Brandon Stuart

PhD Candidate | University of the Witswatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Institute | Karoo Palaeontology | Therocephalian morphology

[Bailey Mark Weiss @BaileyMWeiss]

Excited to announce our paper on the virtual osteohistology of Orthosuchus is out in @JournalofAnat! We conducted the experiment at the @esrfsynchrotron and produced some of the most beautiful scans you have ever seen!

#Orthosuchus #palaeontology #PSSA #Histology #SouthAfrica

[Kiersten Formoso, PhD(elulu) @Formorphology]

When the postcranial material section actually has comprehensive descriptions, images, and line drawings

[Brandon Stuart @Brandon_Stuart8]

We describe some of the most amazing specimens of this large predatory therocephalian and discuss its role in the Permo-Triassic ecosystems of the Karoo Basin. A big thank you to my co-authors (@dimetrodoc and @JenniferBotha9) and funders (@GenusPalaeo and @PASTEvolve).

[Brandon Stuart @Brandon_Stuart8]

🚨New paper for #FossilFriday. I'm really excited to announce that the first chapter of my MSc has been published in @PeerJLife. The postcranial anatomy of Moschorhinus is now live.

Link to the paper:
https://t.co/gNDSHMNmfs

[GENUS @GenusPalaeo]

Read about and watch our thrilling expedition through the captivating Free State, as we hunted for long-extinct creatures! #PalaeontologistExpedition #UnearthingHistory #AncientWonders #GENUS #fieldwork #Science https://t.co/6OMjqBiDRd

[Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa @PalPSSA]

Southern African palaeontology is currently mourning the loss of one of its greats. We are dedicating this #FossilFriday to Charles K. 'Bob' Brain.

[Kimi Chapelle @Kimi_Chap]

I got to spend 2 weeks in the field with this legendary group of researchers. 🤩 Such a pleasure being surrounded by such passion and excitement for science. 🦖🦕🐊⛏

[Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa @PalPSSA]

Happy #FossilFriday! A team of palaeontologists has just returned from the field in the Eastern Cape. 🇿🇦⛏ They collected giant jackets and many many fossils that include a late branching pseudosuchian, sauropodomorphs, theropods and more! 🦕🦖🐊

[Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa @PalPSSA]

Breaking! A newly discovered gorgonopsian in the Karoo, Inostrancevia africana, belongs to a genus hitherto only known from Russia.
This genus includes the largest top predator gorgonopsians known. It appears in the Karoo right before the end Permian mass extinction, 252 Ma.

[Gabriel N. U. @SerpenIllus]

WIP. Therocephalians of the Early Triassic Katberg Formation of South Africa. These are being done for my book (still in preparation)

[Palaeontological Society of Southern Africa @PalPSSA]

Happy #FossilFriday!
We are SO excited to announce the launch of the updated PSSA website!
https://t.co/DbKaob0oA8

[Christian A. Sidor @ChristianSidor]

#FossilFriday Just about to resubmit a manuscript with @MannArjan on this beautiful interclavicle and sternum of Aelurognathus. Prep by @KelsieAbrams3, drawing by @soojeong_shin #gorgonaissance @Synapsida

[Brandon Peecook @_gondwannabe_]

The irresistible face of the small karenitid therocephalian Mupashi from the upper Permian of Zambia.
Those 👀

Today is the first of many in Permian and Triassic collections at the @burkemuseum! #FossilFriday

[Bailey Mark Weiss @BaileyMWeiss]

Very excited to announce that my honours research has been published!

There's more theropods lurking in the rocks of the Elliott!

Thanks to my coauthors and supervisors @JenniferBotha9 and @jonahchoiniere
https://t.co/4Xl0jRL0UL

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

Mystery fossil - help wanted.
Can anybody shed light on this. It looks like a millipede-like carapace, but I am no invertebrate palaeontologist. Found next to a Lystrosaurus skeleton, Early Triassic, terrestrial setting

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

Hi everyone, check out our latest work on Massospondylus https://t.co/bVyTn3FGLt, Kimi Chapelle @Kimi_Chap did an amazing job at documenting the growth patterns of this sauropodomorph with a massive sample size

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

Hi everybody, we've, as in Jonah, Roger and I, (@BensonLabOxford) just published a cool paper on sauropodiform growth. If you're interested here's the link!. Rapid growth preceded gigantism in sauropodomorph evolution https://t.co/AH1UQlc6hv

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

Hi everyone we've just published new data on the ornithischian dinosaur... Check it out if you're interested.... Osteohistology and taphonomy support social aggregation in the early ornithischian dinosaur Lesothosaurus diagnosticus https://t.co/0d8N3FC2T3

[Christian A. Sidor @ChristianSidor]

I’m very happy to put this saga to bed. Here’s the paper introducing this new species of therocephalian from Antarctica, with @PaleoZoek @dimetrodoc https://t.co/h3FvZB9Z7n

[Gabriel N. U. @SerpenIllus]

Two gondwanan eutheriodonts from the Early Triassic for my book (still in prepepration). The small therocephalian Ericiolacerta and the cynodont Thrinaxodon