NEW PAPER: Our large-scale osteohistological analysis of a population of the Late Triassic theropod dinosaur Coelophysis bauri from the famous Ghost Ranch, New Mexico quarry is now published in @SciReports! Gorgeous new artwork by @ChrisDPiazza. 🧵/20 https://t.co/gCu7Y4qOiY
1/10 🚨🚨🚨 New paper on dinosaur evolution! Chris Griffin and I look at why we can't seem to figure out how the major groups are related! It might be a hint about how dinosaurs came to be! Photo: Anchisaurus @yalepeabody#dinosaurs#biology
https://t.co/qhZpSaPEBk
🦕 A new species of baby #dinosaur discovered from South Korea's Aphae Island has been named after one of the most beloved cartoon characters in the country: Dooly.
Check out our latest blog post to learn all about this exciting discovery: https://t.co/XquLlPCPEr
For #FossilFriday I’m pleased to announce our new paper on investigating the cranial performance and evolution of feeding behavior in tyrannosauroids and other theropods. Here’s a thread on some of our major findings. #Dinosaurs#Paleontology#Tyrannosaurus#Theropods
When scaled at equalized forces and skull lengths, tyrannosauroids had lower stress magnitudes than non-tyrannosauroid theropods, indicative of specialized predation capability.
New research by Evan Johnson-Ransom et al.: https://t.co/LrU4WxV6Ti
Johnson-Ransom, E., Gignac, P., Barta, D. E., Felice, R. N., & Snively, E. (2026). Comparative cranial biomechanics reveal macroevolutionary trends in theropod dinosaurs, with emphasis on Tyrannosauroidea. The Anatomical Record, 1–41. https://t.co/skjou9lDwU
New research on juvenile Redondasaurus fossils from Chinle Fm. reveals that immature phytosaurs show a mosaic of traits seen in both early and late-diverging species. Links b/w growth & morphological evolution in Phytosauria
Goldsmith & Stocker:
https://t.co/nrQwOmfHqI
OSU-CHS Student Abdullah Gohar’s study of 43-million-year-old whale fossils reveals these ancient creatures had large brains and keen smell - before they were fully aquatic. Full story here: https://t.co/YzmSaQ699a
#Paleontology#Research
How femoral morphology informs our understanding of the evolution of ornithopod locomotion and body size https://t.co/zu5QkymCB7 @RomainPintore@MorphoSource @wileyearthspace
Soooooo it’s happening! I’ll be defending my PhD dissertation next week, April 23rd @ 9:30am EST- if you would like to attend (in person or via zoom) to learn about #phytosaurs and some #crocodylians please send a DM for more details
Many theropods shortened their arms and lost fingers. How did they do it?
Our @GeosciencesEd student Milly Mead, in her first paper, looks into oviraptorosaurs.
Turns out, arm shortening and finger loss were decoupled!
https://t.co/3XzONcpQ5r