WitmerLab at Ohio University
@witmerlab.bsky.social
21st-century approaches to fleshing out the past! Mission: to use the structure of past & present animals to interpret evolutionary history...and to share it!
Your book King Tyrant is outstanding…and remains so! I was reading it about the same time that I was reviewing the Z&N manuscript, and yes, I noted a few passages that would be impacted, but whatever. I recommended in my review that Z&N read & cite your book! It’s so well researched & well written!
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Your book King Tyrant is outstanding…and remains so! I was reading it about the same time that I was reviewing the Z&N manuscript, and yes, I noted a few passages that would be impacted, but whatever. I recommended in my review that Z&N read & cite your book! It’s so well researched & well written!
Wow, do I ever agree! I get into some of this towards the end of my News & Views piece (rdcu.be/eNv94) but didn't have the space—and to your point, I'm not independent and not a sociologist. It would be a fascinating sociological study...elitism, ivory towers, etc.
October 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wow, do I ever agree! I get into some of this towards the end of my News & Views piece (rdcu.be/eNv94) but didn't have the space—and to your point, I'm not independent and not a sociologist. It would be a fascinating sociological study...elitism, ivory towers, etc.
No argument from me! I often run away from theropods and toward sauropods (we're about to submit a big sauropod manuscript)...but then I have to return to theropods because birds are theropods.
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
No argument from me! I often run away from theropods and toward sauropods (we're about to submit a big sauropod manuscript)...but then I have to return to theropods because birds are theropods.
I know and feel your pain! So frustrating!
September 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I know and feel your pain! So frustrating!
Here's the shot from that 1995 photoshoot they used in the article. My research lab wasn't ready yet, so the photog came to my house & I pulled my T. rex skull out of the garage & set it up on the lawn! 30 years later, I'm still teaching anatomy & doing paleo research! 💀🦖 2/2
September 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Here's the shot from that 1995 photoshoot they used in the article. My research lab wasn't ready yet, so the photog came to my house & I pulled my T. rex skull out of the garage & set it up on the lawn! 30 years later, I'm still teaching anatomy & doing paleo research! 💀🦖 2/2
Mongolia is still on my bucket list. Finally going to check off Japan in a few weeks. Heading to the International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs.
August 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Mongolia is still on my bucket list. Finally going to check off Japan in a few weeks. Heading to the International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs.