Prof. Valentin Fischer

Professor of #palaeontology @UniversiteLiege. Director of the #EDDyLab. I study the biodiversity and extinctions of fossil marine predators

[Narimane Chatar @NarimaneChatar]

New paper out today where we test the 150-year-old hypothesis that a unique jaw torus seen in Nimravus is an adaptation to resist biting forces using FEA🦁🔪 our results highlight some functional advantage of the torus, which are amplified at larger gape👀 https://t.co/BGKNRG5AYL

[Prof. Valentin Fischer @Val_Fisch]

Only 3 days left to help us create a gigantic statue of a mosasaur in Liège!

https://t.co/zRDvZzxkZu

[Prof. Valentin Fischer @Val_Fisch]

It might sound crazy but we are going to build up a life-size sculpture of Mosasaurus right in the city center of Liège! You can discover and contribute to project via this link!
https://t.co/zRDvZzxkZu

[Narimane Chatar @NarimaneChatar]

New paper out in @CommsBio lead by @lab_raia showing that rapid cortical expansion in the prefrontal region took place early on during the evolution of primates 🐵🧠 https://t.co/mFNiCH5nJD

[Laboury Antoine @LabouryA]

Really happy to have passed my PhD viva last Friday! 🎉 I would like to warmly thanks @Val_Fisch, @DrTLStubbs, Torsten Scheyer, Denis Baurain, members of my jury and all great researchers that have helped during these 4 years. It was a fantastic journey in the Mesozoic seas!

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

We're thrilled to announce the publication of an exciting new Special Issue on pseudosuchian paleobiology and systematics, Guest Edited by Mariana Valeria de Araujo Sena,@histo_holly, and Jorge Cubo.
https://t.co/2XNzq4qBKV
Beautiful cover paleoart by Guilherme Gehr

[Prof. Valentin Fischer @Val_Fisch]

Open full-time academic position on biomimicry @UniversiteLiege !
Details here:
https://t.co/Jpiy1OjkZV

[Geologica Belgica Journal @GeolBel_journal]

🚨New paper alert!🚨 De Brito et al. provide an updated description of a fossil cone of Pinus belgica, one of the oldest representatives of the pine genus in the Lower #Cretaceous Wealden facies of the Mons Basin in Belgium 🌲⛏️🔬 #openaccess

https://t.co/KtBituiOQM

[Laboury Antoine @LabouryA]

Really proud to have finally submitted my Ph.D. manuscript 🥳 I would like to thanks everyone who helped during this adventure, especially @Val_Fisch, @DrTLStubbs and Torsten Scheyer for their brilliant supervision!

[Prof. Valentin Fischer @Val_Fisch]

Two new @frsFNRS funded PhD students in the lab: @melvinvankelst will be working on the biomechanical performances of Eocene-Oligocene carnivorous mammals and @AlexisRastier will be investigating the latest Devonian turnovers in plant communities!

[F.R.S.-FNRS @frsFNRS]

📢 Résultats de l'appel Bourses FRIA 2024 !
Ce 10 décembre 2024, le Conseil d'administration du FRIA a octroyé une bourse de doctorat aux candidates et candidats suivants :
👉👉 https://t.co/29nfwPnnkG

[Andrzej Wolniewicz @ASWolniewicz]

Excited to see our study on the evolution of Mesozoic marine reptiles across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary—featuring fossils from the iconic Marine Reptile Gallery—and recently published in @journal_evo, highlighted in the News section of the @NHM_London website! 🤩

[Léa De Brito @Lea_De_Brito]

Last paper about 🌲Pinus belgica 🎄 with @Val_Fisch and @C_Prestianni

https://t.co/06KAl5fJQ7

[Prof. Valentin Fischer @Val_Fisch]

@AdamRutherford Origin, biodiversity, and extinction of Cretaceous ichthyosaurs

[Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. 🦖💕 (he/him) @TomHoltzPaleo]

Who's a cute little anatomical direction chart? YOU ARE! You are a cute little anatomical direction chart!!

Cerrejonisuchus by Isaure Scavezzoni, from Scavenzonni et al. 2024 (just posted on my wall).

[Narimane Chatar @NarimaneChatar]

MASSIVE new paper led by my former lab mates @IScavezzoni about the pectoral griddle of crocodylomorpha 🐊🤯 https://t.co/Ja81kqSb9B

[Isaure Scavezzoni @IScavezzoni]

The last remaining chapter of my thesis is finally published!
We investigated the peculiar morphology of the pectoral girdle of two clades of aquatic crocs:
Thalattosuchia & Dyrosauridae 🐊
https://t.co/xFZq4L5sub
@Val_Fisch @michela_johnson @JouveStphane1

[Prof. Valentin Fischer @Val_Fisch]

Supermassive new paper (162 pages!) led by Dr @IScavezzoni on the pectoral girdle anatomy of thalattosuchian and dyrosaurid crocodylomorphs

@michela_johnson

https://t.co/9geBlxNTpb

[Narimane Chatar @NarimaneChatar]

It was raining cats and dogs in for the last day of #SVP2024 😼

[Narimane Chatar @NarimaneChatar]

Heeeeey #SVP2024 attendees, do not miss the Carnivora & Co session tomorrow morning if you're still in town 🦁🐺🦦🐻🦝🦡🦨

[The PalAss @ThePalAss]

The many ways toward punctuated evolution https://t.co/FtoU34OFTH @SDuranNebreda @BlaiVidiella @AndrejSpiridon4 @niles_eldrege @ralexbentley @svalver @wileyearthspace @IBE_Barcelona @CNRS @CSIC @ECLT_Venice