Jennifer Botha

Vertebrate palaeobiologist, osteohisologist, mass extinctions

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@NHMdinolab Finding anything interesting yet?

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@Kimi_Chap Well done Kimi! 👏

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@NeilShubin I couldn't agree with you more Neil, watching from outside the country it looks down right scary, I've also had collaborative projects put on hold, so it's affecting the whole world. We don't live in a vacuum, this is going to damage science globally

[Kimi Chapelle @Kimi_Chap]

Our new #OpenAccess paper on the smallest adult Jurassic sauropodomorph is out in @RSocPublishing ! 🇿🇦🦕
Although small, this little dinosaur tells us a mighty story about body mass evolution in the clade!
Check it out:
https://t.co/b3veYAaEoh

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@SerpenIllus Hi I'm in South Africa and I've seen your beautiful Rhamphorynchus recon a few times, it's getting out there

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

Hi there, just wanted to share my news. I have recently moved to the University of the Witwatersrand @GenusPalaeo and am trying to distribute my new email as widely as possible. [email protected] please send along to anyone who may want to contact me, many thanks

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@NHMdinolab @Cambridge_Uni @TrinCollCam @EarthSciCam Well done! You've earned it!

[NHMdinolab @NHMdinolab]

Not my usual garb, but I’ve just been admitted to the ScD (Doctor of Science) degree at my alma mater, @Cambridge_Uni @TrinCollCam @EarthSciCam, based on my contributions to science: very honoured to be following in the steps of my former teacher Jenny Clack, who also held one

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@Kimi_Chap Classic!! I've heard this guy so many times and he never actually answers a question!!

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@luke_norton Thanks Luke will take a look

[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]

@semifossorial I'll have a look thanks

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@semifossorial Unfortunately they don't seem to mention it anywhere in the text, only in the drawing, I'd like to know if I could narrow the ID down

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

@semifossorial That's true it looks exactly like that, thanks!

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

Here's more pics, and a loose piece of the other side - any way to narrow this down would be great!

[Jennifer Botha @JenniferBotha9]

It is lying right next to the Lystrosaurus tooth. Can you see the concentric rings along the tube?

[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]

This was a really fun paper where we found that sauropod-like growth was present in the smaller 1-2 tonne sauropodiforms before they got really gigantic

[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