William Parker

PhD Candidate @EvansEvomorph Trace Elements & Histology | Marsupial Teeth

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

A 5-million-year-old fossil that sat collecting dust in a Melbourne museum for more than a century has rewritten the evolutionary history of turtles in prehistoric Australia’s tropical climate.
@Palaeo_JRule + @WMGParker on their discovery. https://t.co/Z5zjmhTivv @MonashUni

[Dr James Rule @Palaeo_JRule]

New Paper: A 5 million year old #fossil from Melbourne is the oldest evidence of pig-nosed turtles in Australia, marking a substantial shift in their biogeographic history! 🐢 @Monash_Science
@museumsvictoria Thread 1/7

🎨: @BranArtworks
https://t.co/J6IiLB8YOJ

[Monash Science @Monash_Science]

Congratulations to Associate Professor @DrTeethAl and Dr @DPHocking winners of the 2021 Dean’s Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, and commendation to the Indigenous Science Team.
https://t.co/oZmtrvSX87 #MonashScienceAwards

[William Parker @WMGParker]

@DPHocking @davidghamilton1 @tasmuseum ^ I strongly agree.

[William Parker @WMGParker]

How do 🐍 fangs stay venomous while being replaced? Check out this paper from @SilkeCleuren’s PhD to find out!!

[William Parker @WMGParker]

Fantastic scientists. Amazing taxa. Fassssinating 🐍 study. Check it out.

[Travis Park @Blogozoic]

Happy to present our latest paper on the evolution of the inner ear in platanistoids, published today in Paleobiology: https://t.co/XBq79oxUMm

[William Parker @WMGParker]

Congratulations to @DrTeethAl on the new Power Cascade paper @BMCBiology. Wonderful to be a part of the team on this manuscript!!

[Alistair Evans @DrTeethAl]

Introducing a new rule of nature: the power cascade! Revealing how pointed structures grow across the tree of life. Teeth, claws, horns, beaks and thorns. Follow our thread below. #OpenAccess @BMCBiology @EvansEvoMorph https://t.co/8s0rqjHEat

[Dr David Hocking @DPHocking]

It has happened again - this time in Namibia!

But how are seals getting stabbed by Chimaeras?

One possibility is that these injuries are self inflicted as the seals shake their prey to process it and accidentally slap themselves with the spine.

When #FishFightBack!

[William Parker @WMGParker]

@DSRovinsky @Palaeo_JRule @TIPollock @AusMammals Huge congratulations to both!! New seals and devils ripping carcasses apart. What’s not to like?

[Dr Douglass Rovinsky @DSRovinsky]

Really great #AMS2020 conference put on by @AusMammals over the past few days!

Lots of really great talks, & a fantastic showing by my Extended Lab Family Siblings @TIPollock @Palaeo_JRule @WMGParker and Lab Adult @DrTeethAl

[Dr David Hocking @DPHocking]

Happy National Wombat Day everyone!

To celebrate, let's take a virtual tour of their 3D anatomy!

[William Parker @WMGParker]

Huge thank you to @DPHocking & @DrTeethAl for their work organising interactive digital content!!

[William Parker @WMGParker]

Join us online from 4pm-7pm today!!
https://t.co/9Nzb0WiBZN
@Monash_Science School of Biological Sciences

[Evans EvoMorph Lab @EvansEvoMorph]

Guess the skull!

A mystery from our teaching collection, microCT scanned @MonashBiol @Sketchfab #MonashOpenDay

https://t.co/AR0zGEwtJS

[Dr James Rule @Palaeo_JRule]

New paper: Beaumaris #fossils show Australia had tiny seals living around Melbourne’s bayside 6 million years ago!

My 2nd PhD paper! 🦭
🎨: Peter Trusler
https://t.co/fjwz0nbVK3

[International Society for Vertebrate Morphology @ISVMorph]

Thank you to all the members who submitted amazing logo suggestions. It was a very hard decision! We are pleased to announce that the logo for ICVM 2020 in Cairns will showcase the amazing talents of @SilkeCleuren #ICVM13

[James Robbins @JamesRRobbins]

Fur seals are ferocious and have big teeth that can deal a lot of damage to those unlucky enough to get in the way.

However, they can also be caught off-guard by their prey's defences. @DPHocking & co-authors found fish spines embedded in seal face.
https://t.co/RhcOQzP1q6

[Alistair Evans @DrTeethAl]

Looking for something to eat? Be careful of food with spikes! Dinner to die for: how fish use their spines to fend off hungry seals https://t.co/nC9AyEm8v6 via @ConversationEDU @EvansEvoMorph

[William Parker @WMGParker]

Our #newpaper looks at inferring diet, feeding behaviour and mortality in NZ fur seals.

Unfortunately, 'Boromir the Seal' likely went the way of his namesake (admittedly, impaled by multiple chimaera & stingray barbs instead of arrows).

More info:
https://t.co/RdY4EzoScY

[Alistair Evans @DrTeethAl]

Today we introduce Adalatherium, the 'crazy beast' mammal who lived among the dinosaurs https://t.co/GqX75CQaMi via @ConversationEDU @Monash_Science @MonashBiol @EvansEvoMorph https://t.co/khI0UALn98