Yi-Yang Cho

PhD Student, Lab of evolution and diversity of fossil vertebrates, Department of Life Science, National Taiwan University.

[Yi-Yang Cho @yycho14]

So thrilled to share my first paper which co-authored with @TSAI_NTU508:
Toyotamaphimeia taiwanicus comb. nov. from the Pleistocene of Taiwan!!!
Stay tuned for more about our research on Taiwan Crocs!
https://t.co/U5zzoIgppP

[らえらぷす@HJ連載中 @GET_AWAY_TRIKE]

Skeletal reconstruction of Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis holotype MOUF00001 for the permanent exhibition at @Mus_Osaka_Univ . Skull retrodeformation by @Anomro . Scale bar: 1 m.
#FossilFriday

[日本古生物学会(公式) @FossilJapan]

日本古生物学会(任意団体)を先ほど解散しました。91年の歴史の区切りです。

そして新しく一般社団法人日本古生物学会が誕生しました。これからも古生物学を楽しみ、盛り上げていきましょう！

[Seishiro Tada @SeishiroTada]

Toyotamaphimeia machikanensis at @Mus_Osaka_Univ
#FossilFriday

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

New pub alert! The first fossil of the extant leatherback sea turtle - open-access at APP:
https://t.co/e1roSPve1x
Congratulations to Yi-Lu, and Yi-Lu is now finalizing her PhD thesis and will graduate this summer!

[Darío Estraviz López @DarioEstraviz]

The third chapter of my PhD has been published 🐻🇵🇹

Pleistocene brown bears from Portugal: Morphometric trends, paleoenvironmental drivers and paleobiological inferences

https://t.co/TwhKz6qTEs

With @PaleoAna @thisisrivers and @GrandalAurora !

[SaurianCYH @SaurianCYH]

A wandering Stegodon runs into a peafowl (Pavo miejue) couple heading to rest in the trees.

Based on a recent paper by Lan et al. (2026) describing a new peafowl species from Pleistocene Taiwan.

[Pedro Godoy @PedroLGodoy]

🚨 New terrestrial croc paper alert!
Another study led by @paiva_als (PhD student I co-supervise with Max Langer) is out today in Palaeontology!
We revisit a classic question with new tools: how big were notosuchians, really? 🐊📏
https://t.co/XzgnRiUvm6

Art: @MirantaKouvari

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

New pub alert! Introducing Pavo miejue - a new species of Pavo from the Pleistocene of Taiwan, and this is the first known extinct bird from Taiwan! Open-access at RSOR:
https://t.co/duevMN6b5A
miejue comes from the pronunciation of 滅絕 (extinction) in Taiwan - hoping to promote more awareness of paleo research in Taiwan.
Congratulations to Yong-Jie (his first paleo paper), and thanks to Gerald for all of his help!

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

Happy #FossilFriday! Here is the reconstruction of the Pleistocene Zalophus from Taiwan by Cheng-Han! Here is our JVP paper - open-access:
https://t.co/yiO2roD4FU
Also, here is a brief intro to this publication from my university:
https://t.co/lnSdHpZZJ4

[かはく【国立科学博物館公式】 @museum_kahaku]

✨🌸新館長就任のお知らせ🌸✨

#国立科学博物館 では、篠田謙一 前館長に代わり
新たに、真鍋真 が国立科学博物館長に就任いたしました。

今後とも、#かはく の応援をどうぞよろしくお願いいたします✨

🔽館長 真鍋真のあいさつはこちらをご覧ください
https://t.co/rRp4oSaflv

[Valeriy M., PhD, MBA, CQF @predict_addict]

Glad I finished my PhD before the LLM era.

A PhD done with heavy LLM reliance risks becoming like learning to drive in a self-driving car — you arrive, but never really learn how to control the machine.

At that point, what exactly are you training: a researcher, or a prompt operator?

[Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology @JVP_vertpaleo]

🚨New Pub!🚨The Southernmost Zalophus in the Western North Pacific: The First Pinniped (Carnivora, Pinnipedia) fossil from Taiwan🦭🇹🇼by Sun et al.

https://t.co/sYTmrGREEj

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

New publication! So pleased to publish the first fossil pinniped from Taiwan - a Pleistocene sea lion (Zalophus) in JVP - open access:
https://t.co/L8xCpIEOYe
with my coauthors @ChengHanSun, @DeepShubhraBis1, @liaw_lu, @yycho14, and Naoki Kohno!

[Pedro Godoy @PedroLGodoy]

New paper out in Historical Biology! 🐊 Led by Giovanne Cidade, we present phylogenetic definitions for several clade names within Caimaninae. Some new clade names were also proposed and defined, including Purussauria and Caimanini.

https://t.co/92Qhwi1XPU

[パンテオン @pantheo27705718]

化石の発見により、かつて台湾に巨大なニシキヘビが生息していたことが示唆される
椎骨1個
この化石は中期更新世（80万年前から40万年前）に遡り、計算によると少なくとも体長4メートルのニシキヘビのものだったと推定される
ニュース https://t.co/upOzgcyoxd

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

Happy #FossilFriday! So pleased to publish my second book on paleontology - 《What Do Paleontologists Do? 古生物學家在幹嘛》！

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

Happy #FossilFriday! New book - so pleased to publish this new book on this day - 古生物學家在幹嘛 - What Do Paleontologists do?

[CH TSAI 蔡政修 @TSAI_NTU508]

Happy belated #FossilFriday! So pleased that our Python paper just came out at the right time - the first large snake from the Pleistocene of Taiwan! Open access:

https://t.co/Q6K8GjY5dW

[Yi-Yang Cho @yycho14]

Our paper on the Taiwan main island's very first Python records led by @TSAI_NTU508 @liaw_lu is out in Historical Biology!
So glad to be part of this as co-first author and also thanks @mobeichi @DeepShubhraBis1 for working together!
https://t.co/SE7qkXptwj