Paleontologist | Oregonian | dog dad | fossil mammals | SDSMT BS | U of Oregon MS and PhD | All thoughts/opinions my own. He/Him/His. Kimberly, OR
Dr. Nick Famoso
Great work @tanisbp.bsky.social !
Happy International Women's Day 💐
Did you know, for every 7 men in palaeontology, there are ~3 women. Women make up 25-35% of global vertebrate palaeontological publishing output. And are most likely to study mammals, while men, reptiles.
The Paleontological Society statement on recent events.
My paper on Mesocyon is finally out! This will be part of a special issue on John Day Fossils Beds National Monument. Art by Kaori Chambers www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The second paper from the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument special issue is out! Brian Tanis, Larisa DeSantis, and Rebecca Terry Novak investigate the relationship between niche breadth and species duration in dog relatives in the John Day Formation.
doi.org/10.1017/jpa....
Got my yard signs out for Save Our Library Grant County! Vote Yes on Measure 12-87!
The first paper of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument 50th anniversary special issue of the Journal of Paleontology is out online early! @virtpaleo.bsky.social, Jennifer Cavin, and Xiaoming Wang describe a nearly complete skeleton of the dog ancestor Mesocyon coryphaus.
omsi.edu/events/scien...
I'm going to be giving a talk for @omsiedu.bsky.social about paleontology at JODA after the last 50 years!
Final version of a new paper is finally out! This paper looks at the relationship between body size and reproductive strategies in carnivorous mammals.
doi.org/10.4404/hyst...
