Pal(a)eontologist with reptilian bias | @snsf_ch Ambizione fellow at Uni of Fribourg studying turtle evolution | former @BensonLabOxford member (he/him)
Freiburg, Schweiz
Joined February 2015
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Neck retraction, ecology & skull shape disparity are linked -> neck retraction plays an important ecomorph role. We hypothesise that neck mobility was a key innovation for the ecological diversification of turtles, allowing the evolution of specialized feeding strategies 9/10
ALT Digitally rendered turtle body, with shell transparent and retracted neck of turtle, so that the skull lies inside the shell.
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It's real.
And it's spectacular.
Sometimes, one fossil really can change everything you think you know. NEW PAPER (see bottom of thread) AND 🧵
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Our paper about the neuroanatomy of the bothremydid Azzabaremys moragjonesi from the Paleocene of Mali was published in Fossil Record journal @fossil_record
@Tortugologo @Godzillin
Neuroanatomía de la #tortuga pleurodira Azzabaremys moragjonesi del #Paleoceno de #Mali, nuevo trabajo de M. Martín-Jiménez (@paleosoriano) y A. Pérez-García (@Tortugologo) publicado en Fossil Record (@fossil_record)
▶️ godzillin.blogspot.com/2025/…
#Paleocene #turtles #neuroanatomy
Our preprint from earlier this year is now reviewed and PCI-recommended. Re-Analysis of (error-corrected) data from Lichtig & Lucas (2017) shows that their method of inferring habitat ecology based on simple shell measurements does not work.
🔥 New article peer-reviewed by @PCI_Paleo 🔥
Evers et al. (2024) Simple shell measurements do not consistently predict habitat in turtles: a reply to Lichtig and Lucas (2017) 🐢
doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.25.5…
@SirJoscha @GHermanson_ @biorxivpreprint @UnifrEarthSci
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Do you use 3D imaging like CT or MRI for research, teaching, outreach, or art? Check out our new article in @iScience_CP featuring a detailed workflow for producing 3D cinematic renderings with stunning realism! doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.… @BIOTECH_UH @HiLIFE_helsinki @helsinkiuni
Our university press team covered our (@GHermanson_ & my) paper from last week on allometric restrictions on turtle body form diversity imposed by the shell in a nice, small, non-technical article:
unifr.ch/news/en/32039/shell…
@UnifrResearch Funded by @snsf_ch Ambizione
Hope I can organize a turtle symposium at #2025SVP - major obstacle could be that August is my last month of employment. But let’s see how life develops until then 🐢☺️🐢
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#Curator Job!
Department of Integrative Biology at @michiganstateu and the Michigan State University Museum are conducting a search for an Assistant/Associate Professor(s) and Curator of Vertebrate Collections. The advertisement can be viewed here:
careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/52…
Thanks to @StephanSpiekman for visiting us in Fribourg & giving both a little Blender workshop teaching us a few tricks for re-articulating specimens as well as a symposium talk on Tanysauria evolution!
ALT Seminar room with our group working on Blender
ALT Dr Stephan Spiekman showing a Tanystropheid skull in 3D during his talk
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📣 SNSF Starting Grants 2025
Für Forschende, die mit einem eigenen Team ein Projekt in der Schweiz leiten wollen.
🗓️Eingabedatum: 15.01.2025
➡️Weitere Informationen: sohub.io/0mgm
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📢Submission are now OPEN for the Marsh #Palaeoart Award! It recognises talent in depicting the extinct fossil faunas of the British Isles. This year's guest judge is the amazing @BobNichollsArt. Closing date 25th November. Full details: palaeosoc.org/grants-prizes/… #paleoart
ALT Advert for the Palaeontographical Society Marsh Palaeoart Award. It outlines the £500 winning prize and open and closing dates, and the website link at www.palaeosoc.org
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Reminder I'm recruiting a graduate student to join my @OU_Paleo lab in fall '25. My lab uses fossils, fieldwork, & phylogenetic methods to study macroevolutionary processes in marine invertebrates, especially echinoderms. Please share & feel free to reach out!
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Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. This didn't happen because she herself fought for it -- although she did fight hard the whole way to even get to that point. 👩🔬
What happened was that the award was offered to her husband, Pierre. (1/n) 🧵
Congratulations to our 2024 medicine laureate Victor Ambros ✨
This morning he celebrated the news of his prize with his colleague and wife Rosalind Lee, who was also the first author on the 1993 'Cell' paper cited by the Nobel Committee.
#NobelPrize
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This paper describes a very simple method extending the regime-based model of @omearabrian et al. (2006) to discrete traits. It nonetheless may be useful to some. If you're interested, check it out! doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae119
Hey, no kidding -- this new article by @Klaus_Schlp, @Luke_Mahler, Travis Ingram, & myself is now out advance access at @JEvBio. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae119
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Wichtig, dass sich konservative Stimmen weiterhin & mit voller Kraft darauf konzentrieren, uns vor „grüner Ideologie“ zu schützen. Rational, zeitgemäß, kann nichts schief gehen. #Hochwasser #Klimakrise
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Hier sind die "child penalties" von Einkommen von Müttern für verschiedene Länder: Wieviel weniger Frauen nach der Geburt eines Kinders längerfristig verdienen.
Dänemark 21%
Schweden 26%
USA 31%
UK 44%
Österreich 51%
Deutschland 61%
Schweiz 68% (!)
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What a cool study! Evolution is such a good journal that publishes studies like these on non model organisms, whereas you see bird/mammal papers of this scope frequently in journals like PNAS…
Have you ever wondered what factors shape the processes of morphological evolution? And how might innovations arise and contribute to patterns of diversification?
Our new paper uses 3D CT scans of tetraodontiform fishes to explore these questions. doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae1…
1/15
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Have you ever wondered what factors shape the processes of morphological evolution? And how might innovations arise and contribute to patterns of diversification?
Our new paper uses 3D CT scans of tetraodontiform fishes to explore these questions. doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae1…
1/15
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Applications are open for Max Planck Research Group Leaders! this is an amazing opportunity to build an independent research group that comes with 2.7 MEuro support over 6 years. If you're interested in being hosted @mpi_astro, please contact me! mpg.de/career/max-planck-res…
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Are you a vertebrate evolutionary biologist finishing your PhD or within three years? If so, please contact me (DM) or email about the YIBS Donnelley Postodoctoral Fellowship at Yale University and Peabody Museum!
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📣 #Mandate — We are looking for new members for the Research Council to complement the expertise of its current members.
📆 Interested candidates should send their documents to [email protected] by 30 September 2024.
➡️ sohub.io/fkn0 #science #research #mandate