Danny Barta

Asst. Prof. of #Anatomy, #Paleontologist @OSUVertPaleo @OSUMedicine | #Dinosaurs 🦖🦕#Histology 🦴🔬 #Ontogeny #FossilEggs 🥚🐣🐥 | He/him | Opinions my own.

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

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

[Chase Brownstein @ChaseBrownstein]

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

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

#FossilFriday Specimens of the Triassic theropod Coelophysis from Ghost Ranch, NM @NMMNHS_Paleo

[Pensoft @Pensoft]

🦕 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

[Evan Johnson-Ransom @EJR_Paleo_MSc]

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

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

New paper from our team, led by @EJR_Paleo_MSc!

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

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

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

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

[The Anatomical Record @AnatRecord]

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

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

Mark Norell obituary: palaeontologist who showed that dinosaurs still walk among us — as birds https://t.co/HaxIBqLfRy

[Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar @AnjanBhullar]

https://t.co/GytgORKY8O

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

@NotThatMarsh @Texaspaleo @Paleo_Tykoski @museumofnaz Exciting!

[OSU Center for Health Sciences @OSUMedicine]

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

[Natasha Bray @drbray]

🩺 Today, #OSUMedicineCN #Classof2029 received their #WhiteCoat—marking the start of their journey to serve, heal & uplift communities across #Oklahoma

Our mission is clear: train doctors who stay & serve where they’re needed most🧡
#RuralHealth #TribalHealth
@OSUMedicine

[The PalAss @ThePalAss]

How femoral morphology informs our understanding of the evolution of ornithopod locomotion and body size https://t.co/zu5QkymCB7 @RomainPintore @MorphoSource @wileyearthspace

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

@imai_takuya @PeerJLife Congratulations Takuya! Amazing skull!

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

@RGGSatAMNH @TyrantLzrdQueen Congrats @TyrantLzrdQueen!!

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

@TheCassowaryKid @AnatomyOrg @NYITCOMAR Oh no! Hope you’re doing ok, Todd.

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

Go Erika! I’m looking forward to this, I’ve learned so much from serving on your PhD committee. Almost there!

[Erika R Goldsmith @ErkasaurusR]

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

[Danny Barta @danny_oolithus]

@gulosuchus Congrats Keegan!!

[RGGS at AMNH @RGGSatAMNH]

Congratulations to RGGS Comp Bio PhD alum Eugenia Gold for her tenure promotion to Associate Professor at Suffolk University, Boston!

[Steve Brusatte @SteveBrusatte]

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