9
January 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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
tinyurl.com/msvntnd9
A juvenile Macrospondylus for #FossilFriday - some exciting data collection coming from this fella soon!
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December 6, 2024 at 3:31 PM
A juvenile Macrospondylus for #FossilFriday - some exciting data collection coming from this fella soon!
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Supermassive new paper (162 pages!) led by Dr Isaure Scavezzoni on the pectoral girdle anatomy of thalattosuchian and dyrosaurid crocodylomorphs, highlighting the enormous amount of information in croc postcranial skeletons!
@michela-johnson.bsky.social
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November 26, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Supermassive new paper (162 pages!) led by Dr Isaure Scavezzoni on the pectoral girdle anatomy of thalattosuchian and dyrosaurid crocodylomorphs, highlighting the enormous amount of information in croc postcranial skeletons!
@michela-johnson.bsky.social
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@michela-johnson.bsky.social
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A fantastic opportunity to work on some very cool fossils with an incredible team, in an amazing & vibrant city! Apply, apply, apply!
🚨PhD Opportunity: Come to Edinburgh and study ichthyosaurs with us!
Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens!
Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me.
Details👇
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
Study Scottish fossils from Skye! New ones & historic specimens!
Project led by Stig Walsh, co-supervised by @davfoff.bsky.social Nick Fraser, Erin Maxwell & me.
Details👇
e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/super...
November 25, 2024 at 8:10 PM
A fantastic opportunity to work on some very cool fossils with an incredible team, in an amazing & vibrant city! Apply, apply, apply!
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November 20, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Made it to the other side - hi Bluesky, I'm a paleontologist working on ecology, growth and morphology (among other things) of Jurassic fossil marine crocs and their living "relatives"! Why not celebrate with photos of some of the awesome animals I work on?
November 15, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Made it to the other side - hi Bluesky, I'm a paleontologist working on ecology, growth and morphology (among other things) of Jurassic fossil marine crocs and their living "relatives"! Why not celebrate with photos of some of the awesome animals I work on?