The final chapter of my PhD is out!!
What happens when graviportal taxa get dwarfed? We explore this in dwarf elephantids from the Mediterranean Sea, looking at the inner and outer anatomy of limb long bones. 🐘📄
With @houssayecnrs.bsky.social and U. B. Göhlich
#GRAVIBONE
doi.org/10.1111/pala...
New paper out in Geodiversitas! 🦣🦴
Ever wonder what the inside of Deinotherium giganteum looks like? Find out about it here:
geodiversitas.com/48/7
Big thanks to the Budapest HNHM for providing access to this unique material! With Prof. Mihaly Gasparik & @segesdimartin.bsky.social
Has anyone a scan or the possibility to scan skulls of Dracaena? Adult or juvenile specimens. We have difficulties to find some... Help would be more than welcome! Thanks
Terrestrial vertebrates rely on their skeleton to provide structural support and allow the movement of the body. Heavy, graviportal taxa, such as extant elephants, exhibit numerous adaptive features ....
doi.org
Bone anatomy reflects the mechanical and functional constraints to which the skeleton is subjected. In graviportal taxa, the primary constraint is gravity, requiring specific adaptations in bone struc...
Remember to save the date: ICVM in Halifax, Nova Scotia (that's in Canada!), July 20-24, 2027.
Keep an eye on our website for news:
www.isvm-icvm.org
And contact our Treasurer Tiana Kohlsdorf if you are not on our email list ("members").
Symposium proposal submissions will open up SOON!
🪸🦕 📈 🪨 Excited to announce our upcoming workshop: Bridging Stratigraphic Palaeobiology & Phylogenetics, with Emilia Jarochowska, @niklashohmann.bsky.social, @rachelwarnock.bsky.social, and Johan Hidding
📍 Lorentz Centre, Leiden
📅 28 Sep – 2 Oct 2026
Applications open - details below 👇
We wish to appoint an additional co-Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Anatomy. We're particularly interested in people with expertise in musculoskeletal anatomy. You can register your interest via the linked expression of interest form.
